Quotes that bother me
Statesman had an article yesterday about how Colt McCoy has been our best runner the past two games. Sad but true.
It quoted Greg Davis as saying “People don’t realize how good of a rusher Colt is.”
But he’s not a good rusher. He’s a good scrambler. And they’re not the same thing.
Regarding the running game in general, Davis said “I don’t think it matters how you get the yards, I just think that we need to be able to run the ball.”
But it does matter. A running game is ineffective if you can’t run the ball when you want to, and a quarterback scramble is not running the ball when you want to.
Same day Mack Brown has his Monday press conference, and he says this:
“You go back to explosive plays, and we’ve been a very explosive offense. We had 12 explosives on Saturday to Baylor’s three and that means a run over 12 and a pass over 16 yards. This is the most explosive team we’ve had other than the National Championship team in 2005 since we’ve been here.”
Now I have no problem with the way Brown defines explosive plays, but to say an offense that is averaging about 31 points a game is ‘very explosive’ is defining the word down and to say only the 2005 team was more explosive renders the word meaningless.
October 23, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Ha, that’s funny. I guess when “routine” is defined as a 3 yard out, then 16 could definitely be considered “explosive”.
October 23, 2007 at 2:21 pm
sounds a lot like out loser of a coach. “We want to win by 1 point and play dirty shirt football”. Wheres a good razor and a warm bath when you need one?
October 23, 2007 at 2:21 pm
“But he’s not a good rusher. He’s a good scrambler.”
Exactly, and that’s ALSO when we have our longest PASSING plays, as well. Broken plays are always our biggest gainers.
But, the dude can ball! (click my link to the left for an article one of our guys recently put up about Colt!)
Good stuff, as always, HJ!
October 23, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Whenever Colt dodges an oncoming DL let in by Ulatoski, Griffin, Hall, et al, I often drop my Cheetos and shout, “That’s an explosive QB for you!” to nobody in particular.
October 23, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Something explosive happens when I watch the Horns, but it’s got nothing to do with the play on the field.
October 23, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Anyone else find it sad that we cannot believe anything that comes out of Belmont?
October 23, 2007 at 5:46 pm
I think Brown meant to say this year’s Longhorn squad the most IMPLOSIVE team he’s had.
October 23, 2007 at 7:25 pm
“Anyone else find it sad that we cannot believe anything that comes out of Belmont?”
It has always been thus.
October 23, 2007 at 10:43 pm
This coaching staff continues to remind me of the Bush administration.
October 24, 2007 at 3:50 am
You know, Mack doesn’t even believe a lot of what he says, so why should you? I really think he goes into those press conferences with ready made responses for expected questions, to shape how the media will describe the program.
For example, when he said that last year they didn’t have the depth to play 2nd team LBs, but now they do. What he means is, “I can tell that the 2nd unit is outperforming the 1st as well as you can, but I don’t want the senior class to bag out on the season so I’m going to continue to let them start, but give more and more of their snaps to the backups.”
I have a friend who is concerned that we are too committed to McCoy as our QB, because of how much Mack praises him. I pointed out to him that Chiles is not red-shirting, and is getting 1st half series to play in (something that only Simms and Young ever received as backups). You have to watch what Mack is doing, not listen to what he says.
October 24, 2007 at 4:41 am
So the seniors are going to bail out on the season if some shitty LBs are replaced by better players?
If the LBs bail out . . . good riddance.
The other seniors on the field just want to win, like any athlete.
Mack’s problem is that he thinks everyone is as soft and sensitive as he is.
How odd is it that Texas has the softest coach in the country?
October 24, 2007 at 5:50 am
that is a little overboard
October 24, 2007 at 8:48 am
This year, we should call “explosive” plays EXPLODED instead.
October 24, 2007 at 9:57 am
Seriously, don’t listen to what they say.
Save that for Barnes and Garrido.