Texas basketball isn't ranked, but 3 of their former coaches have teams in the top 25

texas was in the elite 8 last year

Barnes had run his course there, he was consistently ranked and making the tourney but not making it to the 2nd weekend.

Shaka just didn’t work, seems more fitted to smaller programs.

Beard had them as legit Final Four contenders last year. They made the Elitie Eight with Terry as interim and were favored in that game, now he’s permanent coach. They fired Beard for “off the court” allegations that lead to charges that have since been now been dropped. They will regret that for a long time

I learned today that their coach is a huge pussy and berated UCF players in the handshake line for doing the “horns down” gesture after beating them last night.

Chris Beard would’ve had Texas as a perennial NC contender. He was also a Longhorn at his dream job so that one will always sting,

Barnes and Shaka had plateaued albeit at different levels.

I just looked it up this is Barnes 9th season at Tennessee already he was at Texas for what 15-16 years? It was time for him to move on.

I really thought Shaka was gonna wreck shop there but Beard? oh my dude had Texas Tech a hair from the title. I think it would have been a matter of when not if for him at Texas

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honestly think hiring Terry was a short-sighted move.

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It was, but this is the problem with having “named” interim coaches. I realize somebody has to lead but call it co-interim or something with two or more coaches. If you give it a face, and they happen to do well, you get a groundswell of public opinion (and sometimes players as well) clamoring for the interim. Michigan football is about to have that same issue. Holding a team together and doing well in a crisis situation is not the same as maintaining a major program for the long haul.

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Chris Beard would’ve had Texas as a perennial NC contender. He was also a Longhorn at his dream job so that one will always sting,

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No question. Perfect set up. Great coach at a job he likely was never going to leave (unless he wanted to try the NBA). I thought it was a terribly short-sighted decision by Texas, no doubt influenced by the very "progressive" culture of Austin. The Texas admin did the right thing initially by suspending him pending further investigation. But pretty early on it became clear those charges were going nowhere and eventually would be dropped. However, the admin panicked and capitulated to "societal pressure"....largely from those who are NOT college basketball fans.

Terry was a dumb hire to anyone with the ability look beyond 2 weeks back in history. The guy had a 10 year history as a HC without any noteworthy accomplishments. If I'm a Texas fan my hope the the hire was more akin to the Zack Arnett football hire at MSU following Leach's unexpected death. One where the admin made it somewhat out of necessity and is able to realize quickly it is going nowhere fast.

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He never choked her, even she admitted that to the cops. But because someone did call the cops, apparently it's a law someone has to be arrested, so he was. bullschiff.

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Go read the police report.

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thought it was a terribly short-sighted decision by Texas, no doubt influenced by the very "progressive" culture of Austin. The Texas admin did the right thing initially by suspending him pending further investigation. But pretty early on it became clear those charges were going nowhere and eventually would be dropped. However, the admin panicked and capitulated to "societal pressure

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Counterpoint:

Charges going nowhere doesn't mean he didn't choke his GF/wife. Charges going nowhere doesn't mean there weren't other instances of DV/volatile behavior indicating a trend that could eventually lead to an extremely bad situation.

Charges going nowhere isn't the test for whether or not someone should be fired. Perhaps they made the right decision, based on facts, and not whether or not charges were going somewhere/nowhere.

My gut feeling is that she's a crazy bitch and he has a temper. She was probably provoking him and being physical while doing it. He decided enough was enough, lost his shite, and manhandled her. Kind of like a Bill Burr "I can think of plenty of reasons to hit a women, you just shouldn't do it" situation. She, of course, doesn't want to lose the gravy train, so she recants.

These things usually aren't one-time/isolated incidents, and "break up with her or lose your job" isn't really an option. The Admin probably was stuck in a "one of these days, one of them is going to kill the other one...we need to end this relationship ASAP" no-win situation.

If...IF (I don't know) they made the right call knowing it would be detrimental to the short-term success of the basketball program, then I applaud them for doing the right thing.

Beard should be coaching. But 'We're Texas' so we had to worry about being better than everyone else. Then compound it by letting social pressure and former players push Terry on us. F'ed up all the way around.