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UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]

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    I don't completely understand the poo pooing of this hire. Maybe expectations were too high regarding who Texas was going to be able to bring in? Sometimes there's a candidate that's such a perfect fi

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11 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Ohhhh you're doing the "poor ol' Texas won't be able to hire a good coach" thing. Never mind. 

This isn't college football where your option is to "money whip" a coach you've heard of. Major programs hire successful coaches in myriad ways, including drafting from the mid majors 

1 minute ago, Fud said:

This isn't college football where your option is to "money whip" a coach you've heard of. Major programs hire successful coaches in myriad ways, including drafting from the mid majors 

It seems crazy now, but do you remember how in demand Shaka Smart was when we hired him? That was more of a holy shit hire than Oats would be. 

And I'm not saying we'll hire him. Or Snyder. But I think it's fair to label them as "potential candidates" and to not lump them in with dead guys.

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

It seems crazy now, but do you remember how in demand Shaka Smart was when we hired him? That was more of a holy shit hire than Oats would be. 

And I'm not saying we'll hire him. Or Snyder. But I think it's fair to label them as "potential candidates" and to not lump them in with dead guys.

Shaka had a $500,000 buyout to leave VCU. Nate Oats has an $18,000,000 buyout to leave Bama. 

Snyder is probably making the NBA playoffs and will have NBA suiters in the low likelihood chance that Atlanta fires him. 

It's more productive to list realistic candidates 

6 minutes ago, Red Five said:

It seems crazy now, but do you remember how in demand Shaka Smart was when we hired him? That was more of a holy shit hire than Oats would be. 

 

 

No, Oats would be more of a holy shit hire than Shaka was. 

Why? Shaka was one of the most in demand coaches and turned down tons of jobs. Then he took the Texas job 

15 minutes ago, Fud said:

Snyder is probably making the NBA playoffs and will have NBA suiters

He doesn't like what's in his current closet? They don't even wear suits anymore. 

12 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

No, Oats would be more of a holy shit hire than Shaka was. 

Shaka was a bigger name for sure. And had turned down some pretty big jobs (I think UCLA and Indiana?)

Size of the buyout notwithstanding. 

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

Sampson is a non-starter because he’s going to retire at Houston and has said that a billion times. He has everything he needs and his program is at the elite level. He doesn’t need to leave and start over. He has also set his son up to be the next HC there. 

People who keep mentioning Sampson as a legit hire are just admitting they have no clue about college basketball.

Was the football thread like this before Sark? I can’t remember. 

Even the last basketball hiring cycle here I clearly remember a handful of people kept saying "make Jay Wright say no" 

1 hour ago, Red Five said:

It seems crazy now, but do you remember how in demand Shaka Smart was when we hired him? That was more of a holy shit hire than Oats would be. 

And I'm not saying we'll hire him. Or Snyder. But I think it's fair to label them as "potential candidates" and to not lump them in with dead guys.

WTF? When we hired Shaka, he had managed 1 win in his last 4 NCAA tournaments, with only the single run to the final 4 as an accomplishment worthy of a big promotion. Oats has 9 wins over his last 4 tournaments, was in the final 4 last year, and has this year's squad ranked #5 heading into the tourney. A Oats hire would be an order of magnitude greater in "holy shit" than shaka. He's a far superior coach AND coaching at a school with far superior financial resources for its athletic programs than VCU. 

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54 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Sean Miller. 

This has to be a joke.

 

42 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Why? Shaka was one of the most in demand coaches and turned down tons of jobs. Then he took the Texas job 

 

He was one of the more in demand coaches a year or 2 after his FF, yes. The years after his FF were:

- L in 2nd round

- L in 2nd round

- L in 1st round

- L in 1st round

He wasn’t as in demand those last 2 years, not nearly as much as after that first year. I thought it was UCLA who wanted Shaka baaaaad.

And people were telling Shaka to take the Texas job because his shine was wearing off and he may not get another P5 offer.

 

Now Oats? After his stint at Buffalo, here is what he’s done at Alabama:

Y1: nothing

Y2: S16

Y3: R32

Y4: S16

Y5: Final Four

 

Add in the fact that Oats is already at a low pressure football school and has everything he needs and has his program at one of the tops in the nation, I think it’s safe to say it would be a bigger get than Shaka. Also, no one is even listing Oats on their lists of possible replacements, no one meaning media folks. 

5 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

 

He was one of the more in demand coaches a year or 2 after his FF, yes. The years after his FF were:

- L in 2nd round

- L in 2nd round

- L in 1st round

- L in 1st round

He wasn’t as in demand those last 2 years, not nearly as much as after that first year. I thought it was UCLA who wanted Shaka baaaaad.

 

Now Oats? After his stint at Buffalo, here is what he’s done at Alabama:

Y1: nothing

Y2: S16

Y3: R32

Y4: S16

Y5: Final Four

 

Add in the fact that Oats is already at a low pressure football school and has everything he needs and has his program at one of the tops in the nation, I think it’s safe to say it would be a bigger get than Shaka. Also, no one is even listing Oats on their lists of possible replacements, no one meaning media folks. 

