Sterlin Gilbert To Texas

[The Bry-Man81]

Apparently, we aspire to be as good as Baylor these days. It is what it is.

I think a lot of teams aspire to be as good as the #1 scoring and yardage offense in the country.

 

[BevoBlake]

The fact of the matter is that most of the best offenses in College football are run by a HC. We tried to hire one of the few exceptions by offering Sonny Cumbie at TCU.

We also were looking for a OC that runs a run-based spread and preferably had ties to this state.

Top Offenses in College Football:

Bowling Green - HC Dino Babers runs offense

Baylor - Art Briles

Texas Tech - Kliffy

TCU - Sonny & Doug

Southern Mississippi

Western Kentucky

Cincy

Clemson

Oregon

Oklahoma - Lincoln Riley is OC

Tulsa had the 16th ranked offense in College Football.

When Mike Spradlin left UH (and Art Briles) he hired Sterlin Gilbert as his OC to install and run the Briles offense.

When Dino Babers left Baylor he hired Gilbert to install and run the Briles offense at EIU.

When Babers left EIU to go to Bowling Green he brought Gilbert with him to install and help run the Briles offense.

When Phil Montgomery finally left Baylor to become HC at Tulsa he hired Gilbert to install and help run the Briles offense.

When Phil Montgomery was asked (when he was an OC at Baylor) who should run this offense if anything ever happened to him - he said "Sterlin Gilbert, that guy is a stud".

Sterlin Gilbert isn't a big name to the general public, or even recruits, but among the people who coach the offense we are looking to run - he's a star.

People piss & moan that we didn't try and hire Lincoln Riley, and we watched as he went to Oklahoma and became Assistant Coach of the year. Sterlin Gilbert is Lincoln Riley three years ago. Gilbert, along with Montgomery, took a 2-10 team that finished 78th in the country in offense in 2014 and turned them into the 16th best offense in the country in 2015.

This is about as informative of a post as you're going to get. Well done Hip. I understand people wanted a splash. This is a tide. And eventually it's going to show itself to be a wave. The more I look at this guys body of work, the more happy I am with this hire.

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

Apparently, we aspire to be as good as Baylor these days. It is what it is.

"Bigger" coaching names with more OC experience probably wouldn't agree to come to UT knowing that Strong is on a short leash. 

That about sums up what Im thinking... Thanks. Im hoping he can build the excitement.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

'Offensively' - you're damn right we do.

No argument

I hope Gilbert is as good as advertised. I like that he's young & hungry with Texas roots. Could be a good fit for us long-term.

 

[Bear19]

Apparently, we aspire to be as good as Baylor these days. It is what it is.

"Bigger" coaching names with more OC experience probably wouldn't agree to come to UT knowing that Strong is on a short leash.

Bingo!

 

[tejasrulz]

Just saw on the LHN that Briles is not thrilled with this hire. That statement alone is enough for me to be happy with this hire.

 

[Bear19]

This is about as informative of a post as you're going to get. Well done Hip. I understand people wanted a splash. This is a tide. And eventually it's going to show itself to be a wave. The more I look at this guys body of work, the more happy I am with this hire.

I agree . Damn good work Hiphop.

 

[CCausey11]

'Offensively' - you're damn right we do.

Absolutely, we've been pissing and moaning about the offense for a while now.  What we wouldn't give to have Baylor's offense -  Don't understand why that would be a bad thing at all.

 

[texasdalton]

The thing that is going to make or break this hire, Coach Strong, or 2016 season is if Sterlin can turn this ship around immediately. Hopefully he understands that he isnt going to have a grace period.

 

[DMAC]

Rumor going around offer was rejected.

 

[Hiphopopotamos]

Rumor going around offer was rejected.

Football scoop continues to maintain that it was never even offered to Gilbert.

Either way - perception is we f##ked this all up. 

We're f##ked.

 

[jonofui]

When is this going to end?    /)_-)

 

[tejasrulz]

The LHN just stated he turned it down.

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

Everybody has sources and everybody knows something and everybody has the inside line... Annnd to this point not one person has been right. Comical but not...

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

Well its always good to get a direct signal of how far exactly your program has fallen... Don't get number one option, number two option shuts us down... Where will the clown show go next? Realistically it can't be very long before this ridiculousness starts to effect our prospects as well as those currently on the roster. 

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

Football scoop continues to maintain that it was never even offered to Gilbert.

Either way - perception is we f##ked this all up. 

We're f##ked.

You know Texas Football's in the shitter when Hip Hop says we're f##ked.

We've officially hit rock bottom

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

You know Texas Football's in the shitter when Hip Hop says we're f##ked.

We've officially hit rock bottom

Man that seems like a lot of bullshit... Even if its not what happened, it feels like and what it will look like is that we offered got shut down and then like an embarrassed little boy "i never wanted to go out with you anyways!"

 

[Bear19]

I asked a while back why was everyone sure we could get Gilbert after striking out with Cumbie.

I am ready for a Mulligan,all the way back to December 2013.

 

[Epictetus]

In an alternate reality... a jet plane is on the way to Tulsa... with Coach, AD and President.

On The Horn, 104.9 FM Austin this minute.  Not sure who knows exactly who all is on the plane.

But radio guys are saying all three are.

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

 

[Bevostuntdouble]

In an alternate reality... a jet plane is on the way to Tulsa... with Coach, AD and President.

On The Horn, 104.9 FM Austin this minute.  Not sure who knows exactly who all is on the plane.

But radio guys are saying all three are.

— Twitter API (@twitterapi) November 7, 2011

I hope they know what they are doing cause if that doesnt workout they are going to look like colossal idiots...