It has been a wild 24 hours in Austin for the Texas Longhorns football team. It all started with rumblings of the top 2022 recruit having second thoughts about his decision to commit to the University of Texas. That was followed shortly by Quinn Ewers announcing that he would be looking elsewhere. So where do we start as we unpack the situation? The Longhorns have seen a mass exodus as of late in terms of recruits deciding to play elsewhere and players leaving through the transfer portal.
Does this fall on the teams lack of execution? Does this fall on the offenses struggles in big games? Does this fall on the team’s performances as a whole? Or does this fall directly at the feet of Tom Herman? One could make a case for all of the above but that all stems from the head coach. When things don’t go well it begins and ends with him. We discuss the fall out of losing out on yet another Texas product heading to another state to play his collegiate football career.
The issues and frustrations with the current head coach go far beyond just recruiting. The product on the field is a big issue. The fact that ever since that 2018 season where Sam Ehlinger proclaimed that Texas was back, they have been anything but back. They are just 11-7 in the 18 games following that proclamation. Plus a look forward at the top 10 matchup with Oklahoma State on Saturday.
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