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i like the honesty and the challenge for accountability. that’s an important part of building a winning culture. i’ve never been around a winning program where the players couldn’t handle being publicly held accountable.

I like how Codie was a starter a month ago but now just doesn't play at all, ever.

Also why isn't Duru playing? That's the kind of guy we need to be actually developing during this waste of a season.

42 minutes ago, Derka said:

i like the honesty and the challenge for accountability. that’s an important part of building a winning culture. i’ve never been around a winning program where the players couldn’t handle being publicly held accountable.

Maybe this will take a year longer than we want?

I’m trying to remain positive, though I understand the frustration in not being at least a pretty decent team right now with the portal.

Like I’ve said, Miller wasn’t my first choice but he’s a huge upgrade over RT. If we couldn’t get who I really wanted (Beard to return, then Oats, then the tech guy) then I do wish we would have discovered a lower level coach with upside. That, to me, is where the “Texas pride” comes into play where we don’t hire coaches who haven’t been HCs already.

Like you, I like some of the positives I’ve seen from the team/culture such as the accountability piece, but this is going to be a frustrating season.

1 hour ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

… at least the women’s team has a nice new venue to sell out.

80s all over again? Vic gonna get better attendance than Miller by year’s end?

On 12/18/2025 at 5:18 PM, chemHORN said:

It's year 1 of a rebuild.  I didn't expect us to be good this year.  Have to put some pieces together first.  

14 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Maybe this will take a year longer than we want?

I’m trying to remain positive, though I understand the frustration in not being at least a pretty decent team right now with the portal.

Like I’ve said, Miller wasn’t my first choice but he’s a huge upgrade over RT. If we couldn’t get who I really wanted (Beard to return, then Oats, then the tech guy) then I do wish we would have discovered a lower level coach with upside. That, to me, is where the “Texas pride” comes into play where we don’t hire coaches who haven’t been HCs already.

Like you, I like some of the positives I’ve seen from the team/culture such as the accountability piece, but this is going to be a frustrating season.

Is Miller a huge upgrade over Terry? Because Terry couldn’t put together a good roster, and Miller’s first roster is shit. Terry couldn’t field a strong D, and neither has Miller. This team looks to be on the level of a Terry team.

4 hours ago, Derka said:

CDC set the standard with his “all top 10 programs” comments, and frankly he’s mostly delivered. it’s his job to make sure that the team has the resources it needs (which we absolutely do, we just don’t want to use them), and it’s Miller’s job to coach the team. that shit does not fall at the feet of the fans, especially when neither of those guys is holding up his own end of the bargain. this is Texas Basketball, a niche sport in an international city with a million other things to do and see. you don’t tell the basketball fans that we need to give CDC and sean miller money before either of them can just do (punches the white board) their job!!!

he's done an amazing job. he'll get this hire right eventually

1 hour ago, Dbeasy said:

Is Miller a huge upgrade over Terry? Because Terry couldn’t put together a good roster, and Miller’s first roster is shit. Terry couldn’t field a strong D, and neither has Miller. This team looks to be on the level of a Terry team.

Also Is being “better” than Terry some kind of significant data point?

40 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

he's done an amazing job. he'll get this hire right eventually

Perhaps he shouldn’t hire a friend and use the same criteria he uses when hiring other sports?

CDC hired Schlossnagle and their bro relationship from their TCU days was widely known and help get him here.

Schlossnagle turned down the Texas job when Augie left. He said he had a better program at TCU at the time.

He left Aggy high and dry to reunite with CDC.

It helps that he is also a good coach, so the friend thing doesn't matter.

5 hours ago, Red Five said:

The program feels completely dead right now. Like more dead than at the end under Rodney Terry.

I'm more apathetic towards the team than I ever was under RT, which is crazy, the first year of a new coach is supposed to be all about hope for the future.

3 hours ago, Pancho said:

Like I’ve said, Miller wasn’t my first choice but he’s a huge upgrade over RT.

This feels empty when the team is actually worse. Its obviously early, but in the transfer portal era, I don't' think coaches deserve as long of a leash as they did in the past.