I'm not disagreeing with the fact that Oats would be a bigger pull, but he has been mentioned by media.  Kirk Bohls (I know) mentions him in his list of 5-6 coaches.  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/college/longhorns/article/ut-basketball-coaching-20214914.php

26 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

 

He was one of the more in demand coaches a year or 2 after his FF, yes. The years after his FF were:

- L in 2nd round

- L in 2nd round

- L in 1st round

- L in 1st round

He wasn’t as in demand those last 2 years, not nearly as much as after that first year. I thought it was UCLA who wanted Shaka baaaaad.

And people were telling Shaka to take the Texas job because his shine was wearing off and he may not get another P5 offer.

 

 

yep. word was UCLA was still interested when we were interested.  He had had interest from what I would consider the tier below the bluebloods(Illinois, NC St and the like) a couple of years out from the FF but was apparently looking for closer to blueblood tier.

per bohls ....

What we're hearing on Rodney Terry's job at Texas. Quin Snyder and Billy Donovan potential candidates houstonchronicle.com/sports/college… via @houstonchron

 

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Why? Shaka was one of the most in demand coaches and turned down tons of jobs. Then he took the Texas job 

Paying 18m and stealing a P1 coach who currently has his program humming at a championship caliber level vs  "stealing" a midmajor coach with buyout 1/36th the size.

Entertaining Oats is a waste of time and bandwith IMO so it would be exponentially more shocking to me.

7 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

per bohls ....

What we're hearing on Rodney Terry's job at Texas. Quin Snyder and Billy Donovan potential candidates houstonchronicle.com/sports/college… via @houstonchron

 

He clearly reads this board

 

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50 minutes ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:

He clearly reads this board

 

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It really is amazing anyone pays him anymore.  his job must be extremely easy now.  wake up, flip in the computer and do a search on "Rodney Terry replacement", "next basketball coach at Texas". etc and copy what you see. 

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

per bohls ....

What we're hearing on Rodney Terry's job at Texas. Quin Snyder and Billy Donovan potential candidates houstonchronicle.com/sports/college… via @houstonchron

 

I promise I'm not giving him "intel".

On 3/6/2025 at 11:03 AM, Fud said:

* This is not necessarily an endorsement for hiring Ivey*

After BYU hired an NBA assistant without HC experience, now their rival Utah does the same 

https://x.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1897692059533730267

We should be able to do better than Ivey, but there are recent examples of NBA assistants getting collegiate HC jobs 

And now FSU has also gone this route 

7 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

per bohls ....

What we're hearing on Rodney Terry's job at Texas. Quin Snyder and Billy Donovan potential candidates houstonchronicle.com/sports/college… via @houstonchron

 

Guess he's still reading Surly

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1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

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The in state coach is Buzz 

Or maybe it's McCasland! lol 

But god no on Buzz - talk about boring. 

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Or maybe it's McCasland! lol 

But god no on Buzz - talk about boring. 

Clearly it's Jamie Dixon, good luck idiots

Just now, Brian Fantana said:

Clearly it's Jamie Dixon, good luck idiots

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I assume he means someone Texas would have no interest in hiring.  We'd certainly take a hard look at McCasland.

My guess is Billy Clyde.

24 minutes ago, Wiler77 said:

My guess is Billy Clyde.

I had to google him. He's at Tarleton St and they are 12-19. 

Buzz would be my guess and we should do it just for the lulz. 

I’d take the tech coach … he’s solid

Drew would be a huge step up but he’s hard to like most of the time

14 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

No, it was Buzz.

Buzz just won us a game.

So Sean Miller’s name has popped up again. This is not the name I heard and would not excite me at all. 

1 minute ago, Dbeasy said:

So Sean Miller’s name has popped up again. This is not the name I heard and would not excite me at all. 

Is it the same name I heard?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jk

2 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

So Sean Miller’s name has popped up again. This is not the name I heard and would not excite me at all. 

The guy that just blew a 14 point lead to Shakablah?

Only if CDC wants a riot. Can we texags him? 

They lost because Miller was distracted over the housing market in Austin. 

Damn.  Now, it's not joking about an extension, it's worrying whether we can afford to keep him from being poached.

Isn’t his contract good through 2028? Bro shouldn’t be worrying about extensions or he can walk now 

2 hours ago, Underdog said:

They lost because Miller was distracted over the housing market in Austin. 

 

saban's wife is still house hunting !!!!

1 hour ago, Eskimohorn said:

Assist to Anwar on X

UT locker room after todays game…
 

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5 minutes ago, Pancho said:

A&M has no reason to fire Buzz

I could see them “encourage” him to move on because they think they can do better. And it wouldn’t be Beard - bro is one step away from Davis getting axed next year at UNC or Self retiring at Kansas 

I mean I get that except Texas A&M has no basketball history. They’ve never been past the Sweet 16.

They’ve only been to 16 NCAA tournaments total. Texas has been to 37.

 

Buzz is…it. They’d be making an unprecedented move to tell a successful coach who is going to be a 3 seed to move on when they basically have no history. 

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