Tuesday, September 27
Injury Update
Mack Brown said on Monday that Selvin Young will go through practice this week in anticipation of playing this Saturday. And according to the Statesman, Young is still listed at the top of the depth chart. Interesting. The thinking here is Jamaal Charles has more than earned the starting job, hurt or healthy Selvin Young. I’m guessing Charles starts and Mack works in Young for a series or two at the most. Mack also said that redshirt freshman wideout Jordan Shipley is still hampered by a hamstring injury and is unlikely to play this week. The injury report for Shipley is beginning to sound like former UT basketball player Chris Wright, who just never seemed to get over his knee injuries. Also, for those of you not in Austin, the weather has been unbelievably hot. It was 107 both Sunday and Monday. They are predicting at least one more 100+ degree day. Mack commented that his players would likely enjoy a 70 degree day with 20+ mile an hour winds in Columbia.
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The stupidity in that, obviously, is that it's TOO LATE to wait until somebody blows it and loses their job. Seriously, Selvin Young just about gave the game to Ohio State before he (mercifully) headed to the sidelines to tend to his ankle. His running was atrocious and he put the ball on the ground (something he's done since he got to Texas). I'll say this one last time: if Selvin Young is our feature back in a tight game, Mack Brown should be drug tested. And then fired on the spot.
Not a chance. There's nothing Selvin could do, short of miraculously becoming as good as Jamaal Charles, that should earn him a starting job. Selvin shouldn't be the starter - not even nominally. If Charles is your best guy, start him.
I admire Mack Brown's loyalty, but there have to be limits. Especially with this much on the line. If we're a one or two loss team, and we're just playing for bowl seeding, fine. It's not the end of the world. But this team is still in the national title hunt. I'd hate for something like blind loyalty to get in the way for what's best for the team.
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I admire Mack Brown's loyalty, but there have to be limits. Especially with this much on the line. If we're a one or two loss team, and we're just playing for bowl seeding, fine. It's not the end of the world. But this team is still in the national title hunt. I'd hate for something like blind loyalty to get in the way for what's best for the team.
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I understand that you do not lose your job to injury and keeping players into their seinor year with loyalty, but the thing is that Selvin did not lose his job to injury, he lost it because he has looked bad, an ankle injury does not make you more fumble prone. What has he been doing in pratice that has not translated to the games that keeps him the starter in Mac's eyes. Did we not see this in August.
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