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    had this on vhs as a kid. absolutely wore the tape out.
  2. german marquez looks great in anything.
  3. did this dickhead announcer seriously just say that jorginho’s injury is no big deal because he probably wouldn’t have played against madrid anyway? the fuck?!
  4. rice is on fire right now. brilliant run and pass for partey. awesome finish from thomas, and rays started it off with a perfect roll out. just a great, lighting quick team goal on the counter. COYG!! 🔴⚪️
  5. yeah we were so happy for him. hoping lightning can strike twice today.
  6. FAK. Tierney scores but is offside.
  7. nice counter attack goal wins it for everton in extra time. that might be huge for nottingham forest (in a bad way) in their fight for champions league football.
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  9. how about when barnes brought rob lanier back in 2011 and we had the best offense in Texas history? did an assistant coach change anything about the team then? jesus christ what an asinine argument.
  10. how about when bob donewald improved our offense here at Texas? or did that not happen either?
  11. or course it will, coaches do this all of the time. how many years ago was it that john beilein popularized the “defensive coordinator” term for basketball coaches? from 89, 100, 92, and 69, to (HELLO) 3, and then 2 in AdjD with the hiring of an assistant coach. i swear to god i have no idea where you people come up with this stuff.
  12. that ^^^ is why i’d prefer that sean miller bring in at least one brand new assistant with top flight D-1 credentials. retaining staff harmony/keeping familiar faces around has its merits, but when you have a hole in your game this big (average kenpom defensive finish of 53.7) you have a sweet 16 ceiling 9/10 years. that’s simple fact. that’s why earlier i mentioned that we will have to be Bama-levels of good on offense if miller’s standard level of defense doesn’t improve. im not out here giving mild criticisms of his hires just so i can piss you guys off, i’m doing it because it’s going to be hard to live up to the standard at UT if we have a porous defense year in and year out. you’re all so fucking pissed at me for worrying about that now, but god forbid we actually struggle defensively in the future and suddenly everyone who’s mad at me now is incensed at miller for not having a better defense. stupid.
  13. i have no idea who a realistic hire would have been. 4 weeks ago oats and lloyd were supposedly on the table with an outside shot at few or even bill self. i was even told that self hated this ku team, that ku fans were growing restless, and that one of ku’s biggest basketball boosters “loves UT and wants self to retire there.” did i actually believe that bill self was going to coach at Texas? of course not. at the time i wasn’t even sure if i wanted self because oats, lloyd, and the possibility of a CDC surprise home run hire were all thought to be legitimate possibilities. that’s why miller was/is an underwhelming hire. with that said, being an underwhelming hire doesn’t mean anything. florida fans weren’t jumping with joy when they hired golden, but they’re pretty got damn happy right now. sean miller might end up being an awesome hire. FTR, i was a big fan of his during his prime AZ years, i am excited about the offense he’s bringing with him, and i am very pleased with his eeely returns in the portal. seriously, super happy. further, his current assistants could all end up being here for the long haul as our program steps into the upper echelon of college basketball. believe me, nobody here wants that to happen more than i do. but jesus christ people- you can’t jump down my goddamn throat and talk a bunch of crap and start shit-posting 20x per page every time i have an opinion that you disagree with. i should be allowed to say that i don’t agree with a coaching decision without 12 of y’all jumping my shit and sending the thread into a tailspin. ftr i am not referring to @ITHorn when i say this. ITHorn has simply engaged me in basketball related discussion, which i wish could say for the angry mob who swear up and down that *i’m* the one derailing the thread, when in reality it’s now 50% shit talking to/about me, all because my opinion isn’t sunshine and flowers. christ.
  14. tennessee fans were calling for barnes’s head this february, just like they do every february, because just like texas fans, they’re a bunch of entitled, front-running, know-nothing, sunshine-pumping-yet-never-happy bunch of retards who both hate all of the coaches and players and yet somehow seem to expect/demand that the team win 25 games every year. congratulations, you’re all fucking stupid.
