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LHN isn't going to allow the kids to make real $. LHN was to be added exposure, or perceived that way, but in reality it's not much different. Having the platform, city, and backing of your athletic dept to monetize your likeness is on a completely different stratosphere and a HUGE advantage that Tom is taking advantage of as he should. It will truly allow Texas to separate itself due to the factors mentioned.
And you mentioned how LHN added all kinds of extra duties for Mack and was bad so I concluded you felt the same would happen to Herman. He's doing a great job of leveraging it in my opinion.
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Eastexhorn
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IMO programs like leverage just open the door for the bagmen to operate mpre legal.
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No, the LHN network did not cause the program to decline. That was Mack Brown making excuses when the program started to decline.
The LHN didn't have anything to do with the lousy assistant coaches that Charlie Strong and Herman has hired.
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Maybe team will get the breaks and win big this year. If not the search for next DKR will be on. Of the ten coaches I can remember he is head and shoulders above the rest.
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DKR coached like every game was his last. He often talked about the sleep he never got, some of those hours lost to work and some lost to nerves. It took its toll on him. When he realized how the game was changing (OU's cheating), I think he lost that drive he had so many years. Cheating is something he just couldn't do, thus he would not compete that way.
He was an excellent spokesman for not just UT, but Texas in general.
The biggest gripe from other schools when the LHN started emerging was it would tilt the scale in recruiting. That was when they were discussing having High School games on it. The LHN may not make the players money but it makes the school a bunch of money and the Coaches have to Pay a lot of attention to it.
I worry about the players worrying more about making money off their name (as a distraction) instead of focusing more on the season and games. It will be a huge distraction if allowed to be. Don’t kid yourself either, Texas isn’t the only one promoting something like this
Totally agree and would be shocked if other schools didn’t promote it. I do think we’re doing it well.
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Look who is on the SI cover
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Yes DKR was a h--- of a coach.Toon a team with zero conference wins and in third year won conference.
But best of all his first 14 years vs OU he won 12 times. Then Ou went heavy in to cheating.
But best of all his first 14 years vs OU he won 12 times. Then Ou went heavy in to cheating.
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