The downfall of Tom Herman and the Texas Longhorns
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Well, leave it to Texas to drop the biggest news of 2021. Texas has decided to part ways with head coach Tom Herman.
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Give this video a THUMBS UP if Texas is making the CORRECT decision by firing Tom Herman
Coaches have to learn how to play in the big12....Strong: "we're gonna run the ball, control the clock and play good defense". Herman:"I don't think we need to score 50 or 60 points a game"...It took Strong 3 years to learn that the Big12 is a different animal, he hire a big12 spread OC, but it was too little too late.
It took Herman 2 years for him to unlearn what he thought he knew about offense before he hired Yursich. Too little too late.
Now we have to watch Sark re-learn how to coach..
Rinse, wash, repeat.
It took Gary Patterson 1 season to learn that he needed an upgrade to compete in this league.
There won't exactly be a ton thumbs up because after Maryland ran the root right up Tom's ass .....BOTH YEARS, most of us knew not to get excited.
You talked about the close games that Texas lost, but you completely glossed over the close wins.
1. Texas had to mount a 15 point comeback with 3 minutes left against Texas Tech to win in overtime.
2. The game against OK State was also an overtime thriller with refs missing an endzone DPI against Texas.
3. The game against WVU was won off the backs of the refs and Neal Brown's decision to not kick field goals.
If there is a reality where Texas wins all the close games and competes for a playoff spot, there's an equal reality where Texas loses all the close games and ends up a 3-6 joke that doesn't get to play in a bowl game.
@@Mamba2693 so everytime the TexASS shorthorns win its because the refs help them. Ok. got it.
None of us know what happened behind the scenes but this will most likely prove to be a HUGE mistake. Steve Sarkisian had a good run at Alabama and is a good offensive mind BUT his track record as a head coach leaves a LOT to be desired. Oh well.....it's reshuffling time AGAIN in Austin and this move costs Texas a LOT of money !!!
I think Texas has the same problem the Dallas Cowboys have, an overbearing, micromanaging unrealistic upper management that squashes the coaches ability to coach the team.
You are correct sir! The big money boosters are meddling all over the place!
Probably the most accurate comment on this board. Why don't we look at the inept AD's that Texas has had ? Steve Patterson was perhaps the worst with the hiring of Charlie Strong, the worst hire EVER at UT.
@@NamelessRider it's crazy to think we had a coach who couldn't even hold a job at a GO5 school.
That's part of it.
The other part is Herman was just not mature enough to coach. He's arrogant, and bred an undisciplined culture. Players eventually lost faith in him.
The good ole boy system in Austin hurts the program.
Love the narrative that Texas said that Herman would be back in 2021. They never said that. They said Herman was the coach moving into 2021. Yep, he was.
For all of 2 days lol
CDC said, “wait until the end of the season...” Which they did. I don’t know how this is a surprise to most.
Bijan riding the bench and the head coach relying too much on the qb is one of the things that went wrong.
How about Bijan in the transfer portal if they don't keep Drayton? Whittington too, for that matter.
Yea they wanted Sam to be Colt and he just wasn't.
As a Tech alum...I will say Bijan does go hard AF.
You must not have watched Texas the past few years. Offense wasn’t the problem. They couldn’t stop anyone and rarely had a pass rush. Also having a Texas team in the SEC is killing their recruiting, especially on defense.
@@Luckyleft13 Actually, I’ve watched every game since the 76’ season. That’s why I said one of the things that went wrong. Put Bijan in for Ingram in the TCU game and Horns win. Give the ball to Bijan with 3 mins left against Iowa State instead of throwing incomplete passes and Horns most likely win.
I do not agree that he needed another year. He was what he was and with a lot of talent. New QB new coach, perfect timing.
Agreed Frank and happy belated New Year!!
To bad they can’t get Campbell that guy is on his way up!!!!
I take it you didn't see the last two games of the year. You seem to have no knowledge about Texas football.
@@OffTheCouchFishing Campbell wanted nothing to do with the incompetent UT administration. Actually very few good coaches do. Texas is a stepping stone destination now, not a final coaching destination.
@@machtschnell7452 well said!!!
You lose to a Freshman rival quarterback with a Senior quarterback, you deserve to be fired
😂 Lincoln F’ing Riley Texas kid and Leach disciple!!!!! 4 big 12 titles .
That really wasn't that simplistic.
@John Van Hof and Gary Patterson has beaten him 4 times.
A freshman QB that was really struggling.
Chris del conte said, and I quote “Herman is our coach” he didn’t say “Herman is our coach for the future” there was never any mention of Herman confirmed to be staying that was just the media twisting del conte’s words for more meaning
Basically CDC just deceived all the recruits, the team, all the other coaches and everyone else. In my book deception is lying.
