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Best of luck to ya, Cecil. Hope you land on your feet. More importantly, hope you and your dad can build a stronger relationship.
Cherry exit? (The Chexit)
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— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011
Pretty sure this message was directed at Cherry this morning.
Pretty sure this message was directed at Cherry this morning.
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Didn't want to speculate until it was semi official. Great work by Anwar and Orangebloods from beginning to end on this story.
It's hard to tell what is really at play here. It's the number thing but then it's not that, it's depth chart but then it's not that. I think it boils down to making some mistakes and receiving hard coaching for them while seeing Malik blow up in the media and among the fans. Different guys react different ways. It really is a shame because Cecil was a favorite of mine. I hope it works out for him in Florida.
It's hard to tell what is really at play here. It's the number thing but then it's not that, it's depth chart but then it's not that. I think it boils down to making some mistakes and receiving hard coaching for them while seeing Malik blow up in the media and among the fans. Different guys react different ways. It really is a shame because Cecil was a favorite of mine. I hope it works out for him in Florida.
Not just the players are weighing in on twitter, even the coaches ....
— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011
— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011
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Gotta to say it, if this occurs, then what has happened is a good thing and is far more important then where he ultimately plays football.
“We’re not saying Texas is a bad school. But it’s not designed for his style of defense.â€
When asked what defense fits Cecil’s style, Winston Cherry said that most offensive teams spread the field."
WTF ? You are in The Big 12....Baylor, Tech, WVU, OSU,TCU, etc..... You are going to see SPREAD nearly every down every week.
This sounds like bull****.
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When asked what defense fits Cecil’s style, Winston Cherry said that most offensive teams spread the field."
WTF ? You are in The Big 12....Baylor, Tech, WVU, OSU,TCU, etc..... You are going to see SPREAD nearly every down every week.
This sounds like bull****.
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New Sounding like a mutual decision to a degree. Strong has already signed the transfer papers according to Horns Digest.
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I'm quoting you Juan to steal the twitter link, but I've been involved in athletics my whole life, and unless Cecil had a mouse in his f##king pocket, there ain't no us there pops. It seems like this is a f##king loser father that is trying to ride his son's coattails. The "oh man you gonna make it big in the NFLS boy, you going to by daddy a big ol house and a brand new Cadillac boy" mentality just makes me sick.
We thought Brad Mccoy was bad, this guy would have been 10,000x worse.
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You are right JohnStark..Sad
Cherry was from a small town. Big fish in a small pond ( small school football ). Being a big badass in small school football doesn't translate to being much at D1 very often. It also sounds like this kid is not used to "coaching". Probably didn't get his butt chewed in high school because he was THE stud. If so...his high school coaches did him a disservice.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFMyFuar4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFMyFuar4E
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPFMyFuar4E
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Our Site Mate Ryan Bridges is going off on Twitter right now.
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Supposedly there could be another attrition candidate that we hear about shortly, possibly even today.
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My Twitter is struggling to load now..Im sure he and Will B. will post the tweets here tho.
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Now that it's apparently done I'll cross-post some tweets and a little more here.
I heard the rumor about this yesterday but didn't want to say anything because (1) it was just a rumor and I didn't want to draw unnecessary attention to Cherry if there was nothing to it, and (2) I'm not a good reporter because I care more about the program than about making news. If there was any truth to it, I wanted the coaches to be able to resolve it quietly without Texas fans and opposing fans jumping in and basically calling Cherry a coward — like they did — making the job of keeping him harder for the coaches.
Everything I heard is out in public now. Long story short, Cherry was frustrated — which is very normal. Just about every freshman across the country is finding out right now that they weren't as good as they thought they were and that college football is harder than they thought. Most of them have family, old coaches and friends to encourage them. Brian Davis had the great scoop there that that was not the case with Cherry. Everyone here has experienced that at least once in their life, that fear that you're in over your head and can't hack it. Now imagine expressing that to someone you trust and respect and having them say, "I told you so. It's OK. Come home."
People are mocking the Florida 5 thing right now because they're missing the points. First, what was remarkable about the Florida 5 was that Charlie Strong, in his first true recruiting class, walked into Florida and landed commitments from four of the top 50 players in the state, plus the #60 player (Cherry) and Johnson, who would have been #71 if he'd been a high school senior. The accomplishment was getting those commitments (and most of the signatures), and the fact that most of them didn't make it doesn't take away from that accomplishment.
Second, the exciting part about the Florida signees was that fans expected them to bring a new attitude to Texas. It turns out we didn't need them to; Malik, Williams, Hager, etc. have brought the attitude themselves. I've never seen a freshman class shake things up like this class has. Charlie Strong is going to go out and get "dogs" wherever he goes. It doesn't matter if they're from Texas, Florida or Alaska — the only players he's bringing in are guys he wants.
And one last thing. Look at how the freshmen have responded to this news and keep that in mind when Paul Finebaum or Clay Travis or Travis Haney get wind of this development — probably coupled with the video of Roberson and Nickelson fighting — and allege again that Charlie Strong doesn't have control of this football team. The young guys are coming together exactly how you'd want them to in response to news like this. They're going to be fine off the field and on it, with or without Cherry.
I heard the rumor about this yesterday but didn't want to say anything because (1) it was just a rumor and I didn't want to draw unnecessary attention to Cherry if there was nothing to it, and (2) I'm not a good reporter because I care more about the program than about making news. If there was any truth to it, I wanted the coaches to be able to resolve it quietly without Texas fans and opposing fans jumping in and basically calling Cherry a coward — like they did — making the job of keeping him harder for the coaches.
Everything I heard is out in public now. Long story short, Cherry was frustrated — which is very normal. Just about every freshman across the country is finding out right now that they weren't as good as they thought they were and that college football is harder than they thought. Most of them have family, old coaches and friends to encourage them. Brian Davis had the great scoop there that that was not the case with Cherry. Everyone here has experienced that at least once in their life, that fear that you're in over your head and can't hack it. Now imagine expressing that to someone you trust and respect and having them say, "I told you so. It's OK. Come home."
People are mocking the Florida 5 thing right now because they're missing the points. First, what was remarkable about the Florida 5 was that Charlie Strong, in his first true recruiting class, walked into Florida and landed commitments from four of the top 50 players in the state, plus the #60 player (Cherry) and Johnson, who would have been #71 if he'd been a high school senior. The accomplishment was getting those commitments (and most of the signatures), and the fact that most of them didn't make it doesn't take away from that accomplishment.
Second, the exciting part about the Florida signees was that fans expected them to bring a new attitude to Texas. It turns out we didn't need them to; Malik, Williams, Hager, etc. have brought the attitude themselves. I've never seen a freshman class shake things up like this class has. Charlie Strong is going to go out and get "dogs" wherever he goes. It doesn't matter if they're from Texas, Florida or Alaska — the only players he's bringing in are guys he wants.
And one last thing. Look at how the freshmen have responded to this news and keep that in mind when Paul Finebaum or Clay Travis or Travis Haney get wind of this development — probably coupled with the video of Roberson and Nickelson fighting — and allege again that Charlie Strong doesn't have control of this football team. The young guys are coming together exactly how you'd want them to in response to news like this. They're going to be fine off the field and on it, with or without Cherry.
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