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Lonestar88

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  1. 4 minutes ago, shadow_operative said:

    being a pussy about it? listen to you all. you sound like petulant children. i guess this is just that time of year where i find myself having to remind people why shaggy/surly were created in the first place. all of this "no criticism at all!" shit is what we were supposed to be getting away from over here. but nope. anyone who is disappointed when things don't go well for this program is just a pussy. that is some ass backwards thinking.

    So just going to ignore all of the points I made and zero in on the word pussy huh?

    Criticize all you want, but people have the right to make counterpoints and pointing out that barely any time has passed at all is a valid one.

    If we get to the starting point of the season and the roster looks like a total disaster, then some of the so called “RT defenders”will probably be right there with you.
     

    But 3 weeks is laughably impatient, and more indicative of “petulant childishness” than saying the word pussy.

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  2. 2 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    why are y'all so intent on villainizing us UT Hoops fans for being upset that things aren't going well? 

    Because it’s been like 3 weeks since he got the job.

    Because the season doesn’t start for another 6+months from now.

    Because big time transfers will still be changing teams through the summer. Marcus Carr committed to us in June two years ago.

    I don’t know if RT is going to work out or not, but I do know being a pussy about it less than a month in is stupid. 

     

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  3. 9 minutes ago, Teryor said:

    I still don't think either player is mandatory to have (I have concerns about Abmas next to Hunter defensively because of a total lack of size) but it's confusing to not see us attached to more players given how many roster slots we have to fill

    Basketball reporting has been super spotty for the last several years, I assume there are other names and we just don’t know about them.

    We didn’t even know the date of the Abmas visit until right before he got there.

  4. This thread sucks. Jesus Christ. 

     

    1 hour ago, CTC2 said:

    On a lighter note, tell me why we want the guy from ORU?  I’m not suggesting we don’t, I’m just saying I don’t know.  
     

     

    1 hour ago, ClubWhatever said:

    I’ve seen him play two games.  Both in the 2022 tournament.  He drained 3s like a mofo and dishes the ball like a wizard. 

    Does anyone here actually watch college basketball? None of you remember the sweet 16 run ORU went on a couple of years ago? Abmas was the star of the tournament.

    Kevin Obanor became a decent player at Tech and he was clearly the 2nd best player on that ORU team behind Abmas.

  5. 8 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

    any idea about the "and dont think I wanted to leave" line... More stupidity or feels like he needs to bail since most of his buddies got ran off?

    He’s not very good, so normally I’d think he just got pushed out, but aggy is low on scholarship players already, they shouldn’t need to push guys out, they actually need bodies.

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  6. 7 minutes ago, hornyjay said:

    Man I haven't posted here since I used hotnickels as a tag and this was shaggy......

    I'm rooting for RT........ but he really never should have gotten the job TBH.  He's not one of the top say 50 coaches in the game........those are the caliber of guys we should be targeting.  I get that he "earned" this opportunity - but he's REALLY going to have to turn it up a level or two or three..........thousand

    Good luck to the man

    The basketball board is the whine about RT board, no need to turn this thread into that too.

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  7. 34 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

    Really curious the time table of our first portal commit. I feel like other schools are getting multiple and we have 0. 

    I understand the instinct to worry, but we didn’t have any transfers last year on this exact date either. 
     

    There is plenty of time, 2 years ago Marcus Carr didn’t commit to us until Mid July.

  8. 3 hours ago, Newy25 said:


    The portal and NIL are brand new. This is literally uncharted territory. It is pure delusion to make a statement like this. 

    Which part? The part where I say the Beard situation may have affected these kid’s decisions or the part where I say I expect upheaval but not of the entire roster every year. I don’t think either of those require such a dramatic response from you.

  9. It’s important to remember though, that some of this instability happening is because of the Chris Beard situation. Not sure Brumbaugh or AJ Johnson leave if the coach they committed to wasn’t fired for DV charges. We thought guys might bail in the middle of the season when it first happened. They waited until the season was over instead.

    I expect a certain level of instability to be the new normal with the portal, but I don’t necessarily expect it to this extent every single year. 

  10. I can’t really argue with the AJ Johnson stuff. A guy going to the NBL months after signing with us was not something I anticipated to be a problem (AJ Johnson is literally the only guy in the country to do it).

    Im still very happy about Ron Holland (assuming he doesn’t bounce too) and I don’t regret Dillon Mitchell. But Johnson and Morris were wastes of time and resources.

  11. 14 minutes ago, Teryor said:

    RJ Hampton is the only other one I can think of off the top of my head. Still ended up a 1st round pick despite dropping on draft night. 

    Very few Americans go the NBL route. The NBL has a next stars program meant for guys to prep for the NBA, but it’s filled with other international players. Their most recent success is Josh Giddey, who is Australian anyway.

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  12. 22 minutes ago, Teryor said:

    Some positive news. I tend to lean towards the BWG side of there being so many good players in the portal you can't judge until the roster is filled out but I get why people are worried.

    I wasn’t all that concerned about transfers not coming in yet, it’s still very early for that. But the number of people leaving is hard not to worry about.

    Landing Abmas would definitely help soothe that though.

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