Hermann needs to go

[Sirhornsalot]

Oh I'm just someone that does'nt have goggles on...

I understand what you're saying here. And maybe I'm still a bit pissed about the game. lol

But my post is honest in that I don't know what else the man needs to get it done. This has been his MO for a long time. Loses a few he shouldn't have, wins a few he shouldn't have. 

I said to myself last week after our narrow win in Lubbuttocks, we're not as good as we thought we'd be. And I am still not sure why.

I know the coordinators are new, but we're not doing anything very difficult in scheme. Defensively, its sound because its simple. Offensively, I can't complain. We're putting points on the board like we haven't in a long time. 

 

[longhorn_mig]

Eventually the buck has to stop with the head coach. He’s recruited these players. He’s hired these coaches.

 

[TexCoyote]

I think we all agree but the trouble is we seem to get into these contracts where they are massive amounts of money and they get extended (football and basketball) and so to get a coach out cost way up in the millions. So then you find a new coach and you have to pay his buyout (more millions) and then you sign the new coach to a new contract (many more millions). You’re talking 20-30M to get a new coach with 3 years left on his current contract. That’s hard to justify when you’ve laid off 40 something people and had a big majority of staff take mandatory pay cuts. This is why Shaka is still here......he’s owed too much money. COVID has changed the landscape on paying these buyouts when the athletic department is losing massive amounts of money. We’ll see......I guess 

 

[Hiwood]

I think we all agree but the trouble is we seem to get into these contracts where they are massive amounts of money and they get extended (football and basketball) and so to get a coach out cost way up in the millions. So then you find a new coach and you have to pay his buyout (more millions) and then you sign the new coach to a new contract (many more millions). You’re talking 20-30M to get a new coach with 3 years left on his current contract. That’s hard to justify when you’ve laid off 40 something people and had a big majority of staff take mandatory pay cuts. This is why Shaka is still here......he’s owed too much money. COVID has changed the landscape on paying these buyouts when the athletic department is losing massive amounts of money. We’ll see......I guess 

you make a great point..from an economic standpoint this is not the time to dump a 20M salary with no revenue coming in, everyone know FB is the moneymaker and to use a family metaphor, you dont get rid of a Dad unless you got a for sure sugar daddy to replace the head of the household ...

We have been down this road before, when Mack started to lose we showed him the door and where did that get us...when that didnt work we went shopping again..which brings us to present day..We change coaches again and the  other school are going to tell recruits , you dont want to go to Texas, they won't keep their current coach...

Sam might have been premature in proclaiming We're Back, but the road back isn't easy, the program and the culture at the 40 Acres needs to be changed and not just with the social warriors...we are getting some blue chippers, but Texas still aint the cool destination , and Im not sure what it will take to change that perception

 

[Eastexhorn]

He said two years ago this was going to be the year. He said that. But I agree because he's got the tools to do it with. Ultra-talented secondary. Same with the DL. LB could use some depth but we have some players there. Offensively, young but very talented receivers. Loaded TE room (did you see Jared Wiley today?). Experience, talent and depth along the OL (although not developed). Three home-run hitters at RB. And a QB who at least was in the Heisman race.

He has all the resources of UT at his finger tips. He has a support staff most schools drool over. 

What else does he need?

Agree 100% except the OL.

 

[Eastexhorn]

What does it take to win big time.

Brown could not beat OU

Strong could not beat anybody.

Herman could not beat TCU or OU when it counted.

All were players coaches. Great coaches IMO are control coaches. My way or the highway or bench. Thats what Texas needs .

Is there a ex OU QB coaching some where? Maybe lighting can strike twice.

 

[oldhorn2]

Herman don’t fumble. 
 

The. End. 

??????

Calling a dive play for a totally gassed player on 1st and goal from the 1 yd line is a pretty bad fumble! We have a steamroller for a QB and that eliminates a hand off.......and he wasnt gassed.

Not teaching a young O-lineman that he cant run upfield on a pass play is a damned fumble!

This team has no dicipline and THAT is a damned fumble!

The fact is that 2 weeks in a row Herman has not had his team ready to play.

The.End.

 

[hornsups]

??????

Calling a dive play for a totally gassed player on 1st and goal from the 1 yd line is a pretty bad fumble! We have a steamroller for a QB and that eliminates a hand off.......and he wasnt gassed.

Not teaching a young O-lineman that he cant run upfield on a pass play is a damned fumble!

This team has no dicipline and THAT is a damned fumble!

The fact is that 2 weeks in a row Herman has not had his team ready to play.

The.End.

