subject: The Texas Longhorns Are Under-manned But Coach Shows No Worries [print this page] The Texas Longhorns' fall camp training sessions opened with Coach Brown having a lot to do. After last season, 18 players left the Longhorns. A number of these athletes belonged to their best-rated players. To mention a few, there were QB Colt McCoy, WR Jordan Shipley, OT Adam Ulatoski, OG Charlie Tanner.
McCoy has gone on to sign a contract with the Cleveland Browns. The Cincinnati Bengals got Shipley in the 2010 NFL draft. Ulatoski has signed in as a free agent with Houston and likewise, Charlie Tanner has gone in as a free agent of the New York Jets.
To fill the gaps left behind by those players, this season's fall camp is specifically directed towards training freshmen and sophomores so that the older players can be moved up to key positions that had been vacated by the mass exodus of their team members.
Despite the long odds they seem to face, coach Mack Brown is optimistic about the results of the forthcoming games. He cites the fact that in the 2008 season when the team which was reckoned to garner a 9-3 finish, they gave everyone the surprise of the year by nearly flattening out the competition with a 12-1 score. The year following, they upped that score one more point and earned the right to compete for the BCS National Championship trophy. They eventually lost but had already gained in the AP poll rankings. At the preseason tally for this year they are in slot #4.
The current rating of the team has been called exaggerated by some pundits on the grounds that the current unmanned condition of the team does not justify placing them in the fourth position. Justifiable or not, that position puts them close to the top and gives them a much better chance to compete in the championships.
The power of belief is something the coach does not underestimate. The importance that good expectations had for their last games was underscored when he said "When we weren't expected by the public to win all the games and our players and coaches still expected to..."
There are also optimistic pundits who think that the chances of the Longhorns for winning the trophy this year are great. One contribution factor is the fact that their most formidable opponent has been scheduled to face them towards the season's end. By that time, the team will have made its new organization very effective.
The coach has also revamped the units of the game. He has made sure to place talent where they are needed. For instance, their back line is not manned by Aaron Williams, Curtis Brown, Chyke Brown and Blake Gideon.
One big reason for being optimistic about this season's games is sophomore Garrett Gilbert who is a dynamo of talent and determination. In the last championship, it took him time to adjust to the game play. When he finally did on the second half, he almost achieved the comeback that the Longhorns are reaching for.
Whatever the pundits say, they have their reasons for saying. While player count doesn't necessarily add up to a winning game neither does pure talent and determination. The glaring fact is that coach Brown is in for many training sessions this year.
by: Freddie Brister.
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