2023 F Ron Holland

[formermav43 4606]

On 4/30/2023 at 8:50 PM, RichUT said:

Name one other school in the same spot that has refused to grant a kid from his NLI. I don’t think you can, and that’s because it’s recruiting suicide. Other programs would have a heyday if we did that.

I’ve seen several with this sentiment, and I just don’t follow it. Is it really unreasonable to expect a guy to honor his commitment once he’s already signed? It’s not like he didn’t have ample opportunity to rethink his decision before. For that matter, you don’t actually have to sign one at all. And it’s not like he wouldn’t have other options if he really didn’t want to come here-go play overseas or in the G league or sit for a year.

I don’t know. I just don’t see how it’s “recruiting suicide” to suffer the consequences of your own actions.

[RichUT 1832]

I’ve seen several with this sentiment, and I just don’t follow it. Is it really unreasonable to expect a guy to honor his commitment once he’s already signed? It’s not like he didn’t have ample opportunity to rethink his decision before. For that matter, you don’t actually have to sign one at all. And it’s not like he wouldn’t have other options if he really didn’t want to come here-go play overseas or in the G league or sit for a year.
I don’t know. I just don’t see how it’s “recruiting suicide” to suffer the consequences of your own actions.

I doubt that I’ll be able to convince you otherwise then. Just understand that every other school in this situation has released the player from their NLI. For us to take a hard line stance would separate us from every other program in a negative way. We don’t want the reputation of being the school that keeps kids tied to the program against their wishes.

[RollingPresidential 632]

2 hours ago, RichUT said:

I doubt that I’ll be able to convince you otherwise then. Just understand that every other school in this situation has released the player from their NLI. For us to take a hard line stance would separate us from every other program in a negative way. We don’t want the reputation of being the school that keeps kids tied to the program against their wishes.

"We're the program that forced a kid to sit out rather than play where he wanted" is not a good recruiting pitch

[texifornia 56850]

 

[Burt Macklin 19019]

2 minutes ago, texifornia said:

 

So Beard recruited two guys who had no interest in playing school. G League is better than him going to Arky at least. 

[HtownHorn 14663]

Fuck Arkansas, but their fans are uber pissed.

 

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Fuck them and fuck that douchebag who takes his shirt off for sweet 16 wins.

Edited May 31, 2023 by Pam Cummings

[perfectchaos007 6621]

I’m surprised in the age of NIL we were somehow money whipped by a G League team. If he didn’t want to play school, Texas has their share of blowoff classes he and his assigned tutor could have taken together. 

[Js1 85257]

9 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

I’m surprised in the age of NIL we were somehow money whipped by a G League team. If he didn’t want to play school, Texas has their share of blowoff classes he and his assigned tutor could have taken together. 

Considering we lost 2 guys to the G League, Texas is not going to pay those rates ($500k+) for basketball.  Yet.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10226]

Ignite has had more players drafted & signed in last 2 drafts than any college so there is that

[pacman 7354]

1 hour ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Ignite has had more players drafted & signed in last 2 drafts than any college so there is that

They also don't have to worry about trying to win games or titles...

[RabidM 2666]

4 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Fuck Arkansas, but their fans are uber pissed.

 

WTF? They're fucking furious.  He was never even committed there.  If anyone should be pissed it's us.  He was committed here, signed here, lobbied for Terry to get the job only to bounce later.  He burned us.  He didn't do shit to them.

[DontCallMeSurly 56]

5 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

Fuck Arkansas, but their fans are uber pissed.

 

I feel so bad for them.

[cochamps 1879]

Fuck Ron Holland, but mainly fuck the inbred cider sucking hillbillies especially musselman.

[txhorns 2409]

It’s funny that those Arkansas fans are too stupid to see the irony in their statements/anger.

[FreeHorn 1307]

1. Arkansas so full of shit and I’m glad Ron screwed them over just like us. Without them using Peavy as a middle man and making crazy offers, Ron is on campus at Texas today. 
2. The fans need to be mad at Peavy. He put this together and got Ron to verbally agree to Arkansas. Ron to Arkansas been a done deal to the Arkansas coaching staff. They just were waiting on the NLI release. They actually encouraged him to visit GLeague to make it look like it wasn’t a straight Arkansas flip/tampering. Back fired on them. Guess Peavy doesn’t have the pull he thinks he does. 

[texifornia 56850]

5 minutes ago, FreeHorn said:

1. Arkansas so full of shit and I’m glad Ron screwed them over just like us. Without them using Peavy as a middle man and making crazy offers, Ron is on campus at Texas today. 
2. The fans need to be mad at Peavy. He put this together and got Ron to verbally agree to Arkansas. Ron to Arkansas been a done deal to the Arkansas coaching staff. They just were waiting on the NLI release. They actually encouraged him to visit GLeague to make it look like it wasn’t a straight Arkansas flip/tampering. Back fired on them. Guess Peavy doesn’t have the pull he thinks he does. 

...who's Peavy?

[WJC88 97]

13 minutes ago, texifornia said:

...who's Peavy?

Head Coach at Duncanville where Holland played.  

[Mdhorn 5945]

31 minutes ago, FreeHorn said:

1. Arkansas so full of shit and I’m glad Ron screwed them over just like us. Without them using Peavy as a middle man and making crazy offers, Ron is on campus at Texas today. 
2. The fans need to be mad at Peavy. He put this together and got Ron to verbally agree to Arkansas. Ron to Arkansas been a done deal to the Arkansas coaching staff. They just were waiting on the NLI release. They actually encouraged him to visit GLeague to make it look like it wasn’t a straight Arkansas flip/tampering. Back fired on them. Guess Peavy doesn’t have the pull he thinks he does. 

Was thinking the Arkie bitterness sounds like they lost a lot of bank and time on Holland.  

[FreeHorn 1307]

26 minutes ago, texifornia said:

...who's Peavy?

Head Coach at Duncanville but also step father to Anthony Black who just finished freshman year at Arkansas and is now projected to be a lottery pick.