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  1. my very first memories are of hating arkansas basketball. the idea of seeing chris beard as their HC and back in the same conference with us makes me want to puke.
  2. another thing on the subject of this wishy washy nature of our fan base: rick and shaka won a lot of regular season games, and in the case of rick he was one of the best tourney coaches in the country for a decade. one of the 10 best coaches (period) of the aughts in fact. but he eventually stopped advancing in the tourney, and not only did we fire him, but a ridiculous portion of our fan base still hates him and talks shit about him to this day. our fans have made it clear that exceeding what rick barnes did at Texas is now our standard, and yet we’re also supposed to be happy with a stop-gap coach like RT. look, i’ve enjoyed going to the second weekend two years in a row, and i’ll co tj is to enjoy whatever success we have, but RT is not going to build something special and long term here, he’s just not. so while going to the second weekend of the tourney is enjoyable in real time, A)the regular season aka 90% of our season wasn’t all that fun, and B)we’re just spinning our wheels until RT leaves and we (hopefully) bring in a long-term replacement who builds a nationally competitive program and who stays here for 15-20+ years. so yeah, it’s odd to me, the disconnect our fans have where they think the program should be a perennial power, yet they get upset when someone suggests that we’re wasting our time on that front as long as RT is here. it’s possible to like and root for RT while still acknowledging that he’s not a long term answer. i’ll enjoy and appreciate his time here, but i am still looking ahead towards his replacement, because this program is not going to take the next step on RT’s watch.
  3. it’s always been kind of wild to me how our fan base seems to rotate back and forth between this mentality: and then right into a totally opposite mentality where they think that everyone should be thrilled to have rodney terry, and anyone who wants us to hire someone better is a bad fan who hates RT. this video should be the standard. in fact the content of this video *is* the standard at Texas. there is no reason for us not to hire the best of the best, or at least die trying. i love and appreciate RT, and i’ll always root for Texas to do well, but i’ll also always share sark’s mentality re: major texas coaching hires.
  4. but i was told that this wasn’t happening despite us pretending he didn’t exist all season long. i am shocked at this news, shocked i tell you!
  5. greg mcdermott: •is 60 years old •has spent his entire life in the midwest •has been a college HC for 30 years, 23 of them in D-1 •has made the tourney 12 times •went 59-68 (18-46) at iowa state •has two career conference titles (one MVC title, one big east co-title) •has a .630 career win % •has a 10-12 tourney record •made his first ever S16 in 2021 •isn’t leaving creighton •is not who we should be going after
  6. ok so the current list looks like this: 1)jay wright 2)billy donovan 3)michael malone 4)becky hammon 5)geno auriema look about right?
  7. this actually does bother me. they want the same respect, money, attention as men get, but they don’t want to deal with the other part of being famous, putting yourself out there for criticism, and in angel reese’s case, being held accountable for the way that you act. they love to talk shit and curse and perform gangsta rap routines on the court but then when they lose and people on twitter respond they cry and play the victim. shit is exhausting. can dish it but can’t take it. that’s always weak behavior.
  8. mcdermott is a tourney choker who is 0-6 lifetime against rick barnes. pass. the current coach at mcdermott’s former school might be the leader in the clubhouse for a realistic replacement. of course that’s 2-3 years down the road, so who knows what the landscape will look like at that time.
  9. i mean it’s not as noteworthy as luke voit having a hit week, but it’s still pretty cool.
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