Del conte said Hermann is our coach in 2021. But only for one day
@@machtschnell7452 Exactly, let's screw over the incoming recruits. Absolutely pathetic.
@@aceofwizardsnephelite829 to a man, I didn't see one '21 signee disappointed with the Sark hire... any that are would be released from their NLI.
@@robh_texThat's good to hear, still doesn't excuse the underhandedness of the move Conte pulled
Dude don't overthink this: TX vs TCU and Maryland 1-5 nothing hard
Texas needed a change! Too many recruits are being lost! They need better player development!
AS A HUGE USC FAN. SARK IS A GREAT OC, TERRIBLE HC AND USED TO BE GREAT RECRUITER, BUT HAS NOT BEEN ACTIVE IN +/- 5 YEARS. NOT A SARK HATER, BUT I THINK THIS IS A TERRIBLE HIRE FOR THE LONG HORNS
@@antoniosaxon8605 no love for USC or TEXAS but football is better when they win big time ,but still hate them
Yes, Herman was not winning the recruiting wars.
I wonder if the transfer portal is changing the way coaches look at player development? You can just pick up sophomores and juniors from other schools that have already been ‘developed’ but are not first string.
Irban meyer said the same thing
Tom Herman fleeced the hell out of Texas...💰💰💰🤣😂
When you start slipping in recruiting you're living on borrowed time.
yeah, especially in Texas and you're in such an attractive environment. Coach Herman was a good guy, but players didn't think that he was going to get them to the NFL
Texas had a top notch class for 2021 comitted and then decomitt, this is why he is gone. The new talent bailed after the outgoing players recruited against TX. you are 100 dead on.
@@markothwriter Texas ain't what it used to be. These recruits were in diapers the last time Texas was nationally relevant.
Don't think I've ever seen a college coach kiss all his players, maybe thats why he's done.
Players today are snowflakes compared to years gone by.
@@scottswisher4840 you can blame that on the targeting rules. Has made the sport soft AF, savagery is no longer praised smh
@@peterkeigwin847 yep.... These snowflakes and their parents would rather play for Jeffrey Epstein than Bear Bryant.
When Herman first arrived at Houston quite a few players quit because of hitting drills. Well he guided them to a New Years Six bowl game win.
@@scottswisher4840 big hits builds character, puts hair on your chest and makes you tough. I miss pre targeting football so bad 😪
@@peterkeigwin847 that explains why I’m so freakin hairy lol
Steve Sarkesian: offensive coach😃
When you remember he was a Falcon: 😰
And was the town drunk at USC
He is a great OC at a top program now. Let's not forget his boss was a dolphin and now is a multi national championship coach. I would like to see him stay at Alabama. Texas is an untenable job.
I agree Sark is a risk...Where has he proven he is a good leader of men? Where has a proven he is ready to lead a Blue Blood program? The answer is never. While I agree it was time for Herman to go, hiring Sark means they wanted him out badly!
And fired at USC and the Falcons. Look at his record.
@@fwcarroll3 or that he can win as head coach,,,, look at his record as head coach.
Herman's offensive style just isn't going to work in college today. His most successful season as a coach (The NC year at OSU as OC) it took 3 outstanding QBs to go the full year because of injuries. Herman loves to play "my guy beats your guy" like Texas HS teams did in the 70 and 80's with no regard to what the opponent is doing to you because your guy will beat their guy and loves to have his QB punish linebackers by running straight up the middle.
Getting in the shotgun and running the QB 4 times from the 1 yard line is stupid and how many times have we seen that from Texas under Herman. Even John Mackovic knew the value of lining up in a power formation and running a play action and rolling out and passing to a wide open
I never see big halftime adjustments because they don't expect other coaches to make adjustments against them. They typically don't put away teams that have less talent because they expect to out muscle those lessor players late in the game even when the opposing coaches are putting those lessor players in position to have favorable matchups and make plays to keep games close.
Best post on this subject! Hermensa did exactly that so many times. Most recently notably in the Iowa State game, ran Sam up into the line twice in the 4th when a field goal would have put them up 7. Instead they turn it over on downs. Winning that game and getting to the title game probably would have saved his job.
Beating crappy and/or unmotivated opponents in your bowl game isn't going to save your job.
Considering Tom felt GREGG DAVIS, the worst OC we have ever had, who also was horrible at his next school, was great, Tom's offensive strategy, player utilization, and development, failed miserably.
