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Two Texas Technical Items (Tuberville News)
Posted by Sailor Ripley on January 9th, 2010 under Football
1) dedfischer has some interesting thoughts on Colt McCoy, the Big 12/SEC match ups, our O-Line, our O-Line coach, etc.
Big 12 Drops Another MNC Game
The issue runs much deeper than bad Greg Davis playcalling. I continue to scratch my head in confusion as to how the University of Texas can’t recruit an OL unit comparable to the Kansas schools. Texas didn’t whip Tech in 2004 and 2005 because of Vince Young. They rolled us because they had some asskickers on the OL. Lyle Sendlein might have got beat by Suh on the first play, but the 2nd one, he would have attempted to rip his jugular out and hand it to him versus curling in the fetal position or playing paddy cake with his shoulder pads.
It’s worth a gander. The LINK
2) Teeth say Tubs is in @ Texas Tech.
If you missed ded’s post about Tubs, check it too.
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What are we gonna fret about, now?
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NorthDallasSooner said:
January 9th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
I like Tuberville and what he did for many years in the SEC, but…..
In the story from ESPN, “Tuberville, 55, became a strong candidate when it was determined he would not insist on hiring his own staff, the source said. Tuberville also will not cost Tech a contract buyout.”
This proves to me that, not only was it a money deal to shoot Leach, but the factors listed demonstrate that Tech either doesn’t have or doesn’t want to spend the money necessary for competing at the top. They’ll be fine in the near term, but this could be the beginning of a decline if they can’t compete financially.
EyesOfTX said:
January 9th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Nice hire – definitely the best option they had available. But, he must bring in a very creative-minded OC, or he will not be able to be competitive. Tech needs a gimmicky offense to survive against the big boys – they cannot recruit heads up with the likes of Texas and OU, and will always have a talent disadvantage.
But he will make worlds of difference on the defensive side of the ball.
Good for Tech.
Hook ‘em!!!
Sailor Ripley said:
January 9th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Just talked to dedfischer. He’ll have his thoughts on the hire over at Tortilla Retort up later today, but he’s pretty excited.
whoopspat said:
January 9th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Sailor-
If you guys haven’t done so already, you should make a post to explain what the heck all of this fantake stuff is. A new URL, new sites popping up, and not a single “about” page.
Sailor Ripley said:
January 9th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
I know. I’ve already docked my own exorbitant pay since this hasn’t been done yet. One legged as kicker and all that.
Promise to get a cohesive message together as soon as I can.
Vasherized said:
January 9th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
We’re waiting on the Chinese to sign the goddamn contract.
mockingbird said:
January 9th, 2010 at 2:44 pm
I remember an article a few years ago about how Auburn had enrolled illiterate football players (seriously, they could not read) and then created learning disability courses, just for them. A booster had helped “endow” the TA teaching fees for the classes. This was when Tubs was the coach.
Tuberville is stepping in to an entirely different world. Totally different.
He is a good coach, but this is a bad match that will not end well.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 9th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
I’m not sure about this. Seems like there is destined to be a lag-time in which Tuberville will be stuck with Leach-system recruits, probably for a couple of years. I just can’t see that working out very well. Maybe eventually — I always knew Tech would hire someone that Myers would fell comfortable taking goose-hunting, and Tuberville fits that bill.
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January 9th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
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blackscholes said:
January 9th, 2010 at 3:08 pm
“I always knew Tech would hire someone that Myers would fell comfortable taking goose-hunting…”
So true.
ransomstoddard said:
January 9th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
It will be important to watch the payoffs to recruits at Tech now. Tommy loves him some SEC-style slush funds
CurrentLonghornStudent said:
January 9th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Back to the Texas OL– why *can’t* we find good OL players in the state of Texas? I mean–gah. Even Stanford has a good OL…and a Heisman runner-up RB to boot! McWhorter and Davis need to go.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 9th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Espinosa is a stud. And we have him coming next year. Trey Hopkins is a stud too. The Cavalry is coming. talent-wise.
Add them to Mason Walters, and things start looking up quickly.
HenryJames said:
January 9th, 2010 at 7:50 pm
It will be important to watch the payoffs to recruits at Tech now. Tommy loves him some SEC-style slush funds.
