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1 hour ago, NowThis said:

the one on their last drive? That was a good call, the QB made a superhuman throw with a guy just 0.05 seconds from the qB hit. Also a hell of a catch. The most important play of the game.

This.  The zero blitz was the right call there,  it just didn’t work.  It was the dozen and a half 3 man rush alignment/slow blitz that kept TCU in the game that brought that exceptional physical play to our doorstep.  We shouldn’t have been in that position. 

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    Y’all are fucking idiots. Without the two muffed points, the D might not have even given up 20 points and we held an explosive OSU offense to 5.5 YPP while forcing 2 turnovers and being given some bad

2 hours ago, NowThis said:

the one on their last drive? That was a good call, the QB made a superhuman throw with a guy just 0.05 seconds from the qB hit. Also a hell of a catch. The most important play of the game.

the one play when our db looks back for the ball and it fucked us to tears.

If you were paid in the top 10% of all people in your field but performed in the bottom 10%, would you keep your job? Fire him today to give whoever is next 2 whole weeks to get everyone up to speed.

more of a logistics question here but how much does it actually cost to fire Orlando?

22 minutes ago, Eastwood said:

If you were paid in the top 10% of all people in your field but performed in the bottom 10%, would you keep your job? Fire him today to give whoever is next 2 whole weeks to get everyone up to speed.

It seems clear to me that barring some even more ridiculous collapse on national TV or something like that, Orlando is here through Tech.  So now I am focusing on the offseason.  What are the odds he’s here next September if things stay pretty much where they are now?

I think above 75%.  I hear “injuries forced us to...” and “can’t expect 3rd string to perform” excuses from the Talented Mr. Herman. 

29 minutes ago, Eastwood said:

If you were paid in the top 10% of all people in your field but performed in the bottom 10%, would you keep your job?

Do I work for the State?

Just now, ClubWhatever said:

Do I work for the State?

Not if you’re making top 10%.
 

Unless you are a college coach.  

19 hours ago, Jkwellborn said:

Since when? If you aren’t a lineman, and you rush the qb, that’s a blitz.

 

14 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

No

The old school definition of blitz is rushing a DB regardless of the total number of rushers.

The modern definition is rushing 5+.

So rushing a deep safety as a 4th might still be considered a blitz, but rushing a LB as a 4th is definitely not.

13 minutes ago, JBJ said:

 

The old school definition of blitz is rushing a DB regardless of the total number of rushers.

The modern definition is rushing 5+.

So rushing a deep safety as a 4th might still be considered a blitz, but rushing a LB as a 4th is definitely not.

What is it when you rush a guy who's 15 yards away from the LOS?

15 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

This.  The zero blitz was the right call there,  it just didn’t work.  It was the dozen and a half 3 man rush alignment/slow blitz that kept TCU in the game that brought that exceptional physical play to our doorstep.  We shouldn’t have been in that position. 

Well it didn't work in literally the exact same situation against LSU either.

3 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

What is it when you rush a guy who's 15 yards away from the LOS?

Insane futility.

(BTW: I see that you graduated with honors from the Ed McMahon School of Straightmen.)

to me a blitz is bringing as many rushers from one side as there are OL on that side. including the center.  if the O keeps a RB in, it is still considered a blitz.

 

Has Phil Parker from Iowa been mentioned?  He puts out a top 25 defense each year, and I bet they dont pay his what his production is worth. 

Has Phil Parker from Iowa been mentioned?  He puts out a top 25 defense each year, and I bet they dont pay his what his production is worth. 
Parker is DC at Iowa --> Kirk Ferentz hired him there --> Kirk Ferentz hired Greg Davis as his OC, with the benefit of years of tape from his time at Texas --> I do not trust Kirk Ferentz judgement in coordinator hires --> I do not want Phil Parker.
On 10/21/2019 at 3:57 PM, JBJ said:

It's without a doubt the opposite.  (Too simple not too complex).

I'm doubling down on this.  We've had zero multiplicity in the defense this year.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in coaches meetings and find out why.  The pressers have been pretty adamant about simplifying things and trying to win with better players, but geez are we making things easy for opposing offenses.

18 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

This.  The zero blitz was the right call there,  it just didn’t work.  It was the dozen and a half 3 man rush alignment/slow blitz that kept TCU in the game that brought that exceptional physical play to our doorstep.  We shouldn’t have been in that position. 

Not really. Tyler Owens is a great prospect, but he had already proven in the game that he can't find the ball in the air (which shouldn't be a surprise because none of our DBs seem able to do that). While it ended up being a great catch, the bottom line is that the defensive playcall guaranteed that our true freshman 3rd string safety would be in a one-on-one situation with a receiver who had already burned him in the game. On 3rd and really long. That's not a good call.

10 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Not really. Tyler Owens is a great prospect, but he had already proven in the game that he can't find the ball in the air (which shouldn't be a surprise because none of our DBs seem able to do that). While it ended up being a great catch, the bottom line is that the defensive playcall guaranteed that our true freshman 3rd string safety would be in a one-on-one situation with a receiver who had already burned him in the game. On 3rd and really long. That's not a good call.

Every week the coaches say they’ve got to fit their scheme and calls to what the players can do.  And then they don’t.  Our only pass catching TE gets injured and we continue to flex his backups out.  Our center cannot put his face across their nose guard.  So, let’s continue to run zone instead of counter.  Our weak side backer is repeatedly sucked into the line on zone reads by every QB we play.   So, let’s not put an overhang defender on his side, ever.  

