Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
There seems to be a perception that Texas is a job with intensely high expectations, and maybe that is now true. However, they have not acted on these in the past.
- Rick Barnes was given a pretty damn long grace period for a supposed "elite job" or whatever. He had all of the talent in the world, and he failed to make a Sweet Sixteen in his final SEVEN years at Texas, won zero conference titles and finished the year ranked ONCE. Imagine what this fan base would be saying about Underwood at that point if some are turning on him for one rebuilding year as an NCAA Tournament team?!
- Shaka Smart never won any conference championships in his six seasons, never made it out of the First Round in ANY of his five NCAAT seasons (COVID cancelled one where they likely would have missed it), made the NCAA Tournament in only three of his five non-COVID chances and finished ranked ONE time. While the heat was on when he left for Marquette, he was going to enter year 7 and had not yet been fired.
Texas has unparalleled money and no-doubt believes they have a God-given right to athletic success in light of that, but let's not pretend like their basketball fans expect Blue Blood results ... it takes one read through their message board to see that they do not view themselves, their history or even their future in that regard. Their basketball history is easily worse than ours.
- Rick Barnes was given a pretty damn long grace period for a supposed "elite job" or whatever. He had all of the talent in the world, and he failed to make a Sweet Sixteen in his final SEVEN years at Texas, won zero conference titles and finished the year ranked ONCE. Imagine what this fan base would be saying about Underwood at that point if some are turning on him for one rebuilding year as an NCAA Tournament team?!
- Shaka Smart never won any conference championships in his six seasons, never made it out of the First Round in ANY of his five NCAAT seasons (COVID cancelled one where they likely would have missed it), made the NCAA Tournament in only three of his five non-COVID chances and finished ranked ONE time. While the heat was on when he left for Marquette, he was going to enter year 7 and had not yet been fired.
Texas has unparalleled money and no-doubt believes they have a God-given right to athletic success in light of that, but let's not pretend like their basketball fans expect Blue Blood results ... it takes one read through their message board to see that they do not view themselves, their history or even their future in that regard. Their basketball history is easily worse than ours.