Gerry Hamilton

@Joe Zurais just what you would imagine in person

I bet he's in the ball park, but don't know about hitting 4.20. That's such a running a perfect race number

No, just the fan base with unrealistic expectations in a super duper, hyper speed instant gratification mode

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That’s a 3-4 year build of a program you watched Hough was a 3-star (3rd year in program) Condon was ranked a 3-star out of Aussie (3rd year in program) Reuben C. Lightly recruiting out of HS to Washington state out of NBA Africa I believe (2nd year in program) SG Klavchar off bench was a 3-star out of Slovakia (3rd year in program). Their NC team didn’t have a McDonald’s AA It didn’t happen overnight … Golden was 16-17 in year one (Florida fans thought he was a bust hire) Lost in Round of 64 year two (when Hough, Condon were freshman) Will Texas fans afford the time for Miller to build? I already see signs of no, just being 100% real.

All LB’s at combine

Todd Golden at UF: year 1: not in NCAA Tournament year 2: Round of 64 Florida fan base thought he was a bust after year one. Danny Hurley at UConn: year 1: not in NCAA Tournament year 2: not in NCAA Tournament UConn fan base wanted him gone after two years. There are others very similar. It's the fan bases you are referencing, not the recruits IMO. Fan bases want super duper, hyper speed instant gratification these days. Recruits are all about NIL at the high-end level or portal. It's simply a transactional business. They want to go where they can get paid, and hopefully fulfill the dream of playing pro. Being brutally honest, a lot of these guys are cool with making the tournament and if they make a run with a team is icing on the cake. But so many of these guys don't live and die with the NCAA Tournament anymore. So the key questions is striking that balance if you aren't a blue blood or have the NIL spend of a blue blood (Louisville and Arkansas two in that type of category). You want to build a program the right way, which still takes time. But the fan bases these days have absolutely zero patience for that. And from an NIL perspective, where do you sit in line. You may have to build it in a slow advancement way (or try to) - but fan bases will move away from a coach before he builds the program in that scenario.

This is why I've been saying NCAA Tournament isn't a guarantee in year one First year high-major coaches making the NCAA Tournament in the portal era... 2017-18: 2 of 6 (high-major schools) 2018-19: 1 of 6 (high-major schools) 2019-20 (covid year no tournament) 2020-21: 0-1 (high-major schools) 2021-22: 6 of 14 (high-major schools) 2022-23: 6 of 14 (high-major schools) 2023-24: 2 of 9 (high-major schools) 2024-25: 6 of 14 (high-major schools) That was a blue blood or near it carousel (Kentucky, Louisville, Arkansas with Cal, etc…) 23 of 64 total. When you take away the blue blood/near blue blood (with blue blood NIL ability) changes on this list … those numbers go down even more, and considerably. This year as of today looks like … 5 of 11, with 4 in the balance

Not saying you ... but many people in these threads say Texas can't shoot, or doesn't have shooters from three ... and that tells me people aren't realistic or don't truly watch/follow college hoops ... Texas is 35.4% from three ... Arizona 35.4% BYU 35.3% Michigan State 35.2% Tennessee 34.9% DUKE 34.8% Kentucky 34.8% St. John's 34.2% Gonzaga 33.9% UNC 33.7% Miami 33.7% Houston 33.6% Georgia 32.9% Three-point shooting isn't actually a weakness. I think for some reason there is an expectation that the best teams fire 38-40% from three. There isn't a top team that is at 40% this season. A couple in the 39%'s, but most are under 38% and closer to mid-36%'s to 33.5%

I'm not saying Texas will move on from Miller. Texas literally can't hire a better coach IMO. Miller was brought in to legitimately build a program ... not just chase as many seniors as possible (as some others have done in year one's). The fan base, however, will be totally out by year three if it's a NIT and Round of 64 first two years. I said in another thread the other day ... the NIL era Texas wouldn't have signed KD (would have been AJ Dybansta NIL level), Aldridge (nearly same as KD), Tristan Thompson (nearly same as KD), Avery Bradley, Corey Joseph, etc... Texas isn't in that NIL playground. Texas only got Austin Goosby because he's a UT family and took half to turn down BYU and Duke. That wouldn't have happened with any other the guys mentioned above. Unless things change on an NIL front for Texas basketball, they have to play in a different sandbox in terms of building a roster the correct way. He's going to have to likely catch lightening in a bottle a few times in the tier 2-3 NIL world of college hoops. The problem with the job at Texas is there is an expectation of signing the top high school prospect, or a couple in the state on annual basis. Those are expensive, and will take away from portal NIL funds on some level. A Texas A&M doesn't have that expectation on the HS level, so they can approach things differently. Imagine if Texas had decided to not go on Austin Goosby and save more for portal NIL ... reaction would have been pretty negative. Texas is expected to be right there for Marcus Spears Jr. ... the pressure will build to sign him, and it won't be cheap. That could well hurt Texas total roster build for that year, as things currently stand. It's why I'm so frustrated with these threads ... the expectations are truly out of whack in year one, and maybe over time. Why do people think Sean Miller didn't bring Swain and Ryan Conwell with him? Only had the juice for one of them. L'ville NIL'ed Conwell for 2.4 mill plus a signing bonus. Texas doesn't have near that level of NIL to work with to invest up to 6-7 mill in top three players, and still be able to retain or truly build a program.

