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Brian Fantana

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  1. The Mormons have a lot of money.
  2. I want you to think about what you just typed
  3. Are you on drugs? Did TTomTerrific take over your account?
  4. A good question. I would assume some expectations have been placed upon the head coach by the AD, but who knows what they actually are. I would assume competing for a conference championship would be part of that conversation. But, as Satchel has pointed out, this is a starting point. It's meant to establish a baseline for moving forward, but I would assume some improvement at the very least is expected. It doesn't mean they're going to pack up and give up if a remarkable and immediate improvement isn't apparent, but it might spell trouble for McGuire if that ends up being the case.
  5. It's more than that, almost the whole episode revolved around 3 pairs of people that range from full on couple to flirty will they won't they kids, with a jilted ex love dynamic cherry on top. It's just unnecessary and actually kind of lazy because you don't need sexual/relationship tension to build interpersonal dynamics. It's basically the only gripe I have with the show. Sure, Trek has always had horny shit but intermixed among plenty of complex character relationships that don't involve romance.
  6. It's ok, you're allowed to be a moron.
  7. I will say one thing about this show is I could totally do without the relationship drama. I do not care at all.
  8. You never know how people internalize how other people treat them. They might now show any signs but could be absolutely boiling underneath.
  9. Yeah, fair enough, I just assumed Elliot was saying in general we would have to pay that for any recruit which is like...silly.
  10. Posting uncorroborated stories from highly questionable "sources" in the early hours of the morning and otherwise refusing to engage? Check!
  11. This is a different argument to make, though. This is an increased premium over what a top 5 school is offering, not just to get any good recruit to Lubbock.
  12. I agree with all of this. Everything I hear is positive with regard to the locker room. Everyone on the team gets paid a baseline, as well, even walk ons, unless that has changed from the original policy. I don't believe it has. It's impossible the have no resentment in any locker room but they are doing their best to take care of everyone fairly. This season is important but I don't think it's make or break as much as it's a proof of concept. Sustaining the practice going forward will be how the program is built.
  13. That number is completely made up, there's a 0% chance he did anything but pull that out of his ass for clicks. It is what it is. No one is saying Lubbock is a destination city lmao, just that many traditionally strong football schools are located in non-destination cities. It doesn't matter nearly as much as you want it to, especially now that it's much more about business. It's absolutely wild what a hornet's nest shit like this stirs up. Ohio State spent a gazillion dollars on a roster to win a natty, no one says a word, Arkansas spent more than anyone else to end up with an NCAA tourney 10 seed, etc etc, but Tech spending a mint to try and build a program is unacceptable to so many. I'm not saying that's the sentiment on Surly, it's just the wild shit I see on Twitter etc from SEC fans.
  14. This show is damn good, MUCH better than New Blood. Really really enjoying this.
  15. I wonder if these are the first actual encounter with the Pah-wraiths? A lot of parallels here, including how they're imprisoned. Food for thought, anyway.
  16. I agree, I didn't really come to realize it until I moved out of West Texas, though. The environment is harsh, it's difficult for me to adjust when I go back and visit friends/family.
  17. Aren't you the guy that came into the basketball board to make like 3 posts this past season and all of them where whining about Tech or Tech posters? Shut your bitch ass up little boy!
  18. A) Those are also valid reasons not to like him, but there are plenty of coaches that do the same for Texas. Probably a lot more than any other in the state, actually. Texas does a lot of negative recruiting, everyone does. There's a reason: it works. I don't really like it either, it just is what it is. Rodney Terry did a TON of nasty negative recruiting against us because he was very upset that his star player at UTEP didn't follow him to Texas. It's shitty, but it happens everywhere. No one is immune. B) When I say coping I'm just making a joke. It's just a silly thing I see on Twitter all the time, as if we found a pile of money in a chest of drawers somewhere and we're desperate to win something before it runs out. The sustainability is not a question, at all. Also can someone please shut slorch the fuck up? Jesus, he argues like a 13 year old and it's so cringe.
  19. I mean that's the goal, is it not? It's not like we're saying natty or bust. You gotta start somewhere. You're telling us to do that, we'll that's what we're trying to do. We're not taking a guy like Guyton so we can laugh in Poorgia's faces and high five each other. Moral victories are Aggy's department. We're doing it so we can try to build winning rosters moving forward. It either works or it doesn't, and anyone with a brain knows it will take time either way. Maybe you're right about Joey, I have no real investment in him at all, if he gets it done he gets it done. Great. If he doesn't, cya. Find someone else. You guys still being upset years later about some dumbass hyperbole he engaged in trying to hype his players up after a win is amusing to me, at least. Don't be so thin skinned. Like I said, the alternative is to just not try at all. Also, the notion that the money is going to run out is just cope. Tech's not losing money here. The athletic department isn't poor and being propped up by a single dude like Oklahoma State's was for so many years. As long as the will is there, so will the money. Tech has plenty of wealthy donors, not as many as Texas, but it's not as far off as you might think, either. Also, I don't think the comparison to Aggy's spending sprees are apt. Every single person that goes to A&M that isn't a creepy WASPy cult freak is a fish out of water there, and they aren't trying to build a culture. They have an established, all-encompassing culture that is never going to change and that most players will never feel like they're a part of. That's not really the case with Tech, even with Lubbock being out in the middle of nowhere.
  20. I mean that's the big question, right? I don't really think that it matters as much as people try to make it out, but the question is obviously is it going to turn out like Aggy or Fl State or will they actually be able to build a winning tradition. The alternative is just not to try at all, I guess, which is certainly what some of the traditional blue bloods that suddenly can't get every single player they want would prefer.
  21. Sure but winning traditions can be established, and some of the programs with great winning traditions are situated in really shitty towns/in the middle of nowhere. Unless you think Norman, OK is some kind of destination.
  22. Seems like the right place right time to me
  23. Why, do you think we're going to run out of money to pay them?
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