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  1. 35 minutes ago, texashorn13 said:

    Completely agree, and I'll take it a step further and say that I also hate that they can do so without ever having talking to the Head Coach or anyone on the coaching staff.  They can also request to have all communication with the coaching staff blocked.  I think this part sends the wrong message to these kids/athletes.  Part of the decision process in transferring should be the athlete having the tough conversation with the coaching staff.  For me, it's a growth and maturity things, as well as responsibility.  You know, the things this next generation of kids is severely lacking, and this just further gives them a platform to tuck tail and run from adversity, as opposed to dealing with it head on and learning to handle the consequences either way.

    Huh? What part of this has to do with maturity or responsibility? This is like giving your two week notice at a job in the real world. If you are a disgruntled employee intent on leaving, you don't have any responsibility to listen to anyone at your company. The only thing these guys aren't learning is that outside of college football they are unlikely to have this sort of leverage in the real world. 

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  2. It comes from an account with 'ag' at the end. If these are lines that actually pay and are set up by an aggy, I would suggest all our resident gamblers get in the game ASAP because this guy probably isn't going to have the funds to make it past the first couple of weekends of the season.

  3. 3 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I'm not saying that's what will happen, but it is certainly a realistic scenario.

    And that's the point. If CDC really thinks Shaka isn't the answer, then potentially the worst move he can make is not moving at all. He could be stuck with a guy he has no faith in, doing just enough to make firing him a PR nightmare all while watching the fundamentals continue to creep downward.

    If CDC really can't get any back channel interest from the guys he wants, then OK sit tight and hope someone gets the moving bug next season (or more likely he needs to change his list to guys he has a shot at actually hiring). But I find the idea distasteful that finding Shaka a landing spot that reduces our financial exposure is the first order of business. Not sure what sort of high-end coaching candidate wouldn't look at that as a sign of weakness.

  4. Just now, Machinator said:

    A&M fired Kennedy the year after making the Sweet 16.

    So if we somehow had a good season next year and then fell off again, I see no reason why CDC couldn't do the same, especially since Shaka's buyout would have dropped to a much more manageable $7M.

    So basically you are saying we are stuck with Shaka, knowing he isn't the answer, for at least two more years? CDC proving he knows how to build a winner, well once the buyout is 'reasonable'. Seems like a waste of $6M to pay a guy to coach two more years and pay him another $7M to go away, especially when you have already decided he isn't the answer...

  5. Sad to the see the basketball program has reached such a nadir that we can't fire a failed coach because of money...we are eating the lion share of his contract whether he finds a soft landing or he wastes another year running the problem. Disappointing.

    If we keep him, what happens if we win 20+ and make the Sweet 16? If Coleman takes the next step it isn't out of the question, and it certainly doesn't mean that Shaka learned how to coach

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  6. 12 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

    What did he run? 10.41? 

    Wasnt Jamall a 10.11?

    5 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

    Owens ran a FAT 10.29 a week or two ago, and it's still early in the season.  And Jamaal wasn't overrated 6'3," 210 .lbs.

    fify #advantageaggy

     

     

  7. 32 minutes ago, bEastTexas said:

    Fuck Chip Brown is reporting that De’Gabriel Floyd is being held out of practices until he is cleared from lingering issues from a neck injury sustained in HS. Were we aware of this already?

    I thought the only lingering neck issues were those he gave to opposing players when he body slammed them.

  8. Just now, futureman said:

    I really hope you’re not implying that an SMU coed sucking a 70 year old billionaire’s dick in a steakhouse bathroom is undignified.  

    Dude, the class joints have table cloths for a reason! If I ain't receivin' I don't wanna see it when I'm hitting the can.

  9. 32 minutes ago, Burt Macklin said:

    I don’t really buy that CDC will keep Shaka if he can’t find a new school. This is all too public right now (and it will only get discussed more publically after the tournament) for CDC to bring Shaka back. I think we’re past the point of no return and CDC is just saying he’ll bring Shaka back to try to keep some leverage in placing him at a new school. I really can’t imagine bringing Shaka back after all the rumors that have and will be circulating about moving on from him. 

    I think/hope you are right. The optics are odd and at this point are worse than if he got the dreaded vote of confidence from CDC. I just don't see how Shaka can be kept on, short of a miracle run to the second weekend of the tournament.

  10. 11 minutes ago, Machinator said:

    I mean, if CDC can't find the money he can't find the money.

    Obviously his job is to fundraise but he's not a Messiah, and the fact remains that we're asking for more money to fire a basketball coach than we did to fire Charlie Strong.

    In that case, there isn't a landing soft enough to fire Shaka regardless. Everything I see is talking about him finding something that pays around $1M/year. Really, if CDC can't find an extra $1M/year, then he is more of a Mashugana than a Messiah.

  11. It would horribly disappointing if finding Shaka a soft landing were indeed Step 1. It would be the biggest misstep of CDC's tenure. If he can get one of his Top 5 signed then Shaka needs to be fired and the program needs to be allowed to move on. If Shaka can be found a soft landing elsewhere that reduces our financial exposure, then great, but to make it the first move is borderline malpractice. 

  12. 22 hours ago, Magus Ossis said:

    FWIW I don't have a very good guess at what is up with the episodic "kidney problems." The three big categories of common problems that come to mind are infection (pretty rare to have a young man suddenly develop recurring problems with this), stones (I wouldn't expect him held out, but maybe he has some giant staghorn calculus that someone thinks could cause mechanical injury), and functional failure/ nephritis/ nephrosis (which one would expect to have launched a big workup the first time around). Disclaimer: this is way out of my specialty and routine experience.

    Well then, hit the books or hit up one of your colleagues who does specialize in this. Your lack of ambition is astounding!

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  13. So it looks like a school could offer a player a paid post-graduate internship along with access to grad school. I guess you could try to entice a graduating player who still has a year of eligibility with a well-paid internship to stay for one more year rather than go into the NFL draft. I am not sure any school could easily come up with a 6 figure internship, but I suppose this ruling makes it legal. 

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  14. 5 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    So a redshirt, an acl tear in the second game of the next season, and a heat stroke in the spring aren’t sufficient reasons why he played in 2 games in 3 years?

    He wasn't physical? Wasn't the guy in the state record books for powerlifting? 

  15. 9 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    I've enjoyed numerous trips to Virginia Tech for Pitt v Tech football. I wouldn't put the people I have met there in an Aggie category. But perhaps your experiences differ greatly from mine.

    I member when we played them in the Sugar Bowl. When asked 'What's a Hokie?' All I could come up with was, 'Is it your version of "Dueling Banjos"?' I would put them in the Deliverance aggy category.

  16. 42 minutes ago, bEastTexas said:

    Not even sure Texas has actually submitted the paperwork yet, last update I saw said they were waiting for the Martell ruling to see if they needed to add anything to their case. 

    Does the school submit it or the player? I thought it was something done by the individual as they would provide the evidence from their previous school that should warrant a waiver. 

  17. I am inclined to believe if CDC has his guy he will make the move regardless of the buyout or 'soft landing' for Shaka. I don't think CDC would leave it to chance that Shaka gets a solid season next year with a more experienced Coleman and has his hand forced to keep Shaka another year or more because we moved from bad to decent. 

    Obviously a lot of moving pieces and if CDC's target makes a deep tourney run, it might turn a back room 'done deal' to Texas into staying on at the current school. I think Beard probably falls into that category. If the target is Musselman or a coach that we can easily money whip, tourney results might not matter as much.

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