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UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
SL Xpress replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
There's a clear assumption that collegiate sports is going to be able to honor the so called cap on spending the House Settlement would provide if approved. Del Conte is saying the right things, "Texas is going to get out of the business of NIL and leave that to the corporate world who will be able to directly deal with athletes." Gerry is alluding to it here that Texas will have a limited men's basketball budget since the lion's share of the money will go to football. I don't believe any of this. Maybe it will last for a very short time but market forces are market forces and in this market players are going to be worth a lot more than what the House settlement is going to provide for, and I personally do not believe the enforcement mechanisms are going to either be adequate nor do I believe they're going to last. It's basically going to be up to each program to honor the House settlement to a degree I do not for one second believe all the institutions as an aggregate are going to comply with. I do not know how quickly UT as a stakeholder - and that's not just the administration, but the alumni base and the assorted people who have taken the initiative on NIL in ways I have been sitting on my butt - begins supplementing the pay from the school, but I have no doubt it will come about at some point. But we'll collectively pretend the House settlement is going to stick, and for the amount of time it sticks it will create challenges to what kind of line up Miller can employ. That much is true. -
What are your thoughts on the hire, Pancho? Say, on a scale of 1-10? I'm somewhere around an 8+. Not that you asked!
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UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
SL Xpress replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
I think people can say that. I think it would be silly. We've never won a championship in men's basketball. IMO it's the hardest collegiate sport of them all to win a championship. Would I be frustrated if we made multiple Final Fours but couldn't win the whole thing? Yes, if I'm being realistic about myself, yes I would. But I certainly wouldn't think of the coaching regime as a bust. If Miller is successful enough to take us to multiple Final Fours, there's a decent shot I don't live long enough to see who comes after him. And I'd be fine with that. Ultimately I'd be very satisfied as a Texas basketball fan if that was my lot in life. Of course, we're going to see seismic changes in the collegiate athletics landscape over that course of time, so who knows what the future portends. There's a lot of money in that tournament. If the NCAA can't figure out a way to ensure its (as in the NCAA's, not the tournamet's) continued existence, another organization is going to try to take the tournament over. Specifically, an organization even more centered around the Big 10 and SEC than the NCAA currently is. -
One good tight end that NO ONE recognized as a good tight end entering the season.
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That's a left hand/right hand sort of thing. One group of people were trying to bring Saban in. They lost. The whole process disgusted Saban so much he counseled Sarkisian not to take the job.
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Texas Basketball Recruiting Notes: It's Miller Time
SL Xpress replied to texifornia's topic in 🤫$9.95🤫
I think we have a really good shot here. (no, not really) -
I don't even understand Musk's quote. The fundamental weakness compared to what? I don't understand the context. What society is doing so much better than western civilization, and how is that being measured? Over what time period are we talking about? Is he talking about current western civilization compared to the past? There are plenty of examples of western civilization not exactly excelling in empathy, regardless of results. I read an interview from the leader of the Southern Baptist Convention in the Cloak Room that was downright depressing talking about the book The Sin of Empathy. Is this the new talking point?
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What does it gain me to argue with you? I'm telling you what part of the criteria was, and part of why they were hired. If they had done well I'd be ecstatic. They didn't and now they're gone. I only wish it didn't take so long for Smart to depart. I don't really give a shit about their race. I only care if they win. They didn't. But their race was absolutely a critical part of the criteria for their hiring. Del Conte has primarily hired white men, even for the women's sports. Do I care? Do I cry in exultation? I do not. I don't give a shit. I'm glad Floreal has done well. I do not care that he happens to not be a white man. I love how successful our athletic program is right now regardless of what the demographics of our coaches are. If we happen to show a little more diversity at the head coaching position within the athletic department, so be it, but it's not a personal priority. Or at least not the most important priority. If someone told me all we were going to do is hire white men for head coaching positions from here on out, that would actually bother me. But I don't believe that's the case.
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I just know I wish all kinds of career ruin on that man. 6 years of that horse shit. Like ctj suggested, I hope Marquette keeps him for the next 20 years. I think one of my favorite moments in following college basketball not involving Texas or Phi Slamma Jamma was watching the last timeout for Tom Izzo's Michigan State and Smart's Marquette team in the Sweet 16. Tom Izzo is over there designing a play while challenging his players' collective manhood, while Smart is drawing his team into a huddle for a quick tai chi session. "Breathe" he softly implores his players. Watching the Spartans give his team a smooth buttfucking over the final deciding moments of the game was extraordinarily satisfying.
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I don't think it's meant to be good for college sports. I think the purpose is to give student athletes the same freedoms as fellow students to transfer to another school if they want, along with the same freedoms as the coaching staff and administration that are employees of the university. The damage done to college sports is collateral. Any restraint of trade regarding student athletes is seen as fair game for the court system at this point. People are complaining about the portal window. Those people should be grateful we still have a window. There's no reason why the NCAA can't be sued for not keeping the portal open year round. It's highly unlikely they'd let it go to court, because they're no longer willing to allow anything to go to court.
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No disagreement there. Heck, the baseball search was a real debacle, and that was with interim athletic director Mike Perrin, post Patterson. We ended up with David Pierce, who while not good enough to keep his job, wasn't a complete disaster. But that hiring process was a big oof. Raises for sitting coaches everywhere. You get a raise! And you get a raise! And you get a raise! And who could forget the university president flying up to Tulsa to make assurances to the offensive coordinator up there so he'd take the job at Texas? Thankfully, it's a distant memory, because Del Conte handles these things like a champ. I'm just saying it makes complete sense they were hired as the head coaches.
