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  1. Lol. I don't take it personally at all and I didn't respond emotionally.

    I'm a fan of the program and simply calling out BS.  I very rationally laid out a lot of good things that Terry has done over the last 6 months.  You on the other hand come in after a difficult loss and claim it as validation that Terry is going to fail.  

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  2. 8 minutes ago, FtheBig12 said:

    I felt it was a terrible hire when it was made. I've seen nothing to change that opinion.

    Then you simply aren't paying attention, or are so biased that you can't recognize anything positive that the man does.

    Just last week we signed the #4 recruit in the country (our 3rd highest ranked recruit ever) and currently have the #4 or #5 overall class.  Terry was also a monster in the portal and completely reloaded the team. Most of the players we have lost have turned out to be knuckleheads (recruited by Beard no less), so that is addition by subtraction.

    Terry added Frank Haith to the staff. You may not like him as a head coach, but he is one of the top assistants in the country.

    Our players, Mitchell and Hunter in particular, have improved a lot over the offseason.  We were just within 6 points in crunch time vs. the defending National Champs, in effectively an away game, with our pair of potential All-Big 12 big men hurt on the bench.

    Terry may not be the best coach in the country, but he has the program in a great position.  Who specifically did you want us to hire instead?

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  3. Looking at Abmas career stats a little more this morning.  The biggest thing that jumps out to me is that he simply isn't getting to the line.  For Oral Roberts, he was getting to the line ~8 times per 100 possessions.  So far this year, only 1.4 times.  Maybe he is still learning the offense and finding his place in it.  Maybe this also gets to Derka's point on our inability to get him in a pick & roll without Disu.  I can see that being a great way to get him into attacking mode.   

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    Tyrese Hunter is showing positive improvement in just about every facet of his game.  Better efficiency at every level.  His shooting stroke looks great.  

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    Also a quick note on Dillon Mitchell - his shot is looking so much better.  He is shooting ~71% from the line over the last 4 games.  Way better than his 40% FT last year.

    I was actually encouraged by our defense yesterday.  Things started shaky, but improved as the game went on.  Our guards were playing great defense in the second half. UCONN was just making shots - a lot of them very difficult shots.  I think we will see a lot of improvement over the next few games. 

     

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  4. Abmas looks out of shape to me. I was expecting someone at his size to be lightening quick and running around all over the place. He can’t really create his own shot, so why not run through a bunch of screens to get wide open shots?

    I think he will eventually get going. Maybe Disu will help. Our ceiling is much lower if he is just a low efficiency chunker though.

  5. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a very different Texas team tomorrow. If both teams had just shot our averages from 3 and FT, we beat them by 20 points. The fact that we pulled it out even with such putrid shooting says something about the versatility of this team.

    I’m still optimistic.

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  6. 11 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

    Theres a very real chance theres 4 undefeated conference champions which makes all arguments moot. Don't think that's ever happened but even crazier would be 9 1 loss teams

    According to Massey, here are the odds each remaining undefeated goes undefeated from here out:

    • Michigan - 50.2%
    • Georgia - 45.1%
    • Ohio State - 43.7%
    • Florida State - 41.6%
    • Washington - 31.2%

    The odds that there will be four undefeated conference champions is thus 2.9% or 1 in 34.

    Here are the odds for the one-loss teams to win out including their respective conference champ games:

    • Texas - 59.6%
    • Oregon - 45.6%
    • Alabama - 41.7%
    • Louisville - 24.5%

     

  7. On 11/15/2023 at 3:14 PM, Blotto said:

    Honestly that was my biggest reservation about RT when they removed the interim title. With such a  middling previous record as HC, could he compete for the top talent when guys like Self, Calipari, Drew, etc... were in the same living rooms

    I was never worried about RT's ability to recruit. When he was at Fresno, he signed the #59, 66, and #71 classes in a 4 year stretch.  While not super impressive in an absolute sense, their long-term average is ~#126. 

    At Texas he has superb facilities, a dump truck of NIL money, NBA players to assist, and a top-notch staff filled with elite recruiters.  I have no doubt we are going to be up there with the best schools in the country.

  8. 11 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

    weaver has such a pure stroke from the foul line, so im hopeful that he can become an at least reliable shooter. athletically and defensively he appears ready to roll. 

    Weaver just needs to relax a little. Right now his athleticism is a liability, not an asset.  Once the game slows down for him and he plays more under control, he could be very good.  Kind of like Kerwin Roach.

  9. I'm not too worried about our free throw shooting. We have the pieces to be fantastic from the line.  I'm going to assume the players are just not in great shape yet and that is translating into poor FT shooting (i.e. tired players leaving them short and being out of rhythm). 

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  10. I will never... NEVER... understand why Shaka abandoned everything that made him successful as soon as he got to Texas. Everything was set up for him to be so successful here.  He could run Havoc with Texas-level recruits - something every fan wanted to see. Nope.

    Occasionally we would get behind and start pressing and everything would open up.  It was beautiful.  Just a small taste of what could be.  Then like a fart in the wind it was gone.  We would grind things back down again and lose.  FFFFFFFFFFFFFffffffffffffffffff.

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  11.  

    7 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:


    Collegiately speaking, yes. But Simms would have had a better NFL career than Colt, IMO, had he not had his spleen ripped out during a game. I think he had what it took to be a very good NFL QB. He was really starting to come on when that happened. That 2005 game against the Redskins was something else. Chris was beginning to ball out.