As a Texas fan, it's not the losses that hurt Herman. It was the wins. Winning on last second FGs against Kansas or Kansas State. Nail biters against TCU and Texas Tech just doesn't cut it. Culture needs to be shifted. We gave Herman 4 yrs and we were getting worse. Again it's about the wins not the losses
They literally are going to bring in Steve Sarkishan who lost his head coaching job at two Pac 12 schools
TERRIBLE HIRE
The alternative was to stick with Tom “1-0” Herman.
My thought exactly when I saw they hired Sark! Lets keep our fingers crossed.
@@sarahmccoy1941 Tom"winning is hard"Herman
That's what I'm thinking!
When I heard they hired Steve I started (internally) shouting like Micheal when Toby returned. On the other hand I was happy that He’s no longer at Bama
Kind of like USC and Washington past earlier years, right?
Herman can now go the the Nick Saban Rehab Center for Coaches....might even replace Sark as Bama OC.
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One thing I can say about the Texas Football program is their boosters are highly influential to the head coaching decision. This could be a factor as to why Chris Del Conte switched up so quickly on Herman’s position.
"the eyes of texas" debacle after ou game sealed his fate
Think he was too woke?
100% correct!
Sorry but loosing to OU in THREE overtimes should not seal his fate. He was 8-3 with two of those losses in OT and he won his fourth straight bowl game. Get a life Mutt.
@@NamelessRider Read it again. It wasn't the loss itself, but the drama that happened after the game where he alienated the boosters and fans.
@@NamelessRider The loss didn’t seal his fate but the view of Sam being the only Longhorn on the Cotton Bowl floor to stay for the eyes didn’t sit well at all with the people that matter.
As a die hard Texas fan, I would’ve given Herman at least another season
As a Texas Tech alum, I would've extended his contract by 6 years
I wanted to see if Sam was the problem or not
@@peterkeigwin847 For good reason. Herman was 3-1 against Tech
@@AR18123 ill take the 1 win for now seeing as we don't have half the quality recruits and coaching the shorthorns have. Shorthorns because they love coming up short ie 7-5 😂 Cumbie should have us back on track to beating Texas tho
@@Jake-eo8jw he is good but not excellent. His potential had been tapped but that Casey Thompson kid has not, tbh he looks pretty bright for the future. Could be a mismatch if he is accurate deep too
It was well known before the year that to keep his job he had to win the Big 12 this season. Losing to OU this year earlier was enough for the powers that be. All CDCs earlier statement said was the tautology that Herman was the coach and proffered nothing about his continuing status. This year, above all years, with a "down" Big 12 and Senior QB, Herman needed to break his "turtle" mask and go for two against OU for the win instead of playing for the tie, ....grab victory rather than waiting for your opponent to make a mistake, ...."suck it up and pick a number" (DKR).
Agreed, Texas should have been a playoff team this year with the talent but they could not get it done when the chips were down. That falls on the head coach.
Don’t think Jimbo Fisher’s success doesn’t have anything to do with this.
What went wrong? Alumni and boosters
Herman was too stubborn and arrogant. He was terrible at adapting and making adjustments. And his stupid player rotations wasted talent.
EXACTLY! He had an attitude that he was smarter than everyone else. The fact of the matter is that he didn't learn from his mistakes. He had one of the best kickers in the country, but he was OBSESSED with going for it on 4th down. It cost them several games, including the Iowa State game which is probably the point where the university decided a change had to be made.
@@dwaynewilton138 well...Ironically that is the one thing I supported about Herman. I love that he would frequently go for it on 4th. The problems there came down to playcalling and personnel. The ISU game is a perfect example. I am totally ok with going for it because its 4th and 2 and of you can get a TD on that drive, the game is mostly over. Also, every forgets that the D forced a punt immediately after that and the offense came out only managed to run one freakin min off the clock without forcing ISU to even use 1 timeout. Because despite Bijan gettinf 4 yards on first down, they went to two incomplete passes in a row. And back to the 4th down play, they call an insanely slow developing QB run that starts 5 yards behind the line amd ran to the right side that has been the weak side all year when everyone in the world expectes Sam to keep it. If they pull a damn gaurd and run power to the left side behind an all american left tackle and give it to their 5 Star tailback....they get the first down and Tom still has a job.
I'm an outsider ( MIZZOU ) . Cannot figure out why Texas doesn't have the best team every year. Seems they have the best high school system.
Great video as always!! I think Texas may have jumped the gun on extending him and then firing him although I don't think he would ever win a BIG 12 title, let alone a playoff debut.
Is it me, or is Iowa State responsible for a lot of coaches getting fired? 😂
LOL .... after I think about it ... you make a great point.