Swing and a miss.
whoopspat said:
January 9th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Didn’t Tuberville’s wife call out Saban for cheating on an Alabama radio station? And weren’t boosters pissed he wouldn’t play that game? And wasn’t Chizik hired with the understanding that Auburn would be playing that game from there on out?
java said:
January 9th, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Two things I would like to add:
1) Scip, I think, mentioned that the problem with this o-line was in large part due to upper body strength. That seemed obvious when watching the Davis, McCoy, and Hall’s PC prior to the Rose Bowl. I could swear that McCoy’s shoulders are as broad as Hall’s shoulders are. Hall does have more padding.
I have seen pictures of two of these guys and they don’t look fat, neither did Studdard. At least one of them, I think, played some defensive line, as well. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Hall looked not only nice at the PC, he looked cherubic. Somehow that just sends the wrong message. Don’t get me wrong, maybe he did exactly as he was coached; however, at least on the field, I want to see ‘a dude with a ‘tude”and some passion. Colt is a genuine, good guy, but he showed a great deal of passion and attitude on the field over the last four years.
2) Tuberville: There is an old expression that says ‘where there is smoke there is fire’. There was never any ’smoke’ around Leach, then suddenly, this story breaks about A James, and the Tech administration is all over it right before the $800K was to be paid. The situation always had an odor.
I hope that Tech is forced to pay Mike Leach the $800,000 + the buy-out for the contract + punitive damages, because his career has been damaged. If punitive damages are not applicable, make Tech pay the full contractual obligation for the full term of the contract. Tech renewed his contract last year, and though the merits of the contract may be dubious, the Tech administration is responsible and should be held accountable.
If they are held accountable, would the $2 million per year become a little tough for the bad guys.
dedfischer said:
January 10th, 2010 at 8:34 am
Brent Venables has caught a rare form of Chizik AIDS. He’s going backwards on defense. Someone has to at least try and slow the Texas machine down. Texas needs Tech to stay competitive for strength of schedule purposes and I think in the long run, we can do that with Tuberville. I’m not so sure about Ruff. Where were we going with that guy?
fear_the_cow said:
January 10th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Football clearly was not the most most important thing in Chris Hall’s life. I wonder about some of the other olinemen. Sure, they are good guys, but I want my football team to be made up with guys who love football first and foremost. At least who love football enough to spend the summer before their senior year, in Austin and working out with the team….instead of some jaunt to the Holy Land. That could have waited for the rest of his life, he had one shot at a national title.
ghostofagroundgame said:
January 10th, 2010 at 8:47 am
ded–
Do you think Tuberville is going to try to keep the offense as is? I assume he’ll install his own defense, but I’m really curious to see what happens with Leach’s recruits. Also, keeping Leach’s offense would allow TT to continue to hold its niche in recruiting for receivers and spread QBs, which is one of the best things the program has had going for it. Change the offense and then you are back to head-to-head with all of the big boys for talent, and that’s going to be a struggle.
whoopspat said:
January 10th, 2010 at 11:40 am
Cherubic is a pretty good way to describe Hall. Bitch tits is another. The guy was pure bad weight. God chose a random man to slap 200 pounds of bad weight and a D1 scholarship with and that man’s name is Chris Hall.
BicBenedict said:
January 10th, 2010 at 3:22 pm
I’m not totally against calling a kid out for bad play or wrong doing but those are a couple of cheap shots on a kid that gave this program all he had.
dedfischer said:
January 10th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
ghost, he’ll keep it with an injection of a running game. I expect a 40%-45% run/55%-60% pass balance versus our current 30%/70% mix. He’s got more talent on the OL than Mack has to work with, so as long as he can make strides with the defense, we shouldn’t lose any more games on average than we did with Leach. And, we might be able to slow down Cody Hawkins.
Mysterious Package said:
January 10th, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Agree with whoopstat on this one
kafka said:
January 10th, 2010 at 10:38 pm
The TT OC hire will tell us what is in Tech’s offensive future. TT had to say that he was going to air it out to hang onto new O recruits. If he hires somebody like Major, then he is serious about continuing Air Raid.
HenryJames said:
January 11th, 2010 at 7:17 am
Pretty sure Major will not be the next OC at Tech.
dedfischer said:
January 11th, 2010 at 7:44 am
The leading candidate right now is Neal Brown at Troy. That went well the last time TT hired someone from there. But, he is indeed a Leach protege and played for him at Kentucky.
dedfischer said:
January 12th, 2010 at 7:22 am
It’s Neal Brown.