Rodney Terry Beats Cal Out For Texas HC Job
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The Texas beat writer for the Austin paper wrote a month ago that he was told Cal wasn’t under consideration for the job. He did say they’d kick the tires on Jay Wright and Billy Donovan , and If they couldn’t get either it’d likely be Terry
it’s absolutely correct it was a PC hire , tho I don’t think Cal would’ve been a candidate either way . It would’ve been a bad look letting a black coach walk that just took a team to the elite 8 , and received all kinds of praise nationally and a ringing endorsement from the Austin paper and tons of other media . Also , California U publicly expressed interest in Terry if Texas had let him walk , and if he’d done anything good there at all it would’ve been worse for Texas
This racial shit is nonsense. I’m white, 63 years old, UK fan all my life. Lifetime living in southern Kentucky. Lifetime farmer. Lifetime die hard republican. I would take Tubby over Calipari 7 days a week and twice on Sunday. This is about basketball. And we suck. Knuckleheads come in all colors, shapes, and sizes. Flush this crap and concentrate on the job at hand. We need a new coach.
I think the argument with this is that today‘s climate isn’t a good time to be passing over a successful , interim black coach for a full-time job in favor of Cal or about anyone else . I think most UK fans would take a winner …no matter who . Tubby really tailed off at the end of his career , and didn’t enjoy the recruiting aspect ( and all that goes with it ) of college much . He’d be in a tough spot at a pressure gig like UK in 2023 with NIL , portal and all …
Unless he gets the talent to be able to just roll the ball out there and win (like another coach we know), I see him fired in 3 or 4 years. He just didn't prove enough previously to warrant consideration for this job. He did a good (not great) job getting this team to keep it together after losing their coach. Should have gotten at least a Final Four out of this effed up tournament. He couldn't even win the most important game of his life with a 13 point second half lead. They got outscored by 20 with 13 minutes to go in the game. It won't get any easier for him when they move to the SEC.
I wanted Tubby gone, no question. My point was, and your today’s climate validates it, just get the best you can get. There’s a rainbow of good coaches, and bad. Screw today’s climate. That’s a really weak argument. And a main problem with everything non sports related. I can’t say the actual problem without getting banned, but if people can’t figure it out by now, reading it wouldn’t matter anyway.
He did a great job. He earned the position. Coaching today is much different when comparing it to 10+ years ago. It’s more about connecting with young players and managing egos / actually coaching basketball and putting your team in a position to win, which he did. It’s sad, but that’s todays game with NIL and the transfer portal, etc. is an entirely different thing. Coaching today is so much different from years ago.
Guarantee you that many successful coaches from years ago would struggle in todays environment.
Had they hired anyone else it would have been a bad look. Same could be said if the man was white and had the same outcome. Who cares?
Guarantee you that many successful coaches from years ago would struggle in todays environment.
Had they hired anyone else it would have been a bad look. Same could be said if the man was white and had the same outcome. Who cares?
Keep your head in the sand pal. Evidently you have had it there for the last 10 years. I don't like it either but it is what it is. Like mostly peaceful fiery riots.
Can we please get back to the main problem at hand? How do we get rid of CCC? Nothing else matters at this time.
New sport Grom? I haven't heard of that one. Well, with the new interchanges being intro'ed into the life of these youngsters, who knows it may catch on..,Maybe as a multi-people roster.
Yeah..I don’t think he was ever a candidate
They MAY have reached out to test interest
But thread title is misleading
Terry didn't really give TX much of a choice. He took over during a difficult situation with Beard, handled himself and the team well, and delivered about the same results they expected with their "home run hire" of Beard.
Had Beard been fired in say .... June. Terry would not have been hired. But he got a field promotion and didn't crap the bed. Really difficult not to give the guy the job after he does the job.
Had Beard been fired in say .... June. Terry would not have been hired. But he got a field promotion and didn't crap the bed. Really difficult not to give the guy the job after he does the job.
