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[Chairman of the Board]

He clearly said that in the press conference.

Yes he did. It's been stated several times that a pretty good chunk was spent on this current team

 

[Big8+4-2-2+2-2+4+4]

Yes he did. It's been stated several times that a pretty good chunk was spent on this current team

I bet those same folks are going to be reluctant to light their money on fire again.

 

[zone2poke]

I bet those same folks are going to be reluctant to light their money on fire again.

Much depends on the next hire.

 

[DxCowboy]

Yes he did. It's been stated several times that a pretty good chunk was spent on this current team

As I’ve said before, it’s amazing what an absolutely abysmal job the previous staff did in targeting portal players.
When you bring in 50, & only 8 are starters for a team coming off a 3-9 season, that’s total failure and a reflection of how ill equipped they were to operate in the current environment.
But hey! Mike. ‘deserved’ a chance to fix it! (Fart noises)

 

[DxCowboy]

Much depends on the next hire.

This.

People stop writing checks when they have no faith things are on the right track.

 

[HacklemanPoke]

As I’ve said before, it’s amazing what an absolutely abysmal job the previous staff did in targeting portal players.
When you bring in 50, & only 8 are starters for a team coming off a 3-9 season, that’s total failure and a reflection of how ill equipped they were to operate in the current environment.
But hey! Mike. ‘deserved’ a chance to fix it! (Fart noises)

How many of those 8 would start at a top half Big12 school?

 

[DxCowboy]

How many of those 8 would start at a top half Big12 school?

Or the other 14?

 

[CptnQuirk]

He clearly said that in the press conference.

I hope we do have plenty. It seems to have worked for wrestling and basketball.

 

[007Poke]

Agree. The evaluators are key and the reason improvement has occurred in basketball and wrestling. Football failed because those evaluating could not tell the difference between a donkey or horse much less a thoroughbred.

 

[SanditeCowboy]

Robert says "the calls defy belief."

Dave quickly chamges the subject

Of course RA says that now since his boy Gundy isn’t the coach. He is such an idiot.

 

[SanditeCowboy]

They had a TE off the line of scrimmage there specifically to block Davis and he didn't even attempt to block him. It was so bad.

The effort was abysmal. Both tight ends struggled to block today.

 

[PokeBloke]

Chad says we have plenty of NIL $$.

We have donors with money. We have donors who hate Gundy & how he has handled the past several tears. Terrible recruiting. Terrible on field product. Terrible coaches that lasted many years too long. Terrible OL. Zero indication anything was going to change. So they pulled their $$$ off the table. Donors will put us back on the map. Money talks.

 

[PokeBloke]

At some point, donors are doing to demand more of a return on their investment, maybe in the form of contracts or performance based payments

Coming soon…

Coaches will be selected by donors not the AD and university staff

 

[Osucowboy79]

The effort was abysmal. Both tight ends struggled to block today.

Our 2 most dynamic players are 17 and 18 and instead of going 4 receivers so both can play, we constantly put ineffective TEs out there.

 

[PokeBloke]

If we hired Saban tomorrow, how the heck do you even begin to address this mess? Do you spend $20-30M on a team of 3 star talent? I mean seriously we will have to replace 75% of this team and pretty much become a first year D1 team

 

[zone2poke]

If we hired Saban tomorrow, how the heck do you even begin to address this mess? Do you spend $20-30M on a team of 3 star talent? I mean seriously we will have to replace 75% of this team and pretty much become a first year D1 team

Whoever we get, I'm not expecting a miraculous, one season turnaround. I expect for us to be competitive in the third year, and I hope we might be pretty good in the second.

I hadn't really thought about it before, but what people are saying here is really true. We absolutely have to have great talent evaluators to get where we want to go in the era of NIL.

 

[ostate77]

Our 2 most dynamic players are 17 and 18 and instead of going 4 receivers so both can play, we constantly put ineffective TEs out there.

I agree but they have too because the OL is so pathetically bad. Sad thing is they are such poor blockers also, it’s a complete waste all around.

 

[Osucowboy79]

I agree but they have too because the OL is so pathetically bad. Sad thing is they are such poor blockers also, it’s a complete waste all around.

You're right. I also think Zane's skill set is best suited to an air raid approach that would minimize the OL deficiencies but I guess we're not going to try that.