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Texas retiring Durant's jersey
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:00 pm
...after playing there for one year. Seems a little ridiculous especially because even though he was great, it didn't translate into winning anything
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Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:02 pm to usc6158
What a joke.
Are you serious?
Are you serious?
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:05 pm to BUSCH
It was on around the horn.
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:06 pm to usc6158
jeez
only thing worse is retiring a number while the player is still in college...DUKE!
only thing worse is retiring a number while the player is still in college...DUKE!
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:07 pm to DBG
Didn't UNC also do this?
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:09 pm to lsu31always
idk, probably
i still remember duke retiring shane battier's number on sr. night and thinking, this is fricking stupid
i still remember duke retiring shane battier's number on sr. night and thinking, this is fricking stupid
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:10 pm to DBG
I think Tyler H's jersey is retired.
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:12 pm to lsu31always
quote:
I think Tyler H's jersey is retired.
it is
Virginia did the same thing with Sean Singletary last year
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:33 pm to usc6158
stupid
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:44 pm to usc6158
they did someone else i disagreed with too. can't remember who.
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:48 pm to usc6158
Wow...you know, Texas never ceases to amaze me. To have the most resources and money in college sports, don't you think that UT's administration has an inferiority complex? Retired Durant's jersey? Locking in Muschamp so early? I don't know...both moves seem small time to me
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:52 pm to ehidal1
really dumb
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:53 pm to usc6158
I've always maintained that retiring jerseys in any sport and on any level is a ridiculously stupid tradition. That being said, if you're gonna retire jerseys, why wouldn't you retire the jersey of the guy who is by a wide margin the best player who has ever played for your school? Seems pretty simple to me.
Posted on 2/17/09 at 5:57 pm to Roughneck
what's next, osu retiring brons jersey since he would of went there 
This post was edited on 2/17/09 at 5:58 pm
Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:08 pm to philabuck
no retiring oden's jersey at osu
Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:13 pm to mhsdeuce07
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Included in the group will be football players Vince Young, Bobby Layne and Tommy Nobis; baseball players Greg Swindell, Burt Hooton, Scott Bryant and Brooks Kieschnick; and basketball players Kevin Durant and Slater Martin.
The school previously had retired only four numbers in school history -- former Heisman Trophy winners Earl Campbell (20) and Ricky Williams (34), Wooden Award winner T.J. Ford (11) and Roger Clemens (21
TJ Ford...meh
Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:19 pm to ehidal1
quote:National Player of the Year and carried a Texas team that otherwise might not have even made the tournament to a #1 Seed and only its second Final Four in School History. Once again, if you're gonna retire numbers (and I sure as hell don't think you should), he deserves to have his hang as well.
TJ Ford...meh
Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:20 pm to ehidal1
We need to step up and retire Tyrus Thomas's number, guys.
Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:21 pm to ehidal1
quote:
I've always maintained that retiring jerseys in any sport and on any level is a ridiculously stupid tradition. That being said, if you're gonna retire jerseys, why wouldn't you retire the jersey of the guy who is by a wide margin the best player who has ever played for your school? Seems pretty simple to me.
It's stupid because obviously Texas is just trying to magically create tradition for their basketball program. Let's see, what did they accomplish the one year Durant was there. First off they didn't win the conference, and didn't finish second, they finished third. Second of all they didn't win their conference tournament. Finally they didn't even make it to the sweet sixteen.
Posted on 2/17/09 at 6:25 pm to Hideo Nomo
No, but Rudy Macklin's and possibly Chris Jackson's.
I think Texas should've held off on Durant's.
I think Texas should've held off on Durant's.
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