How bad are things at Texas right now? Let me see, hmmm.
1) We lost our first game,
2) The offense didn't look very good, though there were a few bright spots, imo,
3) We have no players who are suspended for drugs, theft, disrespecting women, or academic probation,
4) We have a coach who is willing to make changes when he knows they are needed,
5) We have a coach who is well-respected by current and past players as a man and a coach.
Ok, now, let's talk football. Swoopes was out there competing, and I think he will leave Texas with a degree and be very successful in a career other than football. He's a smart young man, but he does not mentally process quickly enough to quarterback a team. I don't care about his arm strength - it doesn't mean a thing if he can't make the decision fast enough to put the ball into play.
I have been recovering from surgery, and don't have a recording of the game. If you do, would someone please watch the game and count the number of times Swoopes actually got the ball to a playmaker. I did that for a few series, and the number was shockingly low. In fact, the attempt to get the ball to a playmaker was shockingly low.
Heard, for the short time he was in, made things happen, then there was an ugly penalty, Heard got the wind knocked out of him and had to come out. By the time Heard could come back in, I thought it was Swoopes' mess to clean up, and he might as well do it. In fact, were I the coach, I would go back to Austin, put Heard with the 1's, and redesign the offense around his skills. If Watson can't or isn't willing to do it, put a 'For Sale' sign in his front yard. Put Traylor in charge of Heard's development, or if he isn't a qb coach bring in Kevin Murray to develop Heard, as a consultant, if need be.
Heard has the goods. He moved the ball, for goodness sakes, and I thought that was the name of the game. He has a quick mind, quick feet, and he distributes to playmakers. I thought quarterbacks got the ball to their playmakers. By the way, Screw Arm Strength, Colt didn't have the strongest arm in CFB, but he was a great college qb. Heard's arm isn't strong? It's just an excuse Watson, and frankly, I don't give a damn. I want to win.
John Burt and Foreman, were very bright spots, if Swoopes could have just gotten the ball to them...ahem! Not their fault.
Defense: Let's hear it for Malik Jefferson: He was the MVP. Take a bow young man. Kris Boyd, so glad you are here. Same with the rest of the freshman and Poona and redshirt freshmen.
Vance: I think you were playing our db's off trying to avoid getting the freshmen burned. Screw it, and go for broke. Let's play it straight up, put our talented freshmen in the receivers hip pockets, and if we get burned, we get burned, BUT we will make a game of it. We need guys in the film room, ready to jump some routes, pick off some passes. We cannot protect as many freshmen as we played. We must rely on their skill to make some plays, and accept the blown assignments as freshmen mistakes.
Now, the Swoopes experiment should be over, Shawn. There is no upside. I've yet to see a slow deer, with the 'deer in the headlights look' that doesn't end up as roadkill. Swoopes has tried, he is a great kid, but he simply doesn't have the skill to be a D1 qb. You were wrong. Admit it, and move on. Heard has an upside, unfortunately, Swoopes does not.
If anyone expected our defense to be better than last year for this first game, I want some of what you are having. It's got to be better than the pain meds the doc gave me, and that is a triplicate narc. Our defense will come together nicely. Give it a game or two. We have our foundation class, and we need another good one, which we will get.
I saw someone reference Charlie's look in the 4th quarter. They thought he looked confused. Bull. He was pissed. He saw Burt waiting for passes that weren't delivered. He saw Watson's 'new offense'. Charlie will take the blame in public, but I wouldn't want to be Watson behind closed doors. Just watch, wait, and listen.
Hook 'em!
ps: Pretty certain there are typos and even things left out (took pain meds about 45 minutes ago). Please excuse any mistakes.
1) We lost our first game,
2) The offense didn't look very good, though there were a few bright spots, imo,
3) We have no players who are suspended for drugs, theft, disrespecting women, or academic probation,
4) We have a coach who is willing to make changes when he knows they are needed,
5) We have a coach who is well-respected by current and past players as a man and a coach.
Ok, now, let's talk football. Swoopes was out there competing, and I think he will leave Texas with a degree and be very successful in a career other than football. He's a smart young man, but he does not mentally process quickly enough to quarterback a team. I don't care about his arm strength - it doesn't mean a thing if he can't make the decision fast enough to put the ball into play.
I have been recovering from surgery, and don't have a recording of the game. If you do, would someone please watch the game and count the number of times Swoopes actually got the ball to a playmaker. I did that for a few series, and the number was shockingly low. In fact, the attempt to get the ball to a playmaker was shockingly low.
Heard, for the short time he was in, made things happen, then there was an ugly penalty, Heard got the wind knocked out of him and had to come out. By the time Heard could come back in, I thought it was Swoopes' mess to clean up, and he might as well do it. In fact, were I the coach, I would go back to Austin, put Heard with the 1's, and redesign the offense around his skills. If Watson can't or isn't willing to do it, put a 'For Sale' sign in his front yard. Put Traylor in charge of Heard's development, or if he isn't a qb coach bring in Kevin Murray to develop Heard, as a consultant, if need be.
Heard has the goods. He moved the ball, for goodness sakes, and I thought that was the name of the game. He has a quick mind, quick feet, and he distributes to playmakers. I thought quarterbacks got the ball to their playmakers. By the way, Screw Arm Strength, Colt didn't have the strongest arm in CFB, but he was a great college qb. Heard's arm isn't strong? It's just an excuse Watson, and frankly, I don't give a damn. I want to win.
John Burt and Foreman, were very bright spots, if Swoopes could have just gotten the ball to them...ahem! Not their fault.
Defense: Let's hear it for Malik Jefferson: He was the MVP. Take a bow young man. Kris Boyd, so glad you are here. Same with the rest of the freshman and Poona and redshirt freshmen.
Vance: I think you were playing our db's off trying to avoid getting the freshmen burned. Screw it, and go for broke. Let's play it straight up, put our talented freshmen in the receivers hip pockets, and if we get burned, we get burned, BUT we will make a game of it. We need guys in the film room, ready to jump some routes, pick off some passes. We cannot protect as many freshmen as we played. We must rely on their skill to make some plays, and accept the blown assignments as freshmen mistakes.
Now, the Swoopes experiment should be over, Shawn. There is no upside. I've yet to see a slow deer, with the 'deer in the headlights look' that doesn't end up as roadkill. Swoopes has tried, he is a great kid, but he simply doesn't have the skill to be a D1 qb. You were wrong. Admit it, and move on. Heard has an upside, unfortunately, Swoopes does not.
If anyone expected our defense to be better than last year for this first game, I want some of what you are having. It's got to be better than the pain meds the doc gave me, and that is a triplicate narc. Our defense will come together nicely. Give it a game or two. We have our foundation class, and we need another good one, which we will get.
I saw someone reference Charlie's look in the 4th quarter. They thought he looked confused. Bull. He was pissed. He saw Burt waiting for passes that weren't delivered. He saw Watson's 'new offense'. Charlie will take the blame in public, but I wouldn't want to be Watson behind closed doors. Just watch, wait, and listen.
Hook 'em!
ps: Pretty certain there are typos and even things left out (took pain meds about 45 minutes ago). Please excuse any mistakes.
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