Basketball recruiting needs
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not just the virus — schools don’t want to eat huge buyouts then spend even more on a new staff
An underrated aspect of retention is a hot girlfriend.
Exactly. Unless the next candidate is a huge name the risk is too high. There’s no guarantee the next coach will do any better than Terry. Our previous coach had made either the nit or ncaa in 11 of his 14 previous years as a D1 HC. He couldn’t accomplish shit here.
So it’s UTEP’s fault and not the coaches? Are you insinuating that a good coach can’t win here?
I’m insinuating that the next hire isn’t guaranteed to be any better than what we’ve seen the last decade. And isn’t worth the 2+ million it would cost to buy out Terry.
I want to see Terry leverage his Texas roots to bring in some Texas talent.
Exactly. His Fresno pipeline will be dried up soon (if it hasn't already). He needs to build up in Texas. I know he was in Houston recently before heading home to stay safe.
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Time will tell, but I am willing to trade Eze for Vila right now. Eze is big, strong and can defend the rim and portray some intimidation factor. His offense was limited, but the one time Terry played pick and role vs La Tech last year Eze showed a LOT of potential.
Not trying to be mean towards Vila, but man I dont remember ever being so mad at a particular player during any season. And to make it worse Terry stuck with him for so long with other viable options on the bench. We probably lost more than one player due to Vila and his unwarranted playing time.
It’s always the same argument for keeping a mediocre coach. Heard it over and over, by many posters and media when rumblings of getting rid of Price and Floyd. “What if the next hire is worse?” That can be said about anything. That’s not a reason to keep the same shit around just because the next one MIGHT be worse.
The reason is not that it might be a worse hire, the reason is the risk to reward ration on the 2.2 million to buyout Terry isn’t worth it. If for some strange reason someone like Krzyzewski wants to coach at UTEP next season then by all means fire Terry today.
And also because it’s the same picture Terry posted last year on her birthday.
I'd be willing to say Villa directly cost us a minimum of 3 games. He's just lost at times out there, he is not a quality player at this point.
He needs to see Pau Gasol, not Kevin Durant. His approach is ALL wrong.
As far as I'm concerned we have 5 proven players right now with 3 incoming so far. Bryson, Tydus, Efe, Archie and Boum. No pressure on Kennedy, but he better be some kind of serious dude to replace Stroud. He's already talking on social media. We still desperately need an upperclassman to run the team and a 40% shooter. I think McGriff will be pretty decent, but he cant be expected to lead this team to the NCAA from day 1. Onyema looks like he needs a RS and this year will be perfect time. Another PF to bridge the gap will be good.
Kennedy might want to look at this article before talking too much:
https://www.bannersontheparkway.com...nking-and-offseason-outlook-xavier-basketball
I agree with most of your assessment about the team, Mr. Fools, but on this I agree with only three of them: Bryson, Tydus, and Boum. Efe is still a work-in-progress and Archie? Well, to paraphrase Jim Mora, "Archie? You talking about Archie? You kidding me? Archie?"
Deon Stroud going to Fresno St. Lol. This is basically pie in Terry's face.
He sucked and couldn’t hang here. Playing at FIU, FAU, Rice, and MTSU were too tough. He’s gotta go play patsies San Diego St, UNLV, and Utah St.
IYNWUYAU!!!!!!!!
We will see. However, since he’s transferring to his hometown and with this thing going on, I will bet he will be playing during the 2020-21 season. If things were normal right now, I would say he’s definitely sitting out next year.
He should have to sit out a year unless the NCAA rules change. I still dont understand how Gilyard became eligible, but I wouldn't be surprised. What is embarrassing for Terry and UTEP is that Stroud was willing to give up 3 of his 5 years just to get away.
I think if the previous school (in this case UTEP) grants the waiver, then he would be able to play next year; similar to Gilyard. Like you mentioned, the transfer rules can change to allow immediate play as well. My guess is that Stroud will be able to play in December. If he did not feel he would be able to play next year, I would think he would have wound up in juco, versus losing a year.
At lot of the PG transfers that are immediately eligible are being taken. I think the best left are Darius Perry (Lousville), Drew Buggs (Hawaii), Bolden (South Carolina). Perry or Buggs would be the best, but I'm sure both are looking at high majors.
Eric Boone #26 and Trevin Wade (Trey's brother) #83 are the top JC guys left.
Terry needs to pull something out of his hat pretty soon.
Eric Boone #26 and Trevin Wade (Trey's brother) #83 are the top JC guys left.
Terry needs to pull something out of his hat pretty soon.
Don't have names or numbers handy, but seems as though Tech keeps signing highly regarded transfers.
Yep Beard has done a fantastic job recruiting, coaching and selling his program at Tech. I wouldn't be surprised if he is coaching at a blue blood school within the next 5-10 years.
Tech is one team we need to keep playing please.
So now we have 3 spots open as of today.
Transfer PG #1
Another shooter #2 (Au?)
Another forward #3 or save a scholly
Transfer PG #1
Another shooter #2 (Au?)
Another forward #3 or save a scholly
Probably no need to save the scholly since we will probably be losing another 6 or 7 guys again next year, so there will likely already be plenty of scholarships available to use at that time.
Well if we could just somehow add Fili and OT this team would be set!
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NMSU signs #48 JC PG CJ Roberts (Teammate of Brayan Au) to go along with #22 JC guard Jason King, OK St transfer Marcus Watson and USF transfer big Mayan Kiir.
Where the !@#$ is Terry and his staff?!
Where the !@#$ is Terry and his staff?!
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