Great post on what strong brings

[DizzG]

Saw this on IT from Quincy horn

""Get ready for the goon squad. Houston, Dallas, ETX, Miami, Nola, L.A."

Charlie Strong is going to LIVE in these areas. Anybody that knows football knows we needed a culture change in the worst way. Quincy hopes you're ready to watch the country club burn to the ground, Charlie Strong will be building a FOOTBALL program on top of it.

He will bring toughness, he will bring accountability, but above all, he will bring the type of football talent Texas has been lacking since Vince Young and the team full of NFL players we had during that run.

Strong takes tough kids for his football team. The dude was just handed the keys to the finest recruiting vehicle in the country, and he's gonna stick some 20s on it and drive it around the most talent rich areas of Texas and the country.

Momma will love him. The kids will love him. The NFL will love him.

Quincy knows this is a big departure from what we are used to around here, and Quincy will always have love for big Mack and what he accomplished at Quincy's school.

But the game just changed, and Quincy's Longhorn brothers are gonna have some big smiles on their faces when the goon squad starts busting skulls and destroying the trenches."

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Ok, that fired up Sirhornsalot.

 

[Pappa Cheeto]

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[Sirhornsalot]

No no no, you have to respond in third person only. This is Quincy man.

 

[jc77]

I think Strong will be a better hire than Saban would. I think he will do better with the talent Texas will have in the next couple of years.

 

[Topstarr]

Topstarr is out in the front yard tackling Topstarr's wife.

 

[drgilbert]

Can we come over and play too!! Hahaha!

 

[Epictetus]

Strong takes tough kids for his football team. The dude was just handed the keys to the finest recruiting vehicle in the country, and he's gonna stick some 20s on it and drive it around the most talent rich areas of Texas and the country.

I can start getting the picture. How 'bout this? Get VY back in here as a graduate assistant. Hell, why not?

Get some gangsta back to the program. Get a role model of that caliber. Bring back as guests a lot of the NFLer's from '04, '05.

Get nasty!

Okay, I'm outta the fog over it. Bit by bit. Maybe it is what's needed.

 

[Juan]

Quincy reminds me of "the Jimmy" Seinfeld episode

 

[NLeininger]

This is what is hilarious, is that every expert I've heard report on the Strong hire has unanimously be in favor of the hire, yet some internet pseudonym posting people hate the move because they wanted someone that might never have been coming to Texas in the 1st place.

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

I just ran through two rooms of sheetrock at mu house. Lets go

 

[Juan]

Add Scipio on Strong--

Read whole thing here http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2014/1/4/5274152/thoughts-on-texas-longhorns-head-coach-charlie-strong

Strong is perfectly cordial with the media, but he does view them with some suspicion and doesn't seem to enjoy the interactions much. He'd rather be watching film, recruiting, or hanging out with his players and family than glad-handing. Our monied types should probably focus on just enjoying the games instead of counting the head coach as their personal pen pal show piece. If you have a problem with that, you're probably someone who practices imaginary golf putts in hallways and can't wait to tell people who your Dad is.
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The bigger issue that the semi-introverted Strong will have to contend with is the shock of moving from the small to big time stage and how to deal with his loyalty to the men who were good enough at Louisville, but don't necessarily represent the best available options at a place with the resources of Texas. For a guy that values allegiance, it's going to be an early test.

If we didn't set those expectations early in the interview process, shame on us.

Defense
Strong has solid defensive schemes and was one of the early innovators in the 3-3-5 nickel at South Carolina, but he's mostly about keeping things simple, teaching fundamentals, getting everyone on the same page, and getting great effort. While everyone is always seeking the perfect schematic scrawlings on a napkin to contend with spread offenses, the reality is that hitting hard, tackling reliably, being sound, providing autonomy within a team construct, and actually matching recruiting requirements to the task rather than just randomly taking guys, is a lot more important than the magical schematic bullet.

Strong gets that. It will be very refreshing to watch. It'll take a little time though, because our team is more or less an aggregation of athletes on islands trying to win individual match-ups. For that reason, I'd place the likelihood of him retaining Duane Akina at 0.3% unless he defers to reputation and throwing a former staff retention bone.

 

[Lukus Alderman]

What are "20s"?

 

[Davharjac]

Davharjac is pumped! Davharjac has been pumped..this just sounds silly lol..

 

[Bigt4451]

Bigt saw this on orangebloods and hopes it is true.

 

[NLeininger]

What are "20s"?

I-20 I believe, or it might refer to some part of the area code. Like 305's are Miami Dade players, as their area code is 305.

 

[Davharjac]

I-20 I believe, or it might refer to some part of the area code. Like 305's are Miami Dade players, as their area code is 305.

LMAO...are you guys for real? 20's, he means that he will take the fine vehicle that is Texas' recruiting and put 20'' rims on it...you know..add a little flair.

 

[Nico0211]

Some guy tweeted this out earlier today. It fits perfectly with what has been posted already in this thread about Strong.

Those Texas boys better be ready to compete, because Strong will get some 305 goons on that roster who don't have a sense of entitlement

 

[lazy]

Lazy likes these posts and Lazy is sitting here reading the interwebs and being lazy.

Lazy thinks Strong is a good hire... Now Lazy will go hit some horses with friend Mongo.