April 5Apr 5 8 minutes ago, ATXbronco said: His Samford hiring webpage includes pictures of him in high school lol He looks perfect for Aggie...they'll love him.
April 5Apr 5 2 hours ago, MirrOlure said: This hire is reminiscent of: Johnny Bravo for the W. “We need someone to fill the suit, man.” Edited April 5Apr 5 by Nigel Tufnel
April 5Apr 5 20 minutes ago, Js1 said: Typical surly. Let’s be real, he’s not leaving Tech unless it’s a true blue blood or Baylor. I’d be more nervous, if I was a Tech fan, when Self retires I knew Beard would leave for Texas if called, that was just a given even if Tech fans didn't want to admit it. He had never really kept it a secret that he wanted to coach at his alma mater some day. With McCasland, there's always the albatross of Baylor being his alma mater, but I don't think it's anywhere near a given like it was with Beard. It would be very hard for him to find himself in a better situation than the one he has, and I'm not just referring to the Tech basketball program. It's hard to imagine a better fit overall for both parties. Anything can happen, of course, but anyone that seriously thought McCasland was going to entertain the A&M job for a second has their brain permanently stuck in the past when Tech didn't have the money, facilities, or credibility as a program to compete at the highest level consistently.
April 5Apr 5 When the coach of the 2nd runner-up in the Southern conference and 118th ranked team in Kenpom becomes available, you gotta snap him up.
April 5Apr 5 When the coach of the 2nd runner-up in the Southern conference and 118th ranked team in Kenpom becomes available, you gotta snap him up.He has an Aggie first name and great high school credentials … dream hire
April 5Apr 5 58 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said: He’s Steve Rodgers before the procedure “I can run out of time all day.”
April 5Apr 5 8 hours ago, Fastbreak said: I’m going to go against the grain and say this was a really good hire. This guy plays a 40 mins of hell style game that will let aggy go after super athletes who aren’t 4-5* type guys (who aren’t going to go there anyway). Don’t disagree in theory but it’s aggy so it’s doomed to fail. Poor guy doesn’t have a chance. And they think they’re a blueblood in everything so it’s hilarious when reality hits them like a load of bricks.
April 5Apr 5 1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said: He’s Steve Rodgers before the procedure "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology..." Wait, that's Steve Austin. Abort! Abort! Abort!!!
April 5Apr 5 When the coach of the 2nd runner-up in the Southern conference and 118th ranked team in Kenpom becomes available, you gotta snap him up.Damn straight
April 5Apr 5 2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: He’s Steve Rodgers before the procedure If so his 1944 white-guy political views will fit in wonderfully down there.
April 5Apr 5 A&M is Constanta. They are doing the opposite. We’ll see how it works out in real life https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2018/03/12/the-costanza-rule-when-to-ignore-your-instincts-and-do-the-opposite/
April 5Apr 5 1 hour ago, ztejas said: If so his 1944 white-guy political views will fit in wonderfully down there. Not so sure. Steve Rodgers hated fascists.
April 5Apr 5 5 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said: From Jimbo hiring onward, who is on charge of A&M hiring? I can't think of a single good call hire they have made. Must have hired Dewey Cheatem & Howe to run the show Bing!
April 5Apr 5 Holy shit, he was coaching high school just six years ago. That means: 1) he has very limited college coaching experience, and 2) he hasn’t served as an assistant to anyone of value. This is truly shocking in how bad a hire this was.
April 5Apr 5 4 hours ago, ATXbronco said: His Samford hiring webpage includes pictures of him in high school lol
April 5Apr 5 13 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: Holy shit, he was coaching high school just six years ago. That means: 1) he has very limited college coaching experience, and 2) he hasn’t served as an assistant to anyone of value. This is truly shocking in how bad a hire this was. Add to that he has never lived anywhere other than Birmingham. His recruiting contacts are trash.
April 5Apr 5 22 minutes ago, Dbeasy said: Holy shit, he was coaching high school just six years ago. That means: 1) he has very limited college coaching experience, and 2) he hasn’t served as an assistant to anyone of value. This is truly shocking in how bad a hire this was. Well, their baseball coach had never been a HC at any level (including HS). Not only that, he hadn’t even been a paid assistant for more than a year before taking their HC offer.
April 5Apr 5 I can’t imagine texags isn’t saying wtf on this hire. Now I can imagine looch spinning the hire but no way posters aren’t asking wtf is this?
April 5Apr 5 1 hour ago, Dbeasy said: Holy shit, he was coaching high school just six years ago. That means: 1) he has very limited college coaching experience, and 2) he hasn’t served as an assistant to anyone of value. This is truly shocking in how bad a hire this was.
