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

[dcar00 14976]

9 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

chris beard told his team this week that tonight’s game was for their tournament life. they know where they stand. even thinking about making the tournament as a goal for this season would have been absurd. that was never realistic for this team. this tweet acts like they’re dunking on beard and ole miss for their weak non-con schedule as if it’s coming back to haunt them now, when that schedule was exactly what that team needed. acting like this is news, or something to diss ole miss for is odd.

That's where Beard is at this point.  People expect him to take a train wreck to the tournament in one year.  they aren't gonna make it this year but I bet they are in next year(if he is not somewhere else).

[HookEm 2509]

In this era of NIL and transfer portal, there is really no excuse for a top tier coach not making the tournament, even in year 1. 

Beard was hired March 13. That gave him the entire transfer portal to build a team - and the entire offseason to coach it up.  And he wasn't coaching in March, so he could immediately get to recruiting those transfers.  This season is ending up as a mild failure IMO. 

If Coach K, Bill Self or Roy Williams took over Ole Miss in this era, everyone would expect them to be ultra competitive immediately.  And top-tier players would have been transferring there from day 1.  Beard signed the #12, #78, #106, #108, #132, #137 portal players.  That is good, but not great.  

He had a lot of advantages at Texas, but I also think the staff he put together was a great group of recruiters - including Rodney Terry.  We'll see what year two looks like, but I'm not ready to declare that he is going to own us in the SEC.  

[Pancho 46340]

15 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

They said it during the broadcast.   So the link would be to the ESPN replay if it exists.   

Ahh, I didn’t watch

[Hookem2147 22040]

15 of their 19 wins are against Q3 and Q4 opponents.

I’ve poked fun at Ole Miss all year for being a smoke and mirrors team as people back in December where like “omg look at them they are 14-0.” No one is going to think any less of him for not taking Ole Miss to the tournament in year 1 but if he had just scheduled a little tougher, which seems to be a Chris Beard staple, they would be in. A 1 point win against Detroit Mercy and 3 point win against Sam Houston State aren’t helping either. If you are going to schedule soft you need to be blowing people Q4 opponents out by 30 for NET purposes like Iowa State.

Edited February 29 by Hookem2147

[Pancho 46340]

11 minutes ago, HookEm said:

In this era of NIL and transfer portal, there is really no excuse for a top tier coach not making the tournament, even in year 1. 

Beard was hired March 13. That gave him the entire transfer portal to build a team - and the entire offseason to coach it up.  And he wasn't coaching in March, so he could immediately get to recruiting those transfers.  This season is ending up as a mild failure IMO. 

If Coach K, Bill Self or Roy Williams took over Ole Miss in this era, everyone would expect them to be ultra competitive immediately.  And top-tier players would have been transferring there from day 1.  Beard signed the #12, #78, #106, #108, #132, #137 portal players.  That is good, but not great.  

He had a lot of advantages at Texas, but I also think the staff he put together was a great group of recruiters - including Rodney Terry.  We'll see what year two looks like, but I'm not ready to declare that he is going to own us in the SEC.  

He’s also recruiting to Mississippi. At least with Tech, he had the Texas high school basketball scene at his disposal. At most, he can try to recruit kids out of Memphis, but wanting to play at Mississippi? You’re not getting D/FW kids for that. I’m surprised Lane can get Texas kids to go there. Who the fuck would ever want to go there?

[HookEm 2509]

Counterpoint:

[HookEm 2509]

Ole Miss is within 300 miles of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Little Rock and all the medium and small towns in between.  There are 27M people within that 300 mile radius.

Lubbock is within 300 miles of DFW, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque.  There are 14M people within that 300 mile radius. 

Gonzaga is pretty remote and they seem to do ok.  

[Thiefery 5108]

15 minutes ago, HookEm said:

Ole Miss is within 300 miles of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, Little Rock and all the medium and small towns in between.  There are 27M people within that 300 mile radius.

Lubbock is within 300 miles of DFW, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque.  There are 14M people within that 300 mile radius. 

Gonzaga is pretty remote and they seem to do ok.  

Tech has had history of good basketball teams.. i can't remember Ole Miss having a good team

[CashMcCoy 3416]

19 minutes ago, Pancho said:

You’re not getting D/FW kids for that.

 Counterpoint:

[Js1 87202]

[dcar00 14976]

2 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

Tech has had history of good basketball teams.. i can't remember Ole Miss having a good team

It is a basketball wasteland.  That's why the jumped at the chance to hire Beard.  South Carolina is probably the only SEC program that is worse historically.

[ClubWhatever 12317]

That was supposedly their most important game of the year last night, against the conference leader, and the stands were a third empty and not very vocal.

[closetohumping 17820]

59 minutes ago, Pancho said:

He’s also recruiting to Mississippi. At least with Tech, he had the Texas high school basketball scene at his disposal. At most, he can try to recruit kids out of Memphis, but wanting to play at Mississippi? You’re not getting D/FW kids for that. I’m surprised Lane can get Texas kids to go there. Who the fuck would ever want to go there?

