Jarveaux Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Have I missed something. You fellas are acting as if RT has been fired . Also I heard CDC say a year or so ago that he keeps a list of replacements in his desk of potential replacements of head coaches in the event a HC left or was replaced. If RT leaves or is fired chances are CDC already has a short list of potential candidates to replace him . Quote
bierce Posted February 28 Posted February 28 12 minutes ago, Jarveaux said: Have I missed something. You fellas are acting as if RT has been fired . Also I heard CDC say a year or so ago that he keeps a list of replacements in his desk of potential replacements of head coaches in the event a HC left or was replaced. If RT leaves or is fired chances are CDC already has a short list of potential candidates to replace him . I think we are coming to a consensus that it is a near certainty. I hope CDC regularly updates any such list. That he has one doesn't mean we should restrain our tendencies to conjecture wildly about future events. Isn't that why sports message boards were invented? 1 Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 1 hour ago, Bevo92 said: In CDC, I trust he'll set the bar high and the Horns will have a top-tier HC for men's basketball in the next 2 months. Love how all other Longhorn sports are positioned with strong leadership and impressive results from Football, Baseball, Swim/Dive, Golf, Women's Basketball, Volleyball, the list goes on. It's awesome. Men's basketball has regressed the past 2 seasons and seems to be the one sport that we're not in top tier of all major sports. CDC talks about "the standard" set for all sports across the university. Look forward to seeing the path ahead. Hook Em! What is the bar? 1 Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 19 minutes ago, Jarveaux said: Have I missed something. You fellas are acting as if RT has been fired . Also I heard CDC say a year or so ago that he keeps a list of replacements in his desk of potential replacements of head coaches in the event a HC left or was replaced. If RT leaves or is fired chances are CDC already has a short list of potential candidates to replace him . Having a short list doesn’t mean they are coming. Quote
Hashtag Posted March 1 Posted March 1 44 minutes ago, bierce said: Gotcha. I think Murray would be even better, since he has spent years recruiting for UConn, so he's well-versed in recruiting at this level. Bill’s kid? As a fan I wouldn’t mind seeing Bill around the program. Quote
Jarveaux Posted March 1 Posted March 1 40 minutes ago, Jordan91 said: Having a short list doesn’t mean they are coming. What coach do you know that has turned down CDC to be a HC at The University Of Texas . Quote
Hashtag Posted March 1 Posted March 1 1 minute ago, Jarveaux said: What coach do you know that has turned down CDC to be a HC at The University Of Texas . Urban Meyer Quote
Jarveaux Posted March 1 Posted March 1 1 minute ago, Hashtag said: Urban Meyer Hash I never believed that for a minute! Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 45 minutes ago, Jarveaux said: What coach do you know that has turned down CDC to be a HC at The University Of Texas . You think they hired RT without sending feelers out to Oats? Mussleman? Calapari(CDC has a close relationship with him)? They reached out to Urban Meyer in football. Urban had a demand list. You don’t remember that? Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 46 minutes ago, Jarveaux said: Hash I never believed that for a minute! Then don’t read my response. I didn’t know we were going off of what you believe. Urban wanted two new practice fields. CDC actually does get told no. If he doesn’t then let’s get the Duke coach. 1 Quote
Hashtag Posted March 1 Posted March 1 4 minutes ago, Jordan91 said: You think they hired RT without sending feelers out to Oats? Mussleman? Calapari(CDC has a close relationship with him)? They reached out to Urban Meyer in football. Urban had a demand list. You don’t remember that? Miller was the guy CDC wanted. Then tourney happened 1 Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 47 minutes ago, Hashtag said: Miller was the guy CDC wanted. Then tourney happened I have heard that before and I have heard others. Quote
BobInHouston Posted March 2 Posted March 2 On 2/28/2025 at 7:34 PM, Jordan91 said: You think they hired RT without sending feelers out to Oats? Mussleman? Calapari? Serious inquiries? Nah. But it's more likely that those guys weren't interested while RT was still the coach. Why should they be? 1 Quote
AusMOJO Posted March 2 Posted March 2 Just to steer the conversation a bit. What does a realistic option for Texas look like? Say, you don't improve support and the same deal is given to someone else, with the same NIL level, etc. What 5 names would you have on a short list? Now the flip side of that would be, if Texas does put the support/investment into Basketball, who are 5 names you could see them having on that short list? Kind of curious myself, as it does seem (fortunately or unfortunately) that Coach Terry has coached himself out of a job. I'm a complete noob when it comes to Basketball, so I'm happy to hear from some of our more knowledgeable people here. 1 Quote