Who else did they get fired
Personally, I think when Casey Thompson took the field in tandem in Bijan Robinson the higher ups saw what Texas might’ve been in 2020. By Herman sticking with an ineffective Ingram and Elingher all year is probably why he got fired. He had a nationally ranked QB and RB on the bench. I think that had a lot to do with it.
YOUR COMMENT IS THE MOST ACCURATE ON THIS PAGE. I truly believe that if Casey Thompson as QB with Robinson as RB had been our starters all year, we would have been UNDEFEATED. Look at 2nd half of Colorado game using that firepower. With them all year -- NO close losses and NO close wins. HA HA
Need to fire the Athletic director for giving Herman that Contract !...First Thing to Do Now !
Del conte didn’t hire him
Tom Herman is in the mensa society. He is a genius. At Houston he could simply coach but that is not what you are asked to do at Texas. Texas has so many power brokers that they don't need an X's and O's guy but instead a CEO like Mack Brown
Imagine this. No coach will ever be successful at Texas until boosters and alum learn to step out of the way. They're the reason they ran off Mack the reason Strong never even got a chance to succeed and the same with Herman. Texas is their own worst enemy at this point and as an OU fan this has been hilarious and nothing less than pure enjoyment.
Simply looking at wins and losses is not enough. Go back and see all the games he was out-coached, players just happened to help him out with a victory here and there.
You are 130% correct. Part of his bad coaching was that he refused, possibly out of ego or personal prejudice against black or rebellious players, to play the best QB or RB we had. I think if Tom had jettisoned Sam, a proven loser in prior years, at start of season and used Casey, and started Robinson (no 3 way rotation), that we would have been UNDEFEATED. Just look at the Colorado game and how those two together were AWESOME.
Still waiting on the rise of the Liberty Flames 🔥
Well the news just broke the Sark will be the new coach lol I think they have a bright future with bijan, Thompson Etc but it will definitely be interesting to see if they can legitimately get “Back” and win the big 12 or make the playoff
Imagine firing some dude who only lost 3 games by a total of less than 20 points and 4-0 in bowls
1-4 vs Oklahoma. Thats why...
And losing games they should’ve won
I followed Texas a bit cuz I really liked Ehlinger and Herman couldn’t help Ehlinger out at all, he made things 2x harder for him and called awful plays
@@johngucciball3751 We controlled the Iowa State game for 58 minutes and still lost. Bad game management and bad play call. Ehlinger tried to do his best but Herman held him back. Hope next year is better. Hook Em
That's good for another program but he could not beat OU and lost to Iowa Stata and TCU to often. So is Texas really the 4th best BiG12 team?! Because under Herman that is what they have been.
Texas hasn't been a top tier powerhouse since Mack Brown was HC.
the down trend started with Mack though.
@@mdnealy4097 I know, just saying that they haven't been a powerhouse since then. It's really weird that the top teams of the 00's were basically USC, Texas, Ohio State and Florida. And only Ohio State is even really in that category anymore. Alabama and Clemson basically shifted spots with them.
@@joemckim1183t OSU, Texas, USC, and Bama are long time blue blood schools with significant resources. They will never stay down but it has been awhile for Texas, USC, and Michigan. And it is rather odd.
@@mdnealy4097 Well obviously I meant they would still be ranked teams and make bowl games but they're no longer teams getting playoff berths. But with only 4 playoff slots every year it's really hard to be considered one of those top teams.
It was over when Tom cared more about B L M than football, and his teams were woefully unprepared. He only started caring about football when he thought his job was on the line.
I saw this coming. As a Texas fan, there were talkings and rumors about Tom Herman not being retained because we never made the Big 12 championship this season. It was inevitable either this year or next season, it was just shocking that it happened now before the national championship.
I think there was irreparable damage between Tom's and Chris Del Conte's relationship. Maybe even between himself and the boosters who felt they were entitled to some say. Texas as a culture is not place where you can go and just "coach". You have many outside distractions (e.g. Longhorn Network, Boosters) that take you away from being just a 'coach'. Probably why Texas only had but two maybe three coaches that go down in history as good. (e.g. Coach Royal, Coach Brown) You have to juggle a lot of things other than just coaching. I think Herman was not the right fit and had to go. I don't know if Sarkisian is the right pick. It's a lot of pressure and his track record isn't too good with pressure, but who knows maybe he learned some things while at Alabama.
Yes, this. Mack was great with the boosters at first but he got burned out, even admitted as much recently.
Texas is not giving it's program the time to rebuild, changing coaches and philosophies every few years. If the university with it's powerful alumni will not support a proven, winning coach beyond a few years, I predict they will be in the same place 5 years from now.
