TCU started off the conference by absolutely getting jobbed at the Phog. The refs found a way to call an egregious to fragrant foul on a fun of the mill defensive rebound right as TCU was about to lock up a really good road win.
Back to back a seasons with a top 20 AdjO. As much as this fanbase has complained about this program's offense over the last 20+ years you'd think this achievement would be notable.
Miles just announced that the principals of both Carnegie Vanguard High School and HSPVA are going to be placed on the to be fired list. Oh by the way Carnegie Vanguard High School is currently ranked as the 5th best public high school in the state and #35 Nationally according the the US News & World Report rankings.
This is about as shocking a time as I've ever seen at the combine. Going into the combine I would've been pleasantly surprised with a time in the 4.5s. This makes me wonder whether he had some sort of ailment during the season. He got fetched from behind every time he got into the open field.
Go read any bio on Clarence Thomas and you see this exact thread play out. Of course his experiences turned him into a troll, but much of what you noted here, and the resulting bitterness fomented his ideology.
I disagree a bit. We're limited by our lack of athleticism and physicality in the backcourt( and wings). Hunter has the necessary athleticism, but he's small and tends to spaz out too frequently to be depended on. Abmas just isn't athletic enough to consistently get good shots off against good defenses. I expected more from Abmas coming into the season given his pedigree, but after watching him play it's obvious why he wasn't considered a high major player coming out of high school. The Big 12 is simply the wrong league for him to play in. There are too many dominant and physically imposing wings/guards in this league for him to play at his optimal level. Ideally you'd love to let Abmas play off the ball and run him off screens all night, but you're putting yourself in jeopardy by asking Hunter to handle the ball that much, so it's a bit of a catch-22.
I was under the impression that a lot of the NIL stuff for basketball players is through other means outside of school collectives and stuff like that. Like for instance someone like Tre Johnson may get a significant deal through a money manager due to the salary potential he could have down the road in the NBA. That's why playing in a city like Austin vs podunk college towns tends to be a better play for basketball players. Even a guy like Dillon Mitchell forecast to be a 7 figure player overseas so even if you're not a surefire NBA player there still significant potential for entities like the above.
It depends. Given the talent level of Holland he'd probably be hitting his stride at this point in the season. He'd probably be eating into Cunningham and Shedrick's minutes and Horton wouldnt be on the roster. We would've probably ran even more than we do now. Johnson on the other hand, mostly likely would've been disappointed with his minutes, but there is the small chance that his talent would've shown through and he'd help us mitigate Hunter's lapses in play.
The number one roster issue with this team is not getting adequate defensive size on the wing to pair with Abmas. Hunter lacks the necessary size to be a consistent hindrance on the defensive end. A non rapey Arterio Morris to go alongside of Weaver would've helped a lot. Ron Hollad and AJ Johnson had the potential to cause havoc on the wing as well, but relying on freshmen for defensive consistency would've been a fool's errand. That being said that lack of defense consistency is the primary trait that makes this team schizophrenic and our lack of length on the wing is the ultimate cause of it. Wing size can mask a lack of athleticism. Nobody would mistake guys like Jabari Rice, Timmy Allen, or Brock Cunningham for athletic marvels but their size made us switchable on the wings and made initiating the offense more difficult. Most people like to harp on the offense regardless of how good or bad it is, but offense is nowhere close to being this team's issue.
When it comes to basketball at the University of Texas placing his name alongside Rick Barnes is ridiculous. He didnt contribute shit to this university.
No OC under Reid has ever called plays. The fact that it was made a narrative about him and not any other Andy Reid OC (Nagy, Pederson, Mornhinweg, or Childress) over the years is telling. People should've just said he's an asshole and that was preventing him from getting traction, but going on and on about him not calling plays when no other Reid OC called played was ridiculous.
So you're under the belief that he's the first assistant coach to be under contract when his head coach is fired? Every other fired head coach just happened to have all their assistants on the last year of their contracts?