Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.

Surly Horns

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate Donations

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

Featured Replies

I get that Ogden is his friend and that’s how coaching hires work. I respect Gerry Hamilton’s opinion on basketball topics......but that’s an average hire for me.

  • Replies 7.6k
  • Views 696.3k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Most Popular Posts

  • 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

  • SL Xpress
    SL Xpress

    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

Posted Images

2 hours ago, Thiefery said:

what about 620?

image.png.ae064346914920b987ec67341c3561b8.png

Daaaaayum. She really out did herself this time. But South Austin's mom still holds the record 

8 hours ago, Napoleon said:


All evidence to the contrary.

As Shaka was pulling in 4 stars & 5 stars, Beard was patching together a team of 3 stars and transfers.

Beard got his first 5 just this last year and the kid quit on the team and is going elsewhere.

What Beard can do, not just as well as Shaka, but much better than Shaka... is COACH. He can coach before the game better than Shaka, he can coach during a game better than Shaka, he can make adjustments at halftime better than Shaka, and he sure as hell can coach end of games better than Shaka.

Perhaps Lubbock was part of the problem, or perhaps Beard didn't kiss the asses of the highly rated players, but he could not recruit the talent to Tech than Shaka recruited to Texas. 

We shall now see if Beard's recruiting improves now that he is no longer exiled in Lubbock.

Exiled in Lubbock has to be somebody’s country album title already, doesn’t it?

6 hours ago, Goodman said:

Big fat tech tears.

 

Man this is bad. These guys are delusional. Texas a “lateral move?” Lol.

Compare this to the CBS Eye on College Basketball podcast - a national guy called Texas a top 5 or 6 job and said, “if you stay at Tech you spend your whole career wondering if you made the right choice. If you take the Texas job, you spend maybe a day or two feeling bad about leaving Tech, but you know you made the right choice.”

TRIGGERED!

10 hours ago, Goodman said:

Big fat tech tears.

 

"deciding to quit"...lol

On 4/1/2021 at 8:00 AM, slorch said:

So UNC offers Beard $5MM/ year and he giggles...

 

He’s going to be a lot more expensive than he would have been a week ago, no matter where he goes/ stays.

UT should have paid the $5MM buyout when they had the chance.

Yea.  We misplayed our cards didn’t we?

  • 1 month later...

Has anyone heard accounts or credible-ish rumors that Royal Ivey was told that he didn't have enough NCAA coaching and recruiting experience to be a serious contender for the UT gig this spring? 

As an Illinois fan, I'm hearing rumors to this effect within the context of our interminable assistant coaching search, and that we're just waiting for the Nets season to end before he's going to be announced. But this is like the 10th "for real this time" fan delusion that has gained momentum with no apparent tangible proof... 

8 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Has anyone heard accounts or credible-ish rumors that Royal Ivey was told that he didn't have enough NCAA coaching and recruiting experience to be a serious contender for the UT gig this spring? 

As an Illinois fan, I'm hearing rumors to this effect within the context of our interminable assistant coaching search, and that we're just waiting for the Nets season to end before he's going to be announced. But this is like the 10th "for real this time" fan delusion that has gained momentum with no apparent tangible proof... 

He doesn’t have the chops for the head gig.  You would struggle to find a more beloved former player.  If we struck out on the top targets he was a very interesting roll the dice candidate.  If you pick him up as an assistant I can’t see how that wouldn’t be viewed as a big win.  I also can’t see why he would leave for a college assistant gig.  

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Has anyone heard accounts or credible-ish rumors that Royal Ivey was told that he didn't have enough NCAA coaching and recruiting experience to be a serious contender for the UT gig this spring? 

As an Illinois fan, I'm hearing rumors to this effect within the context of our interminable assistant coaching search, and that we're just waiting for the Nets season to end before he's going to be announced. But this is like the 10th "for real this time" fan delusion that has gained momentum with no apparent tangible proof... 

He signed on to coach South Sudan's national team a few weeks ago. Not sure if that is just a summer tournament commitment or a more long-term affair.

I'm not really sure about the level of that commitment either.

That said, and I acknowledge that there isn't much else in common to their respective situations, but Coach K. did the same thing with the USA team recently, so it doesn't appear to be a dealbreakingly heavy time commitment. 

1 hour ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I'm not really sure about the level of that commitment either.

That said, and I acknowledge that there isn't much else in common to their respective situations, but Coach K. did the same thing with the USA team recently, so it doesn't appear to be a dealbreakingly heavy time commitment. 

arguably, South Sudan has a greater need for player development. 

  • 1 year later...

Ivey come on down!

Edited by OB3

this is why the thread was necro'd: https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/news/texas-basketball-coach-chris-beard-arrested-monday-morning-in-austin-tx/

Quote

 

According to records from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested early Monday morning at 4:18 a.m. in Austin for “Assault on a family/household member.” He also apparently was preventing the victim from breathing. Beard was booked with a third degree felony.

Beard, 49 years old, is in his second season as the head coach of the Texas men’s program. He took the job in the summer of 2021 after a successful few years with Texas Tech. After an up-and-down year in 2021-22, which featured an NCAA Tournament appearance, Beard has gotten a number of returners back plus a recruiting haul with a few five-stars. The result? A team that’s 7-1 and ranked inside the top-5 of the AP Poll.

 

 

CDC gonna hire Mark Adams by noon.

