Gerry:
Texas basketball ...
Barring the miraculous, the end game is known.
There are two very important factors to know with the likely coaching search upcoming.
1. If the salary is needed to go to 7-8 million a year, that is on the table.
2. If a coach has a large buyout, that is not likely on the table. It's not that Texas can't do it, but it's not smart money.
3. What is a large buyout? Likely over 5 million.
So, Texas is willing to invest 7-8 mill a year for the right head coach. That would mean Texas could invest 16-18 million a year all in (HC salary, staff salary pool and NIL). That would allow CDC to potentially bring in a HC with the staff and NIL to compete with just about anyone in college basketball. That is very good news for the Texas hoops fan base if it plays out that way.
Rodney Terry's future when/if the Longhorns move on:
South Florida has serious interest in Coach Terry, based on a conversation I had Sunday morning. I'm not saying he would be the hire, as this stuff changes quickly. But serious interest, yes.
The college hoops coaching carousel ...
There are currently 16 jobs that have opened early on, with four already having made hires (Miami, FSU, Utah and SFA).
Indiana, Virginia and NC State are the high-major jobs currently open. That list will expand during the week.
That number could reach into the 40's this cycle, but is expected to fall short of last cycles extreme activity. Last years coaching carousel saw 68 jobs open and filled.