QuintessentialBM
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Generally, Texans hate Oklahoma football and Okies, so whatever is said comes off as disingenuous and condescending. However, I'm going to keep it really real and explain why the Texas Longhorn football program is in the condition that it's currently in. (Warning: Long Post)
1)The booster and player entitlement cultures: These dilemmas are already well know, but there hasn't been any real solutions being implemented. First, the booster issue can be fixed simply with this..... Money DOES NOT mean control. The boosters have too much say in everything that involves Texas athletics.... and THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE fukk THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT! Some real consideration needs to be given as to whether or not the big oil money is worth the headache because they are killing the program with every decision they make. No MONEY = NO SAY. In addition, the money needs to be taken away because it has become a hindrance to player performance. Charlie Strong was absolutely correct in his assessment that the players are SPOILED and a blue collar mentality needed to be implemented. Unfortunately, Strong couldn't overcome the damage done by Mack Brown. As for the player entitlement, there are to factors that contribute: The money that comes through these football programs AT EVERY LEVEL and the national exposure. The current football media landscape has made it impossible to temper exposure, but Texas association responsible for high school athletic has done a lot of harm by over-exposing their athletes, and they've been doing this long before the football media explosion, so you have 2 issues: Entitled players that are difficult to coach and/or never reach their potential AND the ones that actually reach their potential are being poached.
2)Your AD hires have been generally mediocre throughout the history of Longhorn Athletics. It's understood that AD's are responsible for more than football, but if football is your breadwinner, you better make damn sure the AD know his football shyt. OU has been spoiled with Joe Castiglione who is a great AD who not only knows his football, but made decisions with our men's and women's basketball programs, softball, gymnastics and golf programs, all of which have recent national championships(well, not in basketball. lol). This is what a good AD is supposed to do for a college athletics program. Having a good AD takes away the boosters' need for control for day to day program decisions. This is what Texas is severely lacking
3)Texas needs to get LSU, Alabama (basically the SEC) and Ohio State out of Texas. These schools are killing your talent pool, especially defensive. Texas is playing with the leftovers from their own state. UNfukkINGACCEPTIBLE!PERIOD. All of the aforementioned schools may pull one blue chip athlete per season from Oklahoma because they don't want to live in Oklahoma anymore, but most of Oklahoma's top recruits STAY IN OKLAHOMA, and as of recently, are coming to OU. I won't ignore the fact the OU does take some talent from Texas, but Oklahoma has historically recruited players from Texoma/North Texas and Texas was still competitive. Austin, Houston and surrounding areas were always Longhorn and Texas A&M strongholds and OU couldn't pull a single recruit until the Bob Stoops era. LSU always has elite DL's and DB's with depth because they supplement the Louisiana talent with the Texas talent. Ohio State......
Ohio State Signed Three of the Top-Six Players in Texas; Will the Buckeyes Add A Fourth?
Alabama..... 3-Star QB Prospect Vernon Jackson Commits to Alabama over LSU, Others
4)Coaching hires..... Have been lackluster, maybe Strong wasn't bad, but his assistants were. Here are the position groups where Texas needs better coaching:
1) OL; the absolute worse unit on the team
2)DB; use to be strong, but LSU changed that
I would have added QB but Texas(for now) has Cameron Rising and Casey Thompson, so if they sign, Texas' future is looking pretty bright at QB. One of them should be the starter if Buechele doesn't pan out(He's a serviceable QB, but his OL is so bad, he may not be successful).
UT posters... tag ya boys.... Tell me what you think.
1)The booster and player entitlement cultures: These dilemmas are already well know, but there hasn't been any real solutions being implemented. First, the booster issue can be fixed simply with this..... Money DOES NOT mean control. The boosters have too much say in everything that involves Texas athletics.... and THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE fukk THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT! Some real consideration needs to be given as to whether or not the big oil money is worth the headache because they are killing the program with every decision they make. No MONEY = NO SAY. In addition, the money needs to be taken away because it has become a hindrance to player performance. Charlie Strong was absolutely correct in his assessment that the players are SPOILED and a blue collar mentality needed to be implemented. Unfortunately, Strong couldn't overcome the damage done by Mack Brown. As for the player entitlement, there are to factors that contribute: The money that comes through these football programs AT EVERY LEVEL and the national exposure. The current football media landscape has made it impossible to temper exposure, but Texas association responsible for high school athletic has done a lot of harm by over-exposing their athletes, and they've been doing this long before the football media explosion, so you have 2 issues: Entitled players that are difficult to coach and/or never reach their potential AND the ones that actually reach their potential are being poached.
2)Your AD hires have been generally mediocre throughout the history of Longhorn Athletics. It's understood that AD's are responsible for more than football, but if football is your breadwinner, you better make damn sure the AD know his football shyt. OU has been spoiled with Joe Castiglione who is a great AD who not only knows his football, but made decisions with our men's and women's basketball programs, softball, gymnastics and golf programs, all of which have recent national championships(well, not in basketball. lol). This is what a good AD is supposed to do for a college athletics program. Having a good AD takes away the boosters' need for control for day to day program decisions. This is what Texas is severely lacking
3)Texas needs to get LSU, Alabama (basically the SEC) and Ohio State out of Texas. These schools are killing your talent pool, especially defensive. Texas is playing with the leftovers from their own state. UNfukkINGACCEPTIBLE!PERIOD. All of the aforementioned schools may pull one blue chip athlete per season from Oklahoma because they don't want to live in Oklahoma anymore, but most of Oklahoma's top recruits STAY IN OKLAHOMA, and as of recently, are coming to OU. I won't ignore the fact the OU does take some talent from Texas, but Oklahoma has historically recruited players from Texoma/North Texas and Texas was still competitive. Austin, Houston and surrounding areas were always Longhorn and Texas A&M strongholds and OU couldn't pull a single recruit until the Bob Stoops era. LSU always has elite DL's and DB's with depth because they supplement the Louisiana talent with the Texas talent. Ohio State......
Ohio State Signed Three of the Top-Six Players in Texas; Will the Buckeyes Add A Fourth?
Alabama..... 3-Star QB Prospect Vernon Jackson Commits to Alabama over LSU, Others
4)Coaching hires..... Have been lackluster, maybe Strong wasn't bad, but his assistants were. Here are the position groups where Texas needs better coaching:
1) OL; the absolute worse unit on the team
2)DB; use to be strong, but LSU changed that
I would have added QB but Texas(for now) has Cameron Rising and Casey Thompson, so if they sign, Texas' future is looking pretty bright at QB. One of them should be the starter if Buechele doesn't pan out(He's a serviceable QB, but his OL is so bad, he may not be successful).
UT posters... tag ya boys.... Tell me what you think.
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SJU actually suffers from the same exact problems as Texas. The problem with telling a former power that it needs to change is that their alumni is not trying to hear it. You can't tell a millionaire alumnus who went to that university that they're no longer elite. It's like saying their university is not elite, nobody wants to hear it even though it's true.
It may hurt in the short run but sometimes you may have to recruit like Iowa if you ever want to get back to being like Texas.
You don't think Charlie deserved at least one last season with his team to figure it out?
