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HookEm

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  1. Name me one good transfer that Shaka signed in his time at Texas. Dylan Osetkowski? Elijah Mitrou Long? LOL. Those guys were terrible. He wasn’t going to sign shit. On the contrary, he was hemorrhaging players to the portal. Gerald Liddel, Donovan Williams and Royce Hamm were already in the portal (plus Will Baker). Ramey and Jones were rumored to be leaving. It is more likely we would have been starting Brock Cunningham, Jase Febres, some transfer spares, freshmen and walkons than him put together a solid team of stud transfers. I’m certain it played a role in his willing departure.
  2. That is just stupid. We have put beat downs on K-State, WV and TCU. And with a couple of free throws, we would be 6-2 in conference. We have the #1 scoring defense in the nation and a pretty efficient offense. If anything, we are BETTER than our record, not worse. And I shudder to think about what THIS YEAR'S team would have looked like under Shaka. We would be looking at a 12-22 type year. And some of the players like Ramey would have likely left. It would have been a disaster.
  3. One thing I will say, during Carr’s time on the bench he was the most enthusiastic supporter. He was getting everyone fired up.
  4. Carr wants to be ball dominant. He is calling for it continually. That isn’t a problem on a bad team where you are by far the best player. But it is bad for this team. When he gets the ball the whole offense grinds to a halt.
  5. Not sure I agree as an absolute. I will say that was certainly the case at Texas.
  6. I don’t think this team will win the Big 12 Tournament. And I doubt they match last year’s conference record. BUT… I don’t think there is any way they would lose to a team like ACU. We won’t be able to truly judge this team until the season is over. The great defense going to come in handy if and when we make the tournament. Now regarding the game today (and really the last couple), Andrew Jones is playing terrible basketball. He can’t hit anything and is turning the ball over at critical times. I would like all his minutes to go to Askew until he gets back on track.
  7. Maybe you should. You have a lot of insight and your posts on this topic have been fascinating.
  8. HookEm

    NBA 2021-2022

    AI is one of the best athletes we have ever seen in any sport. Tremendous speed, shiftiness, acceleration, body control, etc. He was also a great football player. AI actually thinks he would have had a better football than basketball career if he had stayed with it. I don't doubt it. He would have been Michael Vick before Michael Vick.
  9. It is possible the record number of new Covid cases and Austin being Stage 5 is keeping some people from attending. And when the DO attend, maybe they aren't quite as likely to yell at the top of their lungs. Plus the generally crappy weather makes people want to hunker down. I have zero doubt that Beard is going to get our home atmosphere improved by about 100X within the upcoming years.
  10. Maybe it’s just me, but I find that tomatoes ruin chili. Even more than beans if that is possible. I made a batch the other day but made 4x the chili paste. Put the excess paste in a pan in the freezer and then cut it into 4 cubes and vacu sealed them. Each cube is enough chili paste for ~3 pounds of meat. I used 3-1 guajillo to ancho ratio. I still had about an hour to cook it down at this point:
  11. HookEm

    NBA 2021-2022

    LeBron’s team is underperforming because LeBron the GM hand selected an inferior coach and old ass teammates. Steph may have recruited KD. Fair. But he doesn’t hold his team hostage with threats to leave. Or trade off all the young talent to get veterans because he doesn’t want to waste his window. Or whine constantly and insist on always inserting himself into the conversation. Or hamstring his organization by demanding to get PAID. If you swapped Curry and LeBron, the Lakers would be immediately better and the Warriors would be worse. And that is day 1. After a year of meddling, all the young talent would be traded, the Warriors culture would be destroyed and LeBron would be looking to leave again.
  12. HookEm

    NBA 2021-2022

    Steph is +200% at improving team culture and not being a bitch.
  13. HookEm

    NBA 2021-2022

    Is that supposed to make me not like Klay? Confused. If anything that clip reinforces why he is awesome.
  14. With about 12 min to go we were up 4 and the real-time line was UT -8.5. That was free money. We weren’t going to win by less than 10.
  15. Somebody gonna need to post a viewing link up in here.
  16. Another great defensive performance today. With this team, if we get up 20 points, we aren’t losing the game. Period. They don’t take forced shots in the half court. They don’t force a 1 on 2 fast break. They make free throws. With about 10 min to go we were up by like 22. I was thinking, WV may not get the ball more than 10-12 more possessions. This is over. We could dribble out the shot clock every possession and they aren’t beating us. It is amazing how many times we will get a steal at near half court and STILL take a full 30 seconds to shoot. The other team simply doesn’t get many possessions and our defense is so good that the other team has to resort bad shots. Honestly that was one of the best wins in the last 5+ years.
  17. To me, the main issue with Carr is that he doesn’t seem to be playing with any joy. He generally seems frustrated or angry. I want my PG out there smiling a little, encouraging teammates, having some fun. TJ Ford and DJ Augustin at Texas. Magic, Isaiah, Steph and countless others are the prototype. Askew shows some shades of what I’m talking about. I really like his game.
  18. I liked what Beard did with the nonconf games. We could have pushed the pace and won every game by 40. But instead he ground down the pace and forced our team to work on the half-court offense. Yes, it looked bad, but the practice will eventually pay off. It looked like for the end of the 1st half and first 10 min of the 2nd half, Beard gave them a green light to push the pace and take shots. Maybe this is him starting the engines a little before conference play. Our defense is looking great on many levels. If you can’t appreciate a smothering, frustrating defense, then you need to expand your horizons. I thought his defense was beautiful at Tech and it is getting prettier by the day here. Imagine being the other team and scoring 35 points in a game. That is ugly. The fact we are causing it is beautiful.
  19. Brock would be well served to hang in there and get his free UT education. He can still improve his game quite a bit. And don’t discount how important players like him are in practice. He is exactly the kind of player Beard likes to have on the team in some capacity.
  20. If you want to make money, always take the opponent's under. Our defense is great and the overall pace is sloooooooow. Think Alabama St O/U was 51.
  21. Beard has the team playing very hard. Like I said earlier this week, it is likely that the extra exertion and short rope is making it tough for players to get into a groove. We have some good shooters on this team. It isn’t like Carr just suddenly forgot how to score. Either it is a personal problem like conditioning or he isn’t used to the scheme yet. I was actually really impressed with Askew today. I thought his defense was outstanding.
  22. Our team is great defensively. We are holding teams 20 points under their average. No different tonight. Stanford is averaging 70. Tonight? Maybe 50. Stanford is also an ugly it up type of team. This is a really good win IMO.
  23. HookEm

    NBA 2021-2022

    That “old” should be vaccinated or maybe avoid an indoor gathering with 15,000 people.
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