Vic Schaefer to Texas

[triaddukefan]

Can someone please translate this message for me?

Miss State head Football coach Mike Leach posted something on Twitter related to the Corona virus.... had a lot of pushback in the press over it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Can someone please translate this message for me?

I'll try. New MSU football coach Mike Leach has foot in mouth disease. He caused some controversy recently with a tacky post on twitter making light of the covid 19 situation. He said plenty of dumb things while he was in Pullman but not many people were paying attention.

 

[UConn2SF]

Today is not April Fool's Day, is it?

You mean Christmas?

 

[DaBball]

Didn’t take Celeste Taylor long:

 

[CocoHusky]

Can someone please translate this message for me?

 

[Wbbfan1]

Told that Vic Schaefer walks away from a five year contract worth ten million dollars from Mississippi State. Texas required to pay 1.25 million buyout.

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[CocoHusky]

It just occurred to me that this deal was done several days ago. Aston is canned 2 days ago and Vic is hired today. I got to believe the TX AD knew he had a deal with Vic before he decided not to renew Aston’s contract.

When you add in the current situation relative to travel and face to face meetings, I seriously doubt if there was much of an interview process involved in the hiring.

You really think Vic had to “interview” for the Texas job?

 

[Carnac]

Texas really stuck it to rival A&M by hiring one of their own who they believe was their next WBB head coach once Gary Blair retired. I'm floored.

And it didn’t take them long either. They canned Aston Friday, and announced Vic’s hiring today. No doubt Texas contacted Vic soon after the tournament had been cancelled, finalized the deal and announced it today. I wonder if Vic was their first choice to replace Aston?

 

[triaddukefan]

Vultures spotted in the skies over the plains of Middle Mississippi......... keeping a watchful eye

 

[CocoHusky]

Anyone remember when @JordyG said there was another shoe to drop in the Karen got fired thread?

 

[Carnac]

That sucks big time. I don’t know what he can accomplish at Texas that he couldn’t at MSU.

I hate 2020

You’re going to be hard pressed to find a coach of his caliber to replace him. You also might lose several players that will want to follow him to Austin. Guess you’ll have to wait for the other shoe to drop.

 

[DaBball]

Hold up...Bibby is definitely sleeping in Australia right now...Imagine waking up to that.

 

[Plebe]

Just popped in my mind...... Texas does it again.... damaging another non-traditonal rising program in WCBB by hiring away a top 5 coach. Darn ribeye steaks

Kinda like SC did by hiring Dawn away from Temple.
Or Oregon by hiring Graves away from Gonzaga.
Or Duke by hiring McCallie away from Michigan State

 

[oldude]

You really think Vic had to “interview” for the Texas job?

No. But that’s my point. TX is a state university, with all kinds of hiring procedures, none of which were followed in hiring Vic to a job paying 7 figures.

 

[Hoopz]

I'd try to get Matthew Mitchell to come home.

I’d go after go after Jeff Walz. He’s a much better coach by leaps and bounds.

 

[Carnac]

Will Texas fans show Vic the support that the MSU fans showed him? Will Jackson follow Vic to Texas? I would love for SC to get Jackson since we were runner-up for her. Maybe she loves MSU and her teammates and decide to stay.

Yeah, and maybe the Easter Bunny will make his rounds next week regardless of the "stay at home" mandates In most states.

 

[SimpleDawg]

This is the equivalent of Butch Davis leaving Miami out of nowhere.

(Still, the next year they won a championship, so maybe that's not the best comparison)

 

[oldude]

And it didn’t take them long either. They canned Aston Friday, and announced Vic’s hiring today. No doubt Texas contacted Vic soon after the tournament had been cancelled, finalized the deal and announced it today. I wonder if Vic was their first choice to replace Aston, before they ever fired her?

Slight Amendation to your post.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I’d go after go after Jeff Walz. He’s a much better coach by leaps and bounds.

Sounds like a pipe dream. Why would he leave Louisville for MSU?

 

[Carnac]

Vultures spotted in the skies over the plains of Middle Mississippi......... keeping a watchful eye


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At first glance, I thought those were pigeons fleeing the coup.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Slight Amendation to your post.

Well technically she wasn't fired. Her contract expired and they didn't renew it. Probably knew they weren't going to retain her for a while.

 

[oldude]

Well technically she wasn't fired. Her contract expired and they didn't renew it. Probably knew they weren't going to retain her for a while.

I’m sure TX knew they weren’t going to retain Aston as soon as they knew they had a deal with Vic.

 

[Carnac]

Slight Amendation to your post.

I thought her contract was up and not not renewed. It was reported that she was “fired”, but don’t you have to be under contract to be fired?

 

[oldude]

I thought her contract was not renewed.

You got me there.....

 

[Plebe]

I’m sure TX knew they weren’t going to retain Aston as soon as they knew they had a deal with Vic.

At the latest.