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Wrong place, wrong time. He should never took that job. It was doomed to fail from the beginning.tell me your thoughts on what's wrong with Charlie at Texas.
Jeff brohm from western would be an excellent choice but Texas is hell bent on Herman.tell me your thoughts on what's wrong with Charlie at Texas.
tell me your thoughts on what's wrong with Charlie at Texas.
Jeff brohm from western would be an excellent choice but Texas is hell bent on Herman.
Charlie was not media savvy at Louisville, said it the day he was hired that the media in Texas would be his downfall, not being able to schmooze the high school coaches and get the right recruits is the death nail.
Texas needs an ambassador, then a coach.
Charlie would be just fine if the Texas boosters would be patient and let him do his job. Unfortunately for Charlie (and Texas), the boosters are panicking that LSU is going to beat you to Tom Herman, so they are ready to flush Charlie 4 games into his third season, instead of giving him the rest of this year to get you where you need to be. Obviously this year you aren't going to challenge for a national title, but this year you will go bowling with at least 8 wins in the regular season, and next year when a lot of his young players are a year older, you very well might be challenging for that national title.
It's not nearly as bleak as it looks at the moment, because great offensive teams are going to score points and amass big yardage totals no matter how good your defense is. Cal, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma State all have great offenses, so they scored a lot of points. UTEP was not, so they scored only 7 and had only 208 yards total.
Surprisingly, he has done well with the media and recruits. His problem has been bad decisions with hires and philosophy.
He had the same coordinators as he had at UofL. The outside perception is that you guys are too impatient and are too political. Fortunately Louisville has the most benevolent dictator - Tom Jurich - running the show. Cards fans have the utmost faith in his judgement.
Those coordinators were awful at Texas and IMO is because they didn't see the spread so much at Louisville on defense and you had Bridgewater a pro style, smart QB who thrived in Watson's pro offense.
I think at this point we should be seeing progress and we see none. Same mistakes are being made. Texas had the worst defense in school history last year. We are currently in the 100's on defense right now.
tell me your thoughts on what's wrong with Charlie at Texas.
Texas had the worst defense in school history last year. We are currently in the 100's on defense right now.
tell me your thoughts on what's wrong with Charlie at Texas.
Sounds like you already got things figured out. What did you need our opinion for?
I suggest hooking him up with more big-bootied MILFs with huge racks. Inspired him here, apparently.
Charlie would be just fine if the Texas boosters would be patient and let him do his job. Unfortunately for Charlie (and Texas), the boosters are panicking that LSU is going to beat you to Tom Herman, so they are ready to flush Charlie 4 games into his third season, instead of giving him the rest of this year to get you where you need to be. Obviously this year you aren't going to challenge for a national title, but this year you will go bowling with at least 8 wins in the regular season, and next year when a lot of his young players are a year older, you very well might be challenging for that national title.
It's not nearly as bleak as it looks at the moment, because great offensive teams are going to score points and amass big yardage totals no matter how good your defense is. Cal, Notre Dame, and Oklahoma State all have great offenses, so they scored a lot of points. UTEP was not, so they scored only 7 and had only 208 yards total.
I think he was safe and then the same problems are showing up again in year three as we had in years 1 and 2. Double digit losses are starting to mount up higher than Everest.
2014 double digit losses (6-7)
BYU 7-41
Baylor 7-28
K. St. 0-23
TCU 10-48
ARK 7-31 (59 yards of offense)
2015 double digit losses (5-7)
Notre Dame 3-38
TCU 7-50
Iowa St. 0-24
WVU 20-38
2016 double digit losses (2-2)
Cal 43-50 (dude dropped the ball at the one to end the game)
Ok. St. (49-31)
12/29 are losses by double digits and a 13-16 w/l record will get you fired most places.
Jeff brohm from western would be an excellent choice but Texas is hell bent on Herman.
Charlie was not media savvy at Louisville, said it the day he was hired that the media in Texas would be his downfall, not being able to schmooze the high school coaches and get the right recruits is the death nail.
Texas needs an ambassador, then a coach.
Surprisingly, he has done well with the media and recruits. His problem has been bad decisions with hires and philosophy.
Power Program = Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Penn State, Tennessee, Texas, and USC.
Those 17 programs have accounted for 45 of the last 50 NCs won. BYU, GA Tech, Pitt, Colorado, and Washington were the others.
Would it change your mind if you knew that of the 25 coaches who've won a NC at a power program in the last 43 years, 19 of them won their first NC within their first 4 years on the job? Or, that of the 81 coaches who've coached at least 29 games for a power program over that same time frame, Charlie's record is the 4th worst (44.8%)? Or, that the worst winning percentage of an eventual NC winning coach through their first 29 games, was 65.5% by Bobby Bowden & Lou Holtz. They are the only two with a winning percentage below 69% through 29 games, who went on to win a NC at that school. And, 13 of the 25 coaches who won a NC at a power program were above 75% through 29 games. Charlie's winning percentage is over 20 percentage points lower than the lowest winning percentage of any NC winning coach in the modern era who coached at a power program.
How much more time does he need? For him to become a NC winning coach, he would have to not only defy history, he'd have to shatter it. The only coach with a winning percentage below 60% who turned out decent was John Cooper. He lasted 13 seasons before eventually being fired. He finished his Ohio State coaching career with a 2-10-1 record vs Michigan, a 3-8 record in bowl games, just 3 conference titles, and 2 NC runner-up finishes. That's as good as it has ever gotten for any coach that has started with a record below .600 in his first 29 games.
Texas doesn't need patience. You know everything you need to know about whether a coach is going to be a NC caliber coach within the first 2 years. Just think about it. 25 coaches at 17 power programs have accounted for 38 of the last 43 NCs. 19 of them won their first NC within 4 years.
Won NC in 1st year:
* Larry Coker
* Dennis Erickson
Won NC in 2nd year:
* Bob Stoops
* Barry Switzer
* Gene Chizik
* Urban Meyer (Florida)
* Jim Tressel
Won NC in 3rd year:
* Nick Saban (Alabama)
* Gene Stallings
* Lou Holtz
* Dan Devine
* Urban Meyer (tOSU)
* Barry Switzer
* Pete Carroll
* Lloyd Carr
* Les Miles
* Dennis Erickson
* John Robinson
Won NC in 4th year:
* Pete Carroll
* Urban Meyer (Florida)
* Jimbo Fisher
* Jimmy Johnson
* Danny Ford
* Nick Saban (LSU)
It's time to move on. We know everything we need to know.
Herman will destroy him every time.And you either commit to Charlie Strong FULLY (and that means quit effing with his assistant coaching hires), or plan on losing to him every time you face him when he goes to another school
Herman will destroy him every time.
Well, guess what, Iceman ... Bobby Petrino is going to do it here, and when he does, it won't fit your narrative, so plan on revising it.
And you either commit to Charlie Strong FULLY (and that means quit effing with his assistant coaching hires), or plan on losing to him every time you face him when he goes to another school where they DO commit to him fully. The man knows more about how to win football games than either you or I do, despite your "homage to the virtues of impatience."
Herman would destroy him with Greg Ward Jr. at quarterback. Unfortunately at Texas, you aren't getting Greg Ward with that deal.
Well, guess what, Iceman ... Bobby Petrino is going to do it here, and when he does, it won't fit your narrative, so plan on revising it.
And you either commit to Charlie Strong FULLY (and that means quit effing with his assistant coaching hires), or plan on losing to him every time you face him when he goes to another school where they DO commit to him fully. The man knows more about how to win football games than either you or I do, despite your "homage to the virtues of impatience."