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re: 2018-2019 Texas Aggies Basketball Season Thread
Posted on 1/15/19 at 4:59 pm to AggieDub14
Posted on 1/15/19 at 4:59 pm to AggieDub14
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This is the basis of your argument. Guess what? So was Kevin Sumlin.
Not sure what your point is here, but BK has had more success than Sumlin did at A&M by a country mile, and that’s without factoring in a resources adjustment.
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Posted on 1/15/19 at 6:22 pm to Projectpat
I'll admit that the two things that piss me off the most about Billy Kennedy's tenure have almost nothing to do with Kennedy at all.
1. The CBI absurdity by Eric Hyman in 2014. At the beginning of the season, Hyman was quoting as saying that Kennedy had to make the postseason OR ELSE. For Hyman to then BUY HIS WAY into the CBI after Kennedy didn't make the NCAA Tournament or NIT so he could keep his pristine track record of not hiring or firing a single coach intact was atrocious.
2. The ridiculous extension and buyout in 2016. I understand the extension during that season, a season we won the SEC in. However, the buyout makes it extremely difficult to fire him. No school is going to poach Kennedy even if he has a Wooden-like run due to his health concerns, so to make it more difficult for the school to make a change is cronyism at its most horrid.
All of my talk about epic failures of seasons is a wish for retribution upon those who made those horrible choices, forcing them to own and correct those mistakes.
I'd also like to add that I am sick of the paradigm that you are a "Bad Aggie" if you criticize the coaching staff.
1. The CBI absurdity by Eric Hyman in 2014. At the beginning of the season, Hyman was quoting as saying that Kennedy had to make the postseason OR ELSE. For Hyman to then BUY HIS WAY into the CBI after Kennedy didn't make the NCAA Tournament or NIT so he could keep his pristine track record of not hiring or firing a single coach intact was atrocious.
2. The ridiculous extension and buyout in 2016. I understand the extension during that season, a season we won the SEC in. However, the buyout makes it extremely difficult to fire him. No school is going to poach Kennedy even if he has a Wooden-like run due to his health concerns, so to make it more difficult for the school to make a change is cronyism at its most horrid.
All of my talk about epic failures of seasons is a wish for retribution upon those who made those horrible choices, forcing them to own and correct those mistakes.
I'd also like to add that I am sick of the paradigm that you are a "Bad Aggie" if you criticize the coaching staff.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 1/16/19 at 8:29 am to Projectpat
So BKs 2 runs to the sweet 16, you can't really credit him for the first one. We won in the 2nd round by miracle. Not by coaching. BK does not deserve a ton of praise for our players clutching that win. I'll give him some praise for NC last season, but that doesn't make him a great coach.
With the talent we had, our team should have gone deeper in 2018.
With the talent we had, our team should have gone deeper in 2018.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 8:30 am
Posted on 1/16/19 at 11:39 am to AggieDub14
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With the talent we had, our team should have gone deeper in 2018.
Based on what?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 12:15 pm to Nguyening
Like he said, based on the talent on the team. You know that team did not perform to expectations.
BCG took teams with little talent and exceeded expectations.
BK takes team with talent and misses expectations.
BCG took teams with little talent and exceeded expectations.
BK takes team with talent and misses expectations.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 1:27 pm to gvwheeler
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Like he said, based on the talent on the team. You know that team did not perform to expectations.
How talented was the team?
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BCG took teams with little talent and exceeded expectations.
BK takes team with talent and misses expectations.
BK has had better results?
Posted on 1/16/19 at 2:21 pm to Nguyening
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How talented was the team?
Very
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BK has had better results?
If that were true, we wouldn't be having this conversation. If results are measured based on performance versus expected performance given roster talent, opponent, etc, then no, BK has not had better results, which is exactly the point others were making.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 3:43 pm to AggieDub14
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With the talent we had, our team should have gone deeper in 2018.
Yes, but let's also not discount an absolute freakshow of a performance by Michigan in 2018.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:02 pm to gvwheeler
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BK has not had better results, which is exactly the point others were making.
By what measure besides NCAAT results or conference championships are you using?
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we wouldn't be having this conversation. If results are measured based on performance versus expected performance
This is exactly the conversation every Aggy basketball thread turns into. Yeah BK has led us to more basketball success than any other A&M basketball coach, BUT.....
Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:05 pm to Projectpat
At least I made my very specific objections clear.
I really have nothing to say about the game tonight that the commentators didn't already say.
I really have nothing to say about the game tonight that the commentators didn't already say.
This post was edited on 1/16/19 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:21 pm to CGSC Lobotomy
You get credit for that.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 6:53 pm to Projectpat
When the commentators say that A&M's defense is putting up no resistance to Auburn, you are having major issues.
Ugly first half.
Ugly first half.
Posted on 1/16/19 at 8:27 pm to Nguyening
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How talented was the team?
i can confidently say with no hyperbole that the team we had last year was capable of winning a national championship
Posted on 1/17/19 at 12:34 am to Projectpat
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This is exactly the conversation every Aggy basketball thread
I love the RC/pat vs CGSC threads every fricking year. Only thing that gets me through the offseasons.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 9:49 am to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
I am a fan of Billy, but I think this is probably his last year.
Does anyone know if we would have any chance at all at convincing Chris Beard at Tech to come to A&M? I doubt it, but that dude can coach basketball.
Does anyone know if we would have any chance at all at convincing Chris Beard at Tech to come to A&M? I doubt it, but that dude can coach basketball.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 9:53 am to Hugh McElroy
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Does anyone know if we would have any chance at all at convincing Chris Beard at Tech to come to A&M? I doubt it, but that dude can coach basketball.
I have zero confidence in the decision makers letting Kennedy go this year.
If they did, I would go after Musselman at Nevada. After all, the last coach we had who coached there turned out far better than we expected. (A guy named GILLISPIE)
This post was edited on 1/17/19 at 9:54 am
Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:01 am to CGSC Lobotomy
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I have zero confidence in the decision makers
You have zero confidence in Billy. You have zero confidence in the admin. You just generally think everybody but you is stupid, huh?
Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:16 am to Hugh McElroy
No, but even I know better than to give a contract extension with two weeks left to go in the season IN THE MIDDLE OF A 5 GAME LOSING STREAK plus a guaranteed buyout that handcuffs my organization later for a coach that no one was going to poach.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:23 am to CGSC Lobotomy
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If they did, I would go after Musselman at Nevada. After all, the last coach we had who coached there turned out far better than we expected. (A guy named GILLISPIE)
BCG didn't coach at Nevada. He was at utep prior to us hiring him.
Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:39 am to NanosTacoRun
Nevermind, misread his bio. Musselman would still be my target.
This post was edited on 1/17/19 at 10:42 am
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