Texas women's basketball portal thread

[Gerald Nash]

6 hours ago, ChanmanV said:

Oh interesting. None of those would describe Lee though. I wonder if Vic's "no heart" call out rubbed some of them the wrong way as well.

Carlton and Vic just didn't mesh well for whatever reason. Crump returned from injury only to ride the pine. Her body language spoke volumes.  That is some serious talent leaving.

[pinkman_90]

6 hours ago, ChanmanV said:

Oh interesting. None of those would describe Lee though. I wonder if Vic's "no heart" call out rubbed some of them the wrong way as well.

I also wonder about the “no heart” comment.  Said it at the time on here but that comment also rubbed me the wrong way.  “Heart” was so far down the list of reasons they lost that game.  Was a really, really bad defensive gameplan and then to blame it on the players was odd.  

[Califashorn75]

I think it was right at halftime against UCLA and Carlton was open and didn't get the ball. She was arguing with Coach on the way to the locker room. I feel like she never got the flowers she needed nor the playing time. He felt obligated to play the transfer seniors. Judd was never able to do much. Sidberry essentially a defensive player. That likely didn't sit well with Carlton. All these kids have been told how great they are since middle school, add the dimension of fame and money,  whoa! Not easy. Sign of the times for sure. 

[Califashorn75]

44 minutes ago, pinkman_90 said:

I also wonder about the “no heart” comment.  Said it at the time on here but that comment also rubbed me the wrong way.  “Heart” was so far down the list of reasons they lost that game.  Was a really, really bad defensive gameplan and then to blame it on the players was odd.  

I think he regretted that. I heard he apologized to the team on numerous occasions,  but parents weren't happy about it. Rori kept the team together after that incident. Whenever that is brought up by the media, you can tell he hates talking about it. He underestimated how deep those words hurt a bunch of the girls. Amazingly,  we had a great run until UCLA. Maybe it flamed their fire to prove him wrong. There is a lot of emotion in this game, coaches makes mistakes.  Look at Geno's attack on Coach Staley. 

[dentonhorn]

Some of those early next year rankings that had us top 5 might want to edit. 

[Texas4138]

We’re losing so much with Rori. Our new point guard should be pulling this team together. It’s one of her many jobs as the floor general. Instead, all I hear is portal. SMH. Opposite of leadership.

[HookemTexas]

11 minutes ago, Texas4138 said:

We’re losing so much with Rori. Our new point guard should be pulling this team together. It’s one of her many jobs as the floor general. Instead, all I hear is portal. SMH. Opposite of leadership.

Not even PG, where is the leadership in the locker room?

I venture to guess some are thinking they should get better NIL deals, Booker has received the majority of the press (and talented as she is, there are others on the team as well).  I wonder if there’s a bit of envy kind of like in a rock band where the lead singer gets all the love and the other band members feel jilted. Or how the QB in football gets all the glory.

[TTown]

With  Carlton it was between her and Vic. On social she said Vic quit on me. Texas is not my home. Was deleted later , but it's out there FWIW. 

[HookemDTX]

8 minutes ago, TTown said:

With  Carlton it was between her and Vic. On social she said Vic quit on me. Texas is not my home. Was deleted later , but it's out there FWIW. 

Damn. 

[harveycmd]

How do you guys take this drama seriously?

[TexasEx_10]

27 minutes ago, TTown said:

With  Carlton it was between her and Vic. On social she said Vic quit on me. Texas is not my home. Was deleted later , but it's out there FWIW. 

 

[Texas4138]

1 hour ago, HookemTexas said:

Not even PG, where is the leadership in the locker room?

I venture to guess some are thinking they should get better NIL deals, Booker has received the majority of the press (and talented as she is, there are others on the team as well).  I wonder if there’s a bit of envy kind of like in a rock band where the lead singer gets all the love and the other band members feel jilted. Or how the QB in football gets all the glory.

As it turns out, they too can earn more money! Play harder, score more, rebound better, dive for loose balls. Maddie deserves all of her flowers. These players should concentrate on their ineffectiveness, not someone else’s.

[ChanmanV]

I hope they can convince Lee to stay. The others hurt but Lee is a pillar of our team. She's on the verge of being a superstar as well. Everyone else is more replaceable than she is. 

It would have been interesting to see if winning a championship would have mended some of this ill will. We'll never know.

[Gerald Nash]

1 hour ago, ChanmanV said:

I hope they can convince Lee to stay. The others hurt but Lee is a pillar of our team. She's on the verge of being a superstar as well. Everyone else is more replaceable than she is. 

It would have been interesting to see if winning a championship would have mended some of this ill will. We'll never know.

Carlton is a big loss. She wasn't afraid to mix it up down low.

[dentonhorn]

2 hours ago, harveycmd said:

How do you guys take this drama seriously?

Huh? You don’t think Carlton is transferring? Seemed serious enough about it.

[Califashorn75]

Carlton is referring to the UCLA game. Coach is stubborn. He should have played her more. Imagine how she felt watching Booker implode?! And yet she was on the bench after scoring six tough points. Vic has his favorites. She wasn't one of them.

[harveycmd]

2 minutes ago, dentonhorn said:

Huh? You don’t think Carlton is transferring? Seemed serious enough about it.

How serious Carlton is doesn't keep the whole thing from being drama. 

[WG Carter]

Losing these 2 players hurts---I love Coach Vic and loved rooting for these girls.

Tough part of todays portal game

[Califashorn75]

No word on Lee or Preston as of yet. 

[HookemDTX]

4 minutes ago, WG Carter said:

Losing these 2 players hurts---I love Coach Vic and loved rooting for these girls.

Tough part of todays portal game

I'm so ready for the fun part of this to start so we can see who is coming to Texas  in the portal.

Edited 41 minutes ago by HookemDTX

[harveycmd]

 

[Beldar]

For sure losing some talent. Hope it stops at those three. That is the way of the portal. Now let's go see if we can bring in some that want to be here. Hook em