comebackszNino said:

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Nombre said:

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I hate to break it to y'all but B/CS, as much as all of us love it, doesn't allow us much ability to cast stones at Lubbock

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Sure it does. There is no comparison.

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I don't know, I think they are pretty similar. Similar in size, college towns, and great people. Both pretty flat. It's just that College Station actually has water and trees.

CyAg86 said:

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We still have two of $ Bill's discount hires coaching baseball and basketball. Thankfully both will be replaced soon.

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BK will be gone after this year. Not sure on Regional Rob.

WestTexasAg said:

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CyAg86 said:

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We still have two of $ Bill's discount hires coaching baseball and basketball. Thankfully both will be replaced soon.

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BK will be gone after this year. Not sure on Regional Rob.

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"Regional Rob"

Love that one

Badmouthing College Station in comparison to Lubbock is one of the most ludicrous posts I have ever seen on Texags. Ignorance of the growth and prospects for CS is amazing to me.

I will say the Overton/Broadway area adjacent to Tech's University Ave. absolutely blows A&M's Northgate out of the water

No comparison

Hickory High said:

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I moved to Austin after graduation because it was the opposite of College Station. I couldn't stand College Station as a city after my 4 (and a half) years.

That being said, even College Station isn't complete dog **** like Lubbock is. I feel like it's not even close, really.

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But you lived in Lubbock for how long?

Nevermind

Austin. More your thing

Lol

Yes, awesome music, diverse selection of top-notch food & drink, top tech companies moving here regularly, plenty of great places to raise a family, and mostly nice weather year-round.

How incredibly foolish of me.

Hickory High said:

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Yes, awesome music, diverse selection of top-notch food & drink, top tech companies moving here regularly, plenty of great places to raise a family, and mostly nice weather year-round.

How incredibly foolish of me.

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Austin is a leftist, California, hipster, pretentious, sip infested toilet

Austin WAS a cool place ..... about 30-40 years ago

Today it is a joke

sodycracker said:

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Captain Pablo said:

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sodycracker said:

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Tech (Kirby Hocutt & Co.)recently fired 2 of the best coaches they have ever had in BCG & Leach & could not have handled either situation worse.

They were fortunate enough to hit on 2 really good coaches simultaneously and in short order.

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Recently?

Leach was fired 10 years ago, 2 years before Hocutt got to tech

And you really think tech was wrong to fire BCG when they did?

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I wrote "& Co." & Kent Hance is & Co. He & Hocutt were involved in the firings.

And yes, tech was wrong to fire BCG.

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Huh?

Hocutt was at Miami when Leach was fired... how the hell could Hocutt have been "involved" in the Leach firing?

I just told you Hocutt wasn't at Tech when Leach was fired

And BCG was a train wreck when he got canned

I have to laugh when I see these posts about Lubbock being a dump, etc. I have lived here for 28 years, and I can tell you that while it certainly has it areas that might qualify, for an adult that wanted to raise kids, have a good job, go to a great church, and develop lifelong friendships over those 28 years, it has been awesome. Those of you that are acting like BCS is heaven on earth have not been to some parts of the area that might surprise you. Grew up in Austin and you could not pay me to live there now, though I get it is great for some folks.
I cannot speak to how Lubbock compares to BCS as far as appealing to a college recruit. Been too long. As for how Tech has had so much success lately in these two sports, they hired the right guys. It is that simple. If and when Woodard decides he needs to make a change, it will be on him to hire the right guy.

tam2002 said:

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Beard is a Longhorn grad too so it's gotta suck worse for them. I actually don't see him leaving for Austin either whenever they come call. His family and him love Lubbock

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I agree and he is making $3.2MM per year in Lubbock, TX.
Too bad this thread derailed with a bunch of shots at what it is like to live in Lubbock or Austin. I don't think this was the OP's point.

A good discussion might have been about how a strong professional AD who is left alone to do his job with the support of senior administration should be out finding and hiring the highest quality coaches. Someone at Texas Tech is getting a solid return on these two hires. We have seen a ton of RC's work and returns and IMO the ROI is not very good considering how much time he has been and the resources available. I would like to see a change with baseball.

Re b-ball - I had high hopes for BK, acknowledge he has coached 2 teams to the sweet 16 and has tourney appearances, has probably done his best coaching job this season and of late, but am ready for a change.

What is confounding in all of this is baseball losing to Incarnate Word then going to this weekend tourney and beating 3 top programs. Loved winning those 3 games vs Baylor, TCU and uh, but also wondering if there will be consistency.

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90% of success in college sports boils down to the coach you hire and the fit.

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Pretty much

Hire the right coaches and you will win no matter where you are

I'm confused. Is this thread about which coach is better or which town is better?

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Sandiaman91 said:

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Kiddo, there are times to break it to the Aggie masses that they are out of line and might be wearing maroon sunglasses.

Saying that Lubbock and the high Plains = College Station and the Brazos Valley is not a place to start.

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Eh. The high plains has its good points

As far as the cities themselves, Lubbock is probably as good or better. Bigger, plenty to do, decent restaurants and night life

Lubbock is remote from very large cities though, which is a negative for kids coming from Houston, Austin, Dallas to some extent

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lol at people acting as if College Station is on a different level than Lubbock. The greatest thing about BCS is that it's close to nice cities.

Think about that for a minute.

Aggie from Lubbock here. Most people dont understand that Lubbock has almost 300,000 people in it, so it's not Starkville like most believe. Until TCU came in it was the second largest city in the Big 12. The only reason it's hard to recruit there is the proximity to major cities. Other than that it's a pretty nice town. It also costs half as much to live there than anywhere else, even College station. There's pretty decent baseball talent in west Texas as well, at least relative to football and basketball.

Greater Lubbock area is over 300,000 people. I actually think Tech campus is a much better laid out campus than our own. Taos is under six hours. Wolf Creek Pass, CO in under 8 hours. Palo Duro and and the high plains are beautiful. You get to live 300, 375, and 500 miles away from people that think Dallas, Austin, and Houston are great places to live.

Plenty to like about Lubbock.

How has this thread not been moved to the pub yet? This is like the "Model Home" to have posters walk through to see what the pub is like.

Lubbock is out in the middle of nowhere but it's an ok place. People are really friendly and a good amount to do. Plus you're not too far from good skiing.

Have you seen the area where the Circle Drive-in, Skaggs and married student housing used to be lately? It's not your dad's University Drive any more.

Honestly don't see a point to this thread. First, Aggie Baseball has a great weekend. Can we all just enjoy that and wait to see how the season plays out? Second, this basketball team has scratched their way to winning games. It's hasnt been pretty, no. And questions regarding the overall direction are warranted. But all this BS about so and so "passing us" is so dumb and unnecessary. It's insecurity at its finest. Who cares what other programs are doing? I just want us to win. But some of you just want to be miserable and contrarians rather than rational. It's why I think some of you pay for accounts. To say "look at me! I can see the sky is falling and you can't! Aren't I cool?" If that's how you want to live, good for you, I guess.