Can’t keep the top players in Texas it’s that simple!!
Tom was so dumb, or ego-centric for personal reasaons, he got a 5-star QB and a 5-star RB, but rarely played them unless injuries forced him to do so. Hope to see both play all of every game in 2021 with Tom NOT on the sideline.
Herman was upset for two reasons that Sunday. 1. He got fired 2. The bank was closed.
Why does everyone always act surprised when AD's deny they intend to fire a coach and then they do? Nothing unusual happened in those weeks. No one ever says "yeah we are going to fire our coach, but just after we lock down his replacement."
When he was recruited away from U of H I felt at the time Texas was making a mistake by recruiting an unproven and untested coach. I think Texas fell for the misplaced media hype. I recall the beginning of the false narrative when the media started promoting Tom during the Ohio State National Championship game. They repeatedly showed pictures of him in the press box and tried to sell us on his unrealistic and unproven ability. From that night forward Texas fans and the media started envisioning him as Texas’ next coach, even before he could show his abilities as a head coach at U of H. I’m not so sure Texas isn’t repeating the same mistake. The University of Texas is not a junior college program and is not the place to hire someone who has never served as a big time head coach.
Thanks for just giving a recap of his career and time at Texas. It's not like I could have literally looked all of this up pretty easily online. I was hoping for an in depth look on what what went wrong.
Thoughts on Ohio St vs Clemson?
I'll be posting a video on that later today!
@@HarrisHighlights bet
LET'S go!!
@@HarrisHighlights game to remember?
@@HarrisHighlights cant wait
It was a panic move because they've got bama on schedule in a couple years but not sure it is a good move I think sark is just benefiting from bamas talent not the other way around d
Yes, in 2022, Alabama goes to Austin to face the Longhorns, and then the next year, in 2023, Texas travels to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama.
Herman lost 3 close games this year could've easily been undefeated and won all of his bowl games Texas will regret firing this coach.
They also had to win against both Tech and OkSt in OT. To be fair, Texas doesn't get blown out by anyone. It is usually a one score game. That is the problem. You can't put your players in a position week after week to win games on the last drive or in OT, you are going to lose few of those and that has been the story for Herman at Texas.
Should’ve been easily undefeated is why he got fired.
Several have said Sark told Texas no. David Pollack, Tim Brando and usa today
They're all wrong.
from espn - "This is a unique and compelling opportunity to lead this storied program to the next level, competing once again amongst the best in college football," Sarkisian said about joining the Longhorns."
When has David Pollack ever broke some news..... hahah he's damn near last in the people I would go to for college football news
He didn't play the best players
I remember a few years ago when I was in grad school they fired their last coach because he didn't win enough. Herman is from a great program in OSU and even he couldn't raise the profile of UT.
Maybe it's time to adjust expectations that Texas isn't a Top 5 program?
I love Texas I’m trying to get into after I get my associates. I feel they should just stop hyping them up every year now instead of other good teams.
Nah we are. As a Texas student, son of alumni, and diehard fan. This University is about excellence at everything we do. Our Women's Volleyball team, Tennis Teams, Swimming, and Baseball teams are elite. Basketball is on the rise with a brand new facilitiy in only a couple years. We are the premier university in one of the best states for high school football. We should be Top 5
Texas is #3 in all time wins, and has all the resources it needs to stay there. The reasons that it isn't currently, are self-inflicted.
@@idcwatyouthink2847 it doesn't have to be a playoff year, we just need to show an upward trend.
I was shocked, tbh hope he goes to us Michigan
Lljw
he wont he has Ohio roots. He was OC for Urban in 2014
Harbaugh is a really good coach tho
@@johngucciball3751 Nah
@@carterprodz.6415 He’s not as bad as he looks. Look at his previous records with stanford and in the NFL. It’s the lack of talent.
Lmaoooo they'll fire Sarkisian after 4 seasons as well, I'm calling it
They aren't sure Sark said yes to Texas. Several have said he told them no. Tim Brando, USA today, David Pollack
@@dhuck470 id say no too tbh, Texas is not a very secure job if you don't plan on winning 10 games every year. The fanbase/boosters have delusions of grandeur and will expect to compete like OU. We will see if he can rise them up tho, Texas has always had recruits but unsure why they can never put the pieces together
Danny Huckaby those people have no source and David pollack hates Texas with all his guts
@@laynetheboss3489 oh really? I'll be sending David Pollack an invitation to our Tech tailgate 👆🏻
Whoever's running Texas is taking the football program into the ground. And I seriously wonder if Herman was fired b/c he was more of a players coach and not to good with school politics? It's the only explanation why he was fired out of nowhere.