Maybe we should put Rod on staff.  He seems to do more research than anyone we are paying to do research.

On 10/28/2019 at 3:11 PM, ClubWhatever said:

Every week the coaches say they’ve got to fit their scheme and calls to what the players can do.  And then they don’t.  Our only pass catching TE gets injured and we continue to flex his backups out.  Our center cannot put his face across their nose guard.  So, let’s continue to run zone instead of counter.  Our weak side backer is repeatedly sucked into the line on zone reads by every QB we play.   So, let’s not put an overhang defender on his side, ever.  

Didn’t know Scott Derry was still playing.

4 minutes ago, jinx said:

Maybe we should put Rod on staff.  He seems to do more research than anyone we are paying to do research.

No kidding.  That looks like analyst level work to me at the very least.

Why did we start two freshman safety’s if Jones was Healthy and starting?

 

with cooks, green and Jameson .....that should have been enough to work with and protect one weak safety 

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2 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Why did we start two freshman safety’s if Jones was Healthy and starting?

 

with cooks, green and Jameson .....that should have been enough to work with and protect one weak safety 

I want to know why the freshman safety wasn't the one blitzing instead of being assigned to man coverage duty

These questions and many others are covered on the Longhorn Blitz podcast that came out this morning.  It's infuriating but somehow at the same time satisfying.

Maybe we should put Rod on staff.  He seems to do more research than anyone we are paying to do research.


Rod should go into coaching. It has to pay as well or better than radio and his voice is awful. He’s a very knowledgeable guy though.
4 hours ago, satyanash said:

 

in summary, Orlando is an idiot

9 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

in summary, Orlando is an idiot

Yep.   That's why he's earned the Third and Orlando nickname.  Barbers pretty much nailed the in his tweets.

I want to know what happens when we play a series with 4 down linemen.   But I don’t think the dc has figured out how we could possibly do that.  

1 hour ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I want to know why the freshman safety wasn't the one blitzing instead of being assigned to man coverage duty

Because none of the safeties were blitzing.

8 hours ago, jinx said:

Maybe we should put Rod on staff.  He seems to do more research than anyone we are paying to do research.

From about 21:50 of the latest Longhorn Blitz podcast Babers excoriates the lack of know how by our DBs on fundamental aspects of playing DB. Calls out the coaching. It was a really good listen. I have an android but I can't find anything other than an Apple podcast link to their podcast. 

 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horns247-podcasts-longhorn-blitz-flagship-state-recruiting/id1279981104?i=1000455463068

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Forgot the link

you guys are telling me that a guy that looks like this:

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may not be the sharpest tool?

weird.

32 minutes ago, sidis said:

you guys are telling me that a guy that looks like this:

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may not be the sharpest tool?

weird.

favorite pro athlete -Brian Bosworth lol

you guys are telling me that a guy that looks like this:
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may not be the sharpest tool?
weird.

Man, in school guys like that we’re typically lug heads. Now I’m really concerned.
Just now, Dbeasy said:


Man, in school guys like that we’re typically lug heads. Now I’m really concerned.

ummm, ya think?  white trash dudes from the midwest who willingly asked for a boz cut?

hence why our defensive issues stem from things that we perceive as "stubbornness."  it isn't stubbornness...he's just a fucking dumbshit jock.  he's the guy that people like leach, riley, brady, etc... just have to love watching in the film room.  todd is good at defending pro style, i formation teams that run a very basic passing scheme that is largely predicated on a traditional run sets/blocking schemes.  that's why we were effective in neutralizing georgia last year.  it's why we've had relative defensive success against kstate and iowa state the last two years.  but he fucking SUCKS against anything besides that.  any complexity, any routes that aren't just stops or go's, any qb that can run, any unconventional run game, any kind of air raid...he's totally fucking lost and we are dependent on our jimmys and joes going out there and dominating at the point of attack.  well, when every starting or backup jimmy and joe you have is hurt, you're fucked.  granted, any dc is going to be put in a tough position enduring our defensive injuries, but god almighty he is fucking dumb.  herman is signing his own career death sentence if he doesn't do what's necessary.  if fucking ed orgeron can figure that out, tom better.

Just lost our 3rd defensive commit for the 2019 class.


Who?

After listening to Babers, it dawned on me that Duane Akina is a much better DB coach than Jason Washington.

6 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

After listening to Babers, it dawned on me that Duane Akina is a much better DB coach than Jason Washington.

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32 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

After listening to Babers, it dawned on me that Duane Akina is a much better DB coach than anyone ever.

FIFY

20 hours ago, sidis said:

you guys are telling me that a guy that looks like this:

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may not be the sharpest tool?

weird.

OK no CR but only in America could this meathead become a multi-millionaire.

 

5 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

Hell, it's possible that Akina is a better DC than Orlando.  

This makes me sad...

Hell, it's possible that Akina is a better DC than Orlando.  
When you are the 4th worst in all of D1, it would be hard to tell the difference if akina was actually worse.
14 minutes ago, Fondren & Main said:

This makes me sad...

Even Akina himself basically admitted that he wasn't a good DC.

Even Akina himself basically admitted that he wasn't a good DC.

That alone makes me think he'd be leaps and bounds better. The next time a coach on this staff shows the ability to self evaluate will be the first.

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2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

That alone makes me think he'd be leaps and bounds better. The next time a coach on this staff shows the ability to self evaluate will be the first.

Defensive coaches for Texas can't self scout worth shit.  

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