This so much. EH tore down the excitement & everything that BT had built. I never liked him when he was here.
This, exactly this. Billy Ball had DMC rocking. It was fun to watch, and we had an identity as a high scoring fast paced team. I was hooked.
Billy leaving didn’t have to be the end of it, but the subsequent hires of Dougherty and Christian were killers. Dougherty ‘s disaster in casting his recruiting lot with fly by night prep school God’s Academy and the injury to Chudi Chinweze really set the program back. That and some some nepotism at the PG spot.
Christian was just a terrible culture fit. Northeast/MAC guy who had no business in Texas. Staff was former players from places like Chicago, where we were never going to compete for top talent.
Trent Johnson at least had an eye for talent bringing in some key pieces like Vlad and Kenrich Williams. If we didn’t finally get our chance to bring Jamie home he might still be coaching here.