only the 85-percent is in the last 5 years... and the shelf life of that one is running out.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Trying to explain the thing that you're going to hate...)
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I really wish that I could believe this. But, I'm afraid he is what the results say he is.
I don't know that all of those things are mutually exclusive. He can have positives, some really good ones, and still be an on-court disaster.
I think the hope from those making the decision is that Smart will find a way to turn it around. They love his recruiting. They love him as a man. I'm not sure hope has died.
Really? The "not even close" I'm referencing was Stoops vs Buechele in Buechele's freshman year (2016). Not sure what you're talking about.
Sampson was given a show cause for three way and disallowed, excessive calls to recruits. In the current climate of shoe companies funneling money and recruits to blue blood programs, Sampson’s transgressions pale in comparison. Sampson can coach them up- he’d kill it in Austin. Pearl maybe is a tad dirtier given illegal contact at a barbecue and Chuck Person tie in to shoe deals. Sampson would be my second call after Beard. Texas isn’t a basketball school, we might heed to take on some risk to get a definite winner
Ketch has landed on the core reason why, with all its resources, UT football has been out-performed by lesser schools for the past 30 years. The faculty either doesn't understand (or doesn't want to) that the UT athletic department is a financially independent affiliate that doesn't take money from the main university. UT athletics actually serves as a huge promotional tool for generating funding for the main university, as data compiled by the business school confirms. The faculty's inherent disdain for athletics shouldn't be allowed to influence athletics affairs just as the athletics department shouldn't for academic matters.
That brings us to the weak link in the chain, the UT President. Both the Strong and Smart hires serve as evidence once again that the UT President shouldn't be the person who makes the decision on who coaches at Texas. Not only is the UT President subject to a wide array of pressures that perhaps shouldn't be factors in coaching hires, he/she is an academician with little or no expertise in athletics matters. Texas needs to vest responsibility for selecting coaches in its athletics director, like a lot of other schools do.
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He does have many positives that he brings to the program. He seems like a good guy, represents the University well, runs a clean program and appears to have built good relationships with his players. Unfortunately, he hasn't delivered on the most important positive factor of winning games. That is what I wish I could believe would happen if Shaka gets another year.
Employees do not suddenly produce at an elite level after a few years of mediocrity. If Texas hadn’t given Shaka an extension this would be it.
Let's hope CDC has the respect that he will be left alone on these decisions. AD's like Mike Perrin, while nice guys, don't have the political heft to be the decision-maker. Historically, even powerful AD's like Deloss Dodds had been steamrolled in these hirings.
Yes, jackass, I didn't stutter.
I'd suggest you move on from this thread. I'll enjoy removing you from this board more than spending your money.
This is the correct response and course of action.
If Andrew Jones comes back to previous levels and somehow Jaxson Hayes doesn't go to the NBA then this team could be really good next year despite Shaka's coaching.
If Texas made a change the guy who would take over would be our 4th basketball coach in 31 years. That's not quite as great a stability track record as the baseball program or the swimming program, but its also not an indication that we are dumping basketball coaches left and right.
You name-call and threaten a customer for no reason? What is wrong with you?
OU is a better BB school than TX and Sampson didn't show much there. Why could he get it done at UT but not at OU.?
Not arguing....Serious question.
