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1 minute ago, closetojumping said:

This is a perfectly timed troll. Pos rep. 

Laid in on too thick? 

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7 minutes ago, Newy25 said:

I regretfully checked in with my guy and suffice it to say the perception is not that this is some calculated Mensa move to delay announcing the coaches. There is growing anxiety that we have no idea wtf we are doing. 
 

I can say that there is a growing frustration in the locker room for this same reason.  There has been no communication about what's going on with the coaches, and players are realizing that they are playing a bowl game for a bunch of coaches who probably won't be here come January.  Morale is in the shitter, to say the least.

and players are realizing that they are playing a bowl game for a bunch of coaches who probably won't be here come January.


Whether they had already hired these coaches or not, this would still be the case.


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10 minutes ago, texashorn13 said:

I can say that there is a growing frustration in the locker room for this same reason.  There has been no communication about what's going on with the coaches, and players are realizing that they are playing a bowl game for a bunch of coaches who probably won't be here come January.  Morale is in the shitter, to say the least.

I get this post... but it just pisses me off more.  You're going to a bowl game.  Yah got rid of Mehringer.  Supposedly the players like Naivar and Washington.  You play for The University of Texas... Nut up and play FOOTBALL!!

Edited by LTtxfan

To be fair, [mention=429]closetojumping[/mention], I hit rock bottom on this coaching search in October. 

Yeah but ctj is always right and types a lot of words so it’s safe to say his most recent comment about you is when you hit rock bottom.

Mehringer and Orlando are going to be re-hired on stage at Jimmy Fallon’s next Austin show. Samsung is sponsoring Meh’s promotion and Todd’s raise. This is all part of an elaborate, Office-meets-Punk’d-meets-Undercover Boss style fake firing bit.

24 minutes ago, texashorn13 said:

I can say that there is a growing frustration in the locker room for this same reason.  There has been no communication about what's going on with the coaches, and players are realizing that they are playing a bowl game for a bunch of coaches who probably won't be here come January.  Morale is in the shitter, to say the least.

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4 hours ago, Spawn of Cthulhu said:

Sürlinger's Cat

 

More like Schrodinger's cat

I thought it was Fenves that brought it home last time.

Just now, JesusSweatDuck said:

/r/gifsthatendtoosoon

Ha. I couldn’t get it to show on my phone browser so I switched it. 

1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

Ha. I couldn’t get it to show on my phone browser so I switched it. 

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53 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

I agree. If this guy is going to damage the program, I’d like for him to do so in unthinkable ways that are so fucking absurd that they border on performance art and make the on-field humiliation more palatable. 

Right. I want my teams to be either completely dominant or rock-bottom embarrassing. Mediocrity is boring. The Astros of this decade have been sublime. 



If this guy is going to damage the program, I’d like for him to do so in unthinkable ways that are so fucking absurd that they border on performance art


Some of the late game defensive decisions against lsu and offensive playcalls against isu really aren't that far from "so fucking absurd that they border on performance art."

34 minutes ago, Bill Lumbergh said:


 

 


Some of the late game defensive decisions against lsu and offensive playcalls against isu really aren't that far from "so fucking absurd that they border on performance art."
 

 

It’s crazy to me that if we had any other DC out there we probably would have won that game. 

7 minutes ago, Xian said:

It’s crazy to me that if we had any other DC out there we probably would have won that game. 

Hell, if Orlando had temporarily blacked out right before that 3rd & 17 we could have won that game. 

One of the other things running through my mind as this search appears to be potentially going off the rails is that this may be Tom Herman’s CFB version of telling The Aristocrats joke whereby the punchline after watching this class dissolve and the fanbase’s head explode, he announces Kendal Briles as the OC and Mike Stoops as the DC. 

3 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

One of the other things running through my mind as this search appears to be potentially going off the rails is that this may be Tom Herman’s CFB version of telling The Aristocrats joke whereby the punchline after watching this class dissolve and the fanbase’s head explode, he announces Kendal Briles as the OC and Mike Stoops as the DC. 

Doesn't get much dirtier than that 

5 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

One of the other things running through my mind as this search appears to be potentially going off the rails is that this may be Tom Herman’s CFB version of telling The Aristocrats joke whereby the punchline after watching this class dissolve and the fanbase’s head explode, he announces Kendal Briles as the OC and Mike Stoops as the DC. 

You are in the zip code, but you have the wrong address. My sources say we are closing in on deals with Art Briles at OC and Bob Stoops at DC. I hear we didn’t even make Art interview. Bob has reportedly been spotted at both Forbidden Fruit and Dreamers since Monday.

