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He dresses well. I'm not entirely sure he is that great of a recruiter, and he has no contacts in Texas that I am aware of.

On the one hand, you have to like his ability to lock up his own area, but I don't know if he brings much connection to other areas. He has 3 big name recruits in the last couple of years. Lacey grew up 100 miles from Tuscaloosa. Pollard not much farther away, and the Mississippi options kind of fell apart for Pollard. The only player of impact on the Alabama roster from outside of Alabama or a stone's throw from Alabama is Trevor Releford.

Right now, Alabama's class for 2013 is a highly regarded center from Alabama and pretty good PF from Tennessee who has been playing the last couple of season at Christ School in NC. He missed on the big target of Cat Barber who is from a school less than 100 miles from where he coached at VCU.

I don't fault a guy for locking up his region first and then expanding the sweep, but you'd think a guy who grew up in Florida, spent years as an assistant at Florida and who coached for years at VCU would already have a broader sweep.

Just wondering what Texas ties did Rick have before coming? or Mack on the football side...?

If Texas is serious about winning now then their first step is to money whip Saban for football and Self for basketball. Those guys can recruit anywhere, you may not like how they do it, but they've been doing it for over a decade each and NCAA doesn't touch them. Calipari would be interesting but he'll leave your program in a wreck from cheating when he leaves. I do whatever figure it takes to land Saban and Self, might as well make that LHN money good for something.

I don't think Texas has a shot in hell of landing either.

I just want someone new. I'm tired of watching a team that looks to have no clue to what they are supposed to be doing. In previous years it was limited to the offensive side but this years team seems to have no clue on either end.

I know, I know...this team is young- shouldn't be judged on three games. I'm judging it on the past years not just this years.

After tonight I have this strange but profound sadness that Bo Ryan is too old to want to make a switch. Put him in a rejuvenator, turn him back to 40 or so, and bring him in. (Of course, you have to appreciate a deliberate kind of game featuring tough defense and patience, but curiously effective offense.)

He's had one player who had real NBA ability in his entire tenure at Wisconsin--Devin Harris. Oh, sure, there has been Steimsma who is a 3 ppg backup for a couple of years and Tucker played a little for a couple of years and maybe Leuer will hang on for a little while, but Ryan has 11 straight NCAA tournament appearances with a bunch of guys who just get at it and work.

Wisconsin just took its 5th straight win in Assembly Hall, beating #2 Indiana, three days after blasting #12 Illinois 74-51, and it now sits alone atop the B1G at 4-0. The Badgers might not stay there, but what a coach they have.

We're a volleyball school.

In basketball, we need to be recruiting nationally, so having Texas ties doesn't mean anything to me. I mean, if we're calling within Texas, I should hope the coach has heard of the University of Texas.

bierce I say we have a two man search committee. You and this guy
http://nolanrichardson.org/bio.asp
If you can not come to consensus- flip a coin or something.
I know he is controversal but his 40 minutes of hell was great basketball as far as I was concerned.

Tom Penders, redux?

Calling The General!!

I couldn't handle Bo. He does coach 'em up, but his record is about the same as Barnes's and his tournament record isn't quite as good. And, of course, he is 65.

I know you remember the second half they played against Butler in 2011, which was quite Cincinnatiesque.

Buzz has moved to the top of my list. Stevens would be on it, if I thought there were a chance at all. I still like Jamie Dixon. My darkhorse would be Dana Altman (A good X-and-O guy who looks like he can recruit at a BCS level -- four years younger than Barnes). I don't have a handle on Shaka Smart. To me, he would be a complete guess.

If Barnes were to become gone from Texas then I'd like,

Sean Miller

I'd also spend a bazillion dollars on assistant coaches to get a top recruiting staff.

Oh, I don't want to lock out a Lanier or a Springmann, either, depending on the circumstances.

Before you say, I want someone with coaching experience, remember that Tom Izzo was an assistant to Jud Heathcote.