I wish the defensive staff weren't fired as in the later half of the year the defense really stepped up.
I agree on that! The defense WAS playing a hell of a whole lot better towards the end there.. BUT honestly I think it was because the inconsistency of play through the seasons and years that the money bags couldn’t deal with another season of “ what team do we have this year?”
It's going to be very interesting to see what Sarkisian thinks is a better staff.
Tom Herman, when he was first hired at Texas, said that he had no problem beating big 12 teams when he was at Houston. Obviously, playing one team as the underdog is easier than being the favorite and playing the whole conference. That is something the SEC doesn’t understand either. Texas A & M was mediocre in the big 12 just like they are in the SEC. However, A&M may have won the Big 12 a few years if they would’ve stayed. The top teams in the SEC (Alabama, etc) are the only ones that would dominate in the big 12.
Texas was too quick to let him go. I’d give him another season. I mean, he did go perfect in bowls and if they released after next season they would’ve had to pay less to buy him out
@Joey. Nah, how many did Charlie Strong get ?
Underperforming at Texas will get you fired. The fan base is rabid and impatient; we want to win, and win now. Losing to a bad TCU team, a rebuilding OU team, and constantly playing down to your competition while only having one conference championship appearance is not what we want.
The Longhorns must have very deep pockets!
Yes sir we do
Deep tears too
It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s the dallas cowboys affect. The donors think they can control the team and decide what’s best for it football wise.
they bring in the most cash nearly every year.
It's not a downfall if you start at the bottom, finish at the bottom, and are at the bottom everywhere in between. Herbstreit said it best when he called that program a cess pool. That's all it is.
Two plays by Keontay ruined Hermans coaching career at UT........the one against TCU was unforgivable
They also beat Texas Tech with a miracle onside kick, shouldn't have even come close to Oklahoma who looked like they were throwing the game, and couldn't put sub par teams away. As a lifelong Texas fan, he had to go. The recruiting towards the end of the 2020 season was absolutely criminal.
Well put, especially about the recruiting. And with tech, it would’ve been one thing if that was a one-time occurrence, but Texas was CONSTANTLY underperforming against lower-tier teams
Every kid who signed with Texas in the early signing period should be allowed to sign elsewhere if they so choose.
Transfer portal
The big donors at Texas wanted Herman gone
I've heard that before... who are these donors, and when did they say this?
How many times Ehlinger saved Texas at 4Q despite Herman's horrible 123Q game plan? A lot. For decade Texas is simply stupid to figure out what their real problem is. 1) With all the talents Texas have collected, It is clear Texas won because of players, not because of coaches. It was always coaches who messed up. 2) Players didn't go NFL, coaches got fired, how about athletic department who hired great politicians like Charlie Strong, Tom Herman? Coincidentally They are there for decade. Chris Del Conte did a right thing to do firing 35 athletic department staff and Tom Herman. I am very positive about Texas's future. Ton of respect to Chris Del Conte making hard decisions and hard decisions taking all the criticism.
It's kinda weird u read that CDC statement word for word here and still misinterpreted the whole thing. Where did he say Herman was returning? Or would be the coach in 2021? There was no doing a 180, or changing his mind. Read it again; he literally only said 'Herman is our coach right now'. Which was stating the obvious. Nowhere in there did he imply Herman was returning, he didn't even come close to saying that so I'm surprised why that was so confusing or that you think he changed his mind. He barely talked about Herman in that statement at all.
After they officially signed coach sark as the Texas HC I died inside
And yes I’m a bama fan
This video was worthless. You spent 9 minutes telling us Herman's background and win/loss record. You spent maybe 15 seconds with opinion or speculation as to WHY a coach with so much promise fell short at Texas.
@tk...Were you this passionate when Charlie Strong was fired ? I WONDER....
Herman could have taken Houston to the playoffs! The "grass" wasn't greener!
every loss this year felt like a loss because of coaching decisions. with some of the best players in the country, just ok is not good enough. Herman wasn't it, so UT had to move on
The problem with Texas football is, they and the fans believe that somehow they are an elite program when they just aren’t. Two national championships in the last 50 years underscores that. In the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s they were the little sisters to OU and Nebraska. Now TCU punks them more often than not, and Texas is NEVER in the national championship conversations, ever. This program is basically a step above a mid major type program. That’s the truth, and Texas fan you need to hear it
You see some people in life are satisfied with a winning season. Not good enough for others as some people, a select few want a championship season. Not just a conference championship as it’s worthy but if your not a power 5 due to the ncaa and money hungry for TV contracts bowl committees, we will never have a true playoff system. You see Texas should win more National Championships but it’s because they don’t have the coach. Coaching is everything and the program makes the player. Every week while watching the NFL, how many WRs, RBs, QBs, OL, DL, LB do you see from Alabama. Every dadgum game and weeks. There is a formula process for success to make each year to the playoffs. Herman didn’t have it to make it to the dance as much as we like him, nor did Strong or even Brown tried and got 1?but must do whatever it takes to win baby win. Grow up people, this is how life really is.
