Huge Piece of Shit and alleged Woman Abuser Chris Beard has been hired at Mississippi

[Derka 6,135]

24 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

Bag men are obsolete.

that’s not the point. the point is that we can talk all the shit we want about beard being an asshole who employs assholes, but guess who wins most of the titles? i don’t think danny hurley will be getting nominated for person of the year any time soon, but he’s still 12-0 in the last two tourneys.

i’ve said this to this board before, but y’all will bitch about rick barnes not winning and then turn around and shame the assholes who do win. jay wright being the exception that proves the rule, our fans seem to both want to win at the highest level and employ a coaching staff of choir boys, and those two things just generally don’t go together.

Edited June 19 by definitely not derka

[Hank_Hill 18,783]

There’s a spectrum of assholes that doesn’t have to include racists and domestic abusers. But sure, hire a Nick Saban. Down. 

[Hank_Hill 18,783]

Nobody was “shaming” Chris Beard or his staff for being assholes when we were winning. He was shamed when his asshole tendencies led to an arrest.

[jimmyjazz 45,877]

If I knew then what I know about Chris Beard now, I'd never want him within a country mile of this program.  Fuck that no-integrity piece of shit.  I hope he fucks up again and goes to jail this time.  What an embarrassment for my alma mater.

[Da Fino 2,772]

1 hour ago, definitely not derka said:

which is why they’ll be better than texas within 18 months. i’m serious too. i was ecstatic when we hired beard, but he cranked it up to 11 when two of his first moves were to go get bag men from bill self and larry brown. i openly celebrated their hiring and announced it as the surest sign yet that this program was getting serious about winning. of course we played with fire and got burned, but that doesn’t change the landscape of cbb or the fact that pieces of shit usually win the title. it’s just too bad you can’t put a point spread on character. we’d be a four touchdown favorite every time.

Oh shit. It is you. 

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15 minutes ago, Da Fino said:

Oh shit. It is you. 

Took you this long?

 

 

 

also Danny Hurley is a jerk? 

[freyguy 4,258]

3 hours ago, Da Fino said:

Oh shit. It is you. 

[dogbreath 434]

5 guys that Beard successfully recruited were drafted. 

Holland, Johnson, Tyson, McCullar, Shannon.

Combination of Covid, coaching change and being fired helped create this opportunity. Talk about a weak draft.

3 transfers and two who didn’t play for him.  

[Hookem2147 21,188]

Chris Beard scheduling masterclass. Best non-conference home game legitimately might be Queens. 

 

 

[Derka 6,135]

nobody made fun of him for doing that here. it’s a smart move when your team is all new players and the e tire non-con is just prep for what will be a very tough conference season. this is his formula, and it seems to be working for him just fine.

[BurntOrange&White 39,930]

Just now, Derka said:

nobody made fun of him for doing that here. it’s a smart move when your team is all new players and the e tire non-con is just prep for what will be a very tough conference season. this is his formula, and it seems to be working for him just fine.

I did. I thought it was stupid to not challenge your team OOC

[Derka 6,135]

his goal isn’t to challenge his team, it’s to get his team to come together and jell seeing as they’re all pretty much strangers at this point in time. using the non-conference as live practice is going to be better for his guys than going to maui or nyc, or scheduling a bunch of ranked teams who will have them playing from behind all day when they’re still trying to master his system and create a chemistry and rapport. beard knows what he’s doing.

Edited August 20 by Derka

[jimmyjazz 45,877]

17 minutes ago, Derka said:

nobody made fun of him for doing that here.

wut?

[Derka 6,135]

9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

wut?

yes, that’s right. in fact it was me who was lamenting his poor scheduling and pining over the days of the old rick barnes schedules, and it was everyone else making the excuses for such a weak schedule, especially for his second team which returned everyone from a team that won in the ncaa tourney. i especially didn’t like it then. but nobody else had a problem with it. and yet here we are now and apparently we’re going to rewrite history. 

Edited August 20 by Derka

[Derka 6,135]

besides which, since when do college basketball fans (especially the people here) care about the regular season? all anyone talks about in terms of success are tourney results. even before the season (every season) when people talk about what will constitute a successful season it’s exclusively about tourney results. so who cares about the games in november and december to begin with? 

Edited August 20 by Derka

[Deej 76,748]

48 minutes ago, Derka said:

nobody made fun of him for doing that here. it’s a smart move when your team is all new players and the e tire non-con is just prep for what will be a very tough conference season. this is his formula, and it seems to be working for him just fine.

