Beard might have busted through the glass ceiling. But he couldn't manage his off court life well enough for us to find out.
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Wasn’t that Beard’s call at that time. I thought Newton has been at UConn two years. I’m not sold on Terry at all, but want him to succeed. I agree that the jury is out on Terry’s ability to build a roster. This year’s team had glaring deficiencies that continued the whole year.Tristan Newton is from El Paso and RT was at UTEP when Newton was recruiting. Newton openly wanted to play for UTEP but they didn’t offer him.
Only two coaches offered Newton out of the portal - Gonzaga and UConn. Few and Hurley clearly know how to ID talent. Not sure RT does.
Ironically the joke at work on Monday morning was that El Paso is such an athletic wasteland that not even UTEP or NMSt offered Newton. I’m in total shock if what you say is actually true.Tristan Newton is from El Paso and RT was at UTEP when Newton was recruiting. Newton openly wanted to play for UTEP but they didn’t offer him.
Only two coaches offered Newton out of the portal - Gonzaga and UConn. Few and Hurley clearly know how to ID talent. Not sure RT does.
Wasn’t that Beard’s call at that time. I thought Newton has been at UConn two years. I’m not sold on Terry at all, but want him to succeed. I agree that the jury is out on Terry’s ability to build a roster. This year’s team had glaring deficiencies that continued the whole year.
When has Texas NOT been a second tier destination for basketball?
My post (the first post on this page) addresses this.In 2022 we had the #6 recruiting class as well as, I think, a top 5 portal class the year before. Seems like we had top tier momentum until the accusations started flying.
For coaches that can identify talent and also build talent, its much easier. As long as rt is here, we are not going to be a cant miss team. As Sangre noted, beard was headed to a pretty good run. The kids wanted to play for him and so far we have not seen that same desire for anyone that rt recruits. All the kids on the team when beard melted down obviously want rt to be the guy but he has never been a winner anywhere on his own. Texas will be no different. Not everyone is destined to be a chief, there still has to be indians!!!With the turnover and attrition in basketball (only 5 guys on the floor at a time), using recruiting rankings to determine on-court success doesn't jibe the way it does (or it's "supposed to") with football. On top of that, the immediacy of transfers means you could take all of the kids in a class, redistribute them somewhere else, and re-rank to show that our 2022 class was actually a big fat zero. Judging by those guys in the 2022 group, they'd be a big fat zero whether Beard was still our coach or not.
It's arguable that we haven't hit on a HS class since 2018, as Cunningham, Ramey, and Hayes were all there. I don't think the solo class of Greg Brown III was all that good in the long run. Watched him play for the Texas Legends a few weeks ago and he was terrible. Kai Jones was a sleeper but his contributions did little to get us anywhere in the tournament.
I love Weaver’s energy and athleticism, but he is not a point guard. If he is running point for us we will lose over half of our games.Based on what I posted earlier about needs, I figured we'd go for:
PG
Swing
Swing
Big
Big
And it appears as though we've picked up our PG and two swings. So really, all that's left in terms of the portal (unless we lose other current guys) are the bigs.
I think they're letting the coaching changes settle down until going after some of the remaining best available. Calipari really threw a wrench in movement.
Revised lineup for 2024-25 (to this point):
C Weaver - Larry
T Johnson - no backup yet
T Mark - D Pryor
Kent - N Codie
Shedrick - Onyema
He has crazy athletic ability but it doesnt translate to noticeable impact on the game. he doesnt appear to have any offensive skills but can jump through the roof.When I saw that Mitchell averaged 9.6pts/game this season I couldn’t believe it was that high. Although he really showed up against UConn of all teams, there were way too many games - especially down the stretch - where he was a complete non-factor. In about a third of the games this past season he scored six points or less. That’s unacceptable considering he’s neither an elite rebounder nor a shut down defender. Also, there was no significant offensive improvement between year 1 and 2. He is not yet an NBA level player and really not that close. I wish him good luck.
I love Weaver’s energy and athleticism, but he is not a point guard. If he is running point for us we will lose over half of our games.
Out of which conference?My hope is they sign out of conference.
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