Not basketball related but a lot of the kids from Dfw who couldn’t get into Texas go to ole miss, Bama , Auburn and Arkansas 

[ztejas 44233]

35 minutes ago, Thiefery said:

Tech has had history of good basketball teams..

[Pancho 46340]

13 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Not basketball related but a lot of the kids from Dfw who couldn’t get into Texas go to ole miss, Bama , Auburn and Arkansas 

Yes, I know that. I taught at a community college in the suburbs of nawfwest Houston. 

99% of those kids are White and affluent. You’re not getting a bunch of kids from Duncanville, DeSoto, or Souf Oak Cliff going to the university of fucking Mississippi just because. 

[closetohumping 17820]

9 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Had some solid teams under dickey

[closetohumping 17820]

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

Yes, I know that. I taught at a community college in the suburbs of nawfwest Houston. 

99% of those kids are White and affluent. You’re not getting a bunch of kids from Duncanville, DeSoto, or Souf Oak Cliff going to the university of fucking Mississippi just because. 

I’d actually say it’s the opposite. Why would rich kids want to hang out at ole miss?   Kids from **any economic background will go anywhere for a scholarship and nil money.  

Edited February 29 by closetohumping

[Pancho 46340]

17 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I’d actually say it’s the opposite. Why would rich kids want to hang out at ole miss?   Kids from the hood will go anywhere for a scholarship/nik

I work in higher ed. It’s not the opposite. No kids from the hood will not go anywhere for a scholarship, and that’s a racist ass statement.

But getting this thread back on track…

[closetohumping 17820]

4 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I work in higher ed. It’s not the opposite. No kids from the hood will not go anywhere for a scholarship, and that’s a racist ass statement.

But getting this thread back on track…

Yea.  Changing my post.  It does come off as racist.  
 

That being said, high school athletes will go anywhere they have to to get a scholarship and follow their dreams.  Tuscaloosa ain’t a hot place to live either

[Sir Ulrich 5337]

2 hours ago, HookEm said:

In this era of NIL and transfer portal, there is really no excuse for a top tier coach not making the tournament, even in year 1. 

Beard was hired March 13. That gave him the entire transfer portal to build a team - and the entire offseason to coach it up.  And he wasn't coaching in March, so he could immediately get to recruiting those transfers.  This season is ending up as a mild failure IMO. 

If Coach K, Bill Self or Roy Williams took over Ole Miss in this era, everyone would expect them to be ultra competitive immediately.  And top-tier players would have been transferring there from day 1.  Beard signed the #12, #78, #106, #108, #132, #137 portal players.  That is good, but not great.  

He had a lot of advantages at Texas, but I also think the staff he put together was a great group of recruiters - including Rodney Terry.  We'll see what year two looks like, but I'm not ready to declare that he is going to own us in the SEC.  

Not defending Beard to the stake here but are these guys also coming in with nuclear DV headlines with their name in it? Had he left Texas clean to take OM over he would have gotten better assistants, portals, and recruits. Heck Pitino needed a conference tournament run to make the field his first year at Iona before settling in to win the conference the last 2 years. 

I do think his stock is forever tainted from his departure here and will hold him back from getting back to Tech/Texas levels. But calling year 1 at Ole Miss a failure is a little much for a program with 5 tournament wins all time. 

[dcar00 14976]

15 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Not defending Beard to the stake here but are these guys also coming in with nuclear DV headlines with their name in it? Had he left Texas clean to take OM over he would have gotten better assistants, portals, and recruits. Heck Pitino needed a conference tournament run to make the field his first year at Iona before settling in to win the conference the last 2 years. 

I do think his stock is forever tainted from his departure here and will hold him back from getting back to Tech/Texas levels. But calling year 1 at Ole Miss a failure is a little much for a program with 5 tournament wins all time. 

nobody but this board even talks about it anymore.  the charges were dropped.

[Underdog 29199]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Classic

[Pancho 46340]

23 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Not defending Beard to the stake here but are these guys also coming in with nuclear DV headlines with their name in it? Had he left Texas clean to take OM over he would have gotten better assistants, portals, and recruits. Heck Pitino needed a conference tournament run to make the field his first year at Iona before settling in to win the conference the last 2 years. 

I do think his stock is forever tainted from his departure here and will hold him back from getting back to Tech/Texas levels. But calling year 1 at Ole Miss a failure is a little much for a program with 5 tournament wins all time. 

 

Um, no.

That is just a wish by certain Texas fans. 

[Underdog 29199]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Why you no Marsha Sharp, Sheryl Swoopes? 

[Js1 87202]

3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

Um, no.

That is just a wish by certain Texas fans. 

LOL right.  He will be at Louisville, Michigan, Indiana next year, or if he holds out, Kentucky or Kansas within 5 years.

[HtownHorn 15235]

3 hours ago, dcar00 said:

That's where Beard is at this point.  People expect him to take a train wreck to the tournament in one year.  they aren't gonna make it this year but I bet they are in next year(if he is not somewhere else).