Edited by Lonestar88

7 minutes ago, Lonestar88 said:

This feels empty when the team is actually worse. Its obviously early, but in the transfer portal era, I don't' think coaches deserve as long of a leash as they did in the past.

I can see your point. With that said, if the notes are true at basketball is in the lower/lowest level of NIL in the SEC, then what are you expecting?

42 minutes ago, NBHorn7 said:

CDC hired Schlossnagle and their bro relationship from their TCU days was widely known and help get him here.

Schlossnagle turned down the Texas job when Augie left. He said he had a better program at TCU at the time.

He left Aggy high and dry to reunite with CDC.

It helps that he is also a good coach, so the friend thing doesn't matter.

Key difference is Scloss is and was considered one of the top 3-4 coaches in his sport. Miller is not and has never been.

If the NIL is so bad how does Texas have 3 4 stars committed? Ogden playing for free because he's a legacy recruit?

^^^ patience is going to become our primary virtue with TEXAS MBB.

3 hours ago, swoosh said:

^^^ patience is going to become our primary virtue with TEXAS MBB.

Or straight up abandonment. At least until it's taken out of our ADs hands (like football).

We’re certainly not making the tournament this year and will probably finish with a losing record.

If Miller doesn’t make the tournament in year two, does he get a third year?

Either way, I’m the least excited I’ve ever been about men’s basketball at Texas. At least the women are fun as hell to watch. And baseball is less than six weeks away.

Edited by MuellerHorn

It just isn’t a fun team to root for. There is no chemistry. They don’t seem to be having any fun and they aren’t fun to watch.

I thought the construction of the roster was interesting in that we finally have some size. But they don’t play well together at all. Tramon Mark in particular is the most disappointing from a culture perspective. Just sulks around and seems unhappy all the time. And Pope flaps his gums after the Virginia loss about how things will change, but he personally hasn’t changed. And Swain is a ball hog. And Traore looks like a better rebounding Onyema. And Matas fouls 4 times in 90 seconds in some of the dumbest ways imaginable.

Who are we supposed to root for? I liked Duru early and he is gone. Wilcher looks like he could be a piece with some development. But generally this is not a very likable bunch. I dare say this group of players might have a better record if RT was coaching them. I don’t think they would be worse.

38 minutes ago, HookEm said:

And Swain is a ball hog.

I wouldn't call him a ball hog. He may look off teammates sometimes but he's our leading assister and scorer and is shooting 56% from the field. I could argue that he could stand to shoot more, if anything.

30 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Ehh, Weaver is likeable.

Very much so. Unfortunately, he’s a complementary player with no one to complement.

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just to catch everyone up to what has gone down so far to the best of my knowledge:

1)Beard gets arrested and fired

2)RT leads the team to the Elite 8, and because of a fear of media scrutiny and “optics”, we hire RT instead of doing a real deal search for a HC. rumors swirl that sean miller would have been hired had RT not done well in the tourney

3)RT is predictably canned

4)once again, CDC elects to completely forego any kind of coaching search, and instead settles for his old buddy sean miller, despite the fact that no other top program in the country would ever even consider interviewing miller were their job to open up.

5)meanwhile, the following coaches have been recent, non-splash, non bank breaking hires for other schools:

dusty may

tommy lloyd

tj otzleberger

mark byington

dan hurley

kevin young

pat kelsey

nate oats

todd golden

ben mccollum

grant mccasland

ryan odom

fred hoiberg

kevin willard

and that’s just from the kenpom top 25

there are so, so, SO many young, promising, talented head coaches out there; we’ve literally just not even tried to identify and then hire any of them after the beard shit went down. it’s truly as if CDC just gave up on men’s basketball after chris beard. the wild levels of success of the rest of our athletics programs might take some of the sting away for some folks, but for me that only makes it worse. i really cannot explain wtf is up with CDC’s apathy towards this program, but it’s the first thing he’s done in his time as AD that i’ve been highly critical of. there’s just no excuse for this BS. it’s lazy and dishonest, and it’s made the moody center a concert venue/women’s basketball arena. thats not acceptable.

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