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4 minutes ago, UTEE97 said:

I am glad you are "keeping an open mind" now, but iirc you didn't have a similar open mind to our argument back then. I am just amused that so many didn't see it coming. Eat your crow now, damn it!

 

I'm not eating crow about something I've been reasonable about the entire time. I think I overly hyped RT up some offseason because the negative energy had become a beating. Outside of that I've always seen him as a flawed HC who could potentially still make it work. 

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  • Herpa Derpa
    Herpa Derpa

    Some folks are just cunts. RT was a key reason for the emergence of Texas basketball onto the national stage under Barnes. Kevin Durant came to Austin because of him. He stepped down from a HC po

  • Steamboat1874
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    I want to thank Coach Terry for pouring his heart and soul into this program. He was forced into a tough situation and did a damn good job. I wish him the very best.

  • ThatsGold
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    Someone at work said RT was a DEI hire to appease the masses after Beard and I couldn't argue with her 

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Also - last I checked Texas is still playing basketball. 

I'm not giving up on these kids quite yet - as fucking horrendous their showing against Arky in the first 30 minutes was. 

On 2/5/2025 at 9:32 PM, CTC2 said:

What has to be done eventually, should be done immediately. 

This sounds good as a business trope but I don't think it's true here.  Otherwise you'd fire him now.   UT stands for class and treating people with  dignity.   We don't fire people before they've essentially fired themselves.   I realize you were responding to the thought that he might earn another year by winning a tournament game.  It could happen, but we shouldn't just fire him now or at the end of the regular season to prevent it from happening.  You do the adult thing.  Evaluate him at the conclusion of the entire season.

4 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

You do the adult thing.  Evaluate him at the conclusion of the entire season.

Especially in a sport like this... 

This isn't a 3-6 college football team. 

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

It's weird how "RT should be fired" is some people's entire internet personalities

Mine is Quinn is a pussy! But I have a lot of personalities to juggle so I might also be a fire RT guy

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On 2/6/2025 at 1:09 PM, MotownHorn said:

Don't think so. Myself and some others have the opinion of "let the season play out and see what happens," but I don't think anyone is saying RT is the guy for Texas and we're making a big mistake if the right replacement is available and we let him go (absent a surprise Sweet 16 or better run).

Unfortunately for RT Sark has raised the bar pretty high in terms of our expectations of what a coach can do.

All that said I think it will still be pretty hard to fire him if we make the tournament this year, which I fully expect us to do. My guess is he gets one more year in that case, but who knows?

As we saw with Shaka CDC may be working behind the scenes to both get the right replacement and find a nice landing spot for RT so they can say it was a mutual parting of ways.

Nah, Terry would need a miracle run in the tournament to survive.  Tom Herman got kicked to the curb after 7-3 and a bowl victory.  RT is basically Tom Herman sans the personal drama.

Just now, BurntOrange&White said:

Mine is Quinn is a pussy!

Lmao I almost replied to that with something about the constant Texas QB bitching. 

Well done. 

1 minute ago, cafe society said:

Tom Herman got kicked to the curb after 7-3 and a bowl victory.  RT is basically Tom Herman sans the personal drama.

Texas football is not Texas basketball. 

And Herman - like you said - got fired in part because he was an asshole. 

RT is a mediocre coach at best. We're just marking time until his inevitable firing.

Might as well get it over with sooner rather than later.

1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

This sounds good as a business trope but I don't think it's true here.  Otherwise you'd fire him now.   UT stands for class and treating people with  dignity.   We don't fire people before they've essentially fired themselves.   I realize you were responding to the thought that he might earn another year by winning a tournament game.  It could happen, but we shouldn't just fire him now or at the end of the regular season to prevent it from happening.  You do the adult thing.  Evaluate him at the conclusion of the entire season.

I have never said he should be let go before the end of the season.  I don’t think I’ve  seen anyone even seriously suggest it. 