And he likes to beat up on weaker opponents.

[n64ra 1,080]

5 hours ago, Hookem2147 said:

Chris Beard scheduling masterclass. Best non-conference home game legitimately might be Queens. 

 

 

Not sure I can ID many of those logos.

[Hookem2147 21,188]

I poke fun at Beard a lot of his non-con scheduling, but the current NET system actually rewards you for blowing out bad teams because it factors in the margin of victory and efficiency metrics. The problem last year was he scheduled creampuffs then went out and beat Detroit Mercy by 1 point. Detroit Mercy won 1 game all year. When you schedule soft and don't blow them out like you should, your NET ranking takes a beating. It's how you end up with a NET ranking of 90th despite winning 20 games.

We will see if the strategy works this year.

Edited August 20 by Hookem2147

[jimmyjazz 45,877]

46 minutes ago, Derka said:

yes, that’s right. in fact it was me who was lamenting his poor scheduling and pining over the days of the old rick barnes schedules, and it was everyone else making the excuses for such a weak schedule, especially for his second team which returned everyone from a team that won in the ncaa tourney. i especially didn’t like it then. but nobody else had a problem with it. and yet here we are now and apparently we’re going to rewrite history. 

I'm pretty sure plenty of people didn't enjoy shitty noncon schedules under Beard.  I sure didn't.  But yeah, you were the only one.

[KingBobo81 534]

I get the whole NET argument, but as a basketball fan (and season ticket holder spending decent $), it fucking blows.

[BurntOrange&White 39,930]

Beard is a NET pussy! Am I right?

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2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Beard is a NIT pussy! Am I right?

fify

[Machinator 32,099]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2024/08/21/mississippi-contracts-lane-kiffin-chris-beard/74878555007/

Spoiler

New contracts signed by Beard in April include nearly a 50% pay increase as he enters his second season, documents show.

Under the terms of his first agreement with the Rebels, Beard had been set to make $3.35 million in 2024-25. Now, he is scheduled to earn $5 million, according to contracts with the Ole Miss Athletic Foundation obtained by the Clarion Ledger. Beard's base compensation will increase by $100,000 annually over the life of the six years of the deal.

Ole Miss finished 20-12 with a 7-11 SEC mark last season, failing to reach the men's tournament and declining to play in the NIT. An unbeaten non-conference slate paved the way for just the 18th 20-win season in program history before nine losses in 11 games to close the season ended the Rebels' March Madness hopes.

Beard was reportedly a candidate to leave the Rebels during the offseason, with reports connecting him to the vacancy at Arkansas that was eventually filled by John Calipari. Ole Miss announced a contract extension for Beard on March 13, just before the Rebels played in the SEC tournament. Beard then signed his most recent Ole Miss Athletic Foundation contract on April 12, roughly a week after he declared his intent to stay with the Rebels on social media amid Arkansas interest. The financial terms of that deal were never publicly announced.

In 2024-25, $1 million of his athletic foundation pay comes from a "licensing and publicity rights agreement" between the foundation and Baseline Asset Management Corporation, for which Beard is the president.

Beard's new deal elevates his total pay to what he was making at Texas, where he signed a seven-year contract worth $5 million annually before he was fired for cause following a domestic violence charge that led to his arrest. Those charges were later dropped.

At present, Beard's new total pay of $5 million ties him for fourth in the SEC last season behind Tennessee's Rick Barnes, Auburn's Bruce Pearl and Calipari. His pay matches that of Kentucky coach Mark Pope and Alabama coach Nate Oats.

Should the Rebels fire Beard without cause, the foundation would owe him 75% of the value of his remaining contracts. If fired on March 31, 2025, that would amount to $19,875,000. If Beard were to move on during the remainder of the first year of his contract, he would owe the Ole Miss Athletic Foundation $4,500,000. That amount drops to $3,500,000 in the second year and $2,500,000 in the third year before stabilizing at $1,000,000 for the final three years of Beard's deal. If Athletic Director Keith Carter and University Chancellor Glenn Boyce are no longer employed in their respective positions, Beard's buyout is cut in half.

 

[MotownHorn 1,759]

On 8/20/2024 at 6:38 PM, Deej said:

And he likes to beat up on weaker opponents.

Well that’s the weaker opponent’s fault now, isn’t it?

[Hookem2147 21,188]

 

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Are they gonna schedule grambling again?