Am I the only one who sees this?

so just call me Nancy Jr.

Apology accepted. :>D

This is not in response to any of the substantive points made in your post regarding the offense. I disagree generally that our offense had been figured out, but I am, like you, optimistic that we will continue to be a highly ranked offense with Neal Brown as OC and look forward to his tenure. Whether or not we improve will be decided on the field.

Instead, this is my observation that something unhelpful is occurring between two increasingly fractured groups of people on this website, and I think we’d all be better off if, instead of identifying all the things we seemingly disagree about in broad, vague, and generalized terms, we: 1) focused more on the things we agree about, and 2) to the extent that disagreements are had, let us all refrain from generalizing about others or categorizing individuals who happen to disagree with us on certain points. I am as guilty of this as anyone.

where do I refer to anyone on this blog as a Nancy in this post?

Convincing all the Nancys around here is going to be hard but I think Neal Brown will do wonders with the offense.

I do not think it is a tortured reading of your post that you’ve impliedly stated that there are “Nancy’s” (negative nancy’s, presumably) “around here” meaning members of this blog-space. While it may very well be the case that Nancy’s exist “WELLLLL beyond the scope of this blog” it’s difficult to see that you’re addressing the foreign ones at all, or exclusively, when you refer to the ones “around here” in need of convincing.

I agree with Chad that there’s no reason for anyone to get worked up about the word “Nancy.” If you’d replaced it with “Shitheads” I still wouldn’t have cared all that much.

What concerns me, though, is that the events of the past few months have fractured Texas Tech fans into two groups. The result is that people who disagree with each other on one particular issue are painted with increasingly broader brushes such that “Nancys” who think Neal Brown might be a downgrade from Coach Leach are also assigned the unwillingness “to give any of the current staff in place any due process.” (One might respond: If no members of a particular group of Texas Tech fans are capable of giving members of the current staff due process, it is because it is not ours to give; due process is something provided by the law, not by individuals.) While it is probably the case that some people who doubt whether our offense will be as good with Neal Brown also do not give the current coaching staff its due credit, it is almost certainly not the case that every person who so doubts is unwilling to give the entire staff due credit.

A similar statement from the other tribe might be that “people who think Tuberville is a better coach are unwilling to give Mike Leach any due credit.” This is a similarly unfair accusation, because I’m sure there are many (in fact probably most of the) people who think Turberville is a better coach are perfectly willing to give Mike Leach credit for his accomplishments as well.

I have a number of problems with this. First, even among groups who share much agreement, views are still very diverse. Many people who generally side with Leach or Tuberville or Brown or Leach or whomever on some particular issue may and probably do have diverse, complex opinions that should not and cannot be whittled into platitudes or gross mischaracterizations of their position. Whatever “Nancys” is supposed to describe, it is unlikely that it accurately and completely captures the opinion of anyone in either group. “Nancys” are probably neither black nor white, but grey.

Second, these broad generalizations encourage hostility and pettiness more than respectful disagreement likely to give rise to constructive discussion. By overgeneralizing about people with whom you disagree, you’re already condemning them as wrong before they ever have an opportunity to speak for themselves. Thus, individuals like TTpilk645 who have (probably accurately) noticed that you’ve called him a “Nancy” are now in the unfortunate position of having to defense themselves against the broadside presented; that he’s incapable of giving due credit to the current staff. I think it is almost certainly false. I also doubt whether you intended to challenge him particularly, but the implication is there (or at least TTpilk sees it as present).

Third, to the extent that there are people who have the views you ascribe, why not just notice them? Your original post’s second paragraph is addressed at the views of “people.” What people? “Nancys”? People on the internet? People on this blog? If there are people who are worried about the two back set, I think it best that you identify at least one of them by name so everyone else will be aware of the context of your statement. Otherwise all we know is that you think some “negative” “people” are “Nancys”, that they are “around here,” and that everyone who is a member of this group seeks to “crucify… the university for doing” something to Leach, and are incapable of “giv[ing] any of the current staff in place any due process.” When we’re all finished sifting through these accusations, which you insist after the fact are not directed at anyone on this blog (then at whom, I wonder?), is it even possible that you’ve identified one real person? And if not, who is supposed to respond (and how?) to your accusations?

I am very bad about this as well. I have fallen into the unfortunate habit of assigning views to people about a great many things simply because they disagree with me on one narrow issue. I am going to do a better job of not falling into that trap, and I hope everyone else does as well, because I think this will be a far more enjoyable and interesting place to visit if we limit our criticisms of each other to things that have actually been said or argued by individuals specificially, as opposed to making broad, and one might argue outrageously broad claims about large groups of unidentified people.

But that’s just my two cents.

She was Carol King’s babysitter or something like that…

Tight end won’t be present on all plays. Leach brought them in and out but never a constant.

Just ask…..Mike Leach.

see, Olomua, Bristol

see also, James, Adam. Leach wished he could have turned him into a Air Raid type TE. Time will tell. Personally I hope never to see the guy in a tech uniform again but thats not my call.

We know they are trying different angles, some have thoughts off of the 3-4, others adapt off of the 4-3, they are all adding speed to the linebacker level and db’s, as they substitute nickel and dime packages…they still have not solved the puzzle against a team that can execute the offense with precision.

On the other hand, we have seen OU do a really good job, at times humiliating a very good offense…a large part of that is the quality and talent they put on defense, part of it is great coaching, and disguising schemes…that somehow blocked our ability to execute.

They did kill the wishbone though.