He took Arkansas Little Rock to the tournament in his one year there, and they were 13-18 the year before without the benefit of the portal. 

[closetohumping 17820]

35 minutes ago, Js1 said:

LOL right.  He will be at Louisville, Michigan, Indiana next year, or if he holds out, Kentucky or Kansas within 5 years.

Not sure a school like Michigan would look at him. 

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

9 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Not sure a school like Michigan would look at him. 

They've put up with Juwan Howard and his bullshit; they would definitely take a look at Beard.

[shadow_operative 15932]

4 hours ago, Pancho said:

Link?

they talked about it on the broadcast last night.

[Hookem2147 22040]

It’s pretty jarring to see a Chris Beard coached team give up more than 80 points 8 times in a season while playing at a tempo that ranks 235th nationally.

[dcar00 14976]

1 hour ago, HtownHorn said:

He took Arkansas Little Rock to the tournament in his one year there, and they were 13-18 the year before without the benefit of the portal. 

well ALRU isn't in the SEC.  My guess is Chris Beard coached circles around the other guys in that conference.  SEC is going to be a different story.  He's a damn good coach but there are a lot of damn good coaches in the SEC right now that have programs running full tilt.

58 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Not sure a school like Michigan would look at him. 

Indiana is interesting with his Bobby Knight relationship.

[dcar00 14976]

49 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

They've put up with Juwan Howard and his bullshit; they would definitely take a look at Beard.

well Chris Beard is not a Michigan Man, don't ya know.

[CashMcCoy 3416]

29 minutes ago, Hookem2147 said:

It’s pretty jarring to see a Chris Beard coached team give up more than 80 points 8 times in a season while playing at a tempo that ranks 235th nationally.

Maybe Randi was the brain behind the defense this whole time.

[MotownHorn 1906]

So in the last 3 seasons it's looking like Chris Beard's record will be 1) Round of 32, 2) disgraced himself and the University of Texas, 3) NIT
 

[Js1 87202]

3 hours ago, Underdog said:

Classic

Until Beard does otherwise, every time someone says or types "Ole Miss Basketball," all I see in my brain is the Marshall Henderson jersey taunt. 

[closetohumping 17820]

1 hour ago, MotownHorn said:

So in the last 3 seasons it's looking like Chris Beard's record will be 1) Round of 32, 2) disgraced himself and the University of Texas, 3) NIT
 

*NIT champion 

[MotownHorn 1906]

He is a tourney dynamo after all!

[Underdog 29199]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Until Beard does otherwise, every time someone says or types "Ole Miss Basketball," all I see in my brain is the Marshall Henderson jersey taunt. 

The old man leaving his seat gets me every time. 

[MotownHorn 1906]

9 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

That was supposedly their most important game of the year last night, against the conference leader, and the stands were a third empty and not very vocal.

I thought he was the best salesman and program builder in the history of college basketball?!?

[closetohumping 17820]

11 hours ago, MotownHorn said:

I thought he was the best salesman and program builder in the history of college basketball?!?

1. He needs to get with freshwater and understand how to work NIL and get non rich athletes to come to the Sip

2. if you can do it in Little Rock, you can do it in Oxford 

3.  If you’re a top five coach you should be able to turn it around pretty quickly. Let’s see how he does next year

[ClubWhatever 12317]

4.  If you're a huge piece of shit and alleged woman abuser, no amount of deodorant or cologne is going to help.

[dcar00 14976]

wow.  didn't realize Mizz is 0-15 in the SEC.  trying to beat the dynamo for first win.

[Brian Fantana 6869]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

wow.  didn't realize Mizz is 0-15 in the SEC.  trying to beat the dynamo for first win.

They used to be a semi-perennial powerhouse of sorts at least when they were in the 12. I haven't really heard much at all from that basketball program since they moved.

[shadow_operative 15932]

2 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

They used to be a semi-perennial powerhouse of sorts at least when they were in the 12. I haven't really heard much at all from that basketball program since they moved.

RT’s current top assistant frank haith pulled off this good news/bad news job for mizzou in 2012:

 

Edited March 3 by shadow_operative

[shadow_operative 15932]

oof, that was a rough year for Tech:

 

also TIL that one of the greatest strikers of our generation actually played basketball for TTU in 2012:

[Tommy Shelby 189]

3 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

oof, that was a rough year for Tech:

 

also TIL that one of the greatest strikers of our generation actually played basketball for TTU in 2012:

Yeah and the abuse allegations on top of all that. Locking a player in the bathroom stall, the story about a player cutting his hand because he had to dunk the basketball a bunch of times etc. 

[Hermanator 7674]

Wait, in 2012 Tech had a player named Robert Lewandowski? No way 

[Js1 87202]

L to UGA 

[freyguy 4368]

Hey Beard

 

Eat shit

[MotownHorn 1906]

12 hours ago, Js1 said:

L to UGA 

Saint Chris’s team is toast for the year.

Maybe he can get that NIT banner to tie Shaka with one Final Four and one NIT championship on his record