I feel like Shaka got a decently long leash for never doing anything of note there. I could be wrong, I don't pay too much attention to Texas fans
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You do realize that Texas has only had 3 coaches since 1988, right? Penders 10 years, Barnes 17, and Shaka 6. None of them made a final 4. Shaka never won a tourney game. I wouldn’t classify UT basketball as impatient.
Edit- I think Barnes took them to a final four.
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Beard is a better coach than the previous 3. I'm guessing he'll get them to a final 4.
Depending on how severe the ripple effect is from Adidas, Texas could become the big dog in the conference. Beard is solid and TU hasn't struggled with bringing in talent and length.
Idk Shaka only went to the tournament 50% of his time in Texas and never made it out of the first round. I don’t think they were planning on firing him since he won the B12 tournament.
I’m not sure about that. Penders and Barnes aren’t exactly chopped liver.
I think we need to step out of it to let someone else into it.
Correct. 2003.
That was the tournament Syracuse beat four Big 12 teams on way to the title, including two 1 seeds: (6) Oklahoma State, (1) Oklahoma, (1) Texas, (2) Kansas.
I wasn't commenting on whether or not he is slimy. I don't think he is particularly slimy. There are way worse. I was merely pointing out that Tech fans can't be that upset since their school poached Beard after he had about 15 minutes on the job at UNLV. He's clearly looking to move up (who could blame him) and Texas is definitely a step up.
You’ve said this before and I’m not sure where you are getting this from. Like another posted said before this hire they have had 3 coaches in 30 years. In that same time frame Iow State has 6 coaches, now 7 with TJ.
Texas is pretty damn patient with all that money, so you need to stop spewing that bs.
well of course he doesn’t think he will fail. But he could. Karma is a *****.
I can think of two coaches we’ve had that left for better jobs and did not have success afterwards.
Texas should expect better than what Shaka delivered. His results were poor.
Not much higher than his TTU salary, but Texas has a higher capacity for heavy incentives to do well.
I thought it was like 4.8 or something (base)?
According to this article, it was around 5. Maybe around 6 with incentives?
Chris Beard Hired as Next Head Coach at Texas
Beard will move from Lubbock to Austin to take over the Longhorns
www.si.com