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What do you mean it doesn't make sense? Both he and Charlie Strong were hired because they were considered the best black coaches available and the person most invested in the hiring process made it a central part of the criteria that he wanted the first black head coach in both sports on his watch. I don't really care what the criteria is if it works. I'm not someone who is against DEI just because. But I have to admit I'd prefer Texas go after the best candidate available, whoever that is, and that wasn't done on those coaching searches, because that wasn't the criteria.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: They Can't Keep Getting Away With This
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Austin Anderson. -
Texas had a long string of great defensive tackles, but I've always felt like Kenneth Sims was the best of any of them. He was literally unblockable. It was amazing watching him at the snap of the ball. Offensive linemen were helpless against him. The line of scrimmage simply didn't exist any more. He just exploded into the backfield and disrupted everything, even if he didn't end up making the play. And he made the play an inordinate amount of time for a defensive tackle. I felt like he was the biggest can't miss of anyone drafted as a Longhorn, aside from Earl Campbell. People are bringing up his coke habit, which I was never aware of, but he had some really serious injury issues, too. A broken leg and a ruptured achilles tendon in the NFL - which was often career ending back in his day - along with the broken toe versus TCU. If we're going to talk about the lack of his Hall of Fame career in the NFL I think it's pretty important to mention those along with whatever he was shoving up his nose at the time.
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I feel like it's a gift. They're in their comfort zone. UT is showing dominance on every level. They get to commiserate together about the hated arrogant t-sips and how their own athletic programs are underperforming compared to the Longhorns, who just stole the most successful head coach on their campus. They don't have bonfire any more. This is a great bonding mechanism for them, and a fantastic link to former Aggies of all ages.
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Mack Brown Tarheel Football: The Orange Slice Boogaloo
SL Xpress replied to Machinator's topic in Football
It's threads like these that make me feel I'm among my peeps. I am grateful to Mack Brown. I honestly thought I would live my lifetime with football being deemphasized as unimportant to the overall mission of the school. Maybe it should be. I don't know. I think UT is a better place when we're at the top of the food chain in football, but I'm biased. But the energy is different. Applications are up. Donations are up. People wear their gear. There was a decade and a half before Mack Brown got to Austin where football was such an afterthought in so many ways. It was an entirely different feeling than 2010 to 2022, where the primary driver of mediocrity was simple incompetence. 1984 to 1997 felt purposeful. That said, fuck Mack Brown. I never liked him. He's not my kind of guy. I'm grateful to him, and many of his manipulative narcissistic qualities were used to benefit the UT program. The national championship in 2005 will forever be my favorite sports moment of my lifetime. Nothing will ever exceed it. But I'm glad he's gone. I wish he wasn't hanging around the program like the emotional vulture he is. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
SL Xpress replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
Yeah, I didn't get that far. That's the Southern Baptist Convention for you. Not just that denomination, but that's the biggest one. -
The Leopards Eating Faces and Unlubed Dildo of Consequences Thread
SL Xpress replied to Horn Dog's topic in Cloak Room
You know, I was reading that interview, and many of the things they were saying at the beginning I agree with. I think there's almost a pretentious claiming of empathy where it's actually very difficult to attain. I love the word, personally. I think it's a great word and I'm grateful it's come into our vocabulary. He calls it The Sin of Empathy, and compares it to the sin of anger or fear. He then says there are times when anger or fear are not sinful, just as there are times when empathy is not sinful, but there are times when it is. There's a section in there where the author talks about saving someone from drowning while remaining on the boat or remaining tethered to shore that I absolutely agree with. A phrase I constantly use is "don't keep such an open mind your brain falls out." I do think boundaries can be extremely healthy, and sometimes those boundaries run counter to any aspirations of empathy. That's not always a bad thing. Then it got into politics where it started defending the actions of the administration from a biblical point of view and then I couldn't read any more. Just more tribal tripe with a Christian cloak wrapped around them rather than an American flag or whatever other iconography they want to steal for their purposes of power. If someone wants to defend the actions of this administration from a political or societal management point of view that's one thing. My big issue is the annihilation of democratic principles and the threat to future peaceful transitions of power, more so than any specific policy they're implementing. But to come back and try to defend the actions as Christian, or why Christians should be in favor of what is going on, is not biblically sound to me. But that's not the point. Their tribe is in power so the troops of all stripes are going to rally to the cause, and use the tools at their disposal to defend the people from their tribe in power. Anyway, I couldn't make it through the entire article. -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
SL Xpress replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
There's a huge part of me that feels Goldberg should have waited to "burn his source" to see what else they were going to share on the chat. -
America's Foreign Policy & Other Shit Going On Around the World thread
SL Xpress replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
It the midst of this clown show of an administration, I wanted to point out Erdogan has taken further steps to secure authoritarian rule for himself and his party. Undoubtedly emboldened by Trump being in the White House. It's not like Erdogan was a perfect representative of a working democracy with regular peaceful transfers of power - or that Turkey has some kind of historical institutional depth with same. It shouldn't all be put at Trump's feet. There's a good chance it happens with either Biden or Harris in office, too. But there has to be a sense from authoritarian leaning leaders they have a friend in Washington in terms of mindset that they didn't have before. Protests against Turkey's President Erdogan, arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, see hundreds arrested - CBS News -
UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
SL Xpress replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
I mean, that's what a lot of guy conversation is about. Do you want a message board that's only about factual information? Never mind the impossibility, the level of entertainment would be nil. -
UT's next basketball coach - discussion/debate [Sean Miller Hired]
SL Xpress replied to alphahorn's topic in Basketball
Just to be clear, Miller contacted us first. Calipari also contacted us. But yes, Miller was absolutely a top candidate.
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