Consider the facts?

[johnabeard]

First off let me say thanks to mchpaul and all the mods that help run this site. I am your number one fan with crossfire and other breaking stories, thank you for all the time you put into this site.

Second the more I stay on this site and the more post I read about 80 percent of them are false advertising. Everyone thought we had the hired nailed down and we talked about saban till the earth was flat and not round anymore. When in reality it never happened and now we have strong. Im okay with what ifs and maybes but for every post to be about something that hasn't happened yet gets old. Why not let strong hire his staff unless we are in his coaching office with him we honestly have no clue who he wants or who he is talking to.

Third lets be better than other sites, lets stay on topic and on things we know about that are certain. Everyone has been throwing names out about who is or who what will be can we just wait a second and actually see who it is before we bash them for what they have accomplished. Yesterday everyone on this site was up in arms about Watson coming here and we have no knowledge or truth that it will be him or not. Why waist a whole day bashing him to turn opposite the second day talking about another candidate.

We all want the best for the school, we all want to win again. Before we bash people who are human beings and have a family and are doing the best they can with what they have aka Watson, why not lets see who he really hires before we say people cant do this or that.

We on this site cant hire or dictate to the university who they hire, so instead of downing the school for what they have done and how have they done it. Lets take pride that Patterson stood up to the big money donors and brought in someone who wouldn't be a puppet to what they wanted. I like strong, I love that he puts defense first. I love that he wont take shit from anyone and he will turn this program around to team that when we step on the field, the other teams offense will be saying man I don't wanna get hit by those guys. Texas shouldn't about about spreading the ball out and being the newest prettiest offense out there, texas should be about knocking people on there asses and running the ball down field.

Texas should number one be about home field advantage, I hope in the strong era we go back to never losing a game at home again. Why play here if we cant win here, home field wins should be priority one, you see that less in less in college football. Wasn't Nebraska like 40 wins at home before we stopped that streak, its time for texas to put homefield back on the priority list.

Lets give coach strong a chance before we automatically bash the people he hires, the guy can coach he has 4 winning seasons and 3-1 in bowl games.

So in strong I trust, Texas Strong.

 

[GetHooked]

Yea, whatever.

 

[johnabeard]

Yea, whatever.

If you can't offer something positive or insight or anything that is useful why even post?

We are all fans of the same team.

 

[monarch]

...faith passion. well done...

 

[LinuxHorn]

johnabeard Thanks for the post. Here's my opinion. I get what you are saying but remember this is a message board. Free speech right or wrong. For some the speculation of the coaching change is fun. It's interesting and it keeps us glued to all the Texas sites. While keeping it respectful, we should invite all opinions. Some stuff is fluff, some things change, and some are flat out true. You can take away the disappointment in the possible hires and fans will still find something to be disappointed or disagree about. That's the beauty of sports. Fans are never satisfied, even in victory. It's great that we do have a place to come to and express how we feel or vent. Despite all that's being said right now from any site, we all have a common goal. We all want the Horns to win.

 

[johnabeard]

Im no expert on insider info, but I will never bash the texas longhorns, Im 100 percent committed win or lose, just wanna stay on topic more instead of talking about what if's so much. The number one problem with what if's are they are what if's and can change in an instant. lets focus more on what is and what will be that's all

 

[johnabeard]

johnabeard Thanks for the post. Here's my opinion. I get what you are saying but remember this is a message board. Free speech right or wrong. For some the speculation of the coaching change is fun. It's interesting and it keeps us glued to all the Texas sites. While keeping it respectful, we should invite all opinions. Some stuff is fluff, some things change, and some are flat out true. You can take away the disappointment in the possible hires and fans will still find something to be disappointed or disagree about. That's the beauty of sports. Fans are never satisfied, even in victory. It's great that we do have a place to come to and express how we feel or vent. Despite all that's being said right now from any site, we all have a common goal. We all want the Horns to win.

great post and I accept that, the first thing is being positive no matter what, negativity brings down things and we don't need it.

 

[coolhorn]

First off let me say thanks to mchpaul and all the mods that help run this site. I am your number one fan with crossfire and other breaking stories, thank you for all the time you put into this site.
Second the more I stay on this site and the more post I read about 80 percent of them are false advertising. Everyone thought we had the hired nailed down and we talked about saban till the earth was flat and not round anymore. When in reality it never happened and now we have strong. Im okay with what ifs and maybes but for every post to be about something that hasn't happened yet gets old. Why not let strong hire his staff unless we are in his coaching office with him we honestly have no clue who he wants or who he is talking to.

Third lets be better than other sites, lets stay on topic and on things we know about that are certain. Everyone has been throwing names out about who is or who what will be can we just wait a second and actually see who it is before we bash them for what they have accomplished. Yesterday everyone on this site was up in arms about Watson coming here and we have no knowledge or truth that it will be him or not. Why waist a whole day bashing him to turn opposite the second day talking about another candidate.

We all want the best for the school, we all want to win again. Before we bash people who are human beings and have a family and are doing the best they can with what they have aka Watson, why not lets see who he really hires before we say people cant do this or that.