Bevo92 Posted March 2 Posted March 2 When CDC was interviewed by Newy Scruggs a few weeks ago, he talked about the high standard set for all sports and when he’s evaluating who he wants to pursue as next HC in any of UT’s sports, CDC builds 3 lists. 1. The Ultimate Wish List 2. The Guys You know you can get 3. Guys to Avoid (He called it the ‘poop list’) With all the new resources UT has for basketball, including new state of the art arena, plus the fact that Wonens basketball has turned around quickly over past few years under coach Schaefer and reality that men’s basketball is one of two legit revenue generating sports for the university, betting this time around, CDC will only be looking at 1 list and its who are the Top 3-5 guys on his ultimate Wish List. Basketball Coaches who have proven they can quickly turn a program around &/or they’ve consistently won at highest level: Ultimate Wish List: 1a) Nate Oats, 1b) Scott Drew, 2) TJ Otzelberger, 3) Grant McCasland Other Dark horse options that could be interesting: 4) Pat Kelsey, 5) Royal Ivey SI COTY candidates includes a few other interesting potential targets https://www.si.com/college-basketball/mens-college-basketball-coach-of-the-year-candidates 1 Quote
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 2 Author Moderators Posted March 2 11 hours ago, TexasFanatic said: This thread is gonna be lit @Gerry Hamilton For sure! Haha 1 Quote
Moderators Gerry Hamilton Posted March 2 Author Moderators Posted March 2 11 minutes ago, Joe Zura said: Accurate 1 Quote
Joe Zura Posted March 2 Posted March 2 11 minutes ago, Gerry Hamilton said: Accurate I switched to the game for a whole 2 minutes last night and was like yeah I’m out Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 2 Posted March 2 4 hours ago, AusMOJO said: Just to steer the conversation a bit. What does a realistic option for Texas look like? Say, you don't improve support and the same deal is given to someone else, with the same NIL level, etc. What 5 names would you have on a short list? Now the flip side of that would be, if Texas does put the support/investment into Basketball, who are 5 names you could see them having on that short list? Kind of curious myself, as it does seem (fortunately or unfortunately) that Coach Terry has coached himself out of a job. I'm a complete noob when it comes to Basketball, so I'm happy to hear from some of our more knowledgeable people here. Sean Miller has been mentioned without changing the NIL or salary. If you are going to six to seven million and an increased NIL? Then you can really get a flash hire. Would love to see Texas actually do that. Saying it is one thing, doing it is another. Even if Texas had no NIL, it should still have a team that doesn’t get blown out by South Carolina. You can still have a team that doesn’t look lifeless against Georgia at home, knowing you need to win. If CDC can convince a flash hire coach to take a pay cut and the current NIL, and have them consistently finish in the top half of the SEC, they will build a statue of him. 1 Quote
Hashtag Posted March 2 Posted March 2 @pinkman_90do you think better NIL allows us to not get blown out by Georgia at home? Quote
Jordan91 Posted March 2 Posted March 2 2 hours ago, Bevo92 said: When CDC was interviewed by Newy Scruggs a few weeks ago, he talked about the high standard set for all sports and when he’s evaluating who he wants to pursue as next HC in any of UT’s sports, CDC builds 3 lists. 1. The Ultimate Wish List 2. The Guys You know you can get 3. Guys to Avoid (He called it the ‘poop list’) With all the new resources UT has for basketball, including new state of the art arena, plus the fact that Wonens basketball has turned around quickly over past few years under coach Schaefer and reality that men’s basketball is one of two legit revenue generating sports for the university, betting this time around, CDC will only be looking at 1 list and its who are the Top 3-5 guys on his ultimate Wish List. Basketball Coaches who have proven they can quickly turn a program around &/or they’ve consistently won at highest level: Ultimate Wish List: 1a) Nate Oats, 1b) Scott Drew, 2) TJ Otzelberger, 3) Grant McCasland Other Dark horse options that could be interesting: 4) Pat Kelsey, 5) Royal Ivey SI COTY candidates includes a few other interesting potential targets https://www.si.com/college-basketball/mens-college-basketball-coach-of-the-year-candidates Going off what Gerry said. It’s roughly twenty four million to get Oats, when you include everything he would want. That’s before you buy Terry out and his assistants. That amount of money has never been spent on a basketball coach in the history of the school. Gerry did say he will believe it when he sees it. Kind of where I am at as well. There is a potential domino effect that might happen. Indiana wants Scott Drew, Baylor will get a really good coach, they have a history of doing that, so it’s probably Tech’s coach they get. Say what you will about Texas Tech, but they have a big money booster spending freely in football and basketball right now. They will get a good coach. So the possibility of losing out on a good coach who will take the budgeted Texas job is exists. CDC is paid to figure all this out. My hope is he can convince the powers that be to spend heavily. 1 Quote
pinkman_90 Posted March 2 Posted March 2 13 minutes ago, Hashtag said: @pinkman_90do you think better NIL allows us to not get blown out by Georgia at home? Yeah just a smidge more NIL and we are basically Auburn Quote
qaertyisthatdude Posted March 2 Posted March 2 4 minutes ago, pinkman_90 said: Yeah just a smidge more NIL and we are basically Auburn Need to get an NIL chant going at the Moody against OU and send CDC a message! Quote
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