Longhorn News/Discussion (Non-Recruiting)

[texbound]

How does this affect the future? Are we losing Arch because we lost to Tech?
 

We win this week and most of the tech game is forgotten. Until we take another loss and people think the world is ending again.

I said this before the season and I will say it again, we (at least I did) expected this team to drop 2 games on the road that everyone expected them to win.  I just did.  Young players will do that.  Young, inexperience OL; young and inexperienced QB. 

Say all you want about this being year 13 of this, but it still is only year 2 for this staff and year 1 or 2 for a lot of these players.  Sure they dropped a lot of close games last year and this feels the same, but I hope they can string a couple of wins together in a row and show growth from last year.  Long way to go.  Go 3-1 in the next 4 and 3-1 in the 4 after that and this team is still moving upwards. Just my thoughts, but then again I'm an optimist.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Them WV is a must win game.

 

[dssl]

It's always frustrating to suffer a loss when you are expecting a win. The natural tendency is to think the sky is falling. 

The thing people need to remember is we are generally not nearly as bad as people think after a  bad loss, or as good as people think after a good win.

Hopefully the team will learn from this game and it will just be a painful blip in the season. 

 

[Sirhornsalot]

How does this affect the future? Are we losing Arch because we lost to Tech?
 

We win this week and most of the tech game is forgotten. Until we take another loss and people think the world is ending again.

I think he's referring to the conclusion of Texas being back. The Bama game showed that. The Tech game didn't.

What is probably more accurate is that it might affect the immediate future. Like you said, start winning and that goes away as a fluke loss.

 

[zion3d]

It's always frustrating to suffer a loss when you are expecting a win. The natural tendency is to think the sky is falling. 

The thing people need to remember is we are generally not nearly as bad as people think after a  bad loss, or as good as people think after a good win.

Hopefully the team will learn from this game and it will just be a painful blip in the season. 

17 years and we have no reason to over react to such a terrible loss?  No, its not life ending or in the big scheme of things not really important.  This is a passion for a game and a team named the Texas Longhorns.  Just keeping it within that thought process I for one will never be satisfied to be mediocre.  So that being said, "Hell yes", after seeing the same movie for 17 years in a row, to me the sky is falling.  I am weary of hearing we are changing the culture, having to rebuild a team, or getting our guys in the program.  Take a look at USC with Riley at the helm, who by the way has only been there a few months.  4-0 we are 2-2 in Sarkesians second year.  I do not understand why it is so wrong to say there is something wrong with the Longhorn program and we have to find a Lincoln Riley or someone with those kind of proven chops to fix this program.  If Sarkesians coaching record was as good as Riley's I would think he could be that guy, but .452 winning percentage is just below average.  That will not cut it.  I'm not calling for anyone to be fired other than PK.  Sarkesian however has to take resposibility for that crap show that we saw in Lubbock. I saw no anger no self-deprication from him.  No emotion at all other than he looked tired from being in the hot sun.  That kind of thing worries and makes me wonder if he truly has what it takes to be a head coach.  Maybe an OC but not a head coach and OC.   

 

[zion3d]

hould make all of us just a buHow does this affect the future? Are we losing Arch because we lost to Tech?
 

We win this week and most of the tech game is forgotten. Until we take another loss and people think the world is ending again.

Arch Manning is not the whole show.  He is a big part of it but there are a lot of other recruits that will bail if they think we are not moving forward as a program.  With the transfer portal and being that none of these recruit have actual signed their LOI's should make all of us just a wee bit nervous.  If we tank again this year no one in the right mind would expect us to be able to hold on to these recruits.  

 

[Rotty22]

We get an F.

 

[TFloss32]

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[Austin Horn]

I think the next two weeks are critical 

 

[Austin Horn]

I think the next two weeks are critical 

I shouldn’t say think 

 

[Eastexhorn]

I shouldn’t say think 

Yeah donot think too much.

 

[Eastexhorn]

Arch Manning is not the whole show.  He is a big part of it but there are a lot of other recruits that will bail if they think we are not moving forward as a program.  With the transfer portal and being that none of these recruit have actual signed their LOI's should make all of us just a wee bit nervous.  If we tank again this year no one in the right mind would expect us to be able to hold on to these recruits.  

