Wait now.
Wasn't there a bunch that said that Herman is a corch, or did I misread some posts.
Anyway, interesting info on the transition year, at the same time it's also a good excuse for having a lowly ranked recruiting class.
Not a lot negatives with Herman. Yeah he had a couple bad losses at Houston, games they had no business losing. But nonetheless, I don't think it's a stretch to say is one of the top coaching prospects out there. Only potential issue is, he may fall into the smartest guy in the room trap. As long as he doesn't fall in love with his approach to analytics, and keeps an open mind, you should see some great success I would think.
This is where we see what Herman is made of. He's got a lot of work to do at Texas. He's got the big time job now, with a big-time budget, and big-time name recognition. We'll know in a couple of years where this is headed.
Herman's success his first year will be in large part due to Charlie Strong's recruiting...
Say what you want about Strong, but he still managed to haul in 3 really good classes, with back to back top 10 Nationally ranked classes despite being below .500 during his entire tenure at Texas.
That team is already loaded with talent, all Herman has to do is halfway decent job of coaching'em up & he should win the Big XII with ease... Especially, with how god awful Defenses are in that conference.
Not calling Herman a Corch, I'm simply saying people (mainly the media) will be ready to crown him if Texas plays well this season, and it should be acknowledged that team is basically ready made.