Charles Barkley

VantheBengal said:

Yeah because all we care about is being as ethical as possible and hiring coaches that preach the gospel. Winning doesn’t matter any more. Give me a break! Hire anyone that can put this program on the map.

I'm ready to move on from Brad for sure, but not if that were to mean hiring Rick Pitino, which is never gonna happen anyway.

BTW, pretty sure from sitting close enough to hear Brad sling some GD's that he's not big into preaching. He's hired to produce a better and consistent product. There are coaches out there that I think can do that without the heavy baggage that comes with someone like Pitino. Winning is important, very important, but it's not everything to me.

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Re: Thank God no one on Tigernet determines

Feb 19, 2023, 10:05 AM [ in reply to Thank God no one on Tigernet determines ]

Clawing17 said:

Our next HC.

I say the short list needs to be Pat Kelsey, Bob Richey, and Shaka Smart.

I wanted us to go after Shaka Smart before he took the Marquette job. I'm slightly concerned that he underperformed at Texas, but that is kinda the modus operandi at Texas. But he sure has taken Marquette back to the top of the Big East.

But (this is one of those "hear me out!" comments), now that his legal issue is behind him, Chris Beard is a guy who took Texas Tech to the finals! And that's a program that is kind of like Clemson. You don't think of it as a basketball school. Now maybe the dropped charges make him toxic? But he also might present a full picture of the situation in an interview. My only concern (coaching wise) is that Beard's whole career has been spent in the state of Texas. But does it matter as much in hoops as it would on the gridiron?