re: SARK frickING SUCKS

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Has he done so or has he been coddled?

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Let's not kid ourselves to think that Arch Manning has never been coddled (not even the least bit) while at Texas.

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The yips are a funny thing, and you usually see it in baseball, not football.

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As a little league allstar, starting high school pitcher, I completely agree with your analysis.

When I was on, I was zoned in. When my pitches started flying around, my confidence level got shaky. My best pitching was when I did not over think and just let fly and zoned in.

I agree, let Arch call the first quarter plays. Let him analyze the defense and let him talk to his offensive. Let him say in the huddle, “ ok guys, what play should we run?”

Would be interesting to see results.

We'd all like to have the second coming of Nick Saban as our coach

Every school tries to hire a winner but few succeed and the pressure on every hire at Texas has always been to deliver a National Championship or get out of town because good is not good enough.

Couple that with the sense of entitlement almost every kid who donned their uniform has and it is easy to see how the program collapses inward under the weight of an unrealistically short timeline and unmet expectations.

When you hear or read the orange faithful say "We're Texas!" you know right away whoever is the HC has till the end of the current season to produce or he's collecting his buyout.

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He will always have that target on him because of his last name. It really is a curse.

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It’s only a “curse” if the person thinks it’s a curse. Though high expectations come from outside (and maybe from Arch himself), the “pressure” is all self-induced. Some people have the psychological make-up of champions and they thrive in demanding situations, whatever their occupation is (combat infantry, surgeon, court lawyer, etc); others do not. Those who fail often do so because they are not prepared and so don’t have the self-confidence. This especially hits hard on people who have not experienced failure. When they do experience unexpected failure (UTEP was a failure), people have to acknowledge the problem (Arch has done this, a narcissist would have blamed someone else), reassess their own capabilities, and not lose confidence, but motivate themselves to improve (it seems Arch has done this also). He also needs to realize that he needs help (whether it’s reading defenses, knowing their offense better, etc, as AZ noted). It seems to me he is crying out for help. Speaking with admittedly limited knowledge of Arch’s situation, it appears he needs better technical preparation and, as BigBro pointed out, psychological help (at least in the short term).

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Every school tries to hire a winner but few succeed and the pressure on every hire at Texas has always been to deliver a National Championship or get out of town because good is not good enough.

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While true, that isn't where I am at all.

I'm guessing Sark thinks that Arch has all of the tools to succeed in his offense.. There are a ton of open receivers and Arch simply isn't playing a simple game of catch with them. At some point, Sark will have to make the decision to either pull him or pray that he bounces out of it.

It's very unlikely that Caldwell, Owens or Lacy can help this team make the playoffs this year.. not against the good teams on our schedule. If that is the case, you almost have to ride Arch until the wheels fall off, and to be honest, they are about to fall off..

Sitting him.. pulling him.. just cements the problem in his head and that makes it 100x worse if/when he is called back into the game.. It's a hard spot for a coach, any coach..

Arch doesn't have to play at a Heisman level for this Texas team to be really, really good. He just has to play a little bit better, a little more consistent, but that isn't guaranteed to ever happen this year, and it may never happen.

As I said before, I'd let Arch call the plays against Sam Houston. It's not a traditional approach, but perhaps they can do something and make the game fun for him. shite, run the wishbone and a lot of trick plays.. Something, anything to get his mind off of making every single throw.

And if none of that works, run the Read Option or the wishbone, and hope that something good happens. The defense is good enough to win a lot of games.

Coddling doesn’t help one develop self-confidence. Personally I grew up with 9 siblings (I am #7); there was no coddling from my parents. You also learn quickly what your strengths and weaknesses are with that many siblings. Excuses were not tolerated. If you failed, then you worked to improve. If you succeeded, you didn’t dare gloat. As Will Munny said, “A man’s got to know his limitations.” Once you learn who and what you are, then self-confidence follows because you don’t bite off more than you can chew.

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If you don’t know what I mean by that then there is no point in arguing. It’s all about the culture.

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I do know what you mean. You’re just wrong

You cannot seriously state that the culture hasn’t changed night and day from when Sarkisian arrived to what it is now

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We all agree something is not right. It’s not our job to fix it.

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like I said: agree with you there. Most obvious is redzone efficiency which can be fixed by playcalling. And sark needs to relieve himself of those duties and hire someone

I'm trying to think of other college QBs that have dealt with the yips and I'm struggling. Any examples? Any ones that successfully overcame the affliction as I think that's the true issue if it is indeed the underlying causation.

Rodo

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We'd all like to have the second coming of Nick Saban as our coach

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Nick Saban is not necessary to win at Texas. Any coach who can make (input = output) will do fine.