Consecutive wins against the #11 and #7 teams in the country sitting on top of the Big 12 standings, pretty damn good feeling. Terry as an interim is doing more than that clown Shaka did in six years. Three wins over Top 15 teams with a crack at a fourth coming up next.
Terry at least has the team positioned better at this point in the season than Shaka ever did in six years. Wins against TCU/Baylor and losses against KSU, ISU and Tennessee which are all ranked in the Top 15. I'd be overjoyed with wins against ISU and KU at home and a road win over Baylor or TCU out of the remaining ranked teams that Texas plays. That would build an extremely solid resume for the post season. I think Terry mops up the remaining softer competition WVU, OU and TTU, loses to KSU and KU on the road and potentially drops one of the TCU/BU games on the road.
Terry continues to build a case for why he should be the coach next season. If he guides Texas to it's first Sweet 16 appearance in nearly two decades then he should be the #1 candidate. If Texas reaches the Elite 8 the job should be outright his. The team isn't winning pretty, but they continue to win and sit 4-1 in the upper echelon of the conference with a chance to gain a little cushion against ISU on Tuesday. Given the circumstances would any other coach be doing any better in this scenario? Terry was inserted into a very adversarial situation and continues to win, this is the most enjoyable basketball season in quite some time.
Coach Cal is washed. He's bringing in boat loads of talent and hasn't done fuck all with it in quite some time. Kentucky looked like a good team the year the tourney was cancelled and that's a what if, but they looked good last season too and flopped out in the first round to a 15 seed. This athletic program is cursed, we finally got someone who appeared ready to steer this ship in the right direction and he turned out to be a woman beater.
That OOC schedule would make the aggy blush. They also drew an awful team from the West and a mediocre team in Ole Miss. That's a Charmin soft schedule if I've ever seen one.
Remember when Kirby Smart was a punch line? Now he's set to become the first coach to win two consecutive titles in the playoff era, Saban and Dabo couldn't even pull off that feat.
I agree that the talent needs to be dispersed, but I just don't see an expanded playoff system as a remedy. There would still be stacked teams and we'd be witnessing over matched teams being nothing more than cannon fodder like we're witnessing right now.
This is 100x worse than the beating Bama put on Cincy last season. So many people are clamoring over an expanded playoff, yet they can't even put together two competitive playoff games from year to year. Usually end up with a good game and several blowouts.
This is true, he wouldn't be my #1 pick. Sampson would be that guy if it wasn't for his age, but if he would bring a championship in within five years I'd say fuck it hire him for the short term.
2017 Kentucky class : https://247sports.com/college/kentucky/Season/2017-Basketball/Commits/
2017 Texas class : https://247sports.com/college/texas/Season/2017-Basketball/Commits/
Do you see the disparity? Like ztejas hit on there is a big difference between a #6 class in football and a #6 class in basketball. Texas' 2nd rated player that year was just a couple of notches above Kentucky's lowest rated player. Six 5 stars while Texas had one. It's undeniable Shaka did pull in some talent, but he can't hold a candle to what Cal was pulling in year in and year out. Even with the NIL Kentucky is set to sign a monster class, so I'm not sure what your argument is?