10 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

One of the other things running through my mind as this search appears to be potentially going off the rails is that this may be Tom Herman’s CFB version of telling The Aristocrats joke whereby the punchline after watching this class dissolve and the fanbase’s head explode, he announces Kendal Briles as the OC and Mike Stoops as the DC. 

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Has anyone tweeted at CDC yet to ask him what’s going on with the coordinator hires?

Many think Ash is a bad hire not due to his qualifications instead because it is a comfort hire for our coach and allows him to not grow into being a successful manager / CEO. Herman has shown he is a bad manger in my view for the following reasons:

1) He took over offensive game planning in year one and did it for two more years even though he did not want too instead of addressing the issue
Many first time managers fail since their first reaction to problems is to take it over all themselves. Why? They are a great worker bee but lack people management problem solving skills.

2) Good managers figure out what problems exist and what resources are needed to solve them and go get what is needed
Herman could sense there was a people skills problem on offense but was to busy doing the work instead of finding the right folks to solve his deficiency

3) Good managers immerse themselves enough in what their staff is doing to understand if tasks are being done well  but not enough to micro manage
Orlando was having major problems and I suspect he was telling Tom how he would solve them but Tom did not immerse himself enough to know if he was being snowed or the person just had no idea how to address the atrocities that were occurring.

4) Good managers are pro-active 
Herman has shown to be reactive he is only switching staff once he lost. Hell Meh should have been gone the week after the Oklahoma game. So Herman may only be reactive once he is forced to be reactive which is even worse. This is the most worrisome of them all. Reactive folks rarely become proactive folks. 

Ash is a way for Herman to fall back into his routine. Tom basically will say to himself, I know the guy therefore I can trust the guy and I do not have to immerse myself in understanding what he is doing right and what he is doing wrong. Maybe CDC is helping Tom keep his eye on the ball because CDC sure comes across as a guy that knows how to delegate and challenge his staff to bring him solutions.

P.S. I am sure that folks that have to hire good managers and lead them will probably recognize even more issues and maybe some bullshit in my observations but these are my $0.02.

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1 hour ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

Hell, if Orlando had temporarily blacked out right before that 3rd & 17 we could have won that game. 

Or, you know, if we had a head coach who learned from about 10,000 other situations, and made a decision on something other than to go for it on 4th down ...

I regretfully checked in with my guy and suffice it to say the perception is not that this is some calculated Mensa move to delay announcing the coaches. There is growing anxiety that we have no idea wtf we are doing. 
 

We are fucking this up aren't we?


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I'd like to think CDC and important boosters would be willing to go ahead and pull the plug on Tom if it looks like he's on his 4th and 5th choices for our coordinator openings.  I'd like to think that.

What if Tom already has agreements in principle with the new OC and DC and its 2 people we never even thought of that will blow our minds and this is all just the fake recruiting media riling everyone up.

13 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

There were reports that Ash was waiting to see if the DC at Ohio St opened up before making any decisions on his future. 

Going to be hilarious to see the responses from those that think they know everything if he takes the OSU job. Sure he's good enough to be the DC for a team that routinely is in contention for the CFP, but not at Texas.

29 minutes ago, Getafix said:

Or, you know, if we had a head coach who learned from about 10,000 other situations, and made a decision on something other than to go for it on 4th down ...

It’s not Tom’s fault Ingram forgot how to catch on the first 4th down attempt. The second goal line stand was Tom just chasing points. Also, DD scored a 40yd TD on a 4th and 2. Tom’s offensive game plan was far from what lost the game.

Has anyone tweeted at CDC yet to ask him what’s going on with the coordinator hires?

You’ve cracked the case wide open!
10 minutes ago, USNALonghorn said:

It’s not Tom’s fault Ingram forgot how to catch on the first 4th down attempt. The second goal line stand was Tom just chasing points. Also, DD scored a 40yd TD on a 4th and 2. Tom’s offensive game plan was far from what lost the game.

a) I didn't say anything about the specific decisions he made on 4th down, let alone say that those decisions cost us the game.  (BTW, we're 113th in the nation on 4th down conversions.)

b) My point was as the head coach, he had every opportunity to intervene on 3rd and 17, just as he did on a zillion 4th down plays.

1 hour ago, Vertigo said:

You are in the zip code, but you have the wrong address. My sources say we are closing in on deals with Art Briles at OC and Bob Stoops at DC. I hear we didn’t even make Art interview. Bob has reportedly been spotted at both Forbidden Fruit and Dreamers since Monday.


