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Message: [QUOTE="southie, post: 3504667, member: 2527"] Austin American-Statesman writer Kirk Bohls obsessing more on "scaring" Mulkey than talking about realistic coaching candidates: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.hookem.com/columns/bohls-time-texas-make-bold-statement-womens-basketball/[/URL] This part is actually very harsh, but I guess it is accurate: [I][B]The announcement that Texas was moving on from Aston was no surprise, however bad the optics. For all practical purposes, she was fired a year ago. Del Conte and the Texas administration effectively made the decision to change directions a year ago when they let Aston enter what would be her final season here with but a single year left on her contract. Such policy rarely happens in big-time sports unless the bosses have already lost confidence in the coach, and this was the case here. Aston’s final-year agreement expires in August. In letting her contract lapse, Texas basically fired her a year ago, barring a major turnaround in the fortunes of a basketball program that had moments of big success but had faltered of late, especially in recruiting, and had fallen far distant of powerhouse Baylor. Del Conte clearly saw the lack of progress and moved on.[/B][/I] [/QUOTE]