Texas Tech is classless!

[meangreenfaninno]

Why are their media outlets reporting Grant is hired prior to us playing our final game?  They are some of the sorriest people on the planet!  
 

 

[UNTcrazy727]

48 minutes ago, meangreenfaninno said:

Why are their media outlets reporting Grant is hired prior to us playing our final game?  They are some of the sorriest people on the planet!  
 

 

Having a hard time getting upset about this. Pretty obvious everyone has known about it for awhile. 

Edited March 30, 2023 by UNTcrazy727

[Cr1028]

I think they’ve been holding it in as long as they could bear but we just kept on winning. This has been a done deal for over a week now. It is pretty obvious the coach they are hiring is still playing which narrows it to 6 and the name of only one of the 6 has been regurgitated by Tech fans repeatedly over the last few weeks.

Edited March 30, 2023 by Cr1028

[NorthTexasWeLove]

This happening or not, TT does have doodoo fans/alum. But given a ton of their upbringings and geographical location I guess I get it, sort of. 

[MeanGreenDan]

At least they're waiting until after the game to announce Tylor Perry is following him 🤷‍♂️

[NorthTexasWeLove]

6 minutes ago, MeanGreenDan said:

At least they're waiting until after the game to announce Tylor Perry is following him 🤷‍♂️

I like TP. He's done great things here. I like a 6'1"+ pg that can create and facilitate better,  while defending at a high level. I've said this before, TP is a SG in an undersized PG body. I wish he'd stay, but if he goes I can push that waste under the bridge pretty easily. 

[GMoney]

Remember this is the same fan base that cried like bitches when Chris Beard left them to go back to his alma mater.

Edited March 30, 2023 by GMoney

[MeanGreenTexan]

15 minutes ago, GMoney said:

Remember this the same fan base that cried like bitches when Chris Beard left them to go back to his alma mater.

Interestingly, in that same vein, it appears our fanbase (save a few zealots that have their heads in the sand) has learned from our mistake of whining/crying when the same thing nearly happened with our football coach in December of 2018.

Fly away coach.    Best wishes.

[DeepGreen]

I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time losing a coach like Grant McCasland.  We're finally putting UNT basketball on the map again and it appears someone is going to pull the rug from under us.

[Army of Dad]

1 hour ago, NorthTexasWeLove said:

This happening or not, TT does have doodoo fans/alum. But given a ton of their upbringings and geographical location I guess I get it, sort of. 

Most of the comments I’ve seen from Tech fans are calling out the classless act of leaking this info before the NIT final.

[Greendylan]

I have a sneaking suspicion that they didn't try all that hard to prevent this news from leaking--just needed some plausible deniability for when McCasland asks their AD what the hell happened.  Oh well, we have a championship game to be excited about, and that's pretty much occupying all my attention today.

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, MeanGreenDan said:

At least they're waiting until after the game to announce Tylor Perry is following him 🤷‍♂️

Don’t think that is going to happen. 

[UNTcrazy727]

32 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

I'm sorry, I'm having a hard time losing a coach like Grant McCasland.  We're finally putting UNT basketball on the map again and it appears someone is going to pull the rug from under us.

To be fair, our fanbase didn’t do much to keep him here. Crappy attendance despite historic levels of winning will drive any coach away. 

[TheColonyEagle]

If I'm a TT fan....

Yes we're getting Grant McCasland but it appears we're getting him WITHOUT his top assistant and the guy that is responsible for the scheme and this defense. McCasland didn't bring this style in here when he first got here....they grew into this through Hodge's influence.

Of course it sucks that the bigger school with more money is getting our coach (and we did the same thing to Arkansas St who did the same thing to Midwestern State) but the biggest issue when these things happen is having to deal with a redo, new coach, new system...it usually leads to taking a step back which is bad given our move up in conferences. If Ross Hodge is the replacement.....I still like where we are as a program heading into the AAC. 

It really is a best case scenario given the circumstances.

 

[NT80]

56 minutes ago, TheColonyEagle said:

If I'm a TT fan....

Yes we're getting Grant McCasland but it appears we're getting him WITHOUT his top assistant and the guy that is responsible for the scheme and this defense. McCasland didn't bring this style in here when he first got here....they grew into this through Hodge's influence.

Of course it sucks that the bigger school with more money is getting our coach (and we did the same thing to Arkansas St who did the same thing to Midwestern State) but the biggest issue when these things happen is having to deal with a redo, new coach, new system...it usually leads to taking a step back which is bad given our move up in conferences. If Ross Hodge is the replacement.....I still like where we are as a program heading into the AAC. 

It really is a best case scenario given the circumstances.

 

Agree.  Someone also mentioned Grant's/Tech's buyout is $1.5M.   A nice way to pay for the beginning of the Hodge era...

Wreck Tech!

[MeanGreenDan]

33 minutes ago, NT80 said:

Agree.  Someone also mentioned Grant's/Tech's buyout is $1.5M.   A nice way to pay for the beginning of the Hodge era...

Wreck Tech!

I believe it decreased when Wren left, and/or potentially also decreases after April 1st.

[MeanGreenTeeth]

Ha.  "Texas Tech is classless". What else is new? Have you ever been to a Tech game in any sport?  They are the jerkiest, douchiest group you'll ever see.  I can only guess it's due to a massive inferiority complex for being A&M-lite for folks not smart enough to get into A&M.

[tmjerm]

Equating their fanbase with the media is misplaced.  Tech is classless for other reasons than the news leak.  That said, I think we have a lot in common with them with having chips on our shoulder and familiar enemies. To me, Lubbock and its people are actually beautiful and endearing.  I’m mad about all this too but it’s a good thing for Grant, and I’ll wish them well.  

[TIgreen01]

Pretty crappy to leak before probably the biggest basketball game in our history.  That stuff has a way of coming back on you…

[gangrene]

LOL...they think pretty highly of themselves. 

[rojomojo]

13 minutes ago, gangrene said:

LOL...they think pretty highly of themselves. 

Sometimes I feel like Tech fans forget they live in the worst city in America

[greenminer]

13 minutes ago, gangrene said:

LOL...they think pretty highly of themselves. 

they were in the 2019 title game, so...

[intrepid]

Deal was done a week ago. Everyone on both sides knew. Players knew. Hodge is staying. A handful of staff will leave with McCasland but at least as many will stay and work for Hodge. Announcement was supposed to be embargoed to media until after UNT's run ended. A handful of overeager local media folks weren't able to maintain the expected level of professionalism. It was handled as well as possible given the circumstances. 

[greensleeves]

Of course the local Lubbock media can't wait to report this. I lived in Lubbock for three years. There's literally nothing else to report on except maybe a dust storm that blew in. 

[UNTLifer]

12 hours ago, greensleeves said:

Of course the local Lubbock media can't wait to report this. I lived in Lubbock for three years. There's literally nothing else to report on except maybe a dust storm that blew in. 

Price of cotton.