It was time. Period. His tenure at UT was extremely underwhelming and he and his entire staff immensely underachieved. He failed to recruit the homegrown in-state talent and hitched his wagon to a mediocre QB in Sam E. Best of luck and good riddance to both of them. I won’t miss watching their brand of football with the Longhorns program. Texas is a blue blood college football program that expects immediate results and if you can’t deliver you’ll be run out of town quickly. You don’t get to lose to OU when they have a freshman QB (that got benched) and you have a returning 8th year senior. You can’t continue to consistently lose to inferior programs like TCU and Iowa State and seriously think you will get the benefit of the doubt with the sponsors and alumni. What did you expect to happen?
The entitlement and expectations here are borderline delusional 😅 think Texas would be better off not overpaying the next coach. Like no other program can outcoach Texas with experience or trying harder? Cmon brah
@@peterkeigwin847 I don’t think it is a matter of the coach being overpaid. Texas has more than enough money. It’s the results that the boosters and fans expect. They may be ambitious but it’s not unrealistic when your recruiting grounds are as talented as it is in the Lone Star State and we keep watching our guys being plucked from under our noses. I’m not saying undefeated seasons every year is realistic, but we should have more than 3 or 4 big 12 titles and ZERO CFP appearances at a flagship program. It’s time to shift the paradigm in Austin.
Texas hasn't been a blue blood program since Coach Royal retired. A program with top 10 recruiting classes every year should be outstanding. For the last 8 years I'd put them no higher than 3rd in the Big 12, but probably more like 4th or 5th.
@@davidl4042 Coach Royal??? You’re delusional. That’s your opinion though and you’re entitled to that. Opinions vary, however. Facts do not. The facts are that Texas is one of the most well endowed programs in the country and they can afford to spend as they please. Since Coach Brown’s departure they’ve been inept across the board, but UT is definitely one of the best college football jobs in the country.
@Reggie D I don't dispute that they spend a lot on coaches salaries and based on how much they spend I would agree that it's a very good job. In fact it's a great job, even if you get fired you're still making more money than almost everyone in the country. But I wouldn't say throwing around a lot of money makes you a blue blood. Winning championships makes you a blue blood. Texas spends a ton of money for average results. No, they haven't been blue bloods since Coach Royal. They're just spending money like they have a printing press in a desperate attempt to get back to the good old days. It seems like the more desperate they get and the more money they throw the more it slips through their fingers. Every time they fire a coach they have to pay the next one more cause he knows he has to get his nest egg in three to four years after that he's moving again. Coaches look at that job and say, "I'm doomed to fail. No one can please them long term. If I produce results that would be considered great at 98% of the schools in the country they'll still fire me in 3-4 years. But at least I'll be rich."
I like your videos a lot. One correction: the Texas AD did not guarantee that Herman will be the coach next year. Read the email again. All he promises is that he will be the coach until the end of the season.
Obviously if urban would’ve come I would’ve fired him, but that would probably be the only available candidate I would’ve fired him for. I wouldn’t risk another worthless rebuild for anyone else.
Recruiting trending downwards was an issue. We lost some good recruits during the 2020 season.
I guess UH ran out of coaches for Texas' big schools to pilfer from.
Oh this is so true! Lol
You can keep Holgerson.
@@JimBronson Don't think the coaching is the problem. It's that no one wants to come to those programs.
32-18...ouch. Really surprised Herman didn’t succeed at Texas.
So, Texas is kinda hiring the same coach. Offensive minded, has HC experience, OC under a future HoF HC.
Sark just has more HC experience.
Sarkisian "one of the best offensive minds in college today"................................Horns avereaged 42.7 a game.In this yr. of having to manage a divided locker room in the midst of "BLM" movement,Herman did a respectable job.Name one other school that had to manage game/opponents and politics EVERY week like he did.The song,changing names of the field,etc.Yeah,all those players were focused on football.........................................right.I think they phucked this guy.Chaka Smart in his 6th year.............you figure it out.
When Coach SARK was OC @USC, He built a DYNASTY ! 3 National 🏆, 2 HEISMAN & COUNTLESS Players in The NFL. And a 🏆@BAMA, maybe another.
Washington. USC HC.