We on this site cant hire or dictate to the university who they hire, so instead of downing the school for what they have done and how have they done it. Lets take pride that Patterson stood up to the big money donors and brought in someone who wouldn't be a puppet to what they wanted. I like strong, I love that he puts defense first. I love that he wont take $#@! from anyone and he will turn this program around to team that when we step on the field, the other teams offense will be saying man I don't wanna get hit by those guys. Texas shouldn't about about spreading the ball out and being the newest prettiest offense out there, texas should be about knocking people on there asses and running the ball down field.

Texas should number one be about home field advantage, I hope in the strong era we go back to never losing a game at home again. Why play here if we cant win here, home field wins should be priority one, you see that less in less in college football. Wasn't Nebraska like 40 wins at home before we stopped that streak, its time for texas to put homefield back on the priority list.

Lets give coach strong a chance before we automatically bash the people he hires, the guy can coach he has 4 winning seasons and 3-1 in bowl games.

So in strong I trust, Texas Strong.

Rah Rah Ree...Kick 'em in the knee!

Rah Rah Ras...Kick 'em in...the other knee!

(Just tossed that in for when they hold the pep rally...)

 

[aowells]

A lot of what is posted is just venting and putting forward an argument. It concerns me that so many people take critical posts to heart and feel the need to discourage posting they perceive as critical or negative in any way.

Despite the fact that many of us enjoy second guessing every move, I don't see many posters around here who are threatening to give up their tickets, or who don't intend to support the team 100% when they're on the field.

I agree with your comments regarding the home field advantage, but I think the fact that so many people are taking an interest and are fired up is early evidence that this won't be a problem.

 

[TMTycoon]

Speculation, rumors, "Level" of insider information are among the topics I happen to enjoy the most. Isn't that part of what makes these boards 'entertainment'?

 

[HornEsch]

As long as people are discussing issues in a respectful manner, then I have no problems with them. We all have different ways of dealing with the process. Not to mention when people are in a panic state, it can be true gold.

We are all here to discuss the Longhorns and we all have different view points.

 

[GARCH]

Yea, whatever.

If you can't offer something positive or insight or anything that is useful why even post?
We are all fans of the same team.

I thought his post was pretty good

 

[whatthewhat]

Sorry, but as grand and exciting and fun as football is, a big part of being a fan is feeling disappointed and complaining, screaming curse words at the television and arguing over the value of a particular player... I don't imagine that those things are going away any time soon. I appreciated some of your sentiment about staying positive, johnabeard, but except in cases of deliberate a-hole behavior or sharing of bad pornography, I'm mostly adverse to the internet police.

ETA: I can't promise to stay on topic either. Did anybody see that documentary on Netflix about SeaWorld?

 

[badboy783]

I get the idea of your message but if everyone were to follow that idea there would be no need for message boards and we could all read about it in the paper. Sometimes the beauty of being on message boards is that we get information before the general public who doesn't participate in places like OB, IT, or HS.

As long as we are discussing the topic and not attacking the posters I have no problem with people expressing their feelings towards any moves made by the athletic department.

 

[DocHorn]

I get the idea of your message but if everyone were to follow that idea there would be no need for message boards and we could all read about it in the paper. Sometimes the beauty of being on message boards is that we get information before the general public who doesn't participate in places like OB, IT, or HS.
As long as we are discussing the topic and not attacking the posters I have no problem with people expressing their feelings towards any moves made by the athletic department.

This is a way to sit around at a bar with your buddies and talk about Longhorn Sports ( in a virtual way). That is all it is. Some of our buddies are more connected than others.

We get all kinds of info ( gossip) and really thats what most of it is, gossip.

Its natural that we will have differences of opinion, call outs, anger, frustration and every other emotion known to us all.

Sometimes I get frustrated with it and just have to get away from the boards.

Its a time of great change for our program and the worst part is, its exciting, but there will be no football at all for a couple of months, so we will all be left speculating.

Hang in there guys, things will likely get better, or they won't.

 

[DFW Hornsfan]

Well put.

In Strong we trust!

 

[North Texas Golfer]

I get the idea of your message but if everyone were to follow that idea there would be no need for message boards and we could all read about it in the paper. Sometimes the beauty of being on message boards is that we get information before the general public who doesn't participate in places like OB, IT, or HS.
As long as we are discussing the topic and not attacking the posters I have no problem with people expressing their feelings towards any moves made by the athletic department.

Exactly. Nothing wrong with having an opinion and voicing it. As I like to say, just because you agree with me doesn't mean you're wise and just because you disagree with me doesn't mean you're a fool.

 

[DocHorn]

Exactly. Nothing wrong with having an opinion and voicing it. As I like to say, just because you agree with me doesn't mean you're wise and just because you disagree with me doesn't mean you're a fool.

No, I think it means exactly that!

 

[North Texas Golfer]

No, I think it means exactly that!

Well, yeah I forgot. It does mean that when it comes to the wife