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It's not that he didn't know, it's that he was too god damn stubborn. We had arguably the second-best RB duo in the nation last year and we threw it more than we ran it by about 55-45 or more. Absolutely inexcusable.

I don't think it was so much about how much he called passing plays but rather WHEN he called them.

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Posted by Cooter Davenport

Austin, TX

Member since Apr 2012

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Posted on 7/26/12 at 11:25 am to Dr RC

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I don't think it was so much about how much he called passing plays but rather WHEN he called them.

BINGO.

This 1,000X. This.

Paw Paw would come out after the half with a double-digit lead and throw 3 and out. The he'd get scored on, get the ball back, and do it AGAIN!

That's when you rely on the RBs who got you 200 yards rushing in the first half, homie! If the offense sputters because you ran it too much, oh well, at least it would have burned 5 minutes of clock instead of 5 seconds!

Sherm just couldn't protect a College Football lead to save his life (almost literally - his job was on the line and EVERYONE was screaming at him to run in the second halves of games and he just refused like the stubborn old ox he is).

I still contend that team we had last year was darn good. We didn't get just beat by anyone. We lead almost everyone for large portions of the games. We got beat by Sherman. That's why he was fired. It was obvious that we had a coach taking us OUT of contention with HIS decisions when victory was RIGHT THERE.