Poor Texas
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I was at the game Friday. Bottom line is Sark blew it with his goal line play calling.
Yes, I have said that all year. He makes Ewers throw tough passes when it is first and goal, instead of just jamming the ball in. He did it against Georgia and Arizona State.
You have first and goal from the 2, just slam the ball in, you have 4 chances. Instead on 2nd down they pitch the ball and run wide, which was a disaster.
His play calling from inside the 10 when they have first and goal is atrocious. Another choice was to bring Manning in. Instead he forces Ewers to make tough passes. I have just never understood it.
The guy is a great coach, but you can’t slap your gf around in that position.
Now in the deep south, at Ole Miss...
We warned Texas about Terry. He’ll be the lead assistant(recruiter) at another top 5 program next year
Unlucky for them, he made the Elite 8 when he was interim coach. Had to give the black guy the job at that point.
If he doesn’t make the tourney this year and he’s fired, I think he gets $9M plus what he’s already been paid. I think he’ll retire.
It’s a little more nuanced than that. The E8 run was pretty awesome when viewed in the context of UT MBB history, although I think he blew the Miami game.
Also, he had two huge recruits lined up when he was given the job: five-star signees Ron Holland and AJ Johnson. He lost both after.
His contract kind of anticipates his failure by Texas standards. He’ll walk away set for life, and UT will go coach hunting. I like Otzelberger.
His team is really flawed. Weak inside. Street ball offense. Spotty defense. They have some talented players: Johnson, Pope, Kaluma, Mark. But they’re a bubble team at best, and only that if they can steal some SEC games.
He has some really good pieces, however, just like at UTEP, he can’t put the puzzle together. They don’t gel well as a team.
It’s not important, but it’s comical to me how he acts like he’s guarding someone on the side court. Dude, you’re the head basketball coach at UT, not a college guard.
He's an amazing recruiter. Someone will give him a job, doing what he is really good at. Barnes or Beard would take him in a heart beat.
Texas had a good shot to tie it in the final seconds. It just didn’t fall. They had too many turnovers in the game, but are playing better as a team.
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.500 in the SEC probably gets them dancing — not gonna be easy.
See that is bullshit right there. Texas didn’t beat anybody in OOC. They beat NC State and Syracuse, two sucky ACC teams and that’s it.
Yes, I would think the top 13 out of 16 teams are all Quad 1 teams.
But the truth in Kane's statement is that you have to look at OOC schedules to see what kind of success they will have in the NCAA tournament. This is why I have always bashed the BIG 10 because their OOC schedules are extremely weak, they earn Quad 1 wins beating each other and promptly get disposed of in the first couple of rounds in the NCAA tournament when they invite 9 of them.
SEC is not far behind in that feat. This year may be different, but history has not shown that they have produced in the tournament. Just look at Tennessee, Florida, Ole Miss, Miss St, Missouri and Texas's OOC schedules. They have played no one. Don't be surprised if all of them are bounced out early.
Auburn, Alabama and Kentucky have played a tough OOC schedule and all should do well.
Yes that is why the deck is stacked against mid majors that don’t schedule people. St Mary’s is 19-3 and pretty much a lock for the NCAAs. They scheduled Nebraska and Utah. Played in a tournament against USC and Arizona St. They also scheduled solid mid-major programs Utah St, Boise St, and Akron.
UTEP scheduled 3 non-D1s and played in a tournament with crappy non-power teams. That is why they never had any shot at an at-large.
