i wrote up a long-ass post some time after shaka got fired about how, at the end of the abilene christian game andrew jones hit what looked to be a game winning three with just seconds remaining, and how my heart just sank. i was watching my favorite player for my no.1 life long favorite team (all sports) hitting a game winning three in the ncaa tourney and i was immediately crestfallen, knowing that it meant that shaka would remain at Texas going forward. that shit was beyond fucked up, and the AD at Texas was to blame. thankfully shaka’s poorly coached team fouled a guy and ACU sank two FTs and sent shaka packing.
i rooted for acu that night just like i rooted for uruguay the other night and i would 100/100 do it again. again, this isn’t remotely complicated: texas was totally fucked as long as shaka was the HC, and the usmnt was fucked as long as gregg was in charge, and that’s with *literally* the biggest sporting event in human history hanging in the balance, and being played on home soil no less. the biggest sporting event in history is coming here, and as long as gregg was in charge we were going to blow it, and be in a terrible spot afterward. absolutely, unequivocally, 1000% i will root to lose one game if it means even a chance of getting rid of the cancer which is visibly killing something that i love. absolute no-brainer.