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On the Mensa train or not? 347 members have voted

  1. 1. Do you believe a Tom Herman led Texas team can compete for National Titles?

    • Yes
    • No
    • Not sure, waiting to see how this season plays out
    • Not sure, let's see where we are at after year 3

This poll is closed to new votes

Poll closed on 09/14/18 at 08:02 AM

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On 9/16/2018 at 9:01 AM, utexas8 said:


Same. TCU game will put us back to earth.

Reminder

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  • 2 weeks later...
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REMINDER

BELLY RUB ON YOU DUMBFUCK HATERS

I was lined up for tickets until that 21 point meltdown.  I will say that he seems to be on a better trajectory than I gave him credit for.

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16 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I was lined up for tickets until that 21 point meltdown.  I will say that he seems to be on a better trajectory than I gave him credit for.

 

12 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

I’ll eat as much crow as y’all want to shovel on to my plate. 

Kinda think we’re back.

BACK TO WORK, YEAH

Okay, okay, I was off the Mensa train there bad after Maryland 2, I admit.

But I'm a big man, lol.  I forgive Mensa.  Back on board, lol.

Completely on board. After Tulsa, I wanted to see how we played the next 4. Mark me down as impressed. Never expected to go 4-0. He just needs to clean up the starts and finishes.

Good job Herman.

  • 4 weeks later...

This train sucks. Where is the first class and free booze? Train’s clock management sucks too. 

On 10/6/2018 at 3:32 PM, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

I’ll eat as much crow as y’all want to shovel on to my plate. 

Kinda think we’re back.

Now we're back to back.

40 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Still liking my no vote here.

Congratulations?

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The poll was closed before the start of the USC game when we were 1-1 btw. 

Still on, comfy, ready to watch the team continue to grow under TH. 

No these two bullshit last second losses didn't change my mind. Lets see how they respond the rest of the season, we win a decent bowl game, I'm a happy camper for this year.

16 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Congratulations?

Not at all.  I don't mind eating crow, if it's mine to eat.  I would love to eat crow, if Herman brought Texas to a national championship, but I don't see it happening.

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On 11/3/2018 at 10:24 PM, Here’s the deal said:

Flawed poll.  Can’t have two maybe answers. 

Maybe was never an answer anyway, you can't maybe get on a train.

  • 2 weeks later...
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CHOO CHOO

  • 3 weeks later...

Still on the train as long as it's moving forward and seems to be gaining momentum..

If it parks at the station for a bit I might step off and grab a snack, but reserve the right to jump back on board if the whistle sounds...and/or jump off again if it's creeping along too slowly.

Does that answer the OP guestion?

On 9/2/2018 at 11:55 PM, BurntOrangeCrush said:

I voted no. I was under the impression Herman was an offensive guru. He has a horrible OC and won't do anything about it. What's frustrating is see what other coaches and OC's in the Big 12 can do with lesser talent.

I bought into Herman. I was wrong. A NC caliber coach doesn't bring a team unprepared. Yesterday was an embarrassment.

Last, I thought Ehlinger would make a good jump in year 2. Herman sure as shit ain't no QB whisperer.

Just bringing this back around

Edited by texifornia

2 hours ago, texifornia said:

Just bringing this back around

I will stand by what I said after the Maryland game and take my serving of crow right now as well.

I feel like Herman is not an elite coach yet, but has the potential to learn from mistakes and become one eventually.

The Big 12 championship game was concerning however... he should not have completely abandoned the run on offense like that, and he should have blitzed much more often on defense. As previously stated, the lack of in game adjustments is concerning.

16 minutes ago, BurntOrangeCrush said:

I will stand by what I said after the Maryland game and take my serving of crow right now as well.

I was just having fun with the first hot take I saw. Sam was definitely butt in the UMD game.

5 minutes ago, texifornia said:

I was just having fun with the first hot take I saw. Sam was definitely butt in the UMD game.

Sam was basically the same guy in the first three quarters of Maryland that he was in the four games that followed (which we won). In the fourth quarter, one of his interceptions was deflected, the other probably was his fault but there also seemed to be some sort of miscommunication/misunderstanding on the route. He really wasn't that terrible.

11 minutes ago, Phoenix said:

I feel like Herman is not an elite coach yet, but has the potential to learn from mistakes and become one eventually.

Agree with this!  He’s not a finished product. You can see a lot of things done this year that weren’t done last year. He’s still growing and figureing it out. We’re in a pretty good spot if he this capable of a HC and still noticeably getting better. 

Something something experience something mistakes something something experience?

Not as happy with the likely ending record as I hoped to be after some of the surprising early season wins (some of which got less surprising as the season went on), but anyone with eyes could see that our weakest points last year were significantly improved this year.

Granted, the baseline was pretty damn low, but our oline, running game, qb and receivers were all notably better this year.  That's not by accident. 

Unfortunately, we had a surprising new crop of problems show up in the defensive side, and we'll have to see if Todd Orlando is the real deal or Manny Diaz part two.  I think he'll figure it out and be a good one. 

I saw an aggy post on Twitter that it's funny how optimistic we are after this year given our record may end up close to our 2013 record that got Mack fired.  One of the first replies pointed out that we lost our games in 2013 by an avg of three tds.  I could give a shit about moral victories, but you can also use your eyes and see we're competitive in every game we play, which hasn't been the case for a long while. 

Recruiting is also going very well and it staff has shown an ability to find and bring in juco and grad transfer talent where we need it.  We're the most physical version of Texas I can remember since 2005, which is a nice change. 

We're not there yet, and Tom may not get it done, but he's sure as hell earned another season and, unless the wheels fall off next year, probably another couple of seasons to get us there. 

  • 4 weeks later...
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On 9/3/2018 at 7:52 PM, Valmy77 said:

Option #3. 

Ok I waited to see how the season worked itself out. I think I will get on the train.

I was option #2.

The guy wins, I will give you that, but get back to me when we are competing for national championships. I will eat crow (for this thread) then.

I just want to see the same level of preparation for the Maryland and OSUs.  Once we have beaten a few sentient underdogs, I will be close to completely comfortable with Hermy. 

 

And a bit more second-half finish. 

Edited by TwiceHorn

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TH goin to be on SVP here pretty soon.

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So last nights interview he asked if TH was going to have a night on the town with MM. Maybe it was a reference back in time to this question?

13-2-1 against the spread as an underdog. That seems like what you want in a coach but I guess if you want to be a Debbie Downer he can be criticized for even ever being an underdog. 

  • 7 months later...

i am on the train because i have seen what else is out there as coaches. and it ain't easy here at UT. but Herman definitely has a few things he needs to shore up in his game day coaching that could keep him from reaching elite status. i do think he will learn. i mean he is pretty new at head coaching. it is good for him to figure out all this shit his first few years while he is rebuilding the program.

  • 1 month later...
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Yeah I'm still on the train I just hope the tracks and the whole thing rolls off down the cliff and gets completely annihilated along with this piss poor conference. Rather be in AAC.

The KO return decisions were epic Mensa. How many free field position yards did he GIVE AWAY ... which were ultimately subtracted from the ensuing shitty punts?
 

Mensa ...

  • 1 month later...
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I guess I'm on the train all the way off the rails off the cliff.

 

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