April 5Apr 5 2 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said: I can’t imagine texags isn’t saying wtf on this hire. Now I can imagine looch spinning the hire but no way posters aren’t asking wtf is this? All the Auburn/Alabama posters on Reddit love the hire. Of course they are all probably ex girlfriends and/or cousins or he taught their kids health class like 3 years ago so a little bias. He could be the next Oats, but outliers are outliers for a reason.
April 5Apr 5 1 hour ago, markstanco said: i mean yeah it really is. absolutely nobody in the sec should be even interviewing this guy much less hiring him. his resume hardly even exists. he appears to be wildly unqualified for this job. the fact that they thought they’d get beard and settled for a HS coach is hilariously wild.
April 5Apr 5 7 minutes ago, Derka said: i mean yeah it really is. absolutely nobody in the sec should be even interviewing this guy much less hiring him. his resume hardly even exists. he appears to be wildly unqualified for this job. the fact that they thought they’d get beard and settled for a HS coach is hilariously wild. aggy is aggy but they are still an SEC program that takes millions of dollars to run. It's like hiring a 10 year old to manage a Chik-fil-a.
April 6Apr 6 15 hours ago, Derka said: imagine going from “it’s chris beard 99% confirmed” to this guy in 2-3 days: this guy won 65% of his games at samford, which was his first job after coaching high school. this is *literally* unprecedented levels of aggie basketball misery. hilarious. If he can beat the w-sips twice in the same season at samford, think how many times he can beat the t-sips when he's got the resources of the Jugger-not Fightin Texas Aggie Network behind him?!?! Whoop1!!!1!
April 6Apr 6 3 hours ago, Derka said: i mean yeah it really is. absolutely nobody in the sec should be even interviewing this guy much less hiring him. his resume hardly even exists. he appears to be wildly unqualified for this job. the fact that they thought they’d get beard and settled for a HS coach is hilariously wild. Anybody is qualified for an aggy job. Just have to be able to cash a check.
April 7Apr 7 On 4/5/2025 at 5:47 PM, ztejas said: aggy is aggy but they are still an SEC program that takes millions of dollars to run. It's like hiring a 10 year old to manage a Chik-fil-a. bet that kid would open up on Sunday just for the nuggets and honey mustard
April 7Apr 7 bet that kid would open up on Sunday just for the nuggets and honey mustard The jalapeño salsa is where it’s at.
April 9Apr 9 Gerry H made a comment this morning (at the beginning of C&F) that Samford hated their coach and wanted him to leave. Wonder what that is about.
April 10Apr 10 On 4/7/2025 at 12:45 AM, Derka said: Buzz is in for a short tenure if he doesn't know Maryland is a pressure-cooker. Just ask Mark Turgeon.
April 10Apr 10 Maryland isn’t a pressure cooker, not in the year of our lord 2025. They don’t even have an AD the current leadership at Maryland gives 0 fucks about athletics. They make it well known they are a “public ivy” and want to really be associated with the ivy league schools. Buzz probably has less pressure at Maryland than he did at A&M and I’m only halfway joking there.
April 10Apr 10 Turgeon lasted an entire fucking decade, despite only making the 2nd weekend once. "Pressure cooker" lol Not like it matters, Buzz will move onto his new job in 5 years. AFTER he helps handpick an AD, then picks fights with his AD, just like he apparently did at Marquette, VT and aggy. Edited April 10Apr 10 by Js1
October 3Oct 3 I guess this goes here: Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie on leave amid inquiry Spoiler Tarleton State coach Billy Gillispie has been placed on temporary administrative leave as the university investigates an anonymous complaint, the school announced Friday. No details of the nature of the complaint were immediately available, and there is no timeline on how long the investigation may take. Associate head coach Glynn Cyprien has taken over as acting head coach. The school said it would not comment further. Gillispie faced allegations of player mistreatment while he was the coach at Texas Tech in 2011 and 2012. He resigned as the Red Raiders coach -- citing health concerns -- in September 2012. The resignation came about a month after the school said it was investigating the claims, which stemmed from Texas Tech players expressing concerns about the way they were being treated by Gillispie. Questions about Gillispie's coaching style also were made during his time at Kentucky, including the treatment of players and staff in the athletic department. He was fired in 2009, with Kentucky athletic director saying Gillispie "wasn't the right fit for the program." A $3 million settlement over his firing was reached later that year. Gillispie, 65, is in his sixth season at Tarleton State, the longest of his five Division I head coaching stints, which also include time at UTEP and Texas A&M. He is 78-74 at Tarleton State, including a 25-10 record in 2023-24 and a CIT appearance. He has gone 226-182 in 13 seasons as a head coach with four NCAA tournament appearances. Cyprien is a longtime college assistant with stops that include UNLV, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Kentucky, Memphis and Texas Tech.
October 4Oct 4 8 hours ago, The Dog said: his time at Kentucky, I refuse to acknowledge this ever happened.
October 4Oct 4 Why is nobody talking about the program coached by the best college basketball coach on the planet - Ole Miss?
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