Terry on-the-fencers, how you like him now?

This settles it once and for all:

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They've gone into hiding.

But if we go out in round 1 (or even round 2) of the Big Dance, they'll be back with sharpened knives and venomous keyboards...
 
Agree with 2003......not naming him head coach is not a firing.

Not arguing one way or the other if he should/shouldn't have interim removed, just saying its not a firing.
 
LonghornCatholic said:
Agree with 2003......not naming him head coach is not a firing.

Not arguing one way or the other if he should/shouldn't have interim removed, just saying it’s not a firing.
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Since you can be fired at Texas without recompense for farting in the wrong direction, “interim” applies to whomever the coach is next season and thereafter.
 
Chop said:
They've gone into hiding.

But if we go out in round 1 (or even round 2) of the Big Dance, they'll be back with sharpened knives and venomous keyboards...
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I don’t think Terry is the long term answer but I could be wrong and that doesn’t make me a Terry hater. I think he always has been a high level assistant and has done a very good job with a veteran team that is right where it was expected to be at this point. The question I have is why was Terry not the answer when Barnes left, when Smart left? Terry will have the interim tag lifted and will be the head coach next year. Hopefully the Horns get to the Sweet 16 and possibly further which certainly would help with recruiting the transfer portal and keeping the current commitments. Maybe this job is Terry’s sweet spot, it’s possible. Three million a year should be the starting with incentives but he’ll get the five to avoid the bad pr look.
 
I think all the Terry has earned the HC’s should take a look as his HC record. Never won a conference Championship, 0–1 NCAA tourney and 0-1 NIT..

he is playing with Beards team. The above is his record with his players.

I do not think he is our HC going forward and I have not been impressed with his coaching and getting his team ready to play. Too many games falling behind double digits in the first half.

not a hater but a avid doubter.
 
2003TexasGrad said:
He did decent inheriting a top 5 caliber team, but national coach of the year? Not sure about that.
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I agree 2003. My hunch is that he was named COY because he did an admirable job of keeping the team from a dump fire season after Beard's departure. Things could have gone south fast, but his handling of the team and some good senior leadership from the players saved the season.

The team is very talented; and very very experienced. They have not exceeded the realistic expectations that most folks had. Expectations with Beard here ranged from Elite 8 to final four.
Terry righted the ship. If he gets to Elite Eight or Final Four then he likely keeps the job.
 
I think Sweet 16 is enough to save his job. Maybe a short contract (3 for $13MM) but good enough. Next year is the real challenge.
 
Someone needs to tell Dick Vitale that when he gives CDC a check for $10 million that will clear the bank, he can have a say. Until then, shut the **** up.

I'll reserve judgement until after the Final Four. My problem is not whether to let him come back, but rather who the hell do you hire to replace him?

Far too many failed HCs in all sports have been hired predicated on ONE season at another school
 
I too, was one that thought he was not the guy to be the permanent Head Coach for this team. I am, however, beginning to come around. But at the end of the day it doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what do the incoming recruiting class think about him. If they trust him and come to Texas to play, then i will back him.
It recruits start backing off, then he needs to go.
 
RT has to win the conference.
RT has to win the big XII tournament.
RT has to win a first round game.
RT has to make the sweet 16.
RT has to make the elite 8.
RT has to make the final 4.
RT has to win it all.
It’s never ending on what this man has to accomplish to receive any credit.
It’s Beard’s team. Yada yada yada.
Enough about Beard.
Beard is gone and it’s time to move on.

Holy KRAP! Where’s the Tylenol?
 
Something makes me think of Ed Orgeron. Which can be taken a couple of different ways.
 
SabreHorn said:
My problem is not whether to let him come back, but rather who the hell do you hire to replace him?
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Excellent point, SabreHorn. And I don't think there is an obvious answer to that question - no current coach immediately jumps to the top of the list.
 
txhorn_et said:
RT has to win the conference.
RT has to win the big XII tournament.
RT has to win a first round game.
RT has to make the sweet 16.
RT has to make the elite 8.
RT has to make the final 4.
RT has to win it all.
It’s never ending on what this man has to accomplish to receive any credit.
It’s Beard’s team. Yada yada yada.
Enough about Beard.
Beard is gone and it’s time to move on.

Holy KRAP! Where’s the Tylenol?
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Because as a head coach he has never won **** so what are we supposed to believe now that he is coaching a top 5 talent level team that someone else built in ONE year? Two flash in the pan coaches screwed our football team up for over a decade so surely you sunshine pampers can understand the hesitancy over this guy winning a few games with someone else's team. He has done well taking over a talented team, but being a head coach is much more than that to sustain a program.

I'm not suggesting we not hire this guy, I'm an thinking if he his hired he'll have a very short leash with me if **** goes sideways fast.
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
I am sure your short leash threat terrifies the man.
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I dont really care what he thinks because I know what I think doesn't impact what happens at all. Just like you we are all here just expressing our opinions and how we feel about the situation.

As hard as it is for you to understand my hesitancy it is equally as hard for me to understand your 100% full support.
 
Allow me to help explain.

In principle, I will always support the men and women chosen to be coaches of the sports programs at UT until such time as glaring incompetence or other significant shortcomings (example: Tom Herman) make it obvious they are not suited for the job.

Others prefer to pick at any perceived imperfections from the start. So be it
 
Sangre Naranjada said:
Others prefer to pick at any perceived imperfections from the start.
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Surely you understand that 163-156 lifetime record before taking over a top 5 team isn't a "perceived imperfection". Thats 12 years of head coaching results. He's doing well with what he inherited and I'll leave it at that.
 
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Joe Torre was a so-so manager until he went to the Yankees. Including his three previous jobs, he had been a combined 109 games below .500, and had never won a playoff game in 14 seasons. The Cardinals fired him mid-season in 1985 for his poor record.

In the right situation, an average coach can blossom into a great coach.
 
That's a good historical example, Texanne.

And yet, 12 seasons is a long track record so that evidence cannot be dismissed either. I continue to default to support until that support is clearly unwarranted.
 
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