I think he should be tarred and feathered at the next home game. 

I think it would be cool if we had a coach whose team played hard and smart even as they went through the growing pains that come with NIL/portal era roster churn. Throw in a consistent/identifiable offensive philosophy and that’d be damn near mind blowing. 
 

I’d rather not have to watch a team get blown out playing inconsistent, ugly basketball and spend the season hoping they get it together in time for a tourney run. 

1 hour ago, UTEE97 said:

Bro, your mental gymnastics on RT is amazing. You declared a personal crusade two years ago on whoever said he would not work out, especially derka, and now that you have been proven an idiot, you still can't accept the fact that you lack average intelligence.

Thank you for taking such an interest in me and my posts. I'm flattered.

Who the fuck are you again?

16 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I think he should be tarred and feathered at the next home game. 

Screw it, let’s go to Nashville and do it right now 

3 minutes ago, destroya said:

I think it would be cool if we had a coach whose team played hard and smart even as they went through the growing pains that come with NIL/portal era roster churn. Throw in a consistent/identifiable offensive philosophy and that’d be damn near mind blowing. 
 

I’d rather not have to watch a team get blown out playing inconsistent, ugly basketball and spend the season hoping they get it together in time for a tourney run. 

That's fair. 

Firing Terry midseason would be moronic. You don't do that unless you are backed into a corner due to off the court issues (see Beard).  

Even after the season, I wouldn't fire Terry unless we had someone that is a step change better guaranteed to take the job.  I don't want someone who is going to take us from top-30 KenPom to top-20.  Because we will be right back to replacing that person 5 years from now when we are trying to get to the top-10.

There are a ton of coaches that are "better" than Terry, but there aren't too many who are a step-change better. 

1 hour ago, HookEm said:

Firing Terry midseason would be moronic. You don't do that unless you are backed into a corner due to off the court issues (see Beard).  

Even after the season, I wouldn't fire Terry unless we had someone that is a step change better guaranteed to take the job.  I don't want someone who is going to take us from top-30 KenPom to top-20.  Because we will be right back to replacing that person 5 years from now when we are trying to get to the top-10.

There are a ton of coaches that are "better" than Terry, but there aren't too many who are a step-change better. 

Why? Mid season firings are becoming more and more common, especially if major jobs are opening and you want to get a jump on the candidates you have in mind. Does it make you feel better that we don’t fire mid season? 

CDC doesn’t need the job to be open to find his guy. The job becomes open when CDC has his guy. 

Who are the top tier coaches in basketball that we may be able to get?

6 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Arizona guy

iowa state guy

 

both seem gettable imo

 

I was speaking with a friend of mine who is tied in to Indiana and (it probably isn't a secret), IU is going to be firing its basketball coach so they will be looking for a replacement as well.

Team Tommy Lloyd here. 

5 minutes ago, Bevo said:

 

I was speaking with a friend of mine who is tied in to Indiana and (it probably isn't a secret), IU is going to be firing its basketball coach so they will be looking for a replacement as well.

It’s not a secret. It’s already been announced Indiana is moving on at season’s end lol 

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53 minutes ago, Bevo said:

 

I was speaking with a friend of mine who is tied in to Indiana and (it probably isn't a secret), IU is going to be firing its basketball coach so they will be looking for a replacement as well.

They're in love with Chris Beard since his quote at halftime against Kentucky that referenced Bobby Knight.

I would bet almost anything Beard is not the coach at Ole Miss next season.

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1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Arizona guy

iowa state guy

 

both seem gettable imo

Not sure about Otzelberger at ISU; he played there and calls it home.
I kind of like a couple of Big West coaches:  Russell Turner at UC Irvine and Joe Pasternack at UC Santa Barbara.
Sean Miller is a proven top coach.

3 minutes ago, cafe society said:

Not sure about Otzelberger at ISU; he played there and calls it home.
I kind of like a couple of Big West coaches:  Russell Turner at UC Irvine and Joe Pasternack at UC Santa Barbara.
Sean Miller is a proven top coach.


