Texas Basketball question about firing Rick Barnes in 2015

[bierce]

3 hours ago, Gerry Hamilton said:

To add to all the knowledge ... Rick wasn't putting in the level of time needed in recruiting either - especially in DFW. 

There are always stories like this behind good runs for a program ... but three assistants were so key in Rick success getting players. People know Rob Lanier (TJ, James Thomas, Boddicker, Royal Ivey and Mouton - he literally recruited the FF starting 5) and Frank Haith (convincing Barnes to take PJ Tucker without the HC seeing him in person prior to the commitment is so rare) ...

But Russ Springmann was massive. He ran the summer camps and early recruiting before he became a bench assistant. He was huge in the early recruiting of guys like Daniel Gibson, Lamarcus Aldridge, etc... before handing it off to Haith/RT. Then when he became an assistant ... he was the reason it stayed together longer - he was the entire reason Kevin Durant came to Texas, same for DJ Augustin and Damion James. The three first rounders in the same class. 

And there was the shhh, get very quiet now, very quiet.  Get so quiet that you have to put your lips right next to the next person's ears to be heard by him and him alone.

The input from Ro Russell. 

Uh.  I need to scrub myself now. 

[Gerry Hamilton]

Just now, bierce said:

And there was the shhh, get very quiet now, very quiet.  Get so quiet that you have to put your lips right next to the next person's ears to be heard by him and him alone.

The input from Ro Russell. 

Uh.  I need to scrub myself now. 

haha

[Jerry K]

Texas has always been a “what have you done for me lately” environment along with most other blue bloods. Barnes’ work/success became ho hum. That and he got “comfortable” in his position and personal I believe he felt like he’d done enough to be respected and that doesn’t work. Getting let go or forced out sometimes can reignite the fire. 

[bierce]

22 minutes ago, Jerry K said:

Texas has always been a “what have you done for me lately” environment along with most other blue bloods.

Since when are we a blue blood in basketball?  We have never gone beyond the Final Four, we made the Final Four only once since the NCAA tournament became more important than the NIT, we won only one NIT title before the NCAA tournament expanded to 68 teams, and our only "National Championship" is the title the Premo-Porretta archive duo retroactively awarded us in 1995 for the 1933 season.

Edited February 7 by bierce

[Jerry K]

2 minutes ago, bierce said:

Since when are we a blue blood in basketball?  We have never gone beyond the Final Four, we made the Final Four only once since the NCAA tournament became more important than the NIT, we won only one NIT title before the NCAA tournament expanded to 68 teams, and our only "National Championship" is the title the Premo-Porretta archive duo retroactively awarded us in 1995 for the 1933 season.

Texas is a blue blood program as a whole. That’s what I was referring to. 

[bierce]

7 minutes ago, Jerry K said:

Texas is a blue blood program as a whole. That’s what I was referring to. 

Ok, I guess I can get that part of it. 

[Jerry K]

9 minutes ago, bierce said:

Ok, I guess I can get that part of it. 

Yeah I agree definitely not in basketball. 

[bierce]

1 minute ago, Jerry K said:

Yeah I agree definitely not in basketball. 

Do you have any idea how many coaches have managed to win more NCAA tournament games than we have in our entire school history?

[Jerry K]

Just now, bierce said:

Do you have any idea how many coaches have managed to win more NCAA tournament games than we have in our entire school history?

Lol no. You’re it going to get any disagreement from me that Texas basketball is not on par with the program as a whole.