TEXAS NEEDED TO MAKE A CHANGE. HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF STEVE IS THE ONE. HERMAN'S PERSONALITY GOT HIM INTO TROUBLE SEVERAL TIMES. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE CLASS OF RARRELL ROYAL OR THE SMOOZE OF MAC BROWN.
Tom Herman did a good job at Texas. Rome wasn't built in a day and should have given him more time to build the program. I always had respect for him and always will. Chris Del Conte is two faced and did Tom Herman wrong personally and professionally. Believe in karma Chris, what comes around goes around
Texas tried to be slick and get Urban Meyer on the down low, not only did he turn them down, it definitely wasn't on the down low as every sports site and network was taking about it within 12 hours.
If you were an AD would you want work with the coach you tried to replace behind his back next year?
Now as for Tom Herman, before hearing about rumors that the players don’t like him, I supported Tom Herman. With so many seniors not wanting to play the Alamo Bowl Game, it made me think they must not like Tom Herman enough. Also it is the Alamo Bowl. Bru McCoy almost came to Texas but then transferred to USC after arriving. Now Xavion Alford is also going to USC. So Texas must be doing something wrong on the coaching staff. I think there’s a lot of talent with Bijan Robinson tho. I think Texas has promising years with Jake Smith, Joshua Moore, Bijan Robinson, Casie Thompson and Alfred Collins on defense. Maybe the players will have a bigger role and will like Steve Sarkisian more. We’ll see what he can do with all the talent and experience at Alabama.
lol. They gave Herman the same treatment as Charlie Strong. LOL! Sarkisian will not do any better.
A $25 million total buy out.
So in two years when UT is no better but probably worse, who will replace Chris Del Conte?
$15MM buyout I heard...I wouldn't mind experiencing that kind of downfall.
yea really, where can I get that kind of golden parachute?
After they kicked the hell out of Colorado...granted it's Colorado I thought damn that defence looks vicious.
At TEXAS you gotta beat Oklahoma and back in the day Texas A&M it will buy a coach some time,
but then you gotta produce titles and bowls or see ya! Don’t forget the people pleasing you gotta do
with the alumni mafia and the media. All while in the “fish bowl” trying to keep young men focused!
Overall the man did a decent job at Texas. There's just alot of pressure and factors when you're the coach at a school with so much prestige
Texas is not that great of a football program. One title since they segregated.
Herman is not the problem at Texas, for whatever reason UT is not developing talented recruits into NFL prospects, this has been a long running problem since Mac Brown left and is only getting worse.
Tyler Lachney who's job is it to develop players? The coaches.
The problem is much bigger than Herman's coaching. The first question I think of is will Sark be able to stop the attrition in Texas recruiting? If he can't win the recruiting battle for in state recruits against Bama, LSU, and OU then will he really be able to elevate Texas beyond the Michigan football limbo trope of perennial 9-3 records?
Video idea: The Idaho Vandals Journey from a top flight FCS program, to a long mediocre FBS stint that led to them returning to the FCS
What's is alarming is the number of top 10 Texas recruits who didn't sign with Texas. Other teams do much better than Texas does keeping the top 10 guys home. Every team loses some but not nearly all of them!!!
same problem w places like nebraska. the fans expect to win so much that they wont allow a coach to develop a culture or even bring in his own recruits
Next guy will walk in with a pocket full of nattys and by this time next year we’ll be celebrating. I can feel it 🙄
Adding new coaches at the beginning of 2020 had all sorts of possibilities. And players would have had plenty of time to learn the new coaches' strategies. But along comes COVID, and that time of learning was gone.That may well be why Texas finished better in 2020 than it began...the players finally got the new approaches. I had hoped for one more year, giving Herman's initial recruits an entire college career to demonstrate the quality of his coaching. But now, that won't happen, and we'll never know what could have been. I'm surprised at the similarities of the records of Herman and Sarkisian. It's as if the University is trying the same approach they did four years ago, all over again.
NCAA done a lot of teams wrong by letting teams start their season late and start at the top of the ranking with only half of the games other teams had played. Even if Texas or Oklahoma had started 5-0 it's a sure bet they never would of mad it pass number 5 in the polls, because the top 4 was already chosen. Why do you think the polls wasn't updated for weeks or until the other conferences started their season. Other teams started off 3-0 and 4-0 before the others ever played 1 game and still couldn't break into the top 4
We need more Games To Remember!!!!!!!!! Love all your vids but let’s be honest those are the best highlight vids on CZcams
Haha yess fire his ass!
Herman had it going really well at the university of Houston, then he got greedy.
That top-of-the-world wave may never come again Tommy!