TJO didn’t play at Iowa State, his wife did. 
 

1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

And other jobs open and his guy gets taken by another program? 

He can close the deal before the season is over and just keep it under wraps.

1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Why? Mid season firings are becoming more and more common, especially if major jobs are opening and you want to get a jump on the candidates you have in mind. Does it make you feel better that we don’t fire mid season? 

The first reason not to fire him midseason is the team is currently around 30th in the nation in KenPom, very likely to make the NCAA tournament, and has the potential to win some games in the tournament

You know, objective reality and not your subjective feelings

25 minutes ago, Pancho said:

They’ll also go after May and probably call TJO.

 

EDIT: they’ll first try like hell to get Brad Stevens. 

Brad Stevens? Is that before or after Jay Wright and Nick Saban turn down the job?

If you actually think through this, you’ll understand why Indiana calling Brad Stevens is more logical than [insert random team here] calling Brad Stevens.

That doesn’t mean he will take it, but this is an understandable connection. 

32 minutes ago, MotownHorn said:

The first reason not to fire him midseason is the team is currently around 30th in the nation in KenPom, very likely to make the NCAA tournament, and has the potential to win some games in the tournament

You know, objective reality and not your subjective feelings

Reality is he fucking sucks at coaching and needs to be fired.

I am not advocating for a mid season firing but the last time we did that, it worked out quite well. Teams can sometimes play harder for the interim guy to prove a point, I guess. 

I am also 100% team Tommy Llyod unless CDC has a better guy in mind. I have complete faith in CDC to get the next hire right.

55 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

He can close the deal before the season is over and just keep it under wraps.

Unless you think he interviewed and offered Bowman or Schaefer within 1 day of Reese’s second retirement or Aston’s dismissal, the man has a plan. It Was, what, 5 days between Shaka announcing he was leaving and Beard being hired? 

Hully-Gully undisciplined bullshit is so hard to watch... damn we need a better Head Coach

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

If you actually think through this, you’ll understand why Indiana calling Brad Stevens is more logical than [insert random team here] calling Brad Stevens.

That doesn’t mean he will take it, but this is an understandable connection. 

Oh sorry I thought you meant Texas, not IU. My apologies.

Yeah that makes some sense but I think he already turned them down before they hired the current coach.

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11 minutes ago, MotownHorn said:

Oh sorry I thought you meant Texas, not IU. My apologies.

Yeah that makes some sense but I think he already turned them down before they hired the current coach.

Yeah, and it doesn't seem like he wants back in to coaching. But wtf do I actually know on that...

1 hour ago, MotownHorn said:

The first reason not to fire him midseason is the team is currently around 30th in the nation in KenPom, very likely to make the NCAA tournament, and has the potential to win some games in the tournament

You know, objective reality and not your subjective feelings

I don't get the math but this seems accurate. 

This collective fan base brain is going to be fried if we win 2 or more games in March..

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i’m very much enjoying this game. both teams are really going at it, and unlike the arkansas game our guys are giving just as much as they’re getting. this is the version of the team that we need to see consistently in order for RT to save his job. if we could play with this aggression and confidence (and again, not to mention swagger) every game out then i don’t think anyone here would have a problem retaining RT. it’s when you have one game like this and then a brain dead, spiritless performance like the one against arkansas that you’re too inconsistent to be kept on. 

At least we're definitely missing the tournament now. 5-13 conference record here we come.

38 minutes ago, Derka said:

it’s when you have one game like this and then a brain dead, spiritless performance like the one against arkansas that you’re too inconsistent to be kept on. 

took like 15 minutes for this team to go back to being brain dead and spiritless. from up 10 to scoring two points in like 6 minutes and losing by 8. way to go guys. 🙄 

Start the agent back channels!

gonna be hilarious seeing all the talking heads that said we had to hire him, go radio silent.

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