SB Nation User Blog: CoachT

No Football? How 'bout pirates?

CoachT — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:28:17 -0000

With all this swinging your sword talk and the history of pirate fandom with Leach I was wondering if Leach channels his inner pirate while watching re-runs of "Pieces of Eight"? When I was a kid, I used to watch it on Sunday afternoons. It's about pirates of course, but really obscure. Does anyone remember this show?

I thought about sending Mike the box set but I can't find it. I would also recommend the book, "The fighting Texas Navy". Yes, Texas had a navy when it was an independent country, and it was described as "semi-piratical". It's a great read and full of characters, and historical. You've got to love a country that rents its navy to Yucatan for $8000 dollars a month. And you know there are some issues when president Sam Houston outlawed the whole navy and issued a proclamation that any nation that found them on the high seas should treat them as PIRATES! Holy Hell, our own president did that??? Check out the book. You'll love it...

After clearing the haze of Mr. Miller

CoachT — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:21:00 -0000

I've tried to recall what was happening during the game. Let's take Pott's poor performance and the myriad penalties as a given, and something that can be corrected. I want to focus on what I thought was the root cause of our struggle, namely, lack of aggression. Our OL should be the nastiest sobs out there but what we got was a whole lot of nothin'. I'm trying to recall when I played, and we were coached to try and murder the guy across from you. Literally, envision that he had just taken a baseball bat to your little sister's head right in front of you... What are you gonna' do about it? You know, that kind of rage. Our guys just didn't have it. It is hard to coach to turn it on and off for every play but it is essential for success. If Matt Moore can't get these guys to dig down deep for this aggression, then it's going to be a long season.

I hope the guys watch the game film and get embarrassed that they allowed lesser talent to push them around. Bring out the nasty or Sept. 19 will be humiliating.

Just a flea on a dog's butt

CoachT — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:52:36 -0000

I was driving home in the wonderful Austin traffic and listening to 1300AM "The Zone" sports show. It is a full time UT centered radio station. The topic was how supremely excellent UT was and how Tech was a fraud. Of the four hosts, one in particular kept referring to "trashcan" teams, like Missouri and Tech. He did mention the trouble we had with Nebraska and TAM, but failed to mention TAM has beaten UT two years in a row, last year in Austin! But they're still a trashcan team. When one of the other hosts commented that Tech has a better defense, this guy replied that it was good enough for Tech but that Tech still didn't have a defense. It was mentioned that we had established a running game, and this same host totally discounted it and went on about how it will be totally shut down by UTs defense. The arrogant tirade continued until the Kansas game came up. One host commented on how well we did against them. The second host started off by laughing at the thought of Tech being a "big dog" program- apparently only UT is that. He then went on to say that Tech is just a flee on a dogs ass and sometimes the big dog has to scratch it, but now Tech is a tick on a dogs ass.

That pretty much summarizes the attitude that this fanbase has toward our team, school and fans. I hope our guys are listening to this kind of garbage and get angry. The only way for us to correct this arrogant UT attitude is with extreme pain.

Hey Darcel, you're a flea on a dogs ass. Hey Duncan, you are too. Mankind, you're just a tick. Harrell, Crabtree, all of you are just an infestation of parasites and frauds on the big dog UT Longhorns...

What's the deal?

CoachT — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:18:03 -0000

I haven't posted in a while but there was some news down here in Austin that got me thinking. For a long time most of us on this site have complained about defense, and justifiably so.
I heard on the news that Mack Brown has hired a DC from Auburn(?). What's up with that? He has Duane Akina but still goes out and hires another DC? We can't seem to attract a DC to Tech but Mack can get two?

Please help me understand this one...