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  1. coincidentally those are the two games that spawned the Derka basketball gifs, including the Water Head Dance:
  2. so here are some UT hoops highlights:
  3. whoever wants to pay me shoot me a pm and i'll send you my venmo info. thannnkkksss edit: actually two of you guys pm me, because one of the final four teams is owned by my buddy who took over for that one psycho's team when he quit. i'll see that he gets it.
  4. Straightforwardness and accountability; that's the focal point of what I'm talking about here. I think that every coach you named, hardass or not, employs those things as well, and those things just aren't in Shaka's nature. Dead serious, we're five years in and I struggle to remember a single candid quote from Shaka Smart. I can't recall a single substantive comment about himself, his team, or one of his players. He is on the total opposite end of the spectrum from any coach the coaches that each of us named when it comes to straightforwardness and accountability, and i don't believe you can win at this level without those things.
  5. Maybe, but he 100% believes it and he walks the walk as well. The guy actually benched one of the greatest players his sport has ever seen for an entire game because her body language sucked. And we see this exact type of zero tolerance, no-nonsense coaching style from so many of the great coaches- Saban, Belichick, Summitt, Knight, Augie, Pop, I could go on- so many of the greats demand an elite level of professionalism and consistency in so many different areas- even those that my seem superfluous on the surface- and it works. And you know, the fact that so many analysts, and bloggers, and pundits bend over backwards to talk about how great of a guy Shaka Smart is, is not only annoying, but to me it points towards his limitations as a coach. He wants to be well liked, he wants to be everybody's friend, and he's so wrapped up in his own identity that he can't even see how it hurts him. He's not a hardass, he's not a "my way or the highway" guy, he's not even someone who commands real deal respect from anyone (least of all officials). His players love him, sure, but they're too young and ignorant to know how badly he's holding them back by not being more demanding of them. Augie's players loved him too, but he got the most out of them. Shaka has an attitude/MO that's suited for youth coaching, and that's frankly embarrassing at a school like Texas. To have him as our HC 6 (or more?) seasons is just a gut punch.
  6. I've talked a lot about how badly i've missed two things that our last head coach practiced that our current HC does not: straightforward talk, and holding people accountable. And frankly, I don't understand how any fan of any sport can *not* actively want his HC to be that way. Name any super successful HC in any sport, and there's a 95% chance that that person is a straightforward talker who holds people (including himself/herself accountable). For me Shaka's complete lack in both of these departments is equally if not more so responsible for his failures at Texas than his actual lack of coaching experience and acumen. Now, I bring all of this up, because a friend of mine just shared this video with me, and it is emblematic of how I want my HC to comport himself, day in and day out, cameras on/cameras off. It's a video of one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time breaking down why it's hard to get through to today's players, and it's perfect. It's also diametrically opposed to how Shaka comports himself, and no matter how many new assistants or five star players he brings in, we will always be a milquetoast program that takes after its milquetoast head coach. This is what a real coach sounds like: at this point i have no doubt that five years ago we could have hired some random HS coach with zero college experience whatsoever, and if he brought that ^^^^ mentality to the table every day that he could have Texas better off than where we currently are under this child of a coach, whose very personality makes him the wrong man for the job. Our team shares his personality, and it's a losing personality/mentality.
  7. *literally* every UT blogger/podcaster is a Shaka Smart sycophant. even Chip Brown sees Shaka for what he is.
  8. let the history books write that the Frank Erwin Center led the charge in social distancing. #BeTheChange
  9. and yeah, as far as his production in the league goes, to me he seems like an unbelievably safe pick in round three or later. everything about him screams "8-10 year career" if he avoids injury. he'll be a steal for someone. I hope he goes to the Pats, Niners, Chiefs, or Rams. edit: or the Bucs
  10. ok let's calm down now. i love Duv, but he's gonna need to get A LOT better at hurting people and punching teammates if he ever wants to match up with those guys.
  11. we'd all rather have John Beilein than Greg Brown, but it doesn't look like that's going to happen, which is why the guy for Rivals is back to picking Texas.
  12. Was wondering when someone would bring this up. Makes no sense. none of it makes any sense. "There's no replacing the real Chris Paul; just like there's no replacing the real State Farm." huh? how does that idea even originate, much less end up being their best one?
