How did the cream of the crop get so mediocre?

by Xerxes on Sep 27, 2010 4:18 PM CDT

It's not just the UCLA game but so far this team has spent this year making bad plays, mistakes and penalties at a rate that seems higher than any other Mack Brown Team. This begs the question, if Texas is such a power house in recruiting where is the talent?.

There are no running backs that with above average talent, the offensive line doesn't seem to be able to run block and the receivers keep dropping easy passes. With all that recruiting power didn't they get one good back, one good lineman to run behind or a good receiver that can catch?

There are many passable players on the team but where are the great players? Where have the great backs been for the last 2-3 years? Can you see any of the present offensive starters getting to the NFL?

After UCLA we might start to see that the defense is not much better.

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The defense is fine

the offense would be fine, but we haven;t been able to recruit a good offensive coordinator in about 13 years

by longhornfan1025 on Sep 27, 2010 4:27 PM CDT reply actions

That offensive coordinator has fielded some of the nation's best offenses the past 13yrs.

Including some that people on here have called the greatest of all time. So what’s the difference now? The coordinator is the same guy. Is it maybe that the coordinator has weaknesses, but that the players (OL, Colt, Vince, etc.) were so much better than the guys who are there now?

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by burntorangehorn on Sep 27, 2010 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Is it maybe that the coordinator can't keep up anymore?

Look, he’s done a great job and – because of the talent or otherwise – peaked in 2005. He rode out the rest of his talent through 2008.
But the death knell’s peal hangs in the air, and there is no quarter to be found here anymore. Time calls you, Greg Davis.

by TXinDC on Sep 27, 2010 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm pretty sure many thought Mack Brown had peaked earlier in the decade

by burntorangehorn on Sep 27, 2010 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions

You can ask this about the basketball team the last year or so, also. NT

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by OBdoc on Sep 27, 2010 4:36 PM CDT reply actions

coaching

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If you're so sure of what it ain't, how about telling us what it am!

by circa1015 on Sep 27, 2010 5:06 PM CDT reply actions

its the coaching man

When you recruit you recruit great athletes who are in most cases raw in terms of football IQ and technical skill. Malcolm Williams is a great example. The difference is that our offensive coaches are terrible at developing raw athletic talent into great football players. So as a result you see players that should be further developed as football players who are not and it leaves a void in the play making ability of the offense as a whole.