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I noticed that ESPN's BPI gives us a 40% chance of winning a game in the tournament. I'd think that would *probably* save RT's job for a year? If we lost first round it'd be an interesting decision for CDC, but if RT returned the excitement about the program going into next season would certainly be very low.

I seriously doubt Texas is as far behind in NIL as we are on the court. But even if we are that far behind, that's a consequence of Terry inspiring zero confidence in and excitement about his program. This is college sports in 2025. Part of the job is fundraising, just like recruiting was always part of the job. Coaching basketball is also part of the job. Overall Terry is not even close to getting it done and this program is easily the worst across all sports at UT.

Wake me up when RT era is over

Unlike Mack, Barnes seemed pretty classy about the whole thing. Perhaps he understood that the results just weren't up to par. Also unlike Mack I think Barnes is actually very good at coaching. I never agreed with the narrative that he was better at recruiting than coaching. What probably failed him more than anything was bad roster management. Too many one and dones and not enough experienced players that could play offense.

Barnes peak was similar to what he is doing at Tennessee but he ended at Texas with 4 extremely mediocre seasons. The Barnes era was very stale at that point and there was nobody fretting the change. It's a bit surprising to me that he's been as good as he has at Tennessee (arguably better than he was here, even in the best years), but as Bierce mentioned his teams are still pretty reliable to melt down late in the season and lose early in the tournament. He is a fantastic basketball coach (especially defensively) but his managerial style is too intense to last for the entire season. Players wear down and the team ends up in a funk during the most important stretch of the season. As mediocre as RT is overall I will say he is better in this respect, and his teams seem to play better later in the season.

So serious question here, can we bring back Chris Beard? I'm not in the "never should have fired him" camp. He forced our hand with an idiotic decision . That said, time has passed and circumstances have changed. Beard is a great basketball coach and a one of a kind fit in terms of understanding the strengths and weaknesses of this program. Bring the dude back. Donate some money to charity and say the apologies. Get with Sark on the sober lifestyle and let's win some damn basketball games. On RT, damn I have never seen such a soft team wearing Texas uniforms. Just pathetic.

The big issue for me is that a later January portal isn't really compatible with um, the players actually going to college? It seems like a better solution is to get rid of all the dead time on the calendar and get the national championship game on NYD.

I've seen it said elsewhere that in addition to the blocking he was a little slow to pick up the playbook, but he was liked by the coaches and not considered to be a character problem or anything like that. Hopefully in year two he can step up and take on a big role.

C'mon man Quinn obviously had a much better supporting cast. Sam was able to beat Georgia unlike Quinn.

Sam in 2019 in a Tom Herman offense with one decent receiver: 13 games, 3663 yards, 32 TD 10 Int 8.1 yards/attempt. Quinn in a Sark offense: 14 games, 3472 yards, 31 TD 12 int 7.8 yards/attempt. Where does this "Quinn and it's not close" narrative come from? As passers only it is extremely close. And then Sam is also a weapon with his legs (almost 2k career rushing yards and 33 TDs)... I'm sorry but I think Sam is the clear choice here. That's not disrespecting Quinn, it is respecting how good Sam was.

For me it is Sam all day. He's only slightly behind Quinn as a passer and much better in terms of feel for the game and running. At the NFL level Quinn will be better because Sam lacks arm strength, but I don't think that inhibited him in college.

The SEC sucks. All they did was provide us 7 patsies + UGA. Playing in the Big 12 in 2022 we were the #1 SOS in the entire country! Thx for the TV money though.

Dude has been dominating in the NFL so far! Definitely one of the most memorable players I have seen at UT. Our defense would be absolutely incredible if we had him this year.

Did you watch the video? That video is it being called this season.

This is incorrect. Pushing is legal, pulling is not. The play should have been a 5 yard penalty. This is an official video from the NCAA: