Chris Beard to Texas

[Huckleberry 34,407]

15 minutes ago, immamac said:

Someone get this man a fucking medal. 

Why? You giving out some sort of award for trying way too hard? He's an idiot.

[Doyle Hargreaves 301]

3 hours ago, elguapo said:

If you're going to get all drunked up and post some stupid shit at least make it funny or entertaining.

Mean drunk. Redbreast 15. Thats Irish whiskey. Doubt you poors know what the fuck that is. You prolly drink White Claw and live in some gotdamn suburb in Collin County, or worse, you live in shitbox up north of G-town, but tell peeps you live in Austin. 
 

Me? I got a stabbin cabin over in Seabrook. Boston Whaler. Pappy’s. And I run them Horn wives in there. They like the way I make em spur. Only fucking Cowboy you know is some frilly shirt bangled up fuckstick on a football field. 

 

[Pancho 46,054]

45 minutes ago, CurlyDumps said:

One thing I've learned throughout this process is apparently we are Tech's biggest rival.

[Herpa Derpa 6,317]

4 minutes ago, Doyle Hargreaves said:

Mean drunk. Redbreast 15. Thats Irish whiskey. Doubt you poors know what the fuck that is. You prolly drink White Claw and live in some gotdamn suburb in Collin County, or worse, you live in shitbox up north of G-town, but tell peeps you live in Austin. 
 

Me? I got a stabbin cabin over in Seabrook. Boston Whaler. Pappy’s. And I run them Horn wives in there. They like the way I make em spur. Only fucking Cowboy you know is some frilly shirt bangled up fuckstick on a football field. 

 

[jimmyjazz 46,976]

21 hours ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

I think it's fair to wonder whether or not Beard will have sustained success given his nomadic history,

If he has the kind of success some imagine he can have here at Texas, there will be essentially nowhere further to go.  

I mean, if you build UT into a top 5 program, and you're a Texas native, where the hell are you going to go?

[Doyle Hargreaves 301]

22 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

You prolly wear Roach killers. 
 

but I got cows in West Texas, and a checkbook in my pocket. Honey I can love you for awhile. 
 

ADIOS AMIGOS. You just stepped over the line. 

[Doyle Hargreaves 301]

24 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

If he has the kind of success some imagine he can have here at Texas, there will be essentially nowhere further to go.  

I mean, if you build UT into a top 5 program, and you're a Texas native, where the hell are you going to go?

He aint ever leaving Texas. New Arena coming onboard. 5 star recruits. NBA rosters stuffed with Horns. Sold out season ticket holders. Hell, their wives wont even bring along their Ipads. Best ticket in sports! Ever! 
 

its coming. So jealous. 

[Revolution512 1,512]

Gents, every assistant is “dirty”. Play the game or don’t play. Nobody really ever thought Texas was “clean” in any sport did they?

[Bevo14 8,468]

10 minutes ago, Doyle Hargreaves said:

He aint ever leaving Texas. New Arena coming onboard. 5 star recruits. NBA rosters stuffed with Horns. Sold out season ticket holders. Hell, their wives wont even bring along their Ipads. Best ticket in sports! Ever! 
 

its coming. So jealous. 

[Herpa Derpa 6,317]

An inside look at Doyle and his fellow Tech fans:

[Doyle Hargreaves 301]

10 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said:

An inside look at Doyle and his fellow Tech fans:

True to form. 

[Rockethorn1978 6,203]

Doyle posts kinda like danger snax from shaggy. Whatever happened to that dude.

[texasstrong12 4,668]

11 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

Gents, every assistant is “dirty”. Play the game or don’t play. Nobody really ever thought Texas was “clean” in any sport did they?

This is the correct answer. 

Baylor won a national title with a known sleaze in Drew. Houston made a final 4 with Sampson who has cheated everywhere he's been. A&M made a couple sweet 16s a couple years ago after Stansbury bought a recruiting class. Tech has made a couple deep runs in the tournament with guys like Maligi that have been in NCAA hot water at other schools like SMU. 

How can you possibly see the landscape in Texas and say "we need to play clean?" If you want to win you better be willing to play the game. I'm glad we finally have guys like Maligi and Howard on staff. This moral high ground nonsense gets you nowhere. 

 

 

Edited April 10, 2021 by texasstrong12

[shadow_operative 15,932]

i mean, this is the whole reason i've been so pumped about our assistant hires- we know they can recruit at a high level. and, obviously, there's no such thing as recruiting at a high level without being dirty. we're actually gonna go for it this time around. like it or not, it's a reason to believe in this program going forward.

Edited April 10, 2021 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15,932]

hell, the whole reason we've been shut out of the DFW for so long is because Barnes had limits to how hard he was willing to "play the game". Shaka tried to play the game by hiring Lucas, but that was largely ineffectual. we're about to find ourselves right in the thick of things the DFW (and elsewhere), and that's exciting. 

[Hank Chinaski 6,345]

20 hours ago, HookEm said:

Not so fast my friend.

This photo and the entire episode will never stop being hilarious.

The 00s were the best football decade of my life; and while most of that is because of VY, Colt, et al, the contributions of Gap Kid and his band of hard-ass street toughs should not go unrecognized. 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Hank Chinaski

[Vic Mackey 47,847]

This photo and the entire episode will never stop being hilarious.
The 00s were the best football decade of my life; and while most of that is because of VY, Colt, et al, the contributions of Gap Kid and his band of hard-ass street toughs should not go unrecognized. 

What is the story behind this guy? I've seen the photo forever now but don't know the backstory.

[maninblack 7,975]

19 hours ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Doyle posts kinda like danger snax from shaggy. Whatever happened to that dude.

I knew it reminded me of someone

[C-Man 27,685]

What is the story behind this guy? I've seen the photo forever now but don't know the backstory.

The Gap Kid story? Somebody can fill in any blanks and correct inaccuracies but in the aftermath of another Tceh win over aggy in Lubbock, Tceh students (led by Gen. Gap Kid) tore down the goalpost and rammed it into the aggy visitor‘a section.

A brawl ensued and Seth McKinney’s dad (then some sort of elected politician) got “sucker-punched” by a Tceh fan. He got all blustery and was going to sue and then it came out that he was popped by a fellow aggy. At least that’s my recollection of events.

[PilotsError 2,341]

Gap kid showed up on Surly.  I think it was under the name Vincent Vega or something. 

[Herbie Hancock 7,452]

[Hank Chinaski 6,345]

56 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

2 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

This photo and the entire episode will never stop being hilarious.
The 00s were the best football decade of my life; and while most of that is because of VY, Colt, et al, the contributions of Gap Kid and his band of hard-ass street toughs should not go unrecognized. 

What is the story behind this guy? I've seen the photo forever now but don't know the backstory.

https://aggypedia.com/wiki/GAP_kid

Let's just say it ends with dipshit aggies punching each other and comparing the children in this photo to Santa Anna's army. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,560]

On 4/8/2021 at 5:12 PM, Brian Fantana said:

The only legit gripe with Beard IMHO is our poor record closing out close (1-2 possession)/OT games. That was a very common theme on Tech message boards the last few years. Rest is mostly sour grapes.

That’s literally mostly about luck (record in close games) in any sport. 

[Machinator 32,102]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That’s literally mostly about luck (record in close games) in any sport. 

That's true, but to be fair, we gave Shaka tons of shit for our execution and results in close games over the years.

Edited April 10, 2021 by Machinator

[Burt Macklin 19,211]

25 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That’s literally mostly about luck (record in close games) in any sport. 

While true, Beard’s style of play creates more close games, which is one of the downsides to his coaching style if he’s  at a place where he has more talent, like he should at Texas. 

23 minutes ago, Machinator said:

That's true, but to be fair, we gave Shaka tons of shit for our execution and results in close games over the years.

Yeah, there’s a certain amount of luck involved but never calling plays and not coaching your guys well will certainly lead to less than average luck.
 

Unless youre Fozz and then you maintain that Shaka was an outlier in bad luck for four straight years and it had nothing to do with Shaka’s coaching. 

[Deej 77,671]

57 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That’s literally mostly about luck (record in close games) in any sport. 

Did somebody say close games?

 

[Burt Macklin 19,211]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

Did somebody say close games?

 

Winning (close games) is hard. 

[Guest]

On 4/9/2021 at 12:51 PM, CurlyDumps said:

One thing I've learned throughout this process is apparently we are Tech's biggest rival.

 I don’t think I can ever hate UT more than I hate A&M. The past two weeks nothing to change that equation. At least Texas is generally honest about what the fuck they are doing.

Edited April 10, 2021 by slorch

[Brian Fantana 6,856]

1 hour ago, Wulaw Horn said:

That’s literally mostly about luck (record in close games) in any sport. 

That was usually may argument, but it was half hearted at best. The grumbling started on the Tech boards with the plays we drew up to end regulation in the NC game and didn't stop after that. I always thought there was some merit to it but usually gave Beard the benefit of the doubt.

[Deej 77,671]

32 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

That was usually may argument, but it was half hearted at best. The grumbling started on the Tech boards with the plays we drew up to end regulation in the NC game and didn't stop after that. I always thought there was some merit to it but usually gave Beard the benefit of the doubt.

I'm just happy to have a coach who draws up plays. 

[Brian Fantana 6,856]

11 minutes ago, Deej said:

I'm just happy to have a coach who draws up plays. 

Well see that's the thing, I guess I should have put "drew up" in quotes but really Beard is more inclined to just have his best player improvise and try to make a play in that kind of situation, i.e. McClung's last second shot in Austin. That's his MO, which is also Shaka's MO I think. Personally, I think it's a fine approach, but when it doesn't work out it really tends to irk some fans that would prefer a good set play rather than having a star just improvise.

The NC game is actually a great example of it both working out and not working out in a short span of game time. Before Virginia tied the game up, we had Culver play iso ball and make a play to put us ahead by 1, then we get a stop and hit 2 FTs to go up by 3. Virginia hits a 3 to tie and we basically try the same thing and it doesn't work, the rest is history.

Prior to the 2019 season, we actually did run quite a few OOB/end of game plays that were clearly drawn up by someone on the bench. Something changed after 2018 where we basically stopped doing that, I'm not sure exactly what that would have been.

Edited April 10, 2021 by Brian Fantana

[Doyle Hargreaves 301]

3 hours ago, PilotsError said:

Gap kid showed up on Surly.  I think it was under the name Vincent Vega or something. 

Vincent Valdez. He’s all grows up and they grow up. 

[Rockethorn1978 6,203]

3 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

Well see that's the thing, I guess I should have put "drew up" in quotes but really Beard is more inclined to just have his best player improvise and try to make a play in that kind of situation, i.e. McClung's last second shot in Austin. That's his MO, which is also Shaka's MO I think. Personally, I think it's a fine approach, but when it doesn't work out it really tends to irk some fans that would prefer a good set play rather than having a star just improvise.

The NC game is actually a great example of it both working out and not working out in a short span of game time. Before Virginia tied the game up, we had Culver play iso ball and make a play to put us ahead by 1, then we get a stop and hit 2 FTs to go up by 3. Virginia hits a 3 to tie and we basically try the same thing and it doesn't work, the rest is history.

Prior to the 2019 season, we actually did run quite a few OOB/end of game plays that were clearly drawn up by someone on the bench. Something changed after 2018 where we basically stopped doing that, I'm not sure exactly what that would have been.

[Revolution512 1,512]

14 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

hell, the whole reason we've been shut out of the DFW for so long is because Barnes had limits to how hard he was willing to "play the game". Shaka tried to play the game by hiring Lucas, but that was largely ineffectual. we're about to find ourselves right in the thick of things the DFW (and elsewhere), and that's exciting. 

Yep. Beard said this is about players and he wasn’t kidding.  What I hope he can avoid is falling in love with just how far that Texas name can reach. There is talent right here in state, clean it up

[Catdaddyhorn 3,462]

17 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

hell, the whole reason we've been shut out of the DFW for so long is because Barnes had limits to how hard he was willing to "play the game". Shaka tried to play the game by hiring Lucas, but that was largely ineffectual. we're about to find ourselves right in the thick of things the DFW (and elsewhere), and that's exciting. 

I thought Jai had an off court role in Barnes' last few years as well. 