Recruiting in the Peach State is even more interesting now. Florida is going to hit the state incredibly hard. They are in on all those guys (except Albright), Travis Williams at Texas A&M is going to be a potential problem in recruiting, and he's all over the state (recruited the state hard for a decade and good at it). Muschamp and Kenny Baker all over the state, and Auburn's new staff is absolutely all in on the state as always Georgia will get the majority of guys they want, as long as Kirby is there. Then it comes down to which schools can snag the right guys.

Get what your saying and it's correct, but Golden is going to be a Hall of Fame level coach if he stays in college long enough. He's special IMO. He also went 16-17 year one, and lost in Round of 64 year two. He legitimately built a program (part of it was learning on job quickly and lack of NIL compared to blue bloods and major programs) ... Hough was a 3-star, Reuben C. was a lowly recruited guy to Wash State and portaled, Alex Condon was an undervalued 3-star from Aussi, Klavchar was a 3-star from Slovakia, etc... not a McDonald's AA on the team last year. Guys developed over time. There just isn't patience like that for program building anyone, sadly. It's super inflated instant gratification, no matter if a team/program is a top 5 NIL team or top 35-40 NIL team. If Sean Miller takes three years to build a sustainable program, Texas fans will have given up and want him fired. Just reality.

I'll say this ... having seen: LB/EDGE Jabarrius Garror (Vigor) DB Ai'King Hall (Dothan) LB Jeremiah Culpepper (Troup County) CB Aamaury Fountain (Northside) LB Ja'Bois Smith (Swainsboro) S Jernard Albright (Effingham County) And Isaac Wilson (Vigor), who Texas is still recruiting Haven't seen one yet on this trip that I think is a mistake from a prospect stand point.

Miller is a damn good coach. An elite coach IMO. 4 E8's and 8 Sweet 16's speak for itself. All depends on if Texas comes through in NIL. Agents love to use Texas to maximize dollars. If not, will be tough to maximize. Just being real. Otherwise, you have to catch lightening in a bottle on some lesser NIL guys. Just the way it works.

If you din't think Florida was going to win by double digits, not sure what to say. Florida was the absolute worst matchup for Texas. They negated Texas' strength as a team. The only team that truly can. A&M is a chance, like 10-15% Arkansas is a bad matchup for Texas.

Some do, and some don't all I've said is it's not a guarantee. Literally all season. So take that somewhere else

Every freaking one of yall are. Please Jordan. Haha It's exhausting. Literally the worst threads all season. The expectations for this team are just not even close to reality. That's on every one of you guys.

Why is anyone surprised? Texas was never beating Florida. It was going to be a double digit game. They are a damn good team with a number of returnees of an NC team. Best big men in the country (BTW, none highly recruited in the states) with experience that will all play pro ball on some level, key guard off the bench on the NC team and Golden is a GREAT offensive coach. Texas will likely lose at Texas A&M (10-15% chance to win) and will definitely lose at Arkansas. Texas literally has four straight games against NCAA Tournament teams, with three on the road. Texas is favored in NONE of them. If anyone think Texas should win... Vegas is pretty good at what they do! This has been setting up for the OU game at home being the must win. And it's always been ... will the Mississippi State game come back to haunt. But in the mean time while everyone awaits the OU game and SEC Tournament ... Miller sucks, Swain isn't ready to go pro, Matas sucks, Pope sucks, Mark sucks, everyone sucks. I'll keep saying the same thing as I have since prior to the season ... Danny Hurley at UConn (under .500), Todd Golden at Florida (under .500), Rick Pitino at St. Johns,Nate Oats at Alabama, Chris Beard at Ole Miss, Brad Underwood at Illinois, Mick Cronin at UCLA all missed the NCAA Tournament year one in the portal era. The future years will come down to one of two scenarios ... 1. Texas fully funds the [program from the NIL side to be competitive in the portal. 2. Miller and staff catch lightening in a bottle a couple of times with a HS prospect or couple of not high-end NIL portal guys.

Bulls Director of Player Personnel at the game ... says he absolutely is on the first round line and ascending. NBA guys like him.

Blake Gideon and Will Muschamp in charge of Jernard Albright recruitment Current South Carolina commit But Texas and Miami are likely top 2 right now

New weight room, locker rooms and big facility just opened January 2

Effingham County

Effingham County (near Savannah) High 4-star++ safety target is pretty much an athletic freak at 6-2, 203 Bouncy athlete with tremendous frame Near 12’0” broad jumper