Bevo92

Agree. Contracts, buyout terms are the 'guardrail' for coaches.

The post by Bilas feels like it's something from 10 years ago before portal was launched in 2018, enabling ease of player transfers, etc. In today's college basketball, players are free agents and can evaluate coaches moves before they decide where they want to go play next. The post doesn't make any sense and why he chose to single out Texas' decision to fire Rodney Terry as his example, is illogical.

Jay Bilas typically has better takes than this. He comes across like an idiot. Might be one of the worst most bizarre takes I've heard in a while. Nothing about this makes sense. Both Texas and Xavier seasons are over. RT will be just fine with his $5m buyout. Portal opens on Tuesday. There was no question that CDC would be making a change afte Texas finished 14th out of 16 teams in the conference. Regarding Jay's rant against UT on the timing of the hire, Xavier was knocked out of tournament on Friday then news broke unofficially 2 days later on Sunday of Texas hiring Sean Miller. Many teams are hiring their new head coaches with similar timing. Most of those coaches are currently under contract thus a buyout is triggered. Am I missing something here? I might understand this rant if it were against NC State for interviewing/offering/hiring Will Wade while McNeese State was still playing in the NCAA Tournament. Wade did a good job of acknowledging the move and getting his team focused in first round for win. Maybe Jay doesn't want to slam another ACC school, given his personal allegiance. Btw, news broke this morning that Minnesota is hiring Colorado State head coach Niko Medved, barely 12 hours after Colorado State lost on last second shot to Maryland. No idea why he'd refer to this hire as 'tampering' or 'poaching'. Idiotic.

Love seeing the Horns play agressive full-court press on inbounds pass. WEAR THEM OUT!!! Hook Em Horns!! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Awesome series win in conference against one of the best in country. hook em horns!! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Great win. Clutch 5 runs in 7th and 8th. hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Thanks Jeff!

Dumb question. What website is best for seeing realtime scoring (hits, walks, errors, scores, pitches, etc)? Easy to view for mlb games on ESPN.

That hit was insane, scoooed 99mph fastball 8 inches off the ground for RBI!!! Wow!! hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

Great inning for the Horns! hook em! 🧡🐂🤘🏼

Agree.

One additional question on the topic of TE usage anticipated in 2025. If Washington and Shannon both show strong progress through spring plus expectation for full offensive facelift as CJ put it this week on State of the Program, with more deep passing routes, more Arch running, etc will we likely see more 2-TE sets with both Washington and Shannon on the field together?

I trust what @Bobby Burton @Gerry Hamilton @CJ Vogel and @Jeff Howe see and hear when it comes to our Texas Longhorns far more than what the national media puts out there. Sharing the latest ESPN ‘Breakout Player’ predictions as something that will be interesting to file away and see as the season progresses. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/44315654/college-football-2025-breakout-players-top-25 It’s exciting to hear on OTF how strong Jordan Washington could potentially be at TE this season. More athletic and faster than Gunnar Helm with potential to be a favorite target of Arch’s. When hearing Spencer Shannon’s name mentioned, I recall hearing optimism as well but thought it was more as a blocking tight end (I may be mistaken or mis-remembering, 🤪). While reading this Top 25 list on ESPN (hope this preseason order holds with Ohio State 1 and Texas 2 in advance of big game on Aug 30), they predicted the ‘breakout player’ for each Top 25 team. Of all the Longhorn players ESPN chose from as most likely to ‘breakout’ in 2025 (Arch is too easy and Wingo probably doesn’t qualify given freshman performance, they could have gone with 10-12 different options from Jordan Washington, Jerrick Gibson, Jaime Ffrench, Parker Livingstone, James Simon, Trevor Goosby, Brandon Baker, Neto Umeozulu, Ty’Anthony Smith, Jelani McDonald, Warren Roberson, Kobe Black, Alex January plus the DL transfers like Hero Kanu). Instead, ESPN selected 6ft 7in Spencer Shannon as our most likely ‘Breakout Player’ this season and a favorite target of Arch Manning’s. Whether it’s Jordan Washington or Spencer Shannon that has a breakout year at TE this season, time will tell. Maybe they both have a breakout year. Either way, I’m beyond excited to see our young TEs play this coming season. Sounds like both guys have put in the work and taken big strides over the past year. It makes me really appreciate how Sark and Jeff Banks have completely turned the TE room around into a position of strength (and depth) on the 40 Acres. With Winston and Townsend just getting started this season, the TE position is well stocked for years ahead (barring transfers). Hook em! 🤘🏼🐂🧡

2 years in a row, they were pre-season #1 only to be exited early from the tournament . Kansas seems to have lost its way and their dominant mojo is gone. https://apple.news/AtHjyXV1bTE6J4MzHevijgg

After giving this more thought over past couple days, it seems clear the the answer is no, if solely looking at both schools history, fan support and living on the past success in Bobby Knight era. Looking forward at facilities, resources, likely NIL and other benefits from being at flagship in Texas, brand exposure, SEC trajectory, ability to recruit and retain best players, anticipated broader fan support once team starts winning (see women’s team), I’d argue Texas is likely to be a better coaching job over the next 20 yrs. Hook em! 🧡🤘🏼🐂