Not sure what to think about this

[CousinRicky]

33 minutes ago, BayIslandBull said:

S&C is THE biggest issue with the team.

We will not be good until the S&C is top tier again. The biggest problem is that, even now, it's probably a two year process to get back even if it's fixed.  This is CCS's biggest failure.

Hopefully Michael Kelly reads that article.

Send him the link with your concern.

[BDYZR]

36 minutes ago, BayIslandBull said:

S&C is THE biggest issue with the team.

We will not be good until the S&C is top tier again. The biggest problem is that, even now, it's probably a two year process to get back even if it's fixed.  This is CCS's biggest failure.

Hopefully Michael Kelly reads that article.

Especially the line about them looking like they played on the Wednesday night softball league. There were a few this year that certainly looked that way.

[Corey lea]

4 hours ago, Bull Dozer said:

Not only that but Herman has had those kids for 2 years so he's responsible for their development just as much as CCS, if not more ....   This is especially important when you look at how much Herman has changed at UT in his  time there and that he publicly poo poo'd the previous regieme's S&C practices shortly after taking over.   He's had the roster for 2 seasons, that's his team....   

It's more than laughable to listen to you make such a comment. The guy knows talent and how to develop it...might be ugly in the beginning but it will eventually show. Case and point- how many recruits that were recruited by Herman via HS or transfer has taken roster spots by players that were signed under strong that has eligibility remaining? The go back and do the same analysis at Louisville. I know most of you think Slick Willie left this program stocked but you were terribly mistaken. There were a few talented players, but the rest were not even D1 quality. 

Watch Texas next year....they are losing half of Strong's guys as starters and they will lose 5 games. Well you see what happened to Louisville this year. I mean Strong has his faults but recruiting is not one of them. Look at UCF....they are competing with Big Time football programs..because the recruited solid players that are tall, fast and has size. Slick Willie recruited skinny so so speed....that's all that was left!  

[Bull Dozer]

16 minutes ago, Corey lea said:

It's more than laughable to listen to you make such a comment. The guy knows talent and how to develop it...might be ugly in the beginning but it will eventually show. Case and point- how many recruits that were recruited by Herman via HS or transfer has taken roster spots by players that were signed under strong that has eligibility remaining? The go back and do the same analysis at Louisville. I know most of you think Slick Willie left this program stocked but you were terribly mistaken. There were a few talented players, but the rest were not even D1 quality. 

Watch Texas next year....they are losing half of Strong's guys as starters and they will lose 5 games. Well you see what happened to Louisville this year. I mean Strong has his faults but recruiting is not one of them. Look at UCF....they are competing with Big Time football programs..because the recruited solid players that are tall, fast and has size. Slick Willie recruited skinny so so speed....that's all that was left!  

Read the article about what the S&C was like before Herman got there......    I know your shtick is to worship the ground CCS and his guys walk on but there's a  ton of smoke here.  S&C is not a static science techniques and programs are constantly changing and evolving, even more so in the last 10-15 years with the proliferation of spread and tempo offenses.  You just don't train athletes the same way you did 20 years ago, the science evolves.   The team has taken a step backwards with the eye test since Moorer has been running the S&C and the just ridiculous amount of injuries this season should be cause for concern for anybody with a brain.  If you think this team was not in shape before Your God in Heaven CCS got here why don't you ask the Oregon players about the program we had at USF and how they handled it when it was brought out West....   There's a ton of smoke that this is a very real issue, you can keep your head stuck in the ground or not.  The choice is yours.... 

Edited January 2, 2019 by Bull Dozer

[Bull Dozer]

Just now, Bull Dozer said:

Read the article about what the S&C was like before Herman got there......    I know your shtick is to worship the ground CCS and his guys walk on but there'sa  ton of smoke here.  S&C is not a static science techniques and programs are constantly changing and evolving, even more so in the last 10-5 years with the proliferation of spread and tempo offenses.  You just don't train athletes the same way you did 20 years ago, the science evolves.   The team taking a step backwards with the eye test since Moorer has been running the S&C and the just ridiculous amount of injuries this season.  If you think this team was not in shape before Your God in Heaven CCS got here why don't you ask the Oregon players about the program we had at USF and how they handled it when it was brought out West....   There's a ton of smoke that this is a very real issue, you can keep your head stuck in the ground or not.  The choice is yours.... 

Better yet I'll just post it for you 

https://sports.yahoo.com/whats-wrong-texas-football-heres-inside-look-tom-hermans-tall-order-turnaround-061749873.html

THE WEIGHT ROOM

To see how the Longhorns have overhauled themselves in the weight room, strength coach Yancy McKnight hands a reporter the booklet he gives every NFL scout that goes through Texas. There are striking before-and-after portraits that are both signs of the future and indictments of the past. “A lot of those guys looked like Wednesday night beer-league softball guys,” McKnight told Yahoo Sports.

When McKnight and his staff arrived following the 2016 season, they were surprised how training basics such as power-clean lifting and back squats were either non-existent or neglected. McKnight has a ZZ-Top beard, an affinity for listening to Slayer and a knack for results that resonate just as loudly.

Only 10 players, for example, could squat more than 500 pounds when the staff arrive. That number is up to about 45, according to McKnight. (They didn’t test power clean initially on arrival because the last staff didn’t do it, but there are 55 now. That’s up from 35 at the end of last summer.)

It showed in Texas’ physical profiles, as defensive lineman Breckyn Hager could only squat 365 pounds and bench press 275 pounds. (He’s up to 525 and 330.)

 

The before and after comparisons in the 18 months since McKnight’s staff arrived are jarring, especially in metrics that quantify explosion. Defensive lineman Charles Omenihu (6-foot-6 and 270 pounds), who projects as a mid-round draft choice, improved his vertical jump from 25.5 to 37.5, his broad jump from 8’3.5″ to 9’4.5″ and his back squat from 405 to 535.

There are other eye-popping leaps. Senior cornerback Kris Boyd, who is considered Texas’ best draft-eligible NFL prospect, improved his squat from 375 to 600, cut his body fat from 8.8 percent to 4.7 and increased his vertical from 35.5 to 39.5. Fifth-year senior Andrew Beck weighs one pound less at 260, but cut his body fat from 20.2 percent to 14.3 percent and increased his squat 125 pounds while nursing a foot injury that kept him off the field for two seasons.

Beck appreciates how the motivation from McKnight and his staff is tied to explanation. Overall, the strength staff has increased from eight to 13 – five are full-time – and that increase includes a sports science expert, Matt Van Dyke, who quantifies every step of every practice and weight-room rep.

“They really explain the process to us,” Beck said. “They have a ton of technology and people a lot smarter than me to make sure we’re not only going to be the biggest, fastest and strongest. But we’re also going to be freshest.”

McKnight said the Longhorns may have a first-rounder emerge this year, but there’s no sure-fire player earmarked there for the 2019 draft. He sees a handful of players on the roster who can develop and get there in the upcoming years, as there’s buzz in the program about true freshman safeties B.J. Foster and Caden Sterns, true freshman tailback Keaontay Ingram and redshirt freshman offensive lineman Sam Cosmi.

 

 

Since 2010, there’s only been two first-round NFL draft picks from Texas: tackle Malcolm Brown in 2015 and safety Kenny Vaccaro in 2013. (If Houston’s Ed Oliver goes in the first round as expected in 2019, the Cougars will have three in that span.) The last first-round pick from the Texas offense was Vince Young in 2006, and Texas went on a drought from 2009-17 without a single offensive lineman drafted. (Oklahoma has seven first-round picks from their offense since 2006 and seven overall offense linemen were drafted from 2009-17.)

One of the most tangible signs of progress McKnight saw was Texas holding the ball – and the lead – against Tulsa in the fourth quarter to secure the 28-21 win Saturday night. Texas dominated the clock with 11:06 time of possession, a drive that started in the weight room as they controlled the line of scrimmage and imposed their will. “Anytime you can get the ball back with almost five minutes left and them with two timeouts and you can run the clock out, you feel pretty good about what you just did,” McKnight said.

[Bullrush33]

2 minutes ago, Bull Dozer said:

Better yet I'll just post it for you 

https://sports.yahoo.com/whats-wrong-texas-football-heres-inside-look-tom-hermans-tall-order-turnaround-061749873.html

THE WEIGHT ROOM

To see how the Longhorns have overhauled themselves in the weight room, strength coach Yancy McKnight hands a reporter the booklet he gives every NFL scout that goes through Texas. There are striking before-and-after portraits that are both signs of the future and indictments of the past. “A lot of those guys looked like Wednesday night beer-league softball guys,” McKnight told Yahoo Sports.

When McKnight and his staff arrived following the 2016 season, they were surprised how training basics such as power-clean lifting and back squats were either non-existent or neglected. McKnight has a ZZ-Top beard, an affinity for listening to Slayer and a knack for results that resonate just as loudly.

Only 10 players, for example, could squat more than 500 pounds when the staff arrive. That number is up to about 45, according to McKnight. (They didn’t test power clean initially on arrival because the last staff didn’t do it, but there are 55 now. That’s up from 35 at the end of last summer.)

It showed in Texas’ physical profiles, as defensive lineman Breckyn Hager could only squat 365 pounds and bench press 275 pounds. (He’s up to 525 and 330.)

 

The before and after comparisons in the 18 months since McKnight’s staff arrived are jarring, especially in metrics that quantify explosion. Defensive lineman Charles Omenihu (6-foot-6 and 270 pounds), who projects as a mid-round draft choice, improved his vertical jump from 25.5 to 37.5, his broad jump from 8’3.5″ to 9’4.5″ and his back squat from 405 to 535.

