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2026 Derrek Cooper 5* RB/ATH from Chaminade Commits to Texas

Cribby said:
The offense was bad prior to injuries . Really bad. The Gattis hire was atrocious and was the first domino in a bad year. In spring I posted the offense was having issues and the receivers couldn’t get separation. Lack of spacing and schematics had a big hand in that.
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I’m pretty sure multiple people said from day one that Gattis was a bad hire. It seems like it was an ego hire for Mario.
 
Cribby said:
The offense was bad prior to injuries . Really bad. The Gattis hire was atrocious and was the first domino in a bad year. In spring I posted the offense was having issues and the receivers couldn’t get separation. Lack of spacing and schematics had a big hand in that.
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The irony of when he came, the theme was "speed in space". Anything but.

More like jogging in a phone booth.
 
Cribby said:
The offense was bad prior to injuries . Really bad. The Gattis hire was atrocious and was the first domino in a bad year. In spring I posted the offense was having issues and the receivers couldn’t get separation. Lack of spacing and schematics had a big hand in that.
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I think if mario hires a lashlee or even a dawson type of coordinator year1 our entire trajectory as a program is different

He went with the rip the bandaid off approach and I think that was just wrong for a team that won 6 of their last 7(?) to end the season

And a bunch of those players ended up being important for us in the mario era and good at smu. Just needed to fill in the gaps and upgrade a few spots while you rebuild the culture
 
E1k said:
I think if mario hires a lashlee or even a dawson type of coordinator year1 our entire trajectory as a program is different

He went with the rip the bandaid off approach and I think that was just wrong for a team that won 6 of their last 7(?) to end the season

And a bunch of those players ended up being important for us in the mario era and good at smu. Just needed to fill in the gaps and upgrade a few spots while you rebuild the culture
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The hires were bad and didn’t really make sense. It was like a 13 year old version of me putting a staff together based on name recognition and not actual fit. Then it didn’t help that we brought in a bunch of meh via the portal. There was just utter mismanagement of the program but we had more money.

Even going into year 4 after some corrections, you still see some of these mistakes. We are on our 3rd DC, the LB room is an inexplicable mess, we don’t have enough depth at DT and the roster while much better is not where we or at least I thought it would be.
 
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canadacanes said:
I’m pretty sure multiple people said from day one that Gattis was a bad hire. It seems like it was an ego hire for Mario.
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He missed on some better options and the Gattis was unhappy stuff got out in coaching ditches . So it was good timing and perception is I just took the Broyles winner from Michigan. Imo it was as much a PR hire than it was quality.
 
Cribby said:
The offense was bad prior to injuries . Really bad. The Gattis hire was atrocious and was the first domino in a bad year. In spring I posted the offense was having issues and the receivers couldn’t get separation. Lack of spacing and schematics had a big hand in that.
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Lost 2 of your top 3 RB's in fall camp before the season, and George was suspended to start season, then got hurt.

Then Restrepo got injured in 2nd game missed 6 games. Also lost Olajawon the OL early.

Was Gattis a great hire? No, but to say injuries didn't impact this team signifigantly early is just not accurate.


450-24
392-27
367-26
538-30

Took out FCS 1st game, these were next 4 games total yards and 1st downs.

436 YPG
26.7 First downs per game

The glaring issue early was redzone offense. I'm sure the 200 plus pound RBs, and Restrepo/George could have helped here.

As the season went on the injuries were too much. TVD got hurt after he actually started playing well, Parrish got hurt, Arroyo, Rivers, just way too much.

2 things can be true, Gattis wasnt the right fit, and injuries were too mich for any OC to deal with.
 
Rey Rey Armweak said:


Doesn't sound like a team ready to drop a giant bag for Cooper
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My son (we live in Austin) also like the Longhorns, and he’s been moping about the run on recruiting that Texas has been having.

Interesting that Texas isn’t going full Palpatine with NIL…ie “Unlimited Funds!” Perhaps even their funds hit a wall when you are faced with the prospect of paying a NFL roster’s salary by having to up everyone that you want to retain after overspending for all of the five stars.
 
gacaneaddict said:
2022 had issues, but people love to forget that Miami had so many injuries on offense it wasn't even workable.

Played 3 QB's, had to play a walk on RB, Arroyo missed most of season, Restrepo and George missed signifigant time, and the OL was beat up.

When you're rolling Jacurri Brown ane Lucious Stanley on the field against FSU it's bad.

Mario is a good coach, and runs a top notch program. Miami is a bigger more physical team now, just more talented. Maybe they can put it all together and make the playoffs.
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You’re just moving the goalposts

I’m saying what he did in 2022 from a recruiting class and coaching hiring perspective made it worse

I’m not even talking about the 2022 season on the field getting our *** beat by MTSU
 
JHallCanes said:
You’re just moving the goalposts

I’m saying what he did in 2022 from a recruiting class and coaching hiring perspective made it worse

I’m not even talking about the 2022 season on the field getting our *** beat by MTSU
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I'm not moving anything, just stating facts my man. Gattis wasn't a great hire, but no OC would have had much success with what happened on that side of the ball.

The defensive backfield was the most unusual situation with 4 NFL players yet couldn't limit explosives.
 
gacaneaddict said:
I'm not moving anything, just stating facts my man. Gattis wasn't a great hire, but no OC would have had much success with what happened on that side of the ball.

The defensive backfield was the most unusual situation with 4 NFL players yet couldn't limit explosives.
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No you’re stating your opinion and it has nothing to do with what I said
 
gacaneaddict said:
I'm not moving anything, just stating facts my man. Gattis wasn't a great hire, but no OC would have had much success with what happened on that side of the ball.

The defensive backfield was the most unusual situation with 4 NFL players yet couldn't limit explosives.
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So what happened the year before?
 
DemCanes10 said:
You would think Texas is a top 5 team in recruiting due to their access to money.

Surprisingly they are mid af
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Texas arrogance. It’s a lot like Florida boosters (just diff levels of wealth). They feel it should be an honor to play for them whereas the oil boys in Lubbock and College Station are YOLOing the cash.
 
itsdolphhh said:
I think Cooper is a good player, but I don't think he's a 5 star talent tbh.
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