re: Basketball coaching search thread

I like this town. I grew up here. But there are some things I'd like to add...

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Houston is a 4th largest city in the US. It’s huge, sprawling,

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And that's not a good thing. Traffic is everywhere and it takes an hour to get anywhere during rush hour.

And after the mass Yankee migration of the 2008 Recession, traffic got worse. It's like NY, California, Michigan, and the entire Midwest sent their crappiest drivers to flood our freeways. frick, I'd vote for Trump if he promised to deport all the Californians back!

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loaded with things to do,

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This is true.

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culture, diversity

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I cringe whenever a Houstonian says this. Sure, we have people of all colors, but we're segregated as hell. Blacks stay in one part of town, Mexicans in another, and whites in another. Even Asians stay in their own bubble.

Kind of defeats the purpose of diversity, doesn't it?

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opportunity,

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With Houston being an A&M town, opportunity is amplified for us. For people who come from places not named A&M/UT/Rice, opportunity is a bit harder to come by (but not impossible).

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and surrounded by loads of upper middle class suburbs.

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Like I said earlier...TRAFFIC! Living in The Woodlands, Katy, or Sugarland is hell when it comes to commuting.

On a really bad day from Katy, it would probably take you longer to get across town that it would to the San Antonio city limit sign .

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I would not choose it for college, but it’s a great place to live.

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This is true. I can't imagine having to commute every fricking day to college. Traffic on 45?? frick. THAT. I would have missed so many classes. (Maybe that's why UofH fans are so resentful??? They literally spent most of their college experience sitting in traffic. )

At the end of the day, Sampson will choose the program that is most committed to basketball. And let's face it, it's Arkansas. I doubt he will care about the amenities each town offers if he doesn't have a good recruiting budget or a decent assistant salary.