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19 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

Two for two in getting rid of dead weight coaches this academic year...

Didn't think it was going to happen, but accountability might have just returned to Austin. 

Is Steve Patterson's stink finally out of here?

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Jesus, this news along with the news that HEB is finally going to open a couple of stores in Plano and Frisco is damn near orgasmic

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11 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

So, how in the world did he get into the Final Four that sent his stock soaring....I’ll never figure out!

I still say Will Wade was Shaka's Chris Peterson and we all know how Dan Hawkins fared with out Peterson.

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1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Big money wants Beard.

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

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Just now, JesusSweatDuck said:

Doesn't Beard have a clause in his contract that his buyout jumps considerably if he goes to UT?

Yes, but we just saved a chunk of money with Shaka jumping. The big question is how much will we have to pay Beard to come here.

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1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Yes, but we just saved a chunk of money with Shaka jumping. The big question is how much will we have to pay Beard to come here.

Why is everyone so sold on Beard. Are there not comparable candidates to this guy that we can go get?

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2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

Chris Beard is a damn good coach who plays a brand of basketball that sucks ass to watch, but will win games. I am sure he'll have a lot of success if we hire him, but it'll be frustrating watching the type of game he wants played 30+ times a year instead of just a few.

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3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

He's had two deep tourney runs and won a regular season Big 12 title. He also kicked ass and won regular season championships at his mid-major stops. 

Smart had one magical tournament run (when they shouldn't have even been in the tournament) and never won a regular season title.

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Posted
5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Big money wants Beard.

I don't think Beard wants to come to Texas. He's a "basketball" school kinda guy and he's getting paid well at Tech already.  I could see the possible Indiana move, but not Texas.

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Just now, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I don't think Beard wants to come to Texas. He's a "basketball" school kinda guy and he's getting paid well at Tech already.  I could see the possible Indiana move, but not Texas.

Except that it's his alma mater....Tends to make a difference quite often.

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8 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

He went to an Elite 8 the year prior and was a hair away from actually winning the whole thing. Shaka really had no chance of winning the championship the one time he made a run. 

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4 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I don't think Beard wants to come to Texas. He's a "basketball" school kinda guy and he's getting paid well at Tech already.  I could see the possible Indiana move, but not Texas.

Tech isn't a basketball school. He made it that way. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

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1 minute ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Tech isn't a basketball school. He made it that way. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

Yeah calling a Big 12 school in Texas a "basketball school" is weird.

Tech is still a P5 program in the state of Texas.  Football over everything.  

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1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?

he's been coaching in a power 5 conf and one of the top 2 conferences arguably.  

Shaka took over a VCU team(under Grant) that had finished 1st, 1st, 1st, and proceeded to go 5th, 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd.  and the guy after him won the conf the first year.

yes he did have a final four run and a couple of round of 64 wins.

Beard learned under Knight for 8 years.  Shaka learned under Donovan? for a couple.

I think I will take a Knight guy at this point.

 

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21 minutes ago, HookEm said:

I think he will do well there, especially if he gets some good assistants.  I don't harbor any ill will for Shaka, but he had to go.  The Big 12 is a meat grinder filled with elite coaches and he was AT BEST middle of the pack.  The Big East will be much easier sledding.

He ran a clean program, graduated kids, navigated us through Andrew Jones and Covid.  I'll root for him honestly. But we need someone much better.

Very well said.

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Based on the fact this is the best possible outcome and was probably all orchestrated/mutually agreed upon to help find him a landing spot, save us a buyout, spare him the indignity of being fired this thread title fucking sucks.  Fucking aggymac.

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Posted
3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

so next years tournament first round play in game Marquette v Texas because the NCAA just loves storylines.

or maybe the NIT champ game.

I will be thrilled if we get to the tournament next year.

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Posted
11 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Tech isn't a basketball school. Leach leaving due to their own stupidity did. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

Fixed for ya..

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Posted (edited)

Vic Schaefer was at the top of the list last time a BB hire was needed.

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“You always have names,” Del Conte said Monday during a teleconference. “You have a drawer of names that you keep around and talk about. In any kind of a search you have a wish list, you have a coach you can get and you have the ‘Oh my god’ list. And you never want to go to the ‘Oh my god’ list.”

So which name is at the top of CDC's list.

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