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RollingPresidential

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  1. 48 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

    They should, but the vast majority don't have that perspective.

    College is not necessarily the best place to 'develop.' College coaches want to win and that is their job. The extent that meshes with developing and producing NBA players can go hand in hand, but sometimes it doesn't. It's not football. 

  2. 1 hour ago, Chopper said:

    So was the report about Holland making  excessive demands about his role and playing time just 995er bs?

    Probably not? Basketball $9.95ers are not football $9.95ers, there's fewer of them and they're almost universally mouthpieces for AAU coaches or runners, so someone around Holland told Eric Bossi (who is a national guy afaik) that. Gerry confirmed it also. 

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  3. 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

  4. 1 hour ago, UTEE97 said:

    We didn't have a problem letting him play at Texas, so perhaps we shouldn't be trash talking about other programs letting him play there. I don't understand this angle.

    Many of us did, in fact, have a problem. 

    Very hesitant to bang too hard on a 19 year old, but fuck that kid for badmouthing UT. He was lucky he got to play at all. Hope Self enjoys the trial in June. 

  5. 2 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

    I'd prefer to have 1-2 5 stars littered in with seasoned transfers with 1-2 developmental freshmen guys

    This is the way, and notably, the way that almost every title team winner the last decade or so has gone. UConn was not a bunch of gritty 2-3 stars either, almost all of their rotation guys except the ECU transfer was a borderline 5 star on the 247 composite. Get old by developing your players, stay old by the same + the portal, and inject the one and dones who are not on long dev curves (the actual problem with UT one and dones since KD) as the icing on the cake. 

  6. 6 hours ago, HookEm said:

    Go ahead and post your list of high impact freshman in March in recent years then.

    This is becoming very aggie. Duke should've won the title last year with a freshman dominated team. Jalen Suggs made a game winner in the final four two years ago. Alabama was the No. 1 overall seed thanks to a freshman. Just because Texas has had a string of tweener, long development curve forwards or defensive big men five stars doesn't mean they're worthless. Get old, stay old remains the maxim in the sport, but you don't see KU or Baylor or Gonzaga simply ignoring recruiting five star freshman. 

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  7. 48 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

    Rumor that Mitchell looking at KU

    Is he in the transfer portal?

     

    EDIT: Guessing this is the source for this? 

    As far as I have read, Mitchell is not in the portal. Also, if he doesn't want to be in Austin, let him go. He can go be a 12 mpg lob guy for Bill Self if he wants to. 

  8. 11 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

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    Holland wanted to run the show, Terry said no.

    I don't think this squares with what Gerry said. I also have no idea what a more prominent role for Mitchell would have been, he can't dribble or shoot at a college level, there are only so many backdoor lobs you can run. 

  9. 10 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    turns out that holland wasn't seeking promises regarding playing time. with everyone else jumping ship and the roster looking depleted ron and his family decided that his NIL deal needed to be reworked, and we said, "yeah, i don't think so, you signed the deal, stick to it." that's why he left. that's why mitchell and arterio are applauding him leaving. NIL money. they don't give one single shit about being a Texas Longhorn, they are only interested in what Texas can do for them. in the words of the GOAT, "fuck them kids."

    I mean, this is basketball. How is "NIL Money" something new here, this has always been what it's about for kids at Holland's level.

  10. Every player move, for good or ill, is not a referendum on whether RT is the right coach. Basketball players have options that football players don't, and too many of y'all are applying a football recruiting lens to this. 

    As for Morris, not weeping that a kid with attitude/entourage issues and a DV trial coming up in June may not vibe with RT. The Mitchell stuff, likewise, sounds like a kid doing kid stuff - maybe he's liking tweets ironically, who knows. Climb off the fucking ledge. Was it a referendum on Beard that he got Morris over Keyonte George or Anthony Black (I believe he 'chose' to focus on Cason Wallace, who he did not get, yes?). 

  11. 2 hours ago, Getafix said:

     

     

    Bobby kept calling Max "AB-mas" throughout, and, despite referring to his notes, repeatedly butchered Shedrick's name.  Finally he called him Shedrick Franklin ... lulz.

     

    When John Travolta Called Idina Menzel "Adele Dazeem" | 12 Moments That Had  You Saying "WTF?" This Year | POPSUGAR Celebrity Photo 3

     

     

     

    It's German! https://forum.orusports.com/index.php?/topic/12447-mystery-solved-a-possible-solution-for-the-unconventional-pronunciation-of-abmas/

     

    Gerry seems to think we're in on some other guys that haven't entered yet. 

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