There are other eye-popping leaps. Senior cornerback Kris Boyd, who is considered Texas’ best draft-eligible NFL prospect, improved his squat from 375 to 600, cut his body fat from 8.8 percent to 4.7 and increased his vertical from 35.5 to 39.5. Fifth-year senior Andrew Beck weighs one pound less at 260, but cut his body fat from 20.2 percent to 14.3 percent and increased his squat 125 pounds while nursing a foot injury that kept him off the field for two seasons.

Beck appreciates how the motivation from McKnight and his staff is tied to explanation. Overall, the strength staff has increased from eight to 13 – five are full-time – and that increase includes a sports science expert, Matt Van Dyke, who quantifies every step of every practice and weight-room rep.

“They really explain the process to us,” Beck said. “They have a ton of technology and people a lot smarter than me to make sure we’re not only going to be the biggest, fastest and strongest. But we’re also going to be freshest.”

McKnight said the Longhorns may have a first-rounder emerge this year, but there’s no sure-fire player earmarked there for the 2019 draft. He sees a handful of players on the roster who can develop and get there in the upcoming years, as there’s buzz in the program about true freshman safeties B.J. Foster and Caden Sterns, true freshman tailback Keaontay Ingram and redshirt freshman offensive lineman Sam Cosmi.

 

 

Since 2010, there’s only been two first-round NFL draft picks from Texas: tackle Malcolm Brown in 2015 and safety Kenny Vaccaro in 2013. (If Houston’s Ed Oliver goes in the first round as expected in 2019, the Cougars will have three in that span.) The last first-round pick from the Texas offense was Vince Young in 2006, and Texas went on a drought from 2009-17 without a single offensive lineman drafted. (Oklahoma has seven first-round picks from their offense since 2006 and seven overall offense linemen were drafted from 2009-17.)

One of the most tangible signs of progress McKnight saw was Texas holding the ball – and the lead – against Tulsa in the fourth quarter to secure the 28-21 win Saturday night. Texas dominated the clock with 11:06 time of possession, a drive that started in the weight room as they controlled the line of scrimmage and imposed their will. “Anytime you can get the ball back with almost five minutes left and them with two timeouts and you can run the clock out, you feel pretty good about what you just did,” McKnight said.

This article just confirms everything we knew and Coach Strongs miscalculation about how he wanted to be smaller and faster and then at end of season saying they were not big enough. Clown show to say the least.

[Bull94]

33 minutes ago, Corey lea said:

It's more than laughable to listen to you make such a comment. The guy knows talent and how to develop it...might be ugly in the beginning but it will eventually show. Case and point- how many recruits that were recruited by Herman via HS or transfer has taken roster spots by players that were signed under strong that has eligibility remaining? The go back and do the same analysis at Louisville. I know most of you think Slick Willie left this program stocked but you were terribly mistaken. There were a few talented players, but the rest were not even D1 quality. 

Watch Texas next year....they are losing half of Strong's guys as starters and they will lose 5 games. Well you see what happened to Louisville this year. I mean Strong has his faults but recruiting is not one of them. Look at UCF....they are competing with Big Time football programs..because the recruited solid players that are tall, fast and has size. Slick Willie recruited skinny so so speed....that's all that was left!  

45 of the 79 scholarship players at Texas were signed by Herman according to the article posted

[Corey lea]

Well that's two recruiting classes. Now your assignment is look at the roster and see how many of Herman's players are starting.

 

[Corey lea]

27 minutes ago, Bullrush33 said:

This article just confirms everything we knew and Coach Strongs miscalculation about how he wanted to be smaller and faster and then at end of season saying they were not big enough. Clown show to say the least.

Such a ridiculous statement. He said that the team was fast....He also said at the end of the year that we need bigger and taller players. Surely you are not suggesting that he didn't recruit big players at Texas. He had cornerbacks bigger than I linebackers. Don't get so high on Herman. Next year will show that most of Charlie's guys are leaving and he don't have much to replace them. They will lose 4 or 5 games again.  3 OL's, 2 cb's, 1 nb, 1 HB, 2 LB,  2 DE, 1 DL

12 of 22 starting last night were from Charlie that are seniors.... 1 or 2 more are juniors. 

[Bull Dozer]

 

12 minutes ago, Corey lea said:

Well that's two recruiting classes. Now your assignment is look at the roster and see how many of Herman's players are starting.

 

The staff learned putting together that initial 2017 class that just showing up and flashing the Hook ‘Em sign wasn’t going to be enough. Texas signed a shotgun class that rated modestly at No. 31. . (Texas coaches feel like the class panned out fairly well, as 12 of the 17 players are on the two-deep.) There’s confidence that Texas will follow up the No. 4 class from 2018, which has 11 true freshman contributors already"

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/whats-wrong-texas-football-heres-inside-look-tom-hermans-tall-order-turnaround-061749873.html

Edited January 2, 2019 by Bull Dozer