zion3d
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Well, I have been silent for quite a while on the forum but the current state of affairs with the University of Texas football program has awakened me from my slumber.
I don't want to be one of those fans that's constantly critiquing ever aspect of the programs trajectory but at some point don't we as fans deserve the very best from our team? I say hell yes!!!
The best metaphor for Tom Herman that I could you is that he is a used car salesman. He got most people to buy what he was selling and then laughed all the way to the bank. Do I believe that he wants to win as a coach. Definitely! He would love noting more that to have his ego fed by bringing a national championship to Texas. The rub is this, he thought that he could use mental projection of how smart he was with football to get the job and then with enough people believing a championship would magically happen. He need to remember that this is his culture, his players, his coaches, and after 4 years, of excuses and failed mantras the state of the program is no better than when he began. I think he realizes he does not have what it takes to bring a championship to Austin. You can't be elite as he always says by running all of the data into some algorithm and win a championship.
I must say that just because someone has not accomplished something does not mean that they will not. And just because someone has accomplished something does not mean that they will again. I believe it takes a person understanding what they have and maximizing it to its full potential Player development, discipline, and that innate ability to do more with less is what we find lacking in our program.
The other thing that bothers me about coach Herman is the obsession to be more of a friend to the players than a coach. I understand that every coach has a certain style but foundationally a coach that demands growth and effort ion their players does much more to advance the ball if you will than worrying about them feeling good about themselves. I do not see passion from Herman and thus thus the team lacks passion for the game. They want to be on the Wheaties box but can't perform beyond their training, both physically and mentally. That lack of emotion tells me he is not truly invested in doing what it takes to win if he has to change the culture he instituted. He has to know that what he is doing is not working. But for him to change is to admit guilt.
Anyway, I am off my rant and apologize for seeming to be a negative Nancy.
Till I die, HOOK 'EM!
I don't want to be one of those fans that's constantly critiquing ever aspect of the programs trajectory but at some point don't we as fans deserve the very best from our team? I say hell yes!!!
The best metaphor for Tom Herman that I could you is that he is a used car salesman. He got most people to buy what he was selling and then laughed all the way to the bank. Do I believe that he wants to win as a coach. Definitely! He would love noting more that to have his ego fed by bringing a national championship to Texas. The rub is this, he thought that he could use mental projection of how smart he was with football to get the job and then with enough people believing a championship would magically happen. He need to remember that this is his culture, his players, his coaches, and after 4 years, of excuses and failed mantras the state of the program is no better than when he began. I think he realizes he does not have what it takes to bring a championship to Austin. You can't be elite as he always says by running all of the data into some algorithm and win a championship.
I must say that just because someone has not accomplished something does not mean that they will not. And just because someone has accomplished something does not mean that they will again. I believe it takes a person understanding what they have and maximizing it to its full potential Player development, discipline, and that innate ability to do more with less is what we find lacking in our program.
The other thing that bothers me about coach Herman is the obsession to be more of a friend to the players than a coach. I understand that every coach has a certain style but foundationally a coach that demands growth and effort ion their players does much more to advance the ball if you will than worrying about them feeling good about themselves. I do not see passion from Herman and thus thus the team lacks passion for the game. They want to be on the Wheaties box but can't perform beyond their training, both physically and mentally. That lack of emotion tells me he is not truly invested in doing what it takes to win if he has to change the culture he instituted. He has to know that what he is doing is not working. But for him to change is to admit guilt.
Anyway, I am off my rant and apologize for seeming to be a negative Nancy.
Till I die, HOOK 'EM!
