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Posts posted by HookEm
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38 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:
KD deserves much of the criticism and skepticism that's been lobbied against him for some of his professional and social media decisions.
But nobody should be questioning his worthiness as a Longhorn. He's been a fantastic ambassador and reps the 'Horns every chance he gets. He's absolutely done more for the university than it ever did--or could have done--for him.
In short, Texas was--and is--lucky to have him around the program. Fifteen years on, he is still relevant and a major draw for young athletes.
Yes... but is he one of our own? SMFH.
The question in the OP has been answered. And fine, maybe it was a valid question at the time. Anyone is free to criticize him and his choices all they want. I don't love everything that he is done. I wish he had gone to Boston. And I hate he has paired up with morons Kyrie and Ben Simmons. But only an idiot would question whether he is a Longhorn. Imagine having a perpetual "Vince Young --- One of our own?" post living on the front page of the football board because he once threw his pads into the stands.
So mods, either let us start a new catch-all Durant thread, with a proper name, or change the name. But it is a disgrace to have this thread, with this title, on the front page of a longhorn basketball board for YEARS. Moreover, it tells any potential high level recruits everything they need to know about our basketball fanbase.
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For OKC fans, it sounds like he isn’t “one of their own”
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On 1/12/2023 at 5:23 PM, Pam Cummings said:
I understand why we love KD. He's great. And he hasn't been an embarassment for UT off the court, other than some dumb social media activity. But, i will never budge that going to GS was a bitch move that ruined the NBA for 3 years.
If he didn’t go to Golden State he would have gone to Boston and they would have been great too. And if not LeBron would have just won more titles. Or would you rather he stayed in OKC with Westbrook?
Regardless of all that it is still moronic to question whether he is “one of our own”. The thread title should be insulting to any UT basketball fan. I honestly can’t believe we still have it on this site. And it isn’t even possible to start a NEW thread so we are stuck with this disgrace.
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I wouldn't take a 3 seed right now. This team is capable of a 1 seed.
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Looks like my shot at a new thread was deleted. So I guess the bitch-assedness can continue. I could see it if this was an OKC or Golden State board. As a UT board this is embarrassing.
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1 hour ago, derpyhorndog said:
The title and past contents of this thread doesn't even crack T50 in the surly hall of regardedness and terrible takes.
Disagree. The OP was questioning whether the best athlete in UT history (from a career perspective), who won every major award at Texas, who has his jersey RETIRED and who continued to support the program to the tune of $3.5M... is actually "one of our own". On a UT sports board, I don't think it is possible to have a worse take.
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The Big 12 is such a grind.
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I saw that Marquette is top 10 in fast break points. It is maddening. I will never understand why he completely changed his philosophy here.
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The thing about this team is that we have plenty of firepower if somebody is having a bad night. Carr, Hunter, Allen, Rice or even Morris can all take over a game and score 20+. If someone is playing bad, they need to just get it to whoever is playing good. Carr is really the only one who plays hero ball, and most of the time I don’t have a problem with it.
Great great win.
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I will pause my judgement on Terry until after the season. But my bias is that we can do significantly better.
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Can we please change this dumb title? For fuck's sake, the guy won a Naismith Award for our university and has donated $3M to the program on top of that.
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To be clear, I would hate for us to hire Cal.
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48 minutes ago, Js1 said:
Sounds exactly like the guy we should hire
Well... we were sick of Rick Barnes by the end of his career at Texas. Pretty sure there were some boos in the last few years.
Change of scenery and he is back to being the Rick Barnes we all loved for most of his career here.
Given Calipari's success over the whole of his career, it is possible he will have a solid rebound somewhere.
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Hmmm. So when does the 3rd year start? After the season? Or at his hiring anniversary? I assume we will be waiting until after the season, so it could be as low as $2.5M.
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Yeah that is my concern too. Maybe we could keep some of the rainmakers who are currently on staff.
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I'm liking the thought of Tommy Lloyd the more I look at him. While he will only have 2 years of major head coaching experience, he is crushing it at Arizona - a school that historically cares about basketball more than Texas. He also has 20 years of coaching experience under Mark Few... yet is only 48 yrs old. He is currently making $2.9M and his buyout is only $5M. I think there is a good chance we could money whip him.
Last year Arizona finished 33-4 and won the Pac 12, finishing #2 in the final AP poll. This year they are 14-2 and ranked 9th. They are also 7th in the country in PPG, 9th in offensive efficiency, 2nd in assists per game, 10th in fast break points. He would bring an exciting brand of basketball to the Moody Center.
I think he is a lower risk hire than Calipari or Dennis Gates.
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1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:
That doesn't change the fact that a rivalry doesn't exist unless both teams in question consider it a rivalry.
Again, I think it depends on where you live in the state. If you are a UT alum in Midland, Abilene, El Paso or Amarillo, I suspect that you feel like UT vs. Tech is a rivalry in a more tangible way than say UT vs. Arkansas. If you live in Beaumont, not so much.
I grew up in the panhandle, so admittedly I'm biased and want to beat Tech more than a lot of my friends.
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4 minutes ago, Js1 said:
THEY cared a shit ton about it.
That does not a rivalry make. Or else we'd have rivals all over the Big 12 and the state of Texas because THEY care more about beating us.
Sorry, we may be stuck playing ISU, KSU, WV, etc., but they are not our rivals.
I think that is over stating things. We have been playing Tech in football since 1928 and in basketball since 1958. In hoops especially, the games have always been competitive, as Tech has beaten us 8 out of the last 10 games.
They were also one of the few old SWC teams that joined us in the original Big-12 and there was talk that they would join us if we went to the PAC-10. In fairness, maybe that actually kept us from joining the Pac-10.
Everyone knows and works with a bunch of Tech fans, especially in the western portion of the state. It isn't the same as ISU or WV.
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I thought Chris Beard coming to Texas really elevated the UT-Tech rivalry in hoops. They have a good program and cared a shit-ton about beating us (see them buying out the Erwin Center last year). The game in Lubbock was one of the most electric environments in all of CBB last year. I think that would have continued if Beard had stayed. Oh well. Who cares now.
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I like Joe Golding. He did amazingly well at ACU. He is also doing better at UTEP than Rodney Terry ever did. And he is 10 years younger. At some point he is going to get a job at a major program. He is basically Chris Beard lite. He would be a risky hire for Texas though.
Under no circumstances should we hire Terry. That is the one thing I know for sure.
As I look at the best college coaches, there are very few young guys. That is one thing that sucks so bad about losing Beard. I don’t want a dude in his 60s winding out his career. I want a hungry coach in his 40s or early 50s who will be here a while.
That leaves us with: Mike Cronin (51), Chris Holtmann (51), Tommy Lloyd (48), Royal Ivey (41)
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16 minutes ago, 76Jayhawk said:
Do they sell beer/whiskey?
Lollll. Imagine asking this question about the Moody Center.
Not trying to be a dick, but it is like the place was designed first and foremost to sell booze.
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On the plus side, our offense is looking pretty good. What is our projected final wins/losses now?
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Sometimes the other team is just on fire. No coaching or defense had anything to do with KState going 31 of 33 from the line. If they shoot their season average of 70% we probably win.
Not even counting them going 56% from 3 when their average is 33%.
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Still a lot of basketball to play… Hopefully they cool off.
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It is really going to suck when Aggy hires Beard and they win a title, while beating us continually in the SEC.
But I would take it over celebrating the retention of a domestic abuser.