Just to throw out more random names: Quin Snyder, Fred Hoiberg, Bruce Pearl, Jerome Tang, and of course, John Wooden's hologram. I have lived long enough to see the wizardry of CG, and a fine use of the UT RTF program would be to CG wizardly revive the Wizard of Westwood. The Pillars of Success and the platitudes abide.
I thank you for your analysis.
Part of Beard's success here, small sample as it was, could reasonably be attributed to having a staff full of former head coaches. So I like the notion that hiring Royal would leave money to throw at staff.
Texas has been winning close games at home thanks in part to 23 year old guys and thanks in part to depth sufficient to wear down opponents in the second half. All of that will vanish next season unless replaced. How late can a new coach be hired and still fill the roster?
Do you think there's any chance that Texas would hire an assistant off of a successful staff? Something like the "next Tommy Lloyd"? (Although there may not be any candidates that fit that profile out there).
I kinda doubt it, that's not really been CDC's M.O. since he's been at Texas. Brian Michaelson is Mark Few's longest-tenured assistant since Lloyd left, he's been there for a decade so maybe he gets a look if they go that route. I'm skeptical they do much digging on coaches with zero head coaching experience (save for Ivey).
Because his profuse sweating will exacerbate an already troublesome Austin drought by mixing with freshwater and eliminating it from the water supply.
My only actual counterarguments are about optics rather than coaching ability, which are probably secondary concerns in this situation when the optics are about NCAA issues rather than off-court ones.
Thanks for writing this. I asked you about Pat Kelsey on the twitter. I love his style, and I think he's a really good program builder; but I don't think Texas will give him a real look.
I'm with you on Royal Ivey. Maybe he doesn't work. Probably he doesn't work out. But maybe, just maaaaaybe he brings actual, honest-to-god NBA coaching chops to Austin. Are we really willing to take the chance that someone other than Texas finds that out? That would be embarrassing. (Not that embarrassing is new to us).
Cal is obviously the biggest name on the list, but I don't think the ROI is worth it. He's likely always going to be a plus recruiter; but I wonder how much of the recruiting he's doing now is Calipari, and how much of it is Kentucky? In other words, if you take blue grass out of the equation - is he still pulling the same talent? Likely no, right? And if he's semi (to not semi) struggling to win at a high level in the SEC with Kentucky talent, how well is he going to do at Texas in the SEC with non-Kentucky talent?
Cal has always managed to recruit well, there's no reason to think he'll be anything other than great at it if he goes to Texas. And he was a game out of first place in the SEC last year, I think struggling to win might be overstating it a bit.
That said, he's not my first choice in this list. Musselman seems like the safest bet, but Ivey could be the high risk/high reward option.
Thanks for writing this. I asked you about Pat Kelsey on the twitter. I love his style, and I think he's a really good program builder; but I don't think Texas will give him a real look.
I'm with you on Royal Ivey. Maybe he doesn't work. Probably he doesn't work out. But maybe, just maaaaaybe he brings actual, honest-to-god NBA coaching chops to Austin. Are we really willing to take the chance that someone other than Texas finds that out? That would be embarrassing. (Not that embarrassing is new to us).
Cal is obviously the biggest name on the list, but I don't think the ROI is worth it. He's likely always going to be a plus recruiter; but I wonder how much of the recruiting he's doing now is Calipari, and how much of it is Kentucky? In other words, if you take blue grass out of the equation - is he still pulling the same talent? Likely no, right? And if he's semi (to not semi) struggling to win at a high level in the SEC with Kentucky talent, how well is he going to do at Texas in the SEC with non-Kentucky talent?
Just to throw out more random names: Quin Snyder, Fred Hoiberg, Bruce Pearl, Jerome Tang, and of course, John Wooden's hologram. I have lived long enough to see the wizardry of CG, and a fine use of the UT RTF program would be to CG wizardly revive the Wizard of Westwood. The Pillars of Success and the platitudes abide.
I thank you for your analysis.
Part of Beard's success here, small sample as it was, could reasonably be attributed to having a staff full of former head coaches. So I like the notion that hiring Royal would leave money to throw at staff.
Texas has been winning close games at home thanks in part to 23 year old guys and thanks in part to depth sufficient to wear down opponents in the second half. All of that will vanish next season unless replaced. How late can a new coach be hired and still fill the roster?
Do you think there's any chance that Texas would hire an assistant off of a successful staff? Something like the "next Tommy Lloyd"? (Although there may not be any candidates that fit that profile out there).
I kinda doubt it, that's not really been CDC's M.O. since he's been at Texas. Brian Michaelson is Mark Few's longest-tenured assistant since Lloyd left, he's been there for a decade so maybe he gets a look if they go that route. I'm skeptical they do much digging on coaches with zero head coaching experience (save for Ivey).
Sean Miller -- convince me why I am wrong.
Because his profuse sweating will exacerbate an already troublesome Austin drought by mixing with freshwater and eliminating it from the water supply.
My only actual counterarguments are about optics rather than coaching ability, which are probably secondary concerns in this situation when the optics are about NCAA issues rather than off-court ones.
Thanks for writing this. I asked you about Pat Kelsey on the twitter. I love his style, and I think he's a really good program builder; but I don't think Texas will give him a real look.
I'm with you on Royal Ivey. Maybe he doesn't work. Probably he doesn't work out. But maybe, just maaaaaybe he brings actual, honest-to-god NBA coaching chops to Austin. Are we really willing to take the chance that someone other than Texas finds that out? That would be embarrassing. (Not that embarrassing is new to us).
Cal is obviously the biggest name on the list, but I don't think the ROI is worth it. He's likely always going to be a plus recruiter; but I wonder how much of the recruiting he's doing now is Calipari, and how much of it is Kentucky? In other words, if you take blue grass out of the equation - is he still pulling the same talent? Likely no, right? And if he's semi (to not semi) struggling to win at a high level in the SEC with Kentucky talent, how well is he going to do at Texas in the SEC with non-Kentucky talent?
Cal has always managed to recruit well, there's no reason to think he'll be anything other than great at it if he goes to Texas. And he was a game out of first place in the SEC last year, I think struggling to win might be overstating it a bit.
That said, he's not my first choice in this list. Musselman seems like the safest bet, but Ivey could be the high risk/high reward option.
Thanks for writing this. I asked you about Pat Kelsey on the twitter. I love his style, and I think he's a really good program builder; but I don't think Texas will give him a real look.
I'm with you on Royal Ivey. Maybe he doesn't work. Probably he doesn't work out. But maybe, just maaaaaybe he brings actual, honest-to-god NBA coaching chops to Austin. Are we really willing to take the chance that someone other than Texas finds that out? That would be embarrassing. (Not that embarrassing is new to us).
Cal is obviously the biggest name on the list, but I don't think the ROI is worth it. He's likely always going to be a plus recruiter; but I wonder how much of the recruiting he's doing now is Calipari, and how much of it is Kentucky? In other words, if you take blue grass out of the equation - is he still pulling the same talent? Likely no, right? And if he's semi (to not semi) struggling to win at a high level in the SEC with Kentucky talent, how well is he going to do at Texas in the SEC with non-Kentucky talent?