Am I the only one that doesn't want Briles?

[ridik01]

I cannot ever foresee Texas running a spread offense and Briles seems to have been exposed against more physical teams this year.

I think we can get much better coaches throughout our coaching search. We need to go after a coach that develops physical teams....not another spread team, like all other big 12 teams!

Also, our hire of Briles just hurts the big 12(higher ranked teams in the big 12 every year gives us higher rankings).

Edit

He's also 58 yrs old, he's getting very close to retirement!

 

[The Tower]

yes

 

[monarch]

...of course not...

 

[ridik01]

I have felt this way for a while, this UCF loss has not swayed my feelings toward him.....but rather reinforced them. However, UCF is a VERY good team!

 

[Alouha27]

I don't want him either.

 

[Randolph Duke]

I want nothing to do with Art Briles. I think he is a ch!cken sh!t individual and unfit to set foot on the 40 Acres.

 

[jvb3190]

I don't want Briles either

 

[JMagana]

Never wanted Briles.

 

[Baron Von Tejas]

I would take him possibly if we are way down the list and it was between him and Franklin.

But I don't thing we are going that far down to get our next coach...

 

[ski2488]

You can't ever foresee Texas running a spread offense?

Uhh... Really? Didn't we win a national championship running the spread offense?

 

[CoachBobbyFinstock]

I want Briles if Saban says no

 

[ridik01]

You can't ever foresee Texas running a spread offense?
Uhh... Really? Didn't we win a national championship running the spread offense?

We were running zone read at the time.

Edit- ran spread at the time of McCoy and Zone read with VY.

I just don't see Texas becoming a long lasting spread team that pretty much gives the middle finger to their HBs.

 

[ski2488]

And the Spread can be physical. Some of the better spread teams this year, such as Auburn, are great running the ball and have some physical RBs

Baylor has speed all over the field and speed never has a bad day. Defense was bad tonight obviously but at Texas, Briles would have the resources to afford a good defensive coordinator

 

[UT Longhorn]

I'm definitely not in the Briles camp...never have been.

 

[tspenc123]

i seem to remember Phil Bennett's defense stomping a mud hole in GD's offense a few times when he was at K-state… Briles is the problem- all the talents on offense- same as Leach, Mackovic, Sumlin etc… we need balance, not a guardrail shift.

 

[Epictetus]

Briles is the problem- all the talents on offense- same as Leach, Mackovic, Sumlin etc… we need balance, not a guardrail shift.

My sentiments. No disrespect to Briles supporters, but to me he is not the man or the brand. I'm aiming higher and differently. This is only the biggest hire in all college football and has all but over-shadowed the entire bowl season.

Briles does not fit my vision. Before and after Tempe.

 

[texasfright]

I have never wanted Briles and I think he's possibly the second coming of McWilliams if we hire him. He caught lightning in a bottle with RG3, which gave him a bump in recruiting, which was further inflated by Texas and OU being in down years. Because of the investment in facilities etc. Baylor will not go back to doormat status, but they won't be as good as they were this year very often. Schools often think they can overcome an offensive or defensive focused head coach through assistants. It's easier said than done. Look at Florida with absolutely no offense and Texas A&M with a crap Defense. Better to get the complete package up front.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

He was outcoached by George O'Leary tonight.

 

[pianoboe]

Briles' teams have a distinct lack of discipline. Being the most penalized team in the country is not a badge of honor. It killed them against UCF. Discipline is what defense is all about, much moreso than offense. A team can score lots of points without a lot of discipline and attention to detail. Receivers running all over the field in different directions will create confusion among an undisciplined defense. It only takes a qb throwing quickly and the receiver catching the ball and outrunning the coverage to be on the same page. It takes an entire defense being where they are supposed to be all the time to be a good defense. Saban's teams are all about discipline and defense. Was it Tevin Reese that took off his helmet and he was wearing flashy gold earrings during a game? I know that's just a little thing, but you would never see a player on a Saban coached team wear something like that during a game. It's that brash over-confidence that comes from a lack of discipline that gets you beat in a BCS bowl by UCF. If Briles were to come to UT, I see a flash of offense against terrible teams and big losses in the big games. Don't want any part of it.