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HookEm

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  1. My biggest takeaway from last night is that we should have signed Bryson Williams instead of Dylan Disu.  As I recall, he wanted to come here.  I think Disu might eventually end up being the better player, but Williams fits into Beard's style MUCH better.  Swap those two players last night and I think we might would have won.

    Beard is in danger of falling into the classic trap of recruiting players that don't fit his style and system.  It is one of the reason why coaches go to big programs and then can't replicate their earlier success.  It is very hard to turn down a 5* player for a 3* player who you can coach and develop for 4 years.

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  2. I think it is generally accepted that Texas fans are some of the worst losers you will find.  But...

    Texas Tech has to be up there with the worst winners in all of sports.  Usually I sit back and enjoy it because it is directed at other schools.  E.g. Gap kid leading the charge into the Aggy student section.

    I'm not really worried if Tech loses tomorrow.  If so, they will wimper out of the stadium like a beaten dog.  But if Tech happens to win, I shudder to think of what they will do  At a minimum they will storm the court. Maybe even tear down their own backboards. One thing is for sure, I wouldn't wear orange to that game. I would love to be there though. 

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  3. Regarding our roster, my main objective would be taking the ball out of Carr’s hands. He just LOVES to dribble the life out of it. Reminds me a little bit of Chris Paul in that regard (but obviously not as good).  Let him run around off some screens as a shooting guard / gunner and let Allen initiate the offense. Then have either Ramey or Jones as a guard on the other side.

    I like that Ramey has the confidence to shake off Carr when he is up top demanding the ball. Ramey is better at keeping it moving (which is shocking to hear myself say given my feelings about Ramey last year).

  4. 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.

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    Texas is the shakiest 15-5 team with a 5-3 conference record you can find.

    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.

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  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.

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    Granted Ja's a bit bigger and might be a better athlete. 

    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.

     

     

     

     

  8. 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.

  9. 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:

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  10. 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.

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  11. On 1/3/2022 at 8:03 PM, Message Board User said:

    At least Draymond stuck around to shake hands after Game 7.

    Is that supposed to make me not like Klay?  Confused.  If anything that clip reinforces why he is awesome.

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