Unless we have Jay Wright locked up or UT loses to Colgate, there's no reason to not bring Terry back. The team, fanbase and most importantly the recruits all want him.
Musselman is a good coach and recruiter, but they didnt exactly do a lot with their talent this year. If Terry were to make the sweet 16 or further, it would be a complete slap in the face to bring on Musselman and I could easily see us losing Holland and AJ Johnson. Could also see guys transfer
Give Terry a 3 year deal and fire him after 2 seasons if we perform subpar
I can't really get into specifics, but I had a conversation with someone last night who has told me some things about Musselman that have cooled my interest in him significantly. That said, if he comes Holland probably stays because Arkansas was his other finalist. With *that* said, I'm never going to back hiring a coach over one recruiting class.
I don't have a huge issue with hiring Terry, I just don't think Texas will be as good as it can be with him at the helm. He had some real dudes on his last couple of UTEP squads (Boum & Bryson Williams) and was a .500 coach in a mid-major conference. If they hire him, it better contain some good off-ramps.
I get that Terry didnt exactly do a lot at UTEP or Fresno St, but the sample size of this season is sufficient in my opinion. You can't really comp those gigs to UT in anyway as everything about the job is different.
Musselman was who I wanted when the Chris Beard fiasco went down, but now it doesnt seem to make much sense (unless we lose today). There will be very little if any excitement for Musselman and a ton of outrage that Terry (a black coach) didn't get the opportunity he clearly deserves.
If Terry makes the sweet 16 or further the job is 100% his (unless Jay Wright is in lol). Idk how CDC can possibly justify bringing in the HC of one of the more dissapointing teams in the country if Terry brings the Longhorns their best tourney result in 14 years after winning the big 12 tourney. It's a pretty impossible thing to justify
I guess that's my point, if he couldn't get it done in a decade at lower-pressure gigs with more room for error, what makes me think he'll get it done in conferences that will punish your smallest mistakes? He's kept this team on the rails, but it's also a very old team with a lot of grown men who have been through their own battles. I don't know that Texas is in a fundamentally different spot with any of the other assistants in charge.
I don't really think there will be the outrage you're suggesting, especially considering they gave another black coach years longer than one would expect to turn his ship around. I'm sure some people would fuss, but some people are going to fuss regardless. It's not my money and I'm not going to live or die with whoever the next coach is, so it's whatever at the end of the day. We'll see eventually who the coach is and go from there.
If the vetting has already been done I think CDC can choose freely. If he is just beginning now the politics will dictate choosing Terry. I suggested Terry use Timmy on Pickett and he did. Of course, he never heard my suggestion, which proves his BB IQ.
On a related note, I thought Shaka made critical coaching errors against Izzo. Most surprising was refusing to press in the final two minutes. Behind, he helped the clock beat his team.
Xavier is a bad match-up for UT, even with the revitalized Disu. What do you think of their guards?
This kinda feels like Penn State, but with a high-level stretch big added to the mix? Boum is a good player who can hurt Texas in multiple ways, and they're going to have to run Kunkel off the three-point line. I don't think I'd say that Xavier's guards are as good as Texas' guards, but the gap isn't significant. Texas will need to crash the glass hard on both ends to limit Xavier from feasting on second-chance opportunities & limiting Texas' second-chance points. I'm thinking Bishop will need to come in and play Nunge tight or this could go poorly for Texas.
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Unless we have Jay Wright locked up or UT loses to Colgate, there's no reason to not bring Terry back. The team, fanbase and most importantly the recruits all want him.
Musselman is a good coach and recruiter, but they didnt exactly do a lot with their talent this year. If Terry were to make the sweet 16 or further, it would be a complete slap in the face to bring on Musselman and I could easily see us losing Holland and AJ Johnson. Could also see guys transfer
Give Terry a 3 year deal and fire him after 2 seasons if we perform subpar
I can't really get into specifics, but I had a conversation with someone last night who has told me some things about Musselman that have cooled my interest in him significantly. That said, if he comes Holland probably stays because Arkansas was his other finalist. With *that* said, I'm never going to back hiring a coach over one recruiting class.
I don't have a huge issue with hiring Terry, I just don't think Texas will be as good as it can be with him at the helm. He had some real dudes on his last couple of UTEP squads (Boum & Bryson Williams) and was a .500 coach in a mid-major conference. If they hire him, it better contain some good off-ramps.
I get that Terry didnt exactly do a lot at UTEP or Fresno St, but the sample size of this season is sufficient in my opinion. You can't really comp those gigs to UT in anyway as everything about the job is different.
Musselman was who I wanted when the Chris Beard fiasco went down, but now it doesnt seem to make much sense (unless we lose today). There will be very little if any excitement for Musselman and a ton of outrage that Terry (a black coach) didn't get the opportunity he clearly deserves.
If Terry makes the sweet 16 or further the job is 100% his (unless Jay Wright is in lol). Idk how CDC can possibly justify bringing in the HC of one of the more dissapointing teams in the country if Terry brings the Longhorns their best tourney result in 14 years after winning the big 12 tourney. It's a pretty impossible thing to justify
I guess that's my point, if he couldn't get it done in a decade at lower-pressure gigs with more room for error, what makes me think he'll get it done in conferences that will punish your smallest mistakes? He's kept this team on the rails, but it's also a very old team with a lot of grown men who have been through their own battles. I don't know that Texas is in a fundamentally different spot with any of the other assistants in charge.
I don't really think there will be the outrage you're suggesting, especially considering they gave another black coach years longer than one would expect to turn his ship around. I'm sure some people would fuss, but some people are going to fuss regardless. It's not my money and I'm not going to live or die with whoever the next coach is, so it's whatever at the end of the day. We'll see eventually who the coach is and go from there.
If the vetting has already been done I think CDC can choose freely. If he is just beginning now the politics will dictate choosing Terry. I suggested Terry use Timmy on Pickett and he did. Of course, he never heard my suggestion, which proves his BB IQ.
On a related note, I thought Shaka made critical coaching errors against Izzo. Most surprising was refusing to press in the final two minutes. Behind, he helped the clock beat his team.
Xavier is a bad match-up for UT, even with the revitalized Disu. What do you think of their guards?
This kinda feels like Penn State, but with a high-level stretch big added to the mix? Boum is a good player who can hurt Texas in multiple ways, and they're going to have to run Kunkel off the three-point line. I don't think I'd say that Xavier's guards are as good as Texas' guards, but the gap isn't significant. Texas will need to crash the glass hard on both ends to limit Xavier from feasting on second-chance opportunities & limiting Texas' second-chance points. I'm thinking Bishop will need to come in and play Nunge tight or this could go poorly for Texas.
Great writeup of what to expect for this number 2, oh and the Texas Longhorns.
SO happy to hear from you! (And bad, bad, bad Noro!)