  15. i’m not even talking about miller, im talking about his assistant hires. y’all act like this is some brand new idea or something. we’ve got i-don’t-know-how-many years of empirical evidence across all sports worldwide that shows that bringing assistant coaches from a lower level to a higher level doesn’t work as consistently/effectively as hiring assistants with top flight experience, and you guys are incensed that i’m saying as much. if the exact same thing were happening at a&m and i said, “bucky whatshisname bringing all of his buddies with him to a&m isn’t gonna work out” you’d all pos rep me. but when i say it about the Texas Coach you’re all up in arms about it. again: it’s dumb. you’re only upset because im not saying what you want to hear, and you’re mad at me for it.
  16. never said they have to be brand new acquaintances, but there’s a difference in bringing along your buddies when they’ve coached in the national title game or routinely landed all-league talent as recruiters, and bringing along your buddies whose cv’s don’t show them to be proven top flight assistants.
  17. yes he did, and i’m not referring to maligi when i talk about the guys who miller is bringing from his time at xavier. and look, i sweatergawd i don’t understand why this is such a hot button topic every time. i don’t think i proclaimed miller a failure, i don’t think that ive said that he sucks, or that we’re doomed- ive simply said (in so many words) that im not a huge fan of bringing along assistants with lesser backgrounds when you’re getting hired at a job that’s above the level of anything they’ve done before. that’s it. i truly have no idea why that take is such a huge deal to so many people.
  18. i’m gonna use this post to point out that i was met with this exact same reaction when i criticized shaka for bringing david cason, mike morrell, jai lucas, etc in as assistants. instead of going and getting the best guys available he brought in all his buddies who he was comfortable with and kids with no experience. guess what? they weren’t on the level needed to compete in the big xii. now i see sean miller doing the same thing as he enters the SEC, and i don’t think it’s a great move. im allowed to think that. but of course, once again the entire thread is melting down because someone didn’t mindlessly slurp every single move made by the new coach. shit is dumb.
  19. the ones who stopped winning at a high level after paying players was legalized. obviously. self won a title a few years ago, and pitino was just named the NCOY. what makes you think that those guys are comparable to sean miller?
  20. immamac has banned me for nothing more times than i can count, and bob hates my guts more than all of you combined. you are *high* if you think that either one of them would ever go out of their way to give me special treatment (unless it’s negative special treatment). motown got banned by bob four times because motown kept breaking the rules. that has absolutely nothing to do with me requesting some safe space. i did not reach out to bob because of motown, bob reached out to me because of motown. it takes a lot to get banned around here (for most), and of all the posters on this entire site i’m the last one with the power to make either of those mods do anything.
  21. you say this as if you haven’t been actively whining about every single post that isn’t 100% sunshine pumping. you only want to see positive, optimistic posts in this thread. it’s dumb, the number of times y’all need to be reminded that the very reason shaggy was formed was to get away from exactly that. seriously, basically every single other UT forum on the internet works that way. reddit, hornfans, 24/7, they all cater to people who can’t handle any criticism of the teams, players, and coaches. this is the one, single one that doesn’t. if you’re just going to clutter the thread with whiny posts about people being critical of players and coaches then just go to any other forum out there and enjoy yourself in your bubble. stop spending time here being all proud of yourself for whining about actual basketball discussion taking place.
  22. LOL. based on what, exactly? i would love to hear you expound on this. the very reason that so many of you don’t like me is because i am critical of your favorite team or your favorite coach (or tv show) and you can’t handle it. that’s been the dynamic here for 20 years. i give an opinion that’s against the grain and y’all cry about it. rinse and repeat. i have never been the one to need a safe space from dissenting opinions, im the guy giving the dissenting opinions. “i don’t like derka, therefore everything that’s negative applies to him.” lol okie dokie.
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