[shadow_operative 15,932]

Jai did have some sort of role under Barnes, but Shaka actually went and demoted his boy Morrell so that Jai could get a promotion to assistant coach, as well as go on the road and recruit. 

the whole Mike Morrell thing always cracked me up. after spending six years as one of Shaka's loyal assistants from his inaugural VCU staff, Shaka brings him from VCU to Texas, only to demote him for a 28 year old with literally zero coaching experience. then, when Shaka leads us to an 11-21 season and someone has to be the fall guy, he fires David Cason and replaces him with...Mike Morrell. 😐

so, Morrell was so expendable that you would fire him for what literally amounted to a kid with a famous last name, and yet after you fond yourself needing to upgrade your staff after an incomprehensibly bad season, you went and did that by re-hiring the guy who was deemed not good enough for your staff one year prior. 
 

HAHAHAHAHA, have fun with that Marquette! Better y'all than us!

Edited April 11, 2021 by shadow_operative

[Revolution512 1,512]

That’s another great point, look at the difference in organization already. Beard has a plan, he was ready for this job. I can’t wait to go to a game

[Guest]

12 hours ago, Revolution512 said:

Yep. Beard said this is about players and he wasn’t kidding.  What I hope he can avoid is falling in love with just how far that Texas name can reach. There is talent right here in state, clean it up

So you would be opposed to the foreign players he goes after?

Davide Moretti was one of the very best for Beard at Tech.  All of them have not been hits, but neither have the locals.

Hell, TJ Shannon is from Chicago. Then you have all of the transfers...

I'd say you're cutting Beard's ability to build a team if you just focus on the Lone Star State.  Evidence supports that a broader talent pool works.

[Rockethorn1978 6,203]

I want transfers and anyone that fits the system but I do think when you have local guys like Matthew Mayer in your backyard you should always get them. I would love to see the top player(s)  in Texas come on the regular. But overall I’ll take the best from anywhere and I don’t care where. 

[Revolution512 1,512]

Slorch - No, that’s not what I’m saying. Obviously you need to fill out rosters by any means possible. High profile, national recruitments can be draining on a staff and often turn up empty. That’s more of what I’m talking about, he will be involved in more of those now and you have to balance it. Don’t miss on capable talent in your backyard.

Edited April 11, 2021 by Revolution512

[Machinator 32,102]

 

[Js1 86,943]

 

[Guest]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

biggest question about any Shaka holdovers has nothing to do with physical ability.

Are they willing to be coached hard?  Beard knows no other way.

[Post Oak 20,551]

11 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

That's not bad actually.  Well done.

[SizzleChest 8,302]

4 minutes ago, slorch said:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

biggest question about any Shaka holdovers has nothing to do with physical ability.

Are they willing to be coached hard?  Beard knows no other way.

You know one of the guys coming back almost died from leukemia, right?  And the other one had a pretty bad knee injury in 2019-20 and came back?  You knew all this, right?
 

[Catdaddyhorn 3,462]

15 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

You know one of the guys coming back almost died from leukemia, right?  And the other one had a pretty bad knee injury in 2019-20 and came back?  You knew all this, right?
 

Not to mention Ramey who lost his mom to cancer. In all honesty Ramey is probably the most Beard-ready player on the roster outside of Cunningham. 

[Catdaddyhorn 3,462]

And to emphasize my point here are Ramey's Dad's feelings on that question.

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 2021 by Catdaddyhorn

[Huckleberry 34,407]

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

That's not bad actually.  Well done.

It's not bad but it's not good either. It makes no sense, isn't a burn, and doesn't really mean anything. So other than letting the world know they're still hung up on losing their coach it doesn't accomplish much. Good job I guess?

[shnsajax 3,605]

2 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

It's not bad but it's not good either. It makes no sense, isn't a burn, and doesn't really mean anything. So other than letting the world know they're still hung up on losing their coach it doesn't accomplish much. Good job I guess?

I mean its fucking Tech. Its like the kid in the 2nd to last row of the class trying to raise his hand to ask a question, but no one gives a shit what he has to say and contributes nothing to the discussion.

[shadow_operative 15,932]

5 hours ago, Huckleberry said:

It's not bad but it's not good either. It makes no sense, isn't a burn, and doesn't really mean anything. So other than letting the world know they're still hung up on losing their coach it doesn't accomplish much. Good job I guess?

when we beat Tech next year, i hope our official mbb twitter uses this song as the background for the highlight reel: