One of the funnier things heard throughout the course of our 2nd half swoon was that we weren’t better off then when we had Tom Penders, who was now the head coach at Houston. Hey, we both did go out in the first round. Tom Penders WAS the coach at Houston. Apparently, ole’ Tommy wore out his welcome at Cougar High and as of yet, there was no Luke Axtell to berate.

Why do Texas teams keep firing me?
Still, this is an extremely strange story. Penders had just lead the Cougars to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 18 years by winning the CUSA conference title. He had a .611 winning percentage, he won 18 games or more six straight seasons (a school record), and he won more games in those 6 years than the three coaches that preceded him.
Who the hell is Houston to expect more? I thought Texas fans had the market cornered on entitlement? Something doesn’t smell right in clutch city and it’s not the water. I predict a more scintillating story to come out soon replete with booze, women, and power struggles. Should be a hoot.
But Cougar High won’t allow the circus to end there. Rumors abound that our little friend, Billy Gillispie, is high on the list for possible replacements. Nothing says fun like Billy Clyde in the state where he was arrested first! Still, Billy Clyde, when sober, can recruit and this could be a bad thing for a now struggling Rick Barnes and Texas. Houston police, this man may be coming to town. You’ve been warned:

One drunk for another?
Thoughts? What impact on Texas basketball with Billy?
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06_UT said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Eh, if Billy can prove that he can stay sober long enough to recruit, win a few games, and shot that he’s ‘turned his life around,” he’ll quickly get hired somewhere bigger and better.
The way I see it: 1) UH hires a dud ‘up-and-coming” assisstant/over the hill big time coach and goes to hell, or 2) gets a good up-and-coming assistant/rebounding coach who is gone within 1-2 years. They then follow up with #1 because the odds of 2 happening again are about the same as getting struck by lightning twice.
Until UH can get it’s average attendance over 3300, no one worth a damn will come to coach there or stick around. Penders only averaged about 4500 attendance in his best year. They are destined for suckitude and/or coach raiding until they put butts in the seats. The same is probably true of the football program.
ColoradoAg said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Billy would kill at UH.
nordberg said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:43 pm
I’ve heard that cougar high is concerned that Houston-area kids won’t want to play his style of basketball.
If they hire John Lucas, does that free up a scholarship for us next year?
Caradoc said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Actually, Houston went out in the second round.
Confused and Dazed said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
The Gnome isn’t on scholly.
Barnes has nothing to woory about because we aren’t going to schedule UH…we’ve nothing to gain by doing so.
Patrick Bateman said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
Caradoc,
They lost in the first round to the Terps. 89-77.
skymonkeyhorn said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:52 pm
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/college/6923499.html
For you fucking Schadenfreude guys. Penders could not hold Barnes jock except this past season but thats the breaks. The “running” Horns were fun to watch and with no expectations to boot.
nordberg said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
“The Gnome isn’t on scholly.”
He wasn’t this year.
sizzlechest said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
I wish I still had access to the post I made on Hornfans when Penders was hired by UH about he and BCG getting into a game of drunk driving chicken on the Beltway.
ghostofagroundgame said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
BCG likes to party. I anticipate good times for him at UH. He’s got Telephone Road and Etta’s, both within crazy crackhead walking distance.
Sailor Ripley said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I like to party.
VirginiaLonghorn said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 4:52 pm
… if UH wouldn’t meet Penders’ demand for a stocked bar in his office, what makes you think Gillespie would take the job?
GiordanoBruno said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:13 pm
In that picture Billy Clyde looks like a pederast on Death Row.
Eddie Sutton said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:15 pm
Who the hell would go to work without a stocked bar in the office?
Sean Sutton said:
March 22nd, 2010 at 5:22 pm
You tell em’ Dad. I needed a stocked bar in the office and mini bar in the training room!
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