Beard to Texas

[1UNI2ISU]

Shaka also had some really bad luck in the tournament.

Jesperson threw in a half courter and Texas had all the momentum and would have rolled in Overtime.

This year he got stuck with worst imaginable matchup in the first round. Playing a team from your own state that plays the style that bothers your style the most? That's a recipe for an upset.

 

[Jer]

Shaka also had some really bad luck in the tournament.

Jesperson threw in a half courter and Texas had all the momentum and would have rolled in Overtime.

This year he got stuck with worst imaginable matchup in the first round. Playing a team from your own state that plays the style that bothers your style the most? That's a recipe for an upset.

But to be fair - with all of the advantages that come with the name Texas and after being there so long, it shouldn't have needed to come down to that. They gave him a decent chance, and while their expectations might be too high, he failed to get them past the first round ever.

 

[usedcarguy]

There is no scenario where this is career suicide for Beard. With what he accomplished at TT, everyone knows he can recruit and coach at the highest level.

One of two things is going to happen. Either he'll have them at the top of the conference every year and making tourney runs, or there will be validation that their culture is so rotten that it's impossible to overcome... regardless of who's coaching.

 

[scyclonekid]

Career suicide? ****, making 5 million a year and if you get fired and still get paid is career suicide? Laughing my ass off.

 

[2122]

Career suicide? ****, making 5 million a year and if you get fired and still get paid is career suicide? Laughing my ass off.

Yeah, I'd take just one year of that career suicide, please.

 

[surly]

Naturally, Beard's ranking in terms of pay remains to be clear for next season, but during the past season, he earned $5,050,000. DMN

 

[farm85]

Expectations 'don't scare me,' says Horns' Beard

Newly minted Texas Longhorns coach Chris Beard says lofty expectations for the men's basketball program "don't scare" him.

www.espn.com

"The 48-year-old was formally introduced as the new Longhorns head coach on a Zoom call from the Austin campus. It came a day after a meeting with Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte at a Comfort Inn hotel before going to breakfast at a McDonald's in Plainview, Texas, about 45 miles north of the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock".


TexaSS handshake in McDonald's...

 

[davegilbertson]

Expectations 'don't scare me,' says Horns' Beard

Newly minted Texas Longhorns coach Chris Beard says lofty expectations for the men's basketball program "don't scare" him.

www.espn.com

I know ppl were saying this was good for ISU. I'm still not sure about that.

 

[surly]

It really depends on who TxT hires as to whether it's good or not for Iowa State. I don't see Beard being worse than Shaka at UT.

 

[Spam]

Even if he fails at Texas, he can still end up at a school like Tennessee or Marquette. Beard's bank balance and his coaching career will be just fine

 

[HoopsTournament]

Some of you take this a little too serious.

 

[brett108]

But to be fair - with all of the advantages that come with the name Texas and after being there so long, it shouldn't have needed to come down to that. They gave him a decent chance, and while their expectations might be too high, he failed to get them past the first round ever.

What advantages does UT have other than providing a big salary? Fans have never cared about basketball and students even less. No one has done that well there. Rick Barnes is the pinnacle of that programs past. People overvalue the advantages. This isn’t the football team.

 

[farm85]

 

[surly]

What advantages does UT have other than providing a big salary? Fans have never cared about basketball and students even less. No one has done that well there. Rick Barnes is the pinnacle of that programs past. People overvalue the advantages. This isn’t the football team.

The potential to get five-star recruits.

 

[cyhiphopp]

The potential to get five-star recruits.

Could he not get 5 stars at TTU? They were so damn good and seemed like a well oiled machine

 

[surly]

Could he not get 5 stars at TTU? They were so damn good and seemed like a well oiled machine

Texas Tech 2020 Basketball Commits

Texas Tech

247sports.com

Texas Tech 2019 Basketball Commits

Texas Tech

247sports.com

 

[CascadeClone]

The TT to UT relationship is absolutely insane.

Tech has a passionate hatred of UT on a scale that dwarfs the ISU-UI rivalry.
Meanwhile UT is like "hey, when do we play Oklahoma?"

It's the Little Brother-est relationship in the universe.

 

[deadeyededric]

But to be fair - with all of the advantages that come with the name Texas and after being there so long, it shouldn't have needed to come down to that. They gave him a decent chance, and while their expectations might be too high, he failed to get them past the first round ever.

He was no Rick Barnes.

 

[cyfan92]

The TT to UT relationship is absolutely insane.

Tech has a passionate hatred of UT on a scale that dwarfs the ISU-UI rivalry.
Meanwhile UT is like "hey, when do we play Oklahoma?"

It's the Little Brother-est relationship in the universe.

TTech is to Texas what UNI is to Iowa State.

UT Rivalrys ranked
1: A&M
2: OU
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3: All other Texas schools

 

[Cyched]

TTech is to Texas what UNI is to Iowa State.

UT Rivalrys ranked
1: OU
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2: A&M
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3: All other Texas schools

It's probably been hurt by realignment, and OU is now their most important rival, but A&M is still their most hated rival.