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If Texas ends up landing Gracie Merkle and Dani Carnegie, the missing piece that makes the whole thing work is a true point guard like Nevaeh Caffey. Merkle gives you something you didn’t have at all in a real low-post scoring presence, and Carnegie replaces a big chunk of the lost perimeter production, but neither solves the structure you lose with Rori Harmon. Add Caffey into that mix and now you have balance again, someone to control the game, keep turnovers down, and let everyone else play in their natural roles. At that point it’s not just a good rebuild, it’s actually a higher ceiling version of the roster because you’ve added interior scoring and perimeter firepower without sacrificing control.

Vic isn’t innocent of on going portal. The rant did play a part exists. Would you be pissed off with your coach if they publicly called you heartless, soft … Vic isn’t a innocent party in portal exists.

Maybe, but what is interesting is how the upperclassmen responded vs the underclassmen. Rori is Rori, the glue, and her relationship with Vic grew stronger. The same can be said with Kyla. She’s talked about coming to Texas to be coached hard. I am not going to keep talking about the rant. But I did notice pouts and negative body language by two girls post January. These same two girls were involved in shouting matches on the bench in Fort Worth and at the Final Four. There were some attitudes that clashed with other players and Vic.

The players didn't want to do what it took to earn back the trust or accept the punishment. Drop the Damn rant crap.

Bingo

Should have benched the players and not make a public rant against the entire team . Vic screwed up with the public rant.

Texas is currently scheduling visits with Gracie Merkle, Dani Carnegie and Zya Vann, allegedly.

They are both "takes" for sure but we basically have a salary cap to think about. I doubt we can spend what they both command on one position like that.

Taking both Maryam Dauda and Essence Cody actually makes a lot of sense given how much Texas is losing in the frontcourt. This isn’t redundancy, it’s replacing over half your rebounding and interior minutes with two players who bring different strengths. Dauda gives you the higher ceiling and rim protection while Cody gives you physical, consistent minutes and toughness. Together that’s a complete frontcourt rebuild instead of hoping one player can carry the load. Dauda = starting 5, rim protection, higher impact Cody = rotation big, rebounding, physical minutes Covers foul trouble and keeps you stable vs elite size Matches up better with South Carolina and LSU type teams If you pair that with the right perimeter adds, the roster really starts to make sense. Texas still needs a true point guard to replace Rori Harmon, another scorer to offset the lost production, and a versatile forward to bridge everything together. Nevaeh Caffey = defensive PG, ball security, keeps the system intact Jada Williams = shot creation, scoring punch, late clock offense Skylar Forbes = two way forward, secondary scoring, lineup flexibility Reduces pressure on one player to carry the offense Lets Forbes naturally play the 4 instead of forcing small lineups Keeps defense, rebounding, and structure aligned with Texas identity Builds a complete, balanced, SEC-ready rotation with no major holes

Basically. But maybe players shouldn’t break curfew and get drunk, then go get blown out by Vanderbilt. I don’t understand why Texas fans are blaming Vic.

So apparently some team members broke some rules followed by a terrible game against Vandy. Vick screwed up by on going a public rant throwing the entire under the bus. The rant should have stayed in the locker room.

Not good to lose those talented players but if they don't want to be here, better they move on to better place for them. Let's see if we can find some good players that want to be here.

Yep, likely another Johnny Football trajectory.

We may never know the truth.

This is a burner account but he is correct and this is what I have been alluding to. It happened in Nashville, the day before the Vanderbilt blowout. Several girls broke rules, relationships strained, trust broken and things were never the same. I don’t know how the team kept it together. I assume Rori was the glue.

From May 2025

I am still laughing. But I will add several with very close ties to the program on another site have confirmed this tweet is is correct. One had been hinting about this info for several days...

Rivals has Hartsfield as the No. 1 RB in the country. No. 23 overall player.

Worth mentioning because I believe it slipped through the cracks this weekend. Texas hosted 2028 Newton (Ga.) RB Kevin Hartsfield for an unofficial on Friday and Saturday. Currently ranked inside the top 100 nationally and the No. 9 running back per the composite in the 2028 class, Hartsfield made it to campus for the first time to see the Longhorns in action. Sophomore Hudl: https://www.hudl.com/video/3/20831717/682892f69a60568eaa4aeef4 Notable Offers Alabama Auburn Florida Florida State Indiana LSU Michigan Ohio State Ole Miss Oregon South Carolina Tennessee Texas

The irony isn’t lost on me that you laughed at everyone in this thread suggesting Vic might have made a mistake and then want us to believe a tweet from an anonymous burner

Interesting. Wonder if we'll ever find out what the actual back story is.