That’s still slightly less evil than Urban

5 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

It’s the sound women make in Ohio. 

Or "ladies" in College Station.

1 hour ago, closetojumping said:

One of the other things running through my mind as this search appears to be potentially going off the rails is that this may be Tom Herman’s CFB version of telling The Aristocrats joke whereby the punchline after watching this class dissolve and the fanbase’s head explode, he announces Kendal Briles as the OC and Mike Stoops as the DC. 

 

4 hours ago, Mo Horn said:

And many of them will now post about how pissed they are that OSU hired him and we didn't. Because when OSU hires him it will be because they know something and her really is a great coordinator and Tom was to stupid to know that and hire him first. 

TL:DR Surly gonna Surly

Who is saying that? If seen multiple post like this, please tell me who is saying that they’d be upset with Tom if Ash is hired by OSU?? You guys are ridiculous. It’s a shitty hire no matter if OSU wants him or not. Tim Beck was once employed by OSU and called plays. He’s still a shitty play caller. 

We'll reach page 200 on this thread before we hire coordinators, right?

2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

We'll reach page 200 on this thread before we hire coordinators, right?

tree-fiddy

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

Going to be hilarious to see the responses from those that think they know everything if he takes the OSU job. Sure he's good enough to be the DC for a team that routinely is in contention for the CFP, but not at Texas.

Tell us who his play calling CO-DC will be and we’ll tell you if he’s good enough to be here.

12 minutes ago, Cap Hooked said:

Who is saying that? If seen multiple post like this, please tell me who is saying that they’d be upset with Tom if Ash is hired by OSU?? You guys are ridiculous. It’s a shitty hire no matter if OSU wants him or not. Tim Beck was once employed by OSU and called plays. He’s still a shitty play caller. 

I haven't seen any posts yet, but I guarantee you there will be some if Ash goes to OSU. 

Who is saying that? If seen multiple post like this, please tell me who is saying that they’d be upset with Tom if Ash is hired by OSU?? You guys are ridiculous. It’s a shitty hire no matter if OSU wants him or not. Tim Beck was once employed by OSU and called plays. He’s still a shitty play caller. 

No one is saying it because it hasn't happened yet. Be patient ffs


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I hope Ohio State hires Ash quickly.  Just means one less school contacting DC prospects we may be interested in.

1 hour ago, DanTheHorn said:

Many think Ash is a bad hire not due to his qualifications instead because it is a comfort hire for our coach and allows him to not grow into being a successful manager / CEO. Herman has shown he is a bad manger in my view for the following reasons:

1) He took over offensive game planning in year one and did it for two more years even though he did not want too instead of addressing the issue
Many first time managers fail since their first reaction to problems is to take it over all themselves. Why? They are a great worker bee but lack people management problem solving skills.

2) Good managers figure out what problems exist and what resources are needed to solve them and go get what is needed
Herman could sense there was a people skills problem on offense but was to busy doing the work instead of finding the right folks to solve his deficiency

3) Good managers immerse themselves enough in what their staff is doing to understand if tasks are being done well  but not enough to micro manage
Orlando was having major problems and I suspect he was telling Tom how he would solve them but Tom did not immerse himself enough to know if he was being snowed or the person just had no idea how to address the atrocities that were occurring.

4) Good managers are pro-active 
Herman has shown to be reactive he is only switching staff once he lost. Hell Meh should have been gone the week after the Oklahoma game. So Herman may only be reactive once he is forced to be reactive which is even worse. This is the most worrisome of them all. Reactive folks rarely become proactive folks. 

Ash is a way for Herman to fall back into his routine. Tom basically will say to himself, I know the guy therefore I can trust the guy and I do not have to immerse myself in understanding what he is doing right and what he is doing wrong. Maybe CDC is helping Tom keep his eye on the ball because CDC sure comes across as a guy that knows how to delegate and challenge his staff to bring him solutions.

P.S. I am sure that folks that have to hire good managers and lead them will probably recognize even more issues and maybe some bullshit in my observations but these are my $0.02.

Corporate buzzword game strong to quite strong.

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:


You’ve cracked the case wide open!

This thread is piss

25 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Corporate buzzword game strong to quite strong.

I dont have the bandwidth for it, what did he say?

21 minutes ago, Dewey said:

I dont have the bandwidth for it, what did he say?

TH is a bad manager.

57 minutes ago, Dewey said:

I dont have the bandwidth for it, what did he say?

Something something...dark side...something something...complete.

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