Wronk post tomanswer but you have said noyhing wrong. The football program needs questioned.

Too bad it is not by some one who counts. Big cigar

 

[Sirhornsalot]

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Coach Joey is usually a class act but this fell quite short. If it didn't mean anything to Tech to beat Texas, why do they rush the field every single time it happens?

He needs to learn more about the school that employs him.

 

[TFloss32]

So weird.

 

[Ntx dog]

56 minutes ago, TFloss32 said:

So weird.

The consensus on the board was 9 wins would be a somewhat successful season. Long way to go yet but judging by our play so far and the way some of these teams are playing, anyone see 7 wins here?

 

[texbound]

Firing Sark now would be plain stupid.

I don't get this fan base sometimes.  Does it suck to lose to Tech?  Absolutely.  Why can't we stay patient and let something build?  Did Mack Brown lose to Tech in year 2 of his tenure?  yes he did.  Did Mack go 9-5 in year 2?  yes he did.  I don't know about you guys, but I'm kind of glad we didn't knee jerk fire him after 2 years.

Losses like this happen. Shit, Texas beat OU under Strong and that Texas team sucked bad.  OU still went 11-2 that year.  Texas played above their heads in that game because it was OU.  I can tell you without a doubt TT looks at Texas the same way Texas does OU.  problem is, Texas doesn't look at TT the same way.  It's been 13 years since Texas was relevant, but their still a "signature" win for these other programs like TT.  How sad is that?  This Texas team needs to  learn they're every ones Superbowl and need to play at least a B+ game.

It's true, we suck until we don't.  however, let the suck have time to be washed away.

This team is being built the right way, from the inside out.  Herman tried to build with skill players and left the inside cupboard bare. 

 

[TexExSpur]

Sark is setting himself up by not closing out games.  He's 7-9 and to reiterate...  His teams held a lead in 5 of those 9 losses at half time, 5 of those 9 losses in the 4th quarter, and had a double digit lead in 4 of the 9.

Forget irrational fans and their opinions,  the facts are...he's not getting it done.  Let's see how they respond!

 

[texbound]

Let me say one final thing about this TT game and I will be done.  Texas is more talented than TT across the board, but the previous 2 trips to TT would've been losses if not for Sam.  He pretty much single- handedly brought them back from  defeat in Lubbock on both occasions.  Problem with this game, we didn't have a Sam at QB to will the team to victory.  Don't tell me TT doesn't circle this game every year above all others. 

 

[texbound]

Sark is setting himself up by not closing out games.  He's 7-9 and to reiterate...  His teams held a lead in 5 of those 9 losses at half time, 5 of those 9 losses in the 4th quarter, and had a double digit lead in 4 of the 9.

Forget irrational fans and their opinions,  the facts are...he's not getting it done.  Let's see how they respond!

Absolutely, but how much of that can be attributed to Texas not having the depth and experience up front to close out those games? Sustain drives and suck the life out of the opponent.  Getting a lead is great, but you need the horses up front to take a game over and secure the victory.  Texas simply did not have the OL last year to do that.  To me, it's as simple as that.  Sure, his play calling and design could be better, but the game is always won up front.  Hat on hat, man on man up front.  Win your battle and the game is easier.  The OL is simply not getting it done on a consistent basis. The defense was bad last year, but the offense played their part in not keeping them off the field and putting them in bad positions.

I really believe they have the OL they need to do that now, they just need time to get there.  It is absolutely on the coaches and Sark should take all the blame right now.   

Being a coach for years I believe in the statement, coaches take all the blame for losses and players get all the credit for wins.

 

[oldhorn2]

Absolutely, but how much of that can be attributed to Texas not having the depth and experience up front to close out those games? Sustain drives and suck the life out of the opponent.  Getting a lead is great, but you need the horses up front to take a game over and secure the victory.  Texas simply did not have the OL last year to do that.  To me, it's as simple as that.  Sure, his play calling and design could be better, but the game is always won up front.  The defense was bad last year, but the offense played their part in not keeping them off the field and putting them in bad positions.

I really believe they have the OL they need to do that now, they just need time to get there.  It is absolutely on the coaches and Sark should take all the blame right now. 

sadly we do not have the DL we need. Maybe we need to up the NIL money for DL to 100,000. I am sick to death of not being able to stop anybody!