If you're Texas are you concerned at all that he's lost the magic? I know they just won the whole thing three years ago but are you going to hire the guy coming off his worst (by far) season?
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bobinator said:
If you're Texas are you concerned at all that he's lost the magic? I know they just won the whole thing three years ago but are you going to hire the guy coming off his worst (by far) season?
Yes. They'd hire him in a heartbeat.
Texas may have all of the money in the world, but men's basketball is pretty far down their priority list. I'd wager it falls behind football, baseball, women's basketball, softball, M&W tennis, M&W swimming, and probably golf as well.
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Dafuq you talking about?
i'd like to see some proof that the sips care more about tennis than MBB?Luke The Drifter said:bobinator said:
If you're Texas are you concerned at all that he's lost the magic? I know they just won the whole thing three years ago but are you going to hire the guy coming off his worst (by far) season?
Yes. They'd hire him in a heartbeat.
Texas may have all of the money in the world, but men's basketball is pretty far down their priority list. I'd wager it falls behind football, baseball, women's basketball, softball, M&W tennis, M&W swimming, and probably golf as well.
That's the big question. Personally, I'm not writing him off based on one bad season, which is still better than the season Terry is having.bobinator said:
If you're Texas are you concerned at all that he's lost the magic? I know they just won the whole thing three years ago but are you going to hire the guy coming off his worst (by far) season?
Texas loves their non-revenue sports. Maybe only Stanford puts more resources to the non-revenues than Texas does.
Maybe I should have said Texas love to brag about their non-revenue sports more than anyone else.
Maybe I should have said Texas love to brag about their non-revenue sports more than anyone else.
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
yes but they also like their revenue sports too. If they didn't care about MBB then their HC wouldn't be on the hot seatLuke The Drifter said:
Texas loves their non-revenue sports. Maybe only Stanford puts more resources to the non-revenues than Texas does.
Maybe I should have said Texas love to brag about their non-revenue sports more than anyone else.
Not sure how much it matters these days with open paying of players (if at all), but Self's ties are through the Adidas circuit, not Nike.
Dafuq you talking about?Quote:
Texas loves their non-revenue sports. Maybe only Stanford puts more resources to the non-revenues than Texas does.
Maybe I should have said Texas love to brag about their non-revenue sports more than anyone else.
So do we.
We spend as much if not more as they do on Track&Field, equestrian, men's golf, women's tennis, etc.
To act like they are prioritizing those things, at the detriment of men's basketball, any more than we do is the most lolololol laughable thing I've ever read.
You remember they were paying Barnes, Shaka, and Beard top 10 salaries- right?!?
Yeah just in the last few years we've built completely new or renovated facilities for soccer, softball and track and field.
we put up new scoreboard for soccer, nothing else was built. It's I guess on hold. there was supposed to be new locker rooms, along with some stadium upgrades, along with tearing down old softball, but i think all that is on holdbobinator said:
Yeah just in the last few years we've built completely new or renovated facilities for soccer, softball and track and field.
I was thinking of when they added the covering and whatnot. Maybe that was more than a decade ago.
you might be right, i know the plan was to make it look more like softball, track and baseball to fit in.bobinator said:
I was thinking of when they added the covering and whatnot. Maybe that was more than a decade ago.
soccer and the old softball facility sorta stick out like sore thumb now.
They need to turn the old softball stadium into a beer garden. It would be in a great location for both baseball and basketball, students after intramurals, whatever. Somewhere with some shade where you can just grab a beer and watch other games, have some food trucks or something.
The frontrunner for the Utah job is Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Alex Jensen and a deal could be done in the next day or two, sources told @TheFieldOf68.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 4, 2025
Jensen was on the 1998 Utes team coached by Rick Majerus that lost to Kentucky in the national title game. Jensen was a…
Texas ranks #14 all time in wins in men's college basketball and has 8 Elite Eights.
They care more about men's basketball than several of those non-rev sports that were mentioned.
They care more about men's basketball than several of those non-rev sports that were mentioned.
gross
Has the "NBA guy" hire worked for anyone?
Musselman, I suppose.bobinator said:
Has the "NBA guy" hire worked for anyone?
I don't count him though because he was in the college ranks as an assistant before he got the head job at Nevada. He didn't go straight from NBA assistant to college head coach of a power conference program with literally no college basketball experience.
I can't think of anyone recent, but didn't Larry Brown go from the NBA to UCLA?
Yeah, Nuggets to UCLA.
More recently, Patrick Ewing went from NBA assistant to Georgetown. In 6 seasons he broke .500 once.
More recently, Patrick Ewing went from NBA assistant to Georgetown. In 6 seasons he broke .500 once.
Just confirmed Lucas will indeed leave Duke after the UNC game this weekend.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 5, 2025
Potentially unprecedented in CBB. More common in CFB lately, but I can't recall the last high-major CBB assistant to leave an NCAAT team with a month to go to run another team. Thank the portal. https://t.co/coV1gnhPDV
Working well at BYU right now, so makes sense Utah would copy it.bobinator said:
Has the "NBA guy" hire worked for anyone?
As for what will be the Texas opening, I've seen some references that they may make a run at Tommy Lloyd. Have also seen a lot of Texas fans keep bringing up Jay Wright, but that would really really surprise me.
True, working at BYU so far
NBA guy might work better in NIL world than the before times
I actually kind of think the opposite. Knowing the college game and how it's played, the ins and outs of the rules, what resonates with players, etc seems more important than ever.
Though I agree you need someone on your staff to evaluate talent almost full time.
Though I agree you need someone on your staff to evaluate talent almost full time.
Could be. Definitely not a lot of examples recently of crossover between college and NBA. Mavericks should hire buzz, just for the comedy.
Jensen to Utah is official:
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/utah-hires-alex-jensen-as-basketball-coach-mavericks-assistant-who-played-for-utes-will-replace-craig-smith/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/utah-hires-alex-jensen-as-basketball-coach-mavericks-assistant-who-played-for-utes-will-replace-craig-smith/
But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31 (NIV)
Updated the op, also moved Miami to filled but not official. Added Rodney Terry and removed Penny Hardaway
I'm curious what this board thinks of Steve Forbes.
I just asked Grok 3 "Who should Texas A&M hire to be it's next men's basketball coach in the event Buzz Williams leaves for another school after the 2024-25 season?" and so far it seems to be thinking harder and longer about this than any question I have ever asked it.
It said to hire Kelvin Sampson.
bobinator said:
Has the "NBA guy" hire worked for anyone?
What about that time A&M hired Jeff Van Gundy?
Disclaimer: This is intentionally worded to sound like Byrne had actually hired Van Gundy and he actually coached at A&M
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