Recruiting Forum Football Talk III

[BruinVol]

Because sanctions?

Yep mostly and along with the roster hit we will face from Covid/Pruitt. This upcoming season covid is going to allow is to have plenty of depth on the DL and that will go down significantly in the next 2-3 years

 

[Batman1948]

That is super flipping easy, if a player lays down on the field, fakes it, then gets up and runs off, assess a 5 yard penalty and make them sit out the following play, that would deter a lot of it I feel like

15 yard penalty and automatic first down would fix that issue

 

[BruinVol]

We've lost more players this offseason than we will on sanctions. The first year cannot be his best.

COVID offsets that

 

[SpringBokVol]

@Bassmaster_Vol I do believe we have found our QB coach.

That guy was impressive.

Really have high expectations for him.

 

[Catbone]

Yep mostly and along with the roster hit we will face from Covid/Pruitt. This upcoming season covid is going to allow is to have plenty of depth on the DL and that will go down significantly in the next 2-3 years

Not sure I buy that. Idk

 

[Lloyd_Christmas]

What cost was associated with Texas joining the national power grid?

No idea, but it's hard to justify them staying off it right now. You just can't let that many people go without power in those conditions all because of insufficient preparation.

 

[BruinVol]

Anyone know if Solomon is back with the team ?

 

[Ulysees E. McGill]

My number was from 2018, seems that things are shifting fast. At any rate failure was caused by Texas not buying the defrost options for turbines, coal, and NG thinking they would never need them. States like Iowa experience similar weather every year and do fine with their utilities.

What the heck are "defrost options" and what do they have to do with this mess?

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

@Bassmaster_Vol I do believe we have found our QB coach.

Bout dang time. Gonna find out how much talent we really have in that room now. They aren’t handcuffed, blindfolded, and having their hands held anymore

 

[Baulder]

15 yard penalty and automatic first down would fix that issue

I'm not crazy about tacking on a penalty because then it becomes a judgement of "are they faking or are they really hurt" and I don't like anyone making that decision. Alternative if play has to stop because of an injured player that player has to set out the remainder of the current drive or a minimum number of plays whichever is longer. It will make the decision to fake an injury harder to call for if you know you are losing that player for 8ish plays and if they are really injured it gives plenty of time to diagnose/treat the injury without trying to rush them back into the game.

 

[BruinVol]

Not sure I buy that. Idk

I’ll also add that year 3 schedule also includes another almost certain loss in Oklahoma

that’s one reason why we can’t expect upward movement in wins

 

[jakez4ut]

We've lost more players this offseason than we will on sanctions. The first year cannot be his best.

yeah, i would find that hard to believe as well.

plus factor in that we're already basically 'late' in this off season with the staff getting on board....short schedule to get ready for spring, plus evaluate the roster etc....

it's just a whole lot of 'new' for all involved, and i'd be hard pressed to believe that we'll get it together enough in one off season, the first off season, that it yields an 8+ win season.

way better chances of that happening as everyone becomes more familiar with the systems, and they get more players in, and developed, to execute....

plus there's still the unknowns with the sanctions yet to be determined, as you said.

if they go to a bowl this year, call it a big W....

 

[VolInDayton]

No idea, but it's hard to justify them staying off it right now. You just can't let that many people go without power in those conditions all because of insufficient preparation.

Hindsight is 20/20. It's hard to plan for every event that happens every 120 years.

 

[jp1]

No 3’s. the majority of MJ’s points were within 20 feet in a big man dominant center era wild.

Jordan still took a fair amount of 3's over his career, just wasn't his strong suit.

 

[BruinVol]

15 yard penalty and automatic first down would fix that issue

can’t really do that imo. Might cause worse injuries

Only way to do it is give each team a defensive injury TO a half and once it’s used even if clearly a legit injury the next one cost the team a TO

 

[Batman1948]

So now instead of taking a 15 second break, they cart the faking players off the field and they get a 2 minute break?

I don't think that's the answer.

I don't know what the answer is. Cramps are real. Stingers that take you out of the game for two plays and then you are fine are real.

The NBA can't even solve flopping, which is 10x easier to spot than faking injuries.

The NBA can fix their flopping problem tomorrow. When a player flops just call a technical foul on him. Pretty soon players would foul out. Done

 

[SpringBokVol]

So what QB in the room has the best mental capacity to process information quickly?

Imma go with Hooker

 

[Sleegro]

What the heck are "defrost options" and what do they have to do with this mess?

The power plants decided not to spend money to prepare for cold weather so they froze up. It's been predicted something like this could cripple them for years but they didn't want to invest in protecting against it. Shortsighted decisions imo.

 

[pinfish09]

What the heck are "defrost options" and what do they have to do with this mess?

The natural gas that provides like 40% of all their power literally froze in the pipes because the pipes arent insulated. One or more of their handful of nuclear reactors had to be switched off because the safety monitors froze and had no cold weather back ups. Countries like Sweden and Finland use wind power in artic conditions because their windmills have self contained de-icing units, Texas' did not. Texas didnt spend the money on any of that stuff just hoping it would never get cold and they could save some money. They lost that bet.

 

[SoonerVol]

What the heck are "defrost options" and what do they have to do with this mess?

You just fell into their trap by commenting. Please do not respond to them and they will go away.

 

[columbia vol]

What the heck are "defrost options" and what do they have to do with this mess?

He just starting his progressive bs again

 

[justwatch123]

The NBA can fix their flopping problem tomorrow. When a player flops just call a technical foul on him. Pretty soon players would foul out. Done

Technical fouls don’t count towards the personal foul column. But I get your point.

 

[preacherwebb]

I'd probably say Alabama & Georgia are hard losses in my early predictions. Florida is right there, although we get them early in the season and they did lose Trask still it's the Gators and until we beat them it's really not a game I think we will win.

Can we beat Ole Miss, Missouri, and Kentucky? That'll be the real question.

I think we win at least 6, with the 4 OOC games and then South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Missouri though actually looked to get better as the season went on and they have one of their highest ranked recruiting classes in the last decade coming in still only 3 teams didn't hang 30+ on them (Vandy, Kentucky, & South Carolina).

I'd probably say 6-6 is my realistic prediction, I think we can win as many as 8 games. But really unsure until I see how we look in the O&W game (man I hope we have it this year!)

I can see this, and agree, with the exception that SC should be a W, as well as UK. JG isn't going to be here to throw them pic 6's. Those two, coupled with the 4 OOC and Vandy gets us to 7. Ole Miss or Missouri are the swing games for 8, and Ole Miss is at home (hopefully Neyland will be rocking by then).

 

[Sleegro]

Hindsight is 20/20. It's hard to plan for every event that happens every 120 years.

It's not hard to plan for it. It's been known it could happen. They just didn't want to invest in protecting against it. Business decisions with real human consequences.

 

[tn88volfan]

So what QB in the room has the best mental capacity to process information quickly?

Imma go with Hooker

not sure, but he is definitely the most mature/athletic qb on the roster