Ever since Tom Herman was hired at Texas, expectations were raised through the room. He’s an exciting young coach, a guy who took a dormant power into the stratosphere at Houston, and now he’s at possibly the biggest dormant power in the country in Texas.
The head coach worked to temper those expectations at Big 12 Media Days. He inherently understands that there are some who will expect the world of him, saying, “…The one that I think is a bit different again — and I remind people that throw on some — they love to throw on their burnt orange sunglasses and have all these crazy expectations. Since the class of 2018, these 16-year- old kids that we’re recruiting — since they were 2 years old, they’ve seen two winning Texas football seasons, two; and they’ve seen four losing Texas football seasons. So the Texas that they know is a lot different than the Texas that people in my generation know. So it’s our job to show them what Texas is capable of, what Texas has been in the past, and what we’re planning on being again in the future.”
In many ways, Herman is absolutely correct. The rebuild of Texas is not going to happen overnight. It happened immediately at Houston, but as we all know, Houston is just not Texas. While Houston certainly has a great history, Texas is a national brand.
Herman has already hit the ground running with recruiting, the Longhorns have been absolutely killing it in the months since his hire. Their class rank has skyrocketed, and for the first time in a while, it feels like there’s real momentum around the program.
Time will tell whether Tom Herman lives up to the hype at Texas, but for now, he seems to have a great grasp of what’s expected of him, and is working to make it more realistic.
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