boognish_bear said:

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#Baylor TE Jake Roberts said the team didn’t play to its standard against Texas State and that there’s a lot of confidence to bounce back.

“We know that we can play with anybody.”

— Michael Haag (@MichaelHaag_) September 6, 2023

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Define "anybody."

PartyBear said:

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That is hyperbolic to be saying about a game you know already we are likely going to lose. No the world isnt going to end if we lose neither is Baylor football or P4 status. If one game was going to determine that, well it already occurred this past Saturday......well and frankly almost every game during the Steele era as well or the 2017 season. Guess what alot of realignment has occurred since everything I mentioned except the TSU game, and we are fine.

Actually your description of Aranda in your first paragraph actually makes me feel a little better. Aranda isnt Steele or what Steele was back 20 years ago. Aranda does have a clue. He will turn this around or be fired probably during the 25 season if it isnt turned around by then and based on our reported buy out situation.

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If Aranda gets to 2025 unconditionally, there's a very good chance he'll be coaching football games in front of crickets his last two years. This university and its athletic program can't afford that.

The time to turn it around is now. If we look the rest of the season like we've looked the past five games, he needs to go.

If he looks like this the next few weeks he needs to go… there's no reason to wait. And if they can't afford his buyout Rhoades needs to go as well for being dumb enough to give him that contract while winning with Rhules guys

As long as its not elitist football I am.

Remember that Art Brile's quote "I'll fight a man with three children and a nice house any day over a man that's living out of a car."

Our team gets way too many perks and pats on the back for a group who has not won anything. It has made them soft and we play like it. I was not big fan of Rhule but at least he made the kids earn it.

This football team collectively has not won a game in almost 300 days. I can't imagine that sits all that comfortably from a morale perspective.

241Bear said:

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boognish_bear said:

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#Baylor TE Jake Roberts said the team didn’t play to its standard against Texas State and that there’s a lot of confidence to bounce back.

“We know that we can play with anybody.”

— Michael Haag (@MichaelHaag_) September 6, 2023

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Define "anybody."

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As long as we're at it, define "play" as well.

You folks who think there would or should be a new AD to make fire Aranda and make the new hire, are not understanding that isnt all going to happen during this season, even if Baylor's plan is to do a house cleaning of the athletic dept. Competent schools these days actually fire the coach and begin the search around mid Oct or maybe a week later. There is no more of doing this in December.

In all likelihood if there is going to be a new AD, he or she would be named in the spring to really start next school year. Then that AD is not likely to rush into firing Aranda unless the 24 season is a complete disaster.

All that said, everything I said above doesnt even count the financial situation. Everyone has been signed to a brand new shining expensive, lengthy contract in the past 18 months.

I just think this is somewhat analogous to the Steele era (not comparing Aranda at all to Steele, I think Aranda actually can turn it around) in that by year 2 of Steele we all knew it was done and would not get any better (again not saying that is where we are with Aranda for sure) but we were stuck with another two years before we could reasonably make a move due to PR and other things etc.

True, Aranda ain't goin' nowhere, and Mack isn't, either...unless they were to leave voluntarily for some reason.

Aranda might decide being a coach ain't all its cracked up to be and go to Tibet to contemplate his navel for a few years, or something.

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Killing Floor said:

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I'm not so sure. Funny/sad I am in my 31st year of wedlock with a Longhorn, the sad part is we trade opening games. I'll be at the Utah game. Watching Horns play Rice it was clear while the starters got plenty reps to pad and prepare you could clearly see the team was holding out a little. They were not showing all their cards to Saban, if you know what I mean. But up in Waco those boys were gassed. That was maximum effort. Nobody took it easy. I hate to say this but we're looking at a 4 score beating like we put on UTSA a few years back.
I just don't understand how this became a rebuild year.

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You are a better person than me. I have banned all orange programming in this house. If she wants to watch them she has to go over to her parent's while me and the boys stay home and watch other stuff.

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Tell me you no longer have sex without telling me you don't have sex.

vanillabryce said:

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Married A Horn said:

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Killing Floor said:

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I'm not so sure. Funny/sad I am in my 31st year of wedlock with a Longhorn, the sad part is we trade opening games. I'll be at the Utah game. Watching Horns play Rice it was clear while the starters got plenty reps to pad and prepare you could clearly see the team was holding out a little. They were not showing all their cards to Saban, if you know what I mean. But up in Waco those boys were gassed. That was maximum effort. Nobody took it easy. I hate to say this but we're looking at a 4 score beating like we put on UTSA a few years back.
I just don't understand how this became a rebuild year.

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You are a better person than me. I have banned all orange programming in this house. If she wants to watch them she has to go over to her parent's while me and the boys stay home and watch other stuff.

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Tell me you no longer have sex without telling me you don't have sex.

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I dont around that game :P

Dia del DougO said:

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True, Aranda ain't goin' nowhere, and Mack isn't, either...unless they were to leave voluntarily for some reason.

Aranda might decide being a coach ain't all its cracked up to be and go to Tibet to contemplate his navel for a few years, or something.

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Maybe, but not likely. There are very few jobs out there where you can collect 6 million a year for 4 years and only be good at your job for one of those years

Seems like maybe the coaches had the players feeling like they're prepared and really good. Then the hit the field and realize they are terrible. Nobody can feel good about that. They'll be as low energy as their no energy coach.

Unless you are a player or coach in that locker room, there is no way to know the morale of the team.

jikespingleton said:

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Unless you are a player or coach in that locker room, there is no way to know the morale of the team.

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Incorrect. It's always clearly visible on the field.

canoso said:

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jikespingleton said:

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Unless you are a player or coach in that locker room, there is no way to know the morale of the team.

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Incorrect. It's always clearly visible on the field.

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Assuming that is correct - then the thread is rather pointless isn't it?

jikespingleton said:

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canoso said:

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jikespingleton said:

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Unless you are a player or coach in that locker room, there is no way to know the morale of the team.

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Incorrect. It's always clearly visible on the field.

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Assuming that is correct - then the thread is rather pointless isn't it?

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In a real way, yes.

Dave needs to deliver this speech to get morale back up

“We need more dogs”

12 years ago today
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— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) September 7, 2023