     

     

    Chris Simms was the #1 player in the country coming out of high school. He was very similar to Arch Manning in a lot of ways given his family pedigree and skills. 

    If Mack had done with Simms what we are doing with Arch, everything would have been so much better.  Imagine the following:

    • 1998 - Major Applewhite starts while Ricky wins Heisman
    • 1999 - Major Applewhite starts and earns Big 12 Offensive PoY.  Chris Simms redshirts
    • 2000 - Major Applewhite starts.  Simms gets mop up duty instead of splitting 1/3 the stats. Same 9-3 record but both QBs keep confidence. 
    • 2001 - Major Applewhite starts. We still barely lose to OU, but this time we beat Colorado and play Miami for the title. Simms gets a lot of run since we had nine blowouts. Major Applewhite graduates with two Big-12 titles and a National Title appearance.
    • 2002 - Chris Simms starts as a RS-JR - Maybe a more confident Simms improves on our 11-2 record, we beat Tech and play for another title?
    • 2003 - Chris Simms starts as a RS-SR - There is no Vince Young vs. Chance Mock debate.  Instead Vince backs up Simms and gets plenty of mop-up time. At this point Simms was a great QB. No way we lose to Arkansas. Instead of 10-3, we go 11-2 or 12-1 and likely win another BCS bowl.  
    • 2004 - Vince Young starts

    Those teams were absolutely loaded and the QB mismanagement cost us at least one trip to the MNC game, maybe two.

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  12. 51 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    Gonna be awfully, awfully hard to ever top the Vince-Colt back-to-back.

    It wasn't just Vince-Colt.  It went:

    • Major Applewhite:  1st Team All-Big 12 and a boat load of UT passing records
    • Chris Simms:  26-6 as a starter and a boat load of UT passing records 
    • Vince Young:  Davey O'Brien Award
    • Colt McCoy: Davey O'Brien Award

    Not to mention Chance Mock with a 16-2 TD/INT ratio and a 148.7 QB Rating in 2003 splitting time with VY.  What a great string of QBs.

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  13. I guess he will just have to come back and win the Heisman and get a statue at DKR.

    He is a unique runner at Texas. Not especially fast. Not especially powerful. No amazing cuts. But he has patience and vision that are really elite. He follows blockers perfectly and picks up 5 yards when it looks like the play is busted.

    I don’t think an ACL tear is going to hugely impact him over the long term. And our line is going to be even better next year. Hopefully if he does decide to come back we reward him with a monster year.

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  14. Yeah we will have a lot of turnover next year. 

    Out of eligibility after this year:

    • G - Max Abmas
    • G - Ithiel Horton
    • F - Brock Cunningham
    • F - Dylan Disu

    Likely also gone

    • G - Tyrese Hunter
    • F - Dillon Mitchell

    Returning

    • G - Chendall Weaver
    • G - Chris Johnson
    • F - Devon Pryor
    • F - Ze'Rik Onyema
    • F - Alex Anamekwe
    • C - Kadin Shedrick (I'm pretty sure he will still have a year of eligibility after this year, but not totally sure)
    • G - Cam Scott - #37 National recruit.  6'5, 165
    • PF - Nicolas Codie - #46 National recruit. 6'9, 200

    We are also a strong player for National #5 recruit Tre Johnson and a few other National top-100 recruits.

    And I'm sure we will be very active in the transfer portal.  Hopefully people will relax a little this year. Just expect total chaos from April to July and know that at the end of the day we will get way more than our share of elite transfers.

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  15. No problem. I actually screwed up and named one of our recruits "Ithiel Hunter". Should be Ithiel Horton. Guess I had Tyrese Hunter on the mind.

    I also neglected our freshmen:

    • Chris Johnson - National top-50, 6'5 combo guard originally committed to KU. Decommitted and signed with Texas after KU added Arterio Morris. (We got the better end of that deal).  Has great size and strength for a guard and has the mentality and skills to be a lock down defender.  Has a long relationship with TJ Ford who has coached and mentored him. Will be an important piece next year along with Chendall Weaver.  Hopefully he will get enough minutes that we keep him.    
    • Devon Pryor - 6'7 SF who was originally a 2024 LSU commit. He decommitted, reclassified to the 2023 class and signed with Texas in July. Ranked #19 recruit in Texas but was moving up the 2024 charts before reclassifying to 2023. High ceiling, young player who will need some time to grow.  Very athletic kid. The sky is the limit and he is apparently impressing in practice.   

    In the offseason, we also lost a commit from Ron Holland, the likely #1 overall pick in the 2024 draft. He ended up going to the G-League. That was a painful loss, but probably cleared the way for Dillon Mitchell to return (which may actually be better for the single year we would have either of them).  

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  16. 18 hours ago, Rickylovesweed said:

    I think this has the potential to be our best lineup. 

    Abmas, Hunter, Horton, Cunningham, and Mitchell. You can run 5 out on offense and really space the court. Tons of defensive flexibility and ability to apply on ball pressure. 

    That will be a fun lineup for sure, but I don't see any way that Disu isn't in our best lineup if he comes back and plays like he is capable of.  He will demand double teams anywhere near the paint, which will allow everyone else to bomb.

    Disu is also close to a 80% FT shooter.  Mitchell.... isn't. 

    I do like the idea of playing Mitchell and Cunningham as our small ball 4/5 at times throughout the game.  Would love to really push the ball with such a lineup and hit corner 3s off the break (with Mitchell crashing).  Would also enjoy seeing us press with a lineup like that.

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