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

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Whether he plans on leaving or staying, it benefits Beard for the initial rumors to tie him to our job either way. He’s going to be linked to us until a) he takes the job or b) very publicly rejects us. The risk of going after an in-conference rival.

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  • The absolute simping for a guy who beat his girlfriend and got himself fired for being an asshole is pathetic. There should be more to life than your sports fandom 

  • that's an attitude that would make sense to me if i went to tech

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As long as Hocutt is at Tech I don't see Beard leaving. He has gotten every single thing he has asked for. Their brand new basketball practice facility (Womble Center) is second to none in the country. He's a top 4 paid coach. He was a play away from a national championship. He is the king of the town.  I just don't see him throwing that away for a little more money.

It would take "stupid" level money to get him I believe and I just don't think Texas would ever do that.

Yea well maybe we are throwing beard name out to put the heat on mark few and coach k to be our next coach. Coach k being mark few assistant of course. 

I get the feeling that Beard fucking hates us, despite being a GA here at one point.  They were saying Beard was in contact with the ACU coach before our tourney game and gave them tips on how to shut us down.  Seems like he has that extra fire every time we play against them too.

Id be legit shocked if we got him.

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8 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

I get the feeling that Beard fucking hates us, despite being a GA here at one point.  They were saying Beard was in contact with the ACU coach before our tourney game and gave them tips on how to shut us down.  Seems like he has that extra fire every time we play against them too.

Id be legit shocked if we got him.

Hate has nothing to do with it.  If talking to the ACU coach and giving some tips would likely result in a million per year raise and a contract extension for me, I’d talk to that coach as well.

12 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

I get the feeling that Beard fucking hates us, despite being a GA here at one point.  They were saying Beard was in contact with the ACU coach before our tourney game and gave them tips on how to shut us down.  Seems like he has that extra fire every time we play against them too.

Id be legit shocked if we got him.

They are best friends.  Don't read so much into it.

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Hate has nothing to do with it.  If talking to the ACU coach and giving some tips would likely result in a million per year raise and a contract extension for me, I’d talk to that coach as well.

Or help hasten Shaka’s departure so he can get a raise AND the job at his alma mater too!
17 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

I get the feeling that Beard fucking hates us, despite being a GA here at one point.  They were saying Beard was in contact with the ACU coach before our tourney game and gave them tips on how to shut us down.  Seems like he has that extra fire every time we play against them too.

Id be legit shocked if we got him.

He cares a shit-ton about paying it forward towards other young coaches.  Look at his own career path and how he was mentored. In his pressers related to these games, he spends a lot of time praising the coaches, as well as their staff, at the smaller programs. You don't get out of Angelo State or UA-LittleRock without some help along the way.  

 

I said a few days ago that Jimmy Sexton was Shaka's agent, but that was wrong. It's Bret Just - who also happens to be Chris Beard's agent.

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

I said a few days ago that Jimmy Sexton was Shaka's agent, but that was wrong. It's Bret Just - who also happens to be Chris Beard's agent.

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27 minutes ago, Red Five said:

That picture just screams college basketball. 

Or dueling banjos. 

47 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

I get the feeling that Beard fucking hates us... They were saying Beard was in contact with the ACU coach before our tourney game and gave them tips on how to shut us down.  Seems like he has that extra fire every time we play against them too.

Id be legit shocked if we got him.

Who is “they”?

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50 minutes ago, DiceHands said:

I get the feeling that Beard fucking hates us, despite being a GA here at one point.  They were saying Beard was in contact with the ACU coach before our tourney game and gave them tips on how to shut us down.  Seems like he has that extra fire every time we play against them too.

Id be legit shocked if we got him.

Didn't Beard do his post-grad at ACU? 

I'd be shocked if we got him, too, however.

36 minutes ago, Mittens said:

They are best friends.  Don't read so much into it.

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14 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Didn't Beard do his post-grad at ACU? 

I'd be shocked if we got him, too, however.

Beard to ACU.

ACU guy to Tech.

Wait a minute. Does ACU know that their coach drinks beer?

2 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Wait a minute. Does ACU know that their coach drinks beer?

Not really ... looks like Coors Light which doesn’t count.

I love coaching searches threads. Yesterday we got tweets it’s a done deal then it’s “I heard he’s already signed an extension at tech” and we’ve got the “meh that’s cool” posts. Just waiti  by for some classic meltdown posts and the cdc fucked it up posts to complete the full rollercoaster ride that frankly I love. Hell I might even start the meltdown posts if I don’t hear something to counter the he already signed an extension posts by 12:30pm. So you got less than two hours Twitter.

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Tech is apparently offering [Beard] what amounts to tenure. Texas would be stupid to match it. That’s what we (think we) know right now.