Or how about not having the attention to detail to know you had 1 second left on the clock with the safety. If you’re Herman, how are you not aware of this? How are you not on the refs ear about that right away? There are so many things Herman has done that’s a fumble during his time hear?

 

[Sirhornsalot]

??????

Calling a dive play for a totally gassed player on 1st and goal from the 1 yd line is a pretty bad fumble! We have a steamroller for a QB and that eliminates a hand off.......and he wasnt gassed.

Not teaching a young O-lineman that he cant run upfield on a pass play is a damned fumble!

This team has no dicipline and THAT is a damned fumble!

The fact is that 2 weeks in a row Herman has not had his team ready to play.

The.End.

I will add, this was done in a hurry-up situation. Ingram had just caught a 60-70 yd pass. Then he ran for 20 or so more the next play. And now gassed, they give it to him again.

With 2:43 on the clock, we went into hurry up at the goal. WHY? WHY? WHY? Make TCU burn a time out. Geez, what was CTH thinking?

Why not just have Ehlinger sneak it? He's not gassed. He's used to the sneak. He's responsible with the ball. And maybe at least he knows he has PLENTY of time to work with?

CTH shot himself in the foot. Totally unforced.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

Not teaching a young O-lineman that he cant run upfield on a pass play is a damned fumble!

Well, he wasn't that far down field and was not progressing upfield. So 9 out of 10 times, that flag isn't thrown.

 

[Bear19]

Well, he wasn't that far down field and was not progressing upfield. So 9 out of 10 times, that flag isn't thrown.

He wasn’t even passed 2 yards. 

 

[63_Texas_1]

I will add, this was done in a hurry-up situation. Ingram had just caught a 60-70 yd pass. Then he ran for 20 or so more the next play. And now gassed, they give it to him again.

With 2:43 on the clock, we went into hurry up at the goal. WHY? WHY? WHY? Make TCU burn a time out. Geez, what was CTH thinking?

Why not just have Ehlinger sneak it? He's not gassed. He's used to the sneak. He's responsible with the ball. And maybe at least he knows he has PLENTY of time to work with?

CTH shot himself in the foot. Totally unforced.

I was wondering the same thing as it was happening. I was thinking we got TCU right where want them. Slow down. Milk tbe clock. Don't give them much time to respond.

 

[Bear19]

More than n once our defense lined up with our tackles almost out to the end position. That left a huge gap in the center of the defense and there was no line backer there. On at least one of those the quarterback ran straight up the middle untouched to the end zone. It was the most ridiculous defensive line placement I have ever seen. That is on Ash and Hermann.

I was screaming at the TV each time it happened.
 

 

[DMAC]

Meyer believes it all comes down to the Longhorns’ inability to develop and evaluate talent.


“Let’s talk about the why. Here is the why. There’s two reasons — No. 1, evaluation. You have to really, thoroughly go back and say, ‘Are we evaluating the right way in our program?’ But here’s where I want to spend a second talking about, development. Once they get on your campus, you have to develop them. And when I say development, it’s weight room, it’s training room, it’s nutritionists — it might even be a sports psychologist — and then, of course, it’s going to be the assistant coaches.

“So the what is yeah, they haven’t had many players drafted. That’s fine. The average viewer can say, ‘OK, that’s the what.’ But let’s dig deep, lift up the hood and say why — it’s evaluation process and it’s development of the player. If the NFL Draft doesn’t start showing more Texas Longhorn players every spring, it’s going to be the same old story.”

This might not be what Texas fans want to hear, but Meyer is telling the truth.



 



Offensively, the Longhorns have sent a handful of players to the NFL. Last year alone we saw Devin Duvernay and Collin Johnson get drafted.

Until Texas’ program finds a way to develop its defensive talent, it’ll be unable to unlock its full potential.

 

[longhorn_mig]

Is there a ex OU QB coaching some where? Maybe lighting can strike twice.

Lol, yeah, Josh Heupel at UCF.

 

[DMAC]

How do you evaluate the roster of a college program, especially a blue-blood program like Texas? It's called the NFL Draft," said Meyer, the former Ohio State head coach (2012-18), whom Herman worked for as an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2012-14). "When you see this graphic here, it just takes your breath away that first-round picks — they have top-10 recruiting classes every year. However, it doesn't show up in the NFL Draft.

"So this is the what. You look at a school like Alabama, Ohio State — top-10 classes, but they have 32 first-round draft picks and Ohio State, 18, respectively. Now, Texas with three. So that's the what.

 

[63_Texas_1]

I was screaming at the TV each time it happened.

Me, too! ?

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

Herman is a fraud.... 

 

[drgilbert]

 

[63_Texas_1]

I don't visit the other sites. I can only imagine the meltdown there.