  13. No.10 looks like a got damn libero with his long sleeves/short shorts combo. The return of the short shorts craze is upon us, and it's only getting worse.
  14. fucking seriously- dude ran all the way down court so that could be on GB III's poster.
  15. i don't think there's any way we could compete with Memphis or UK when it comes to that, so I'd hope/assume that was never our angle.
  16. that makes sense. i think this is from the last game he played in as a Longhorn:
  17. welp, whatever goodwill ESPN earned with these classic games has quickly and summarily been spent. they just released a hilariously awful 64 person bracket to see who the "best college basketball player of all time." not only does this bracket feature both men and women, but the seeding date a joke. For example Anthony Davis is a 4 seed, while Kevin Durant is a 10 seed. Huh?! Oh and apparently Trae Young is one of the all time college greats, as he is included in the field of 64 (again, men and women), as a 13 seed. okie silly dilly dokie o.
  18. some of you who aren't familiar with him may be familiar with this highlight of his from earlier this year:
  19. i don't want the best talent to ever come out of Austin to go somewhere else, even knowing what we know about Shaka's track record of winning (or losing) with lottery pick talent. GB III should be a helluva lot of fun to watch too, as you alluded to. ridiculous athlete who can really do it all, including shoot the ball. it would really hurt to miss out on him.
  20. watching this 2007 Texas team all these years after-the-fact, and several things stick out- 1)As ztejas mentioned, KD is such an unselfish player. I am so impressed watching him now through the eyes of an adult/coach as opposed to watching him through the eyes of a young-ish fan. Real sequence from the TTU game: He runs his ass off without the ball on offense, gets it, scores at will, then goes down on D and goes beastmode for a rebound, then hands the ball off to DJ and runs over to set a screen for AJ. Then we get a foul, and he's the guy getting everyone together in the huddle and leading the talk, giving out the instructions. I'm falling in love with KD all over again. Truly, truly one-of-a-kind. 2)We are so small. We start three guards (one who's 6'2" and two more who are sub-6 ft) and two forwards. We have zero big men. Even our tall guys (James, KD, Atchley) are forwards who spend plenty of time on the perimeter. KD is the *only* reason this team didn't just get bullied and dominated by bigger teams. Shouts out to Damion James for the amazing, bulldog-like work he put in, but you could replace KD with fucking Greg Oden and teams would have had a better time stopping us. KD opened up the floor for everyone else with all of the attention he demanded. 3)I'm actually quite impressed with the job that Rick Barnes did with this team, particularly with how he set Texas up for success the following year. In 2007 he had to replace all five starters from the Elite 8 team from the year before, and he had to start four freshmen and a midget sophomore. But here's where I really think he did a great job: he treated KD like everyone else (to a certain degree- more so than any other coach would have), and that's what was ultimately best for Texas. This team did *not* just give KD the ball and get out of the way, this was a *TEAM*, and while KD was/played the role of its best player, AJ, and DJ, and Damion, and even Connor and Mason were heavily involved, and looking back at it now there is no way Texas goes right back to the Elite 8 the next year without that being the case. This team was not a one-man show, it was a real-deal team, and looking back at that all of these years later I can really appreciate that now. No chance we're back in the Elite 8 under a coach who didn't run things that way. None. All in all 2007 was never one of our best teams, but they were damn sure full of heart and fun to watch, and man, KD; what can you say? Watching him play over again all of these years later he's somehow even more impressive to me than he was the first time around. Really good memories. 🤘🏼
  21. turns out his uncle is former Texas hooper Roderick Anderson.
  22. ok yeah that was supposed to say "mild". even i was just sitting here like
  23. for those who aren't familiar, he's the son/nephew of a couple former UT football players, he's by far the best hoops prospect to ever come out of Austin, and he will attend college for what should be one spectacular individual year. Texas was long thought to be a lock for his services as Shaka started recruiting him as an 8th grader and the two have a great relationship. However, over the last 7-8 months or so the tide was shifting away from Texas and towards Memphis. And with Shaka seeming to be a dead man walking, it seemed like Texas was out of the running. GB III's final 5 are: Texas, Kentucky, Michigan, Auburn, and Memphis. Well, now some guy who covers this stuff days Texas is back in the lead. We should know for sure in a few weeks, but until then, here's the article: https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/why-there-might-be-a-new-leader-for-greg-brown
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