That’s good to hear but I guess I’ll believe it when I see it. I hope it happens honestly, is cool to see new programs rise up.
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That’s good to hear but I guess I’ll believe it when I see it. I hope it happens honestly, is cool to see new programs rise up.
Self’s recent comments were a direct response to that insinuation. He said he has no interest in the Bulls job or any other. Also that he won’t leave the program in a bad situation.
As for being pushed out, that’s going to require hard evidence. Vague texts won’t cut it. Neither Bill nor KU will take a fall for the industry.
I’m not going to sit here like a Tech fan and call it impossible, but it’s probably less likely than Beard bolting.
Ahh, so now he’s going to do that every year. Hey, at least you’re realistic.
Arguably the greatest CBB coach ever had very little success at Tech, but Beard will have them at the top of the sport every single year. Probably won’t even break a sweat in the process.
nobody on our board or any TTU fan has expected we go to the final 4 every year, even the sweet 16 if we are honest. But it is nice to have a team that is competitive and the coach builds them for tournament runs with a stingy defense.
bob knight was wayyyyyy past his prime and because he choked half the team at IU he had some serious problems recruiting at TTU where it was already not easy. Beard already has a top 15 class coming for 2019 the comparison is apples to oranges.
Bless you for thinking we are a football school. We were more of a baseball/ meat judging school. Actually Beard makes more than the football coach. I legitimately had to go look up our football coach's name to check on that.
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If you gave TT or any other Texas school a choice for football success vs basketball success, they would choose football, I dont believe for one second that TT prioritizes bball or baseball over football. Beard makes more because bball is doing more right now. Since its a relevant point here, lets look at WVU. Huggins is paid more than the football coach at WVU, doesn't mean that the WVU admin wouldn't double that salary overnight to a football coach if say a Dabo Swinney fell into our lap and took the program from average to elite. WVU and TT are similar in the sense that they want to compete in both football and basketball, but if push comes to shove football gets and will continue to get the majority of administrative resources since that is what keeps the lights on, and by and large that is what their fanbase prefers.
If he can win at Texas Tech how exactly is he limiting himself? He doesn’t seem like the guy who wants to be next in line somewhere. He seems like the type who wants to build his own legacy.
Also, UNLV never would sign off on his contract. Apparently, the President of UNLV made the offer, Beard accepted and the BOR balked. Was he just supposed to sit there and hope he actually had a job?
Yes to all that btw. He’ll likely get around 5 mil per. Practice facility is already under construction. Private planes are already done, apartments instead of dorms, assistants will likely get a 30% + raise, and so on.
Tech isn’t some podunk school. Our endowment is near 2 bil and our alumni are huge in the oil and gas industries.
Lets be honest he can win but he can't win as consistently as he can at a premier program. Again i could be wrong and TT could invest heavily in the basketball program or he could pull a Mark Few and say fvck it I'm happy but the % of that happening isnt great.
he was in the elite 8 last year and the final 4 this year, plus winning the conference this year. i sure hope he can keep up with the blue bloodsEyeroll
we know 1 thing TTU cannot keep up with the blue bloods on, arrogance.
Over the long haul probably not. There's just more resources. Again TT could invest and climb the ranks and i think that'd be cool to see.
considering you are basing this on nothing more than your opinion and the facts surrounding this situation say you are wrong, i'll just go with what is currently happening and not your uniformed opinion.
It’s basing it off past history. You’re a little more emotionally invested so I understand your stance.
we can just agree to disagree. i think most TTU fans would wipe our ass with your opinion that's based completely on arrogance.
we have the money, we have the facilities and now we have the coach. we are going to keep having success despite IU winning a NCAA title in 1987. will we have a title run every year? nope, but we aren't going to go away either.
Well I don’t see them as a Cinderella fluke. That defense chokes teams out. Kansas kind of has become a fat old has been.
To be fair I have nothing to be arrogant about. I again will say I hope to see him stay at Texas tech I just don’t think he will.
They are definitely not a Cinderella. This year's TT and last year's are legit. I just don't agree with the thinking of "yup well be right back here next year" even if Beard stays, its just not that easy, CBB is a beast, the depth is so much more than football, and even when you have the pieces to win, the NCAAT is a game of Russian Roullette for teams with National Title caliber talent.
As a Texas Tech fan I agree with this 100%. What Beard has done has been something special and this is not some Cinderella team. That being said I wont get caught up in thinking we are a dominant powerhouse just after 2 great seasons. Always gotta keep that chip on your shoulder and think your the underdog every year. As long as Beard is there Tech will always be in the mix come tournament time.
Beard has proven that just because you dont have the blue chip recruits year in and year out you can still win. One thing Coach Beard has preached is making sure his teams stay old. Having older veteran guys have proven to be a difference come March. Your not always depending on Freshman and Sophomores to carry you.
As TTU fans everything we know about this situation says you are dead wrong.
and you are definitely arrogant about your uninformed opinion.
He wasn’t way past his prime. Up until the year he left Indiana, they were perennially top 10ish. Yeah, he struggled to recruit at Tech, but not only because of the scandal.
Three four stars and a three is a great class at Tech. At a blueblood, it’s disappointing.
But who knows what he’d do. It’s speculation on both sides. All we can do is compare to past situations. Bill Self left a much better basketball program after the same amount of time and after saying all the same things. He even left arguably his best recruiting class ever, which Bruce Weber nearly won a national title with.
When Knight got there he was past his prime but TT had only been to 2 tournaments in the 15 years prior to Knight, he took them to 4 in 5 years including a sweet 16.
Has-been following a final four and preseason #1 before losing three of their four best players.
Hot take!
You are like the car salesman who insists on telling the plumber how he should fix the water leak.....funny stuff
they don't TAKE transfers they take 5* 1 N DONE players. helluva difference between the 2 , but then again what can you expect from a Clown fan.
their is two bright sides to this
1st the 1 n done era is coming to a end
2nd reaching the FF opens the eyes of top recruits in the top 50.
Beard probably recognizes this and will stay. sorry but the B12 is not that strong a conference, look at it Kansas year in and year out has dominated the B12.
TT could do the same. this brings up my thoughts
it is better to be King at one place than be 2nd elsewhere.
all I have done is point out how hard it is to stay at the top.
1st the 1 n done era is coming to a end
2nd reaching the FF opens the eyes of top recruits in the top 50.
Beard probably recognizes this and will stay. sorry but the B12 is not that strong a conference, look at it Kansas year in and year out has dominated the B12.
TT could do the same. this brings up my thoughts
it is better to be King at one place than be 2nd elsewhere.
all I have done is point out how hard it is to stay at the top.
I’m starting to think you Texans are idiots. I’ve said Texas could invest heavily into the basketball program, I’ve said Beard could pull a mark few, I’ve even said I hope one of the two happens. The percentage of that happening isn’t favorable to you all. Please show me a list of coaches that stayed at their respective programs after advancing further than anyone had in their program history. I’ll hang up and listen.
Wait...TT could dominate a conference that KU won 14 consecutive times? Seems likely.
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