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if a banner gets hung and no one is there to see it, did it actually happen?

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  • That is tough to accomplish in four years, but I wouldn't put it past Shaka.

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    Shaka should definitely get at least one more year. Many of his recruits will finally be upperclassmen by then, and he'll have his best shot of any year he's been here. Fans need to realize 2 maj

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On 10/25/2019 at 12:18 PM, CheesePie said:

if a banner gets hung and no one is there to see it, did it actually happen?

I was contemplating canceling LHN today until I realized that I really want to see the empty FEC opening night.  Will the LHN pan to the seats?  That's the real question.

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On 10/25/2019 at 9:41 AM, SwanderedTalent said:

no one really "wins" the NIT

maybe we could go with "survives"?

On 10/24/2019 at 11:20 PM, CurlyDumps said:

Anyone else completely forget we won the NIT last season?

after the shitshow of a season I enjoyed the shit out of the NIT

i begrudgingly watched it and was glad when it was over. i felt no joy or happiness from winning. this was not a victory. this was sadly/embarrassingly the crowning achievement of the Shaka Smart era. can you imagine being told that back when we hired him? jesus. i would legitimately consider not watching the next four years if i knew how maddeningly poor and frustrating they would be. ugh.

19 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

 i would legitimately consider not watching the next four years if i knew how maddeningly poor and frustrating they would be. ugh.

Oh, you'd have considered it, sure.

But then, just like the rest of us poor schmuck sports fans, you'd have watched anyway, because to be a fan is to be a glutton for punishment.

20 hours ago, hookem48 said:

after the shitshow of a season I enjoyed the shit out of the NIT

I was perplexed and pissed watching them play in the NIT. Why didn't they play with that urgency in the regular season.  

Correct. 

of course we did. went 16-16 with a lottery pick/freak of nature starting at C, then ran through the NIT like we were an NCAAT 4 seed or something while replacing him with the starter kit version of himself. because that makes sense. jesus, this program...

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A team like ours,  which wasn't a consistently pure knock down shooting squad, simply wasn't going to take full advantage of Hayes' skillset last year.  The spacing and open floor of the NBA will take full advantage of his current skillset.  But without a real back to the basket game,  or even a demonstrable faceup game for that matter,  what exactly was he gonna do by that point in the season that Simms couldn't.  

Exactly. Our bricks traveled too far from the rim far to often and we didn’t have a true rim attacking guard capable of running a true pick and roll with Hayes. 

On 10/22/2019 at 4:35 PM, Lobo said:

What the fuck is adjusted tempo?

Probably the higher the number the bigger the shit show. 

58 minutes ago, SwanderedTalent said:

WE'ER GOING DANCING

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/bracketology/

11 vs 11, taking on Illinois in the play-in, in Jerry Palm's always-baffling preseason Bracketology

but to the point, I don't want to hear any unfair criticism of Young Coach Shaka Smart. it could undermine what looks to be an NCAA TOURNAMENT SEASON

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yeah doesn't that hypothetical game just sound like one that ends 61-47?

who wins? who cares?

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The long path to the CBI begins.  Helluva nice guy but can’t wait until he is fired.  Which sadly will not be for two more years

Remember last year when we tried to pawn him off on another school but they all told us to get fucked? And we brought him back anyway? Good times.

7 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Remember last year when we tried to pawn him off on another school but they all told us to get fucked? And we brought him back anyway? Good times.

I think it was UCLA, and they sobered up 

Same shit different year. UT hoops deserves better. It should be a fun distraction from the football team - not a maddening exercise in futility. 

This dude is a master bait and switch con artist. Doesnt even run the Havoc bullshit that made his dumbass relevant. Just a total waste of space and massive mistake. Cant get him away from this University fast enough. 

Will the University be able to hire a coach that yells at players?  CDC needs to understand that soft coaching yields poor results.  Does CDC want to get into the fox hole with Smart?  We will know soon.

Y'all help me compile a list of hirings since we hired and then extended Shaka.

•Obviously Tennessee hired Rick Barnes and they are thriving

•Louisville hired Chirs Mack and ate thriving despite having previously been mired in scandal 

•Tech hired Chris Beard, they are thriving

•Auburn hired Bruce Pearl, they are thriving 

•Arkansas hired Eric Musselman and are currently #26 in Kenpom with some of the country's best defensive stats

•VCU hired Will Wade and then Mike Rhoades, both of whom are outperforming Shaka

•Florida hired Mike White, they are thriving 

•Houston hired Kelvin Sampson, they are thriving 

•LSU hired Will Wade from VCU, and he's already done more at LSU than Shaka has at Texas

 

I don't even feel like continuing at this point. This is just depressing.

21 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

Y'all help me compile a list of hirings since we hired and then extended Shaka.

•Obviously Tennessee hired Rick Barnes and they are thriving

•Louisville hired Chirs Mack and ate thriving despite having previously been mired in scandal 

•Tech hired Chris Beard, they are thriving

•Auburn hired Bruce Pearl, they are thriving 

•Arkansas hired Eric Musselman and are currently #26 in Kenpom with some of the country's best defensive stats

•VCU hired Will Wade and then Mike Rhoades, both of whom are outperforming Shaka

•Florida hired Mike White, they are thriving 

•Houston hired Kelvin Sampson, they are thriving 

•LSU hired Will Wade from VCU, and he's already done more at LSU than Shaka has at Texas

 

I don't even feel like continuing at this point. This is just depressing.

Those coaches are all prickly pears and don't play well in the sand box.  They have tempers and are prone to outbursts in public at players.  We can't have that at Texas.

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Just now, HtownHorn said:

Will Wade is also a major cheater.

Slick Willy. A very, very, cold, fish, but he is a good coach. He knows basketball X's and O's.  

I was happy to see him leave VCU.  I don't know that he did any of his paying for players shit there, but there was one very talented kid (a Wade recruit) the new coach Mike Rhoades (final 4 run asst. coach) asked to leave the program. That kid is now playing for a final four team from last season.

Shaka would not have made his final 4 run without those two coaches on his bench.  They are both very good basketball skills guys. Shaka was the glue that held everything together.

different year, same shit:

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On 11/22/2019 at 3:35 PM, HtownHorn said:

Will Wade is also a major cheater.

So is coach K.

Moneywhip the sfa coach

I haven't even caught a game result in a couple weeks, but sounds like I haven't missed too much. Well, except for more evidence we still aren't good. 

Moneywhip the sfa coach


Provide a parking spot and indoor plumbing.

based on this performance against McNeese State it would appear that we simply haven't had enough better tomorrows to be where we need to be. gonna have to work on that.

That was terrible.

To anyone defending Shaka, please answer this: do you feel Coach Smart gets the most out of his players? Look at the recruiting rankings, look at the potential they show as true freshman, and then weigh that against how they develop and how they play together.

Let's take that exercise one step further: in Shaka's now four-plus seasons at Texas, when can you recall his athletes playing "gestalt" basketball, as in, better than the sum of their parts?

I can only think of once--late last season, during our NIT run, and that was only after playing his usual brand of sloppy, rudderless hoops for the first two games. By the third round, something clicked, and the guys started to play true team hoops on both ends of the floor. All this despite missing their best player and future NBA lottery pick in Jaxson Hayes.

No, we don't have a roster packed with sharpshooters, but there's enough height, talent, and athleticism to compete in the Big 12 and earn NCAA tournament invites.

And yet ...

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1 hour ago, Braff Zacklin said:

That was terrible.

To anyone defending Shaka, please answer this: do you feel Coach Smart gets the most out of his players? Look at the recruiting rankings, look at the potential they show as true freshman, and then weigh that against how they develop and how they play together.

Let's take that exercise one step further: in Shaka's now four-plus seasons at Texas, when can you recall his athletes playing "gestalt" basketball, as in, better than the sum of their parts?

I can only think of once--late last season, during our NIT run, and that was only after playing his usual brand of sloppy, rudderless hoops for the first two games. By the third round, something clicked, and the guys started to play true team hoops on both ends of the floor. All this despite missing their best player and future NBA lottery pick in Jaxson Hayes.

No, we don't have a roster packed with sharpshooters, but there's enough height, talent, and athleticism to compete in the Big 12 and earn NCAA tournament invites.

And yet ...

When people from Tech and Bailor laugh at you and your college bball team, that's all that needs to be said.  It's obvious the Shaka defenders don't engage the real world.

our basketball team has taken 15 total FTs in its last two games. 

6 minutes ago, Goo Punch said:

our basketball team has taken 15 total FTs in its last two games. 

If your players can't shoot FT's and you team doesn't like unselfishness, then the thing to do is shoot 3's and holla like you are going to the NBA next year.

On 11/26/2019 at 3:52 PM, Goo Punch said:

different year, same shit:

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That's just....

 

It shows you how little of a shit Texas cares about basketball that this man is still coaching. This was embarrassing 2 years ago, and maybe it hasn't gotten any "worse" but the fact that it's gone on this long is so painful. 

I guess it's basketball and it only takes about 2 seasons to turn a program around, and Texas will probably just keep Shaka until Moody opens, but I'm almost surprised a BMD hasn't wrote a blank check yet to say "get this man out of here". 

Almost losing to McNeese State at home. Raise your hand if you can tell me where McNeese State is. It wasn't that long ago that this program went dancing 19/21 years - now it's been just 2 out of the past 4 and this season doesn't look like anything more than a bubble team.

The man is just not equipped to be a big time college basketball coach. Maybe he'd be a nice assistant. Who knows. 

Is their mascot the geese?

It also shows that Texas can't just eat a dumb contract when they are spending so much money everywhere upgrading facilities. CDC has his hands full with all these firings that clearly need to take place.

Can’t we just write it off?

1 hour ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Can’t we just write it off?

All these big athletic programs...they write off everything!  (have some rep) 

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11 hours ago, MAUFRAIS said:

Is their mascot the geese?

If it ain’t it outta be. 

What’s funny to me (not really funny) is that I keep seeing 8-10 mentioned, like “no way we get to 8–10!”. As if that is the goal. Actually contending for the conference championship isn’t even a consideration.

All I gotta say is we damn well better beat aggy next week.  I'll be there with my son.

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