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  1. 4 hours ago, RollingPresidential said:

    Imagine if someone wrote "Carrington has strong African-American ties" as much as the Langi thing for every black kid that came in. It's stupid and bordering on something else. 247 has its shitty style guide that churns every post out like it's a Clarence Thomas concurrence, but that one needs to end.

    Asking for complexity from recruiting reporters is essentially asking them to be different people. They've ended up exactly where they belong.

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  2. 6 minutes ago, closetojumping said:

    Sometimes attempting to be Mr. Rational just makes you look lost. The list of players who have improved their stock through bowls and after-bowl bowls is long. If the fucking combine can launch someone out of the ether, the premise that a player can rise or fall due to bowl prep and performance should be a given too. Come on. 

    Are you typing from the steps of a Roman fountain surrounded by pigeons?

  3. 5 minutes ago, dad said:

    Agreed on all counts in your statement. But a lot of people here are acting like it's out of the realm of possibilities that Herman would ever have done such a thing. Put yourself in his shoes though. The guy who was supposed to have your back attempted to backstab you and might have cost you some money on something you've worked for your whole life. Then you have to sit there and watch the whole world treat him like a god that can do no wrong when you know that he's really a selfish bastard who would go so far as to try to sabatoge you to scouts just because he felt slighted by you leaving early. He wants the whole world to know who Tom really is. Calling Tom and just talking it out with him won't reveal that to the whole world. I'm not saying he was right in what he did I'm just trying to explain his possible thought process. 

    Were the criticisms fair? What did he say? The devil is in the details.

    All our guys slid based on their expectations. Are they looking for answers that don't include "the tape" or "testing numbers and measurements?"

     

  4. 2 minutes ago, golfclap said:

    Newsflash to Malik, DeShon, Connor, Holton, and Warren: it's not badmouthing if Herman, Orlando, McKnight or any other member of the staff tells the NFL that you weren't ready mentally or physically for the NFL. You weren't. There wasn't a single one of them that couldn't have helped himself with another season. 

     

     

    Dicko is the exception and I'd bet "behind closed doors" the Texas staff didn't "talk shit" about them. 

     

     

     

    So true. Perhaps UT got a stigma in the NFL because Mack told NFL teams that all our players were something they weren't.

     

    I only have a problem with Herman if he was being petty or went out of his way to sabotage someone.

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  5. 3 minutes ago, futureman said:

    “were  told” by whom?  

    My first thought was if players always understand the difference between badmouthing and the truth. Like the difference between "don't draft this guy" and "he struggles in man coverage."

  6. 5 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    well no shit. Who on this board ever said the Spurs were going to get equal value in return? 

    When you're arguing about getting "young players with potential" for a top 5 player it's all you need to know about leverage. 

    I was just saying that I was right. Which in hindsight is probably not the most compassionate thing do in this thread. The wound is fresh. I apologize. I let my ego get in the way of the well being of my Longhorn internet friends. Have a great day.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

    So not sure what your point is? I wanted young players and picks with Derozan. Doesn't deny that the Spurs still got a top 25ish player for a dude that was going to walk in a year. 

    We've been having month long discussions here about what return the Spurs could get. This disappointing return for a top five, all NBA two way player suggests that the Spurs leverage was diminished. That's it.

  8. 2 minutes ago, d2o said:

    TOR propped DD as not only the face of their franchise but a model of small market teams being successful at keeping their guys.    Then they trade him a yr later after he led them to their best season in franchise history for a guy who absolutely doesn't wanna be there.    That's not a good look for TOR.     If they flip him again for assets come trade deadline or if they magically change his mind and get him to resign there it's a pretty massive failure.     If come next summer all they have to show for one of the best players in frnachise history that they had locked up for another 3 yrs is Danny Green that is a fireable situation for Ujiri.

    He's swinging for the fences. They had their best team ever last year and got swept in the playoffs. They fired their coach after he won coach of the year. This is the exact type of risk taking we often hope for in our GMs.

  9. 3 minutes ago, Patrick Bateman said:

    Yep.... although I prefaced when I began that these were best case scenarios for the Spurs and we probably wouldn't get those.  I'm not a huge fan of this trade (don't think it's disastrous), but it's where we are so have to hope Pop makes DD into a monster.  I'll be happy to root for DeRozan, who seems like a good guy.

      

    Replying to the other guy.

     

    Agree. Not a disaster at all. DD is good, and he fits Pop and LMA's timelines.

  10. 3 hours ago, texasstrong12 said:

    People are stupid. The Spurs got a top 25ish player in return for a dude that was going to walk in a year. 

    I've said this many times before, teams overvalue young assets/talent. I'm pretty sure the Spurs organization views this the same way. They wanted a proven player.  

     

    All of your hypothetical trades over the past three weeks featured multiple good young players and picks. This isn't a great return for the Spurs even though Derozan is a good player. Kawhi messed up their leverage.

  11. 1 hour ago, TheFlagship said:

    If Beck isn’t going to call plays, then why is he here?

    He's like one of those friends that you can invite to almost any social situation and know he won't embarrass you or himself. He's a dinner party seat filler.

  12. 17 minutes ago, Bevo14 said:

    So fat fuck looch can only imagine a 9-4 season in his wildest dreams? I guess deep down they know they're not winning more than 7 games this year

    I think they're going to have a Johnny Football Inverse Season. Instead of the first year coach and gifted young QB setting offensive records, they are going to have shitty QB play and suck ass.

    Things even out in the end.

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  13. 7 minutes ago, texifornia said:

    Huh, didn't expect that. Would have thought you'd want him shadowing Josh Thompson from the jump.

    That's exciting. Jamison was a great return man, right. This feels like a move that other Big 12 teams have been doing for years. 

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