6 minutes ago, Mittens said:

CDC gonna hire Mark Adams by noon.

can you imagine the meltdown in Lubbock? They would burn the place to the ground.

Uhh. Wow I didn’t ready the allegation but if that’s true how do they keep him? Good lord. This right here proves how snakebit we are as a program.

What does Becky hammon know about recruiting? 

Try to get Oats before he goes to a basketball blue blood

Arkansas has $$$ so they’d be a fight for Muss. He’s also shown he can win big there. The only way he’d come to Texas is if he just wants a change of scenery. 

I’m not sold on Ivey, and I’m not sure why. Maybe someone here can convince me. Wasn’t TJ pushing Ivey hard?

1 hour ago, NoName said:

can you imagine the meltdown in Lubbock? They would burn the place to the ground.

which place?

17 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Try to get Oats before he goes to a basketball blue blood

Arkansas has $$$ so they’d be a fight for Muss. He’s also shown he can win big there. The only way he’d come to Texas is if he just wants a change of scenery. 

I’m not sold on Ivey, and I’m not sure why. Maybe someone here can convince me. Wasn’t TJ pushing Ivey hard?

I would take Oats or Muss immediately. 

Offer Jay Wright whatever he would want.

14 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Try to get Oats before he goes to a basketball blue blood

Arkansas has $$$ so they’d be a fight for Muss. He’s also shown he can win big there. The only way he’d come to Texas is if he just wants a change of scenery. 

I’m not sold on Ivey, and I’m not sure why. Maybe someone here can convince me. Wasn’t TJ pushing Ivey hard?

I'm not sold on Ivey but he could probably be successful at Texas as like a Juwan Howard type hire. 

He doesn't have very relevant experience would be the obvious hesitation. If he wasn't a former player (coaching KD at multiple stops almost assuredly helps his case behind the scenes as well) Texas would give him zero consideration. 

Lol I love who’s the next coach threads. Jay wright and brad Steven’s? Lmao. Might as well see what Phil Jackson is up to while we’re at it?

1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Jay wright and brad Steven’s?

I mean one of these is delusional and one of them you at least make the phone call and make him say no to $40M. 

Wright would be more realistic if he had been retired for a couple years, though. 

Oats is making $3.2 million, I think.  Texas can beat that.

I think Muss is $4 million.  Texas can beat that too.  

Both would be getting significant raises since we were paying Beard $5.2m

If we're REALLY looking to piss off a fan base, hire Kelvin Sampson. 

6 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

If we're REALLY looking to piss off a fan base, hire Kelvin Sampson. 

giphy.gif?cid=790b7611c846c6f826b335f1cb

giphy.gif?cid=790b76118fc81dd8e318ef11d5

giphy.gif?cid=790b76113943fee08ead2db001

6 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

If we're REALLY looking to piss off a fan base, hire Kelvin Sampson. 

giphy.gif?cid=790b7611c846c6f826b335f1cb

giphy.gif?cid=790b76118fc81dd8e318ef11d5

giphy.gif?cid=790b76113943fee08ead2db001

9 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Well no to Sampson because of his age, and no to hiring someone just to make a fan base mad. 

I was referring to the Mark Adams posts. 

Not a fan of Nate Oates, either. I'm also concerned Rodney Terry ends up with a decent record at the end of the season and he ends up being the choice. Actually, more than a little concerned.

1 minute ago, SL Xpress said:

I was referring to the Mark Adams posts. 

Not a fan of Nate Oates, either. I'm also concerned Rodney Terry ends up with a decent record at the end of the season and he ends up being the choice. Actually, more than a little concerned.

Schitts Creek Comedy GIF by CBC

This pisses me off to no end.  Beard seemed to be a great get -- basically, the same level of success as Scott Drew without the skeeziness.  Scratch that second part now.

Rodney Terry after he takes us to the Final Four. Can’t wait for the 30 for 30.

38 minutes ago, SL Xpress said:

If we're REALLY looking to piss off a fan base, hire Kelvin Sampson. 

You'd piss off two fanbases. 

11 minutes ago, CashMcCoy said:

Rodney Terry after he takes us to the Final Four. Can’t wait for the 30 for 30.

"What if I told you a choke didn't mean choked..."

57 minutes ago, longhornmatt said:

I would take a Rodney Terry led run this year ala Steve Fisher at Michigan.  Even if the next few years are a disaster.  My delusions of grandeur are officially shattered so one real run sounds pretty good at this point.

If we won a national title this year under an interim coach and then we went another 5 years without winning a game I think I'd be ok with that.  Teams I've rooted for have (in my lifetime as an actual fan) won 4 super bowls, 2 NBA titles, 2 World Series, 2 NCAA baseball championships, a football national title. The only thing I'm missing on sports I care about is a March Madness national championship.  If we got that done I'd be really really happy.  

2 hours ago, SL Xpress said:

If we're REALLY looking to piss off a fan base, hire Kelvin Sampson. 

could he get through Texas compliance?

32 minutes ago, NoName said:

could he get through Texas compliance?

I wasn’t being serious. I was just thinking about how incredibly pissed off UH fans would be. Even billionaire ones. 

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business & Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Advertise... Tailgate Donations

Configure browser push notifications

Chrome (Android)
  1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
  2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
  3. Adjust your preference.
Chrome (Desktop)
  1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
  2. Select Site settings.
  3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.