Hoops: Texas at South Carolina Game Thread

[TexasMDcoach]

You are who your record says you are.

[Jarveaux]

23 minutes ago, Doc Strangemood said:

Actually ahead of the historical standard for his first two years.

His first year was Beards team

[Doc Strangemood]

5 minutes ago, Jarveaux said:

His first year was Beards team

Beard was fired on January 5th.  Someone had to coach that team to the Elite 8.  Like it or not, that coach was Rodney Terry.

[harveycmd]

13 minutes ago, Doc Strangemood said:

Beard was fired on January 5th.  Someone had to coach that team to the Elite 8.  Like it or not, that coach was Rodney Terry.

Shouldn't have been fired. Like or not has nothing to do with it.

[Oldest Horn]

4 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Shouldn't have been fired. Like or not has nothing to do with it.

Yeah, he had to go. 

[ATX16]

4 hours ago, harveycmd said:

The thing I'll go out on here isn't that Texas isn't "supporting" men's basketball enough, but rather that CDC doesn't know basketball. Maybe it wasn't his decision to fire Beard. Maybe he was pushed into hiring Terry. Doesn't matter in the end. Two big mistakes. 

FACT: CDC knows basketball and he personally prefers to watch the sport of basketball over all other sports.

Rodney Terry was way down the list of candidates. 

[harveycmd]

3 minutes ago, ATX16 said:

FACT: CDC knows basketball and he personally prefers to watch the sport of basketball over all other sports.

Rodney Terry was way down the list of candidates. 

Then why did CDC hire him?

[harveycmd]

8 minutes ago, Oldest Horn said:

Yeah, he had to go. 

Why?

[pinkman_90]

16 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Why?

We’re still on this?  Maybe when you’re the leader of teenagers and young adults don’t strangle your Fiance and get your picture in an orange jumpsuit blasted all over the internet on game day.  

[harveycmd]

Just now, pinkman_90 said:

We’re still on this?  Maybe when you’re the leader of teenagers and young adults don’t strangle your Fiance and get your picture in an orange jumpsuit blasted all over the internet on game day.  

Was that ever proven? Last I chekced, Sark had problems in the past that wouldn't look good for teenagers or young adults. How many angels coach college basketball? 

[qaertyisthatdude]

4 minutes ago, pinkman_90 said:

We’re still on this?  Maybe when you’re the leader of teenagers and young adults don’t strangle your Fiance and get your picture in an orange jumpsuit blasted all over the internet on game day.  

Once that mugshot was released to the public it was over.  Opposing fans were gonna have that mugshot at every arena Texas visited for a long time.  He would’ve never heard the end of it.  But because he’s at lil ol Mississippi people don’t give a darn about him anymore.

Edited 3 hours ago by qaertyisthatdude

[Freehorn]

51 minutes ago, Doc Strangemood said:

Beard was fired on January 5th.  Someone had to coach that team to the Elite 8.  Like it or not, that coach was Rodney Terry.

I liked it fine but I haven’t liked much of anything Rodney Terry has accomplished with the team since 

[harveycmd]

3 minutes ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

Once that mugshot was released to the public it was over.  Opposing fans were gonna have that mugshot at every arena Texas visited for a long time.  He would’ve never heard the end of it.  But because he’s at lil ol Mississippi people don’t give a darn about him anymore.

Are we living in a woke state here? 

Edited 3 hours ago by harveycmd

[texcoyote15]

1 minute ago, qaertyisthatdude said:

Once that mugshot was released to the public it was over.  Opposing fans were gonna have that mugshot at every arena Texas visited for a long time.  He would’ve never heard the end of it.  But because he’s at lil ol Mississippi people don’t give a darn about him anymore.

It’s shows what a national brand Texas is. Every school in the country is working on getting better and trying to win games but every single one of them have one eye peeled on what Texas is doing…..in every sport. You’re right, once that picture in the jumpsuit came out it was over. Most places would have kept him, but CDC didn’t want the negative publicity that was going to go with keeping him. 

[harveycmd]

CDC didn't hire Sark. Eltife wanted Sark. 

[qaertyisthatdude]

5 minutes ago, texcoyote15 said:

It’s shows what a national brand Texas is. Every school in the country is working on getting better and trying to win games but every single one of them have one eye peeled on what Texas is doing…..in every sport. You’re right, once that picture in the jumpsuit came out it was over. Most places would have kept him, but CDC didn’t want the negative publicity that was going to go with keeping him. 

They do Horns Down at sporting events that don’t directly involve Texas.  They don’t say Hotty Toddy at non Mississippi games.

[pinkman_90]

12 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Was that ever proven? Last I chekced, Sark had problems in the past that wouldn't look good for teenagers or young adults. How many angels coach college basketball? 

He violated his contract and was fired for cause.  It didn’t need to be proven in court.  

[harveycmd]

1 minute ago, pinkman_90 said:

He violated his contract and was fired for cause.  It didn’t need to be proven in court.  

If that's the standard, we have what we deserve.

[harveycmd]

Our football coach showed up drunk for work at USC. He deserved another chance. He's proven himself. My point is that Beard wasn't worse.

Edited 3 hours ago by harveycmd

[ATX16]

38 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Then why did CDC hire him?

I copied this from a few weeks ago.......

The University of Texas had just fought a long PR battle over the Eyes of Texas and the dust had finally settled between all the parties involved. IMO this played a factor in Terry being named HC. The only reason? no. A factor in the decision? yes. The blowback had they gone a different direction wasn't worth it.

[pinkman_90]

3 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

If that's the standard, we have what we deserve.

Yeah I prefer my coaches to not embarrass the university.  Seems like a pretty low bar.  

[Assistant Regional Manager]

20 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Was that ever proven? Last I chekced, Sark had problems in the past that wouldn't look good for teenagers or young adults. How many angels coach college basketball? 

Sark’s past never involved legal trouble or a mugshot.

The bar for being a head coach at Texas is to not put yourself in a position where you could possibly be arrested the morning of a game. Is that asking for too much? Congrats to him that the fiancé didn’t want to cooperate which forced the charges to be dropped.

Edited 3 hours ago by Assistant Regional Manager

[harveycmd]

Just now, ATX16 said:

I copied this from a few weeks ago.......

The University of Texas had just fought a long PR battle over the Eyes of Texas and the dust had finally settled between all the parties involved. IMO this played a factor in Terry being named HC. The only reason? no. A factor in the decision? yes. The blowback had they gone a different direction wasn't worth it.

We're dealing with pansies.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

3 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Our football coach showed up drunk for work at USC. He deserved another chance. He's proven himself. My point is that Beard wasn't worse.

And guess where he got that second chance? Not at USC.

[harveycmd]

4 minutes ago, Assistant Regional Manager said:

And guess where he got that second chance? Not at USC.

Where's USC in football now?