 

As long as Hocutt is at Tech I don't see Beard leaving. He has gotten every single thing he has asked for. Their brand new basketball practice facility (Womble Center) is second to none in the country. He's a top 4 paid coach. He was a play away from a national championship. He is the king of the town.  I just don't see him throwing that away for a little more money.
It would take "stupid" level money to get him I believe and I just don't think Texas would ever do that.

The Hocutt connection should not be overlooked
I said a few days ago that Jimmy Sexton was Shaka's agent, but that was wrong. It's Bret Just - who also happens to be Chris Beard's agent.

Wow. That guys going to make out like a Bandit.


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41 minutes ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Not really ... looks like Coors Light which doesn’t count.

Why is drinking Coors Light like having sex in a boat?

Because it’s fucking close to water

1 hour ago, HookEm said:

If we get Beard, Tech should seriously consider ACU’s coach.

There's no way that BOR allows Beard's buddy to replace him if Beard dumps them for us.

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I'm luke warm on Beard.  He has made the championship game and the elite 8 but Shaka made the Final Four before he came here.  Beard overall has a .500 record in conference and the last 2 seasons and he has been .500 in conference overall.  I wasn't a big fan of their Harden style offense this year where McClung would run at someone and throw up a shot to try and get to the free throw line.  I'm not against hiring him but I don't know if he is the final four guarantee that some others seem to think he is.   But I also don't know who would be a better hire for us right now.  

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If a coach chooses to stay at Texas Tech over the University of Texas, we're probably better off not getting that coach.

12 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

A cold Coors Light is damn refreshing on a hot day 

And crushing a case on the golf course. About the only two times I drink doors light. 

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

If a coach chooses to stay at Texas Tech over the University of Texas, we're probably better off not getting that coach.

Well especially a coach that graduated from UT.

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

Well especially a coach that graduated from UT.

Exactly. If he has to think about it, move on. Good luck to you, coach. Enjoy Lubbock.

Ok so I just got off with my friend that lives in Lubbock and has connections around town. He told me he’s heard some rumors going around town that it could go either way and there’s active negotiations going back and forth like a tennis match but he’s like 99.9% McRib is coming back for a limited time offer for Easter. 

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

If a coach chooses to stay at Texas Tech over the University of Texas, we're probably better off not getting that coach.

They're weird.  Like Indiana weird with Bob Knight.  Elevating a stupid basketball coach to a God.  The compensation (including benefits and long term incentives) competes with KU and UK.  But, they can't pretend to be a football school when dedicating so much financially to their basketball coach. 

You sometimes get lucky with football hires, get a savant, and keep him around a few years, but Matt Wells is shit and I hope they're stuck with him for as long as possible.

26 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

A cold Coors Light is damn refreshing on a hot day 

You know what else is refreshing on a hot day?  Pretty much any cold beverage.

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1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

You know what else is refreshing on a hot day?  Pretty much any cold beverage.

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coach emeritus in lubbock sounds like the result of a faustian bargain to me.

42 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

Why is drinking Coors Light like having sex in a boat?

Because it’s fucking close to water

Don't care, had sex and beer. 

1 minute ago, Underdog said:

Don't care, had sex and beer. 

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Just now, longhornmatt said:

I saw that picture and thought, “Huh, I guess he will probably stay at Tech after all.”

Larry eustacy was on the trip with them but he isn’t pictured because he followed a group of coed tubers down the river. 

5 minutes ago, MAUFRAIS said:

coach emeritus in lubbock sounds like the result of a faustian bargain to me.

Sounds great for Chris Beard. Stick around with what amounts to tenure until you get a job at a basketball blue blood. 

58 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Ok so I just got off with my friend that lives in Lubbock and has connections around town. He told me he’s heard some rumors going around town that it could go either way and there’s active negotiations going back and forth like a tennis match but he’s like 99.9% McRib is coming back for a limited time offer for Easter. 

Peeps McRib is gonna rock.

9 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

So if they’re not talking, are you making those names up?

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Maybe it’s just my soft bigotry of low expectations for Texas Basketball, but I’m coming around to rolling the dice on Royal Ivey. Bring the player alumni base together, and possibly get in in the ground floor on the next real big thing. If he busts, then meh, it’s just basketball, we’ll try again with the next one. High reward and the risk just isn’t there personally for me. I don’t feel that this hire is as high stakes as it was after we fired Herman. 

I don’t think cdc will take a risk on Ivey and fully expect it to be a guy that’s been a HC for awhile. Beard, Altman, Oates(buyout time high just an example), hell even mussleman would be contacted but cdc before I think he would hire Ivey. Just my opinion. 

There's no way that BOR allows Beard's buddy to replace him if Beard dumps them for us.
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Seems like I read they like the North Texas guy if Beard comes to Austin.

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