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Texas Jefe
Come and take it
While I and many others got excited during the spring scrimmage/game, for some good reasons, there are still many hard realities we will have to face for one more year.
I think the OC you guys got from Tulsa will get your offense clicking and putting up monster points but he's pretty young. Hopefully it doesn't mirror what we got with Spav.
Pass rushing, or lack thereof: incoming sophomore Omenihu is showing promise as a pass rusher. He had a pretty good day, with good pressure and a couple of sacks. Yet, we really dont have much after that. Bryce Cottrell has looked pretty last year at times, but was out injured for the spring scrimmage.
Hager is being tested as a pass rusher. He has a quick first step and should do well. But the most we can probably hope for this year is some decent situational pass rushing from him. Next year he could be special.
Since Anthony Wheeler had such a good spring, I'm hoping he can take the load off at middle backer for Malik, and allow Malik to be used to pressure quarterbacks more. He has a real skill here, and hopefully he will be able to utilize it more this year.
Have some very talented FR coming this summer who may be able to help out this year, but they are freshmen...
I wouldnt have disagreed with that move eitherJefe, every single defensive coach should have been fired last year, including Bedford. But that's JMO....
I heard Dan Neil (former All America and NFL player with the Broncos) on the radio this morning.
He sounded like me. Completely convinced Texas has talent, and is going to be a good football team starting this year.
Putting the depth issues on the DL aside, and that the OL needs the incoming freshmen as well to provide depth this season, he sees an excellent array of talent on this team, of the likes that has not been at Texas in a number of years.
When asked, if Texas to be successful this year, it needs a group of the incoming freshmen to perform this year, is not that a lot to ask? Neil said that CS proved last year that his evaluation and then coaching of freshmen to be successful immediately is a proven; he did it last year and there is no reason not to expect it of the incoming bunch.
Said he recruits players who can be coached and that have the physical abilities to make immediate impact, pointing out the three FR All Americans, and that at least one other of the group could have been one as well.
Jefe, I've been saying all along that talent hasn't been the problem since C.S. arrived. Although it hasn't been elite talent by any means, the talent has been there to at least have winning seasons the last 2 years. The problem has always been coaching. I believe that has been corrected on the offensive side of the ball. The defensive side of coaching is what I'm still worried about. I just wish Strong would have demoted or fired Bedford and take over the defense the way Patterson does it at TCU.....