Recent content by sjt18

I actually agree with the argument... but you have to have the credibility to enforce it.

If CJH fails... and he might... it won't be for the same reasons. Richt would have made a fine AD. He tried to prove out the "CEO" coach model. It works like it worked for Bobby Cox and the Braves. Not many ups and downs but definitely no extreme "ups". Pelini had personal issues that...

Smart has the EASIEST recruiting job in the country. Georgia is loaded with talent and he is HC at the only national level program in the state. Not only that but their HS talent plays against elite competition and gets training on par or better than any other state. Georgia HS players from...

Just spitting out a theory... but maybe Heupel's O isn't flexible to talent. Maybe he needs to focus on getting guys who fit his system instead... particularly at QB. Milton was more "talented" than Hooker in just about every way. Hooker was by far the better QB in Heupel's O. Nico was...

PS- One of my best friends in HS and after was a UNC grad. If anything proves I can really hate something about someone and still be friends with them....

I don't remember disliking you. I lock horns with people here from time to time. Only a few have I found a reason not to like. Mostly the frauds like Dobbs4Heisman. I often agree with people I "don't like" and disagree with people I do like. I can respect someone either way.

I hope you are right about QB this fall. No doubt there are huge incentives for all of them to work hard. My guess is that there were a lot of moving parts with his departure. Trying to leverage for more money seems to have been the start. You may be right about him wanting a more familiar O...

Seemed to confidently pull up after the snap only to find that what he thought he had wasn't there. Focusing in on one WR as if he expected him to be open while another guy ran free even in the same window. Gave up on plays too soon. To me, it looked like DCs discovered ways to disguise their...

I think you are right but also that he may be better than Nico would have been. I was kind of disappointed that Nico wasn't further along than he was. They invested a year with him behind Milton but even by the end of last year he seemed to still struggle with line calls and coverage reads...

I actually think this one comes down to QB play. I'm not anti-Nico but was not particularly impressed with anything he brought to the table last year. I think he often played like an individual. I'm not sure the team rallied around him. Many times it seemed like he couldn't/didn't make the...

It would probably take a couple of sub-par years to put any real heat on him at UT. He fits UT and he's doing a good job.

He got lots of carries. You even recognize that Wright got more yds/carry. I loved Sampson. Amazing back. Every "amazing" RB that's come through UT over the last 40 years... has been replaced. Unless you recruit poorly, they're replaceable. I personally think Lewis has a higher ceiling...

I'm not taking anything away from Sampson... but you don't understand the difference between having a guy weighing 320 falling on you and 260? Wright was a loss, right? Small, right? Most years you're going to lose good guys. You're always developing guys. UT has guys who can step in either...

11.42 carries per game for Wright in 2023 https://cfbstats.com/2023/team/694/rushing/index.html I remember when "dudes" used to do that. A big OL or DL weighed about 275. LBs were around 200 lbs. They were slower and less powerful. Sports medicine and S&C have radically changed things like...

Sampson got more carries. I love the guy but the second most carries per game during the Heupel era to Sampson's 19.85 was Small's 12.73. Lewis' development has been pretty normal and as you mentioned Bishop was hurt. The mystery to me was Seldon. I thought he looked good in limited playing time.