Everything posted by Hank Chinaski
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This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
- Tell Me About Texas a&m
CSB: A cousin of my mother’s was Norm Bulaich, who played at TCU in the ‘60s (then for the Colts and Dolphins). I remember him showing me his super bowl ring when I was at his house as a kid.- Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Ummm…they’re kids going to college and they’ve realized they would rather go to a different school? Not sure what part doesn’t make sense.- NFL week 17 / Bills DB Damar Hamlin seriously injured, taken away via ambulance- MNF game suspended
goddamnit, if calling out disrespectful imbeciles, who lack even a modicum of understanding of medicine, physiology, or, shit, even just science in general, for trumpeting this asinine bullshit, for which there is no goddamn evidence whatsoever, then neg the shit out of me. This isn’t an attack in anyone’s belief about policy or political philosophy - it is simply calling out what is objectively, fundamentally wrong.- 2023 Transfer Thread - Texas Capitalized, ATM Victimized
Man, it would be great to secure a good player or two as a direct result of an orgy. This is exactly the kind of shit that 2023 needs.- 2022-23 MLB offseason thread
- Texas Recruiting Notes 2023: Strippers, Monkeys, and 5-Stars
I don’t give a shit who wins. I only watch college football games in which Texas participates and I try not to talk to many people in general. I know one TCU grad - my sister in law, who may or may not have any fucking idea that they’re even participating in the playoff. I don’t know anyone who went to Georgia. All in all, I hate every other fan base equally and find them all completely fucking irritating and stupid. The only exception is Baylor, who I hate the most (I hated everyone from high school that went there, then the murder and rape things, etc) and A&M, though I honestly can’t figure out if I especially hate them or whether I actually love them for the extraordinary goofy bastards that they are and all the entertainment that their absurdity begets. I go back and forth.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
I don’t expect it either; but I can also see a path toward it becoming possible if he maintains a quality staff (compared to the last 2 coaches, I like Sark’s assistants) and consistently recruits at an elite level. I expect that even if he does this, we’ll still win 8-10 games per year (not 10+). Maybe it’s because I’m old now, but if he’s doing that, I don’t think you replace him - even though he isn’t quite hitting the standard you want - until you are doing so with a known/certain upgrade. And there aren’t many of those. I think the odds of an occasional playoff run would be better with continuity (in this scenario) than rolling the dice on someone new (simply because he’s new/different), because I agree with @David Dennison, coaching hires typically involve a lot of luck/chance.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
I think it comes down to what we mean when we say “talent”. We throw it out there like it’s an objective thing, but I think it is nuanced and fuzzy and don’t know how to best quantify it. Many people are really only referring to recruiting rankings from the roster. That’s an indicator, but experience also matters. QE may be more “talented” than Duggan, for example, but he was also a freshman who did a bunch of freshman shit. Worthy may seem more “talented” based on his speed, etc, but that means fuckall if he can’t catch. We had zero players from last year’s team drafted, indicating a dearth of upper-classman talent - which you could think of as the intersection of talent and experience. Some on here act like this year’s roster was like one of Mack’s teams in terms of talent - IMO it’s not in the same galaxy as those 00s teams in terms of depth, experience, ability, etc. Sark’s path to success depends on amassing a significant talent advantage. He can’t miss on many evals, his staff will need to develop players, and he’ll need good QB play. That’s his only shot, because he’s not going to consistently out-strategize opponents. It is doable but his margin for error isn’t wide.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
In college football? Yes. Getting and developing the talent is most of the job. People always try to separate talent acquisition and roster construction from Xs and Os; me, I don’t give a shit, it all comes out in the wash. It looks like Sark will need pretty sizable talent advantages to win consistently; he seems potentially able to create that. He will need to, because it doesn’t appear that he’ll outcoach (within games) many opponents.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
Bro, do you really think you can shit on our coaches better than we can? Nobody hates our coaches more than we do, believe that. Hell, we fucking hated (and many still do) our HOF coach who won 85% of his games for over a decade. Come on now.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
Ewers will need to take a pretty massive step forward for that to be a possibility next year. It’s not impossible, but I wouldn’t bet on it.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
Sure. Middling, fine, ok, average…whatever. Less than exceptional, greater than terrible. The meaty part of the bell curve. That’s our coach.- This is who Steve Sarkisian is.
I look at it this way - an average/mediocre coach at Texas should go 8-4/7-5 on average…better than .500 because of access to talent. Basically, Tom Herman’s tenure, or Sark in 2022 (we can argue all we want about whether Herman is better, but I think Sark is better at roster construction, talent acquisition, etc, which I think is the most important thing). Mack was significantly better than that; Strong was worse. I think Sark can have a 10-win season here and there if he continues to build the roster as he has, because he’s competent enough to win with a big talent advantage (I disagree that we had that this year against several teams; a freshman QB and freshmen OL starters and a lack of big-play WRs goes a long way in negating an “overall” talent advantage). But he’s probably not a guy that’s going to consistently have the team in playoff contention late into seasons. All that is to say - I don’t think he’s terrible, I don’t think he’s very good. I think he’s probably in the Herman / Mackovic tier of Texas coaches, and this year’s performance is probably about what your expectations should be.- Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
Christ y’all, should we also talk about how if Gideon holds that INT we’d have beaten Tebow/Urb and won it all in ‘08 too? And Colt’s shoulder the next year? And how you could make a strong case that we were exactly 3 plays away from 3 more titles in the last 40 years? Goddamnit.- Rando Bowl Appreciation Thread..lawn equipment, chips, tires (doing tire things), mufflers, fast food places galore
This may be true, but if he keeps beating and fucking with Jimbo/ags like he has the last couple years, I’ll love him. He seems to have a hardon for them, and I’m absolutely here for it.- We're Going Bowling!!!
I want to say this was way back in like 2006. Edit: or 2008, they played that year too. And yeah, it was hilarious.- 2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread
Ah, I don’t have too much of a problem with this, as it’s based on simulations (not his “predictions” per se). His methodology may be flawed, but at least he explains the methodology.- 2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread
It’s the reason that I thought the Astros offer to him last year was about right. I have no idea what is showing up in his physicals, but the dude had a variety of health issues - including back problems - in his early/mid-20s. That has to be a red flag. I too hope it works out for him. And yes, I’d absolutely love it if we could somehow get him back on a short-term/high AAV deal. I doubt it, but would be great.- 2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread
Not gonna lie, I’d get legitimately angry all over again if I were watching.- 2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread
Agreed. Varsho has a career .302 OBP and last season he outperformed his expected wOBA by a bit. I know he’s valuable defensively - I’m not suggesting he’s worthless or anything - but the Jays gave up a lot.- 2022-23 MLB offseason thread
- Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
- 2022-23 MLB offseason thread
That’s a big investment for a guy who has really only had one good offensive season (not counting partial seasons).- Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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