I am in the +55 camp. Its been 40 years. I was 25 last time UH made a run at the NCAA championship with Phi Slamma Jamma. I started following the Astros in 1968 when my father retired from the military and we moved to Houston. We all had to wait until 2005, in my case almost 40 years, for the Astros to finally made an appearance in the World Series. Only to be swept in 4 strait by the White Sox. Twelve years later we finally made it back and now have won two of the last four World Series. It seems like UH Mens BB under Sampson is in the middle of a run of excellence, similar to what the Astros have been going through. All we lack now is the championship. Let's hope we get it this year. It has been an amazing and enjoyable run.
You are in the last, largest part of the Cougar fan bellcurve. After your generation, the fans got thanos snapped out of existence. It wasn't until about 2010 that the athletic department finally started showing signs of life again. The last 10~ years has been great for creating new Coogs, but man, that dip between 1990-2010 was ****ing brutal.
I have only been contributing to this forum for about 5 years. Prior to that I lurked on here for a long time. I remember when Sampson first arrived. Football program under Herman was rolling. BB then was still only an afterthought. Now, with what Sampson has built it into, we seem set for years to come. Hope we don't screw around and lose him and/or his son to another program. I know he has said this is his last stop but the clock is ticking and there are a lot of programs out there willing to get spend a lot of money. Coaching makes a huge difference. At present there is not a team on the planet in any sport that I enjoy watching more than Houston Cougar basketball.
Ha! So true. He had his share of sports suffering when he was a kid, but the Astros and Cougars have spoiled him now a bit. Rockets and Texans have served up some pain in that span lol
Sampson is 67. It's hard to imagine him making a move at this point but anything is possible I guess. What worries is 'what's next' and 'when'. Sampson's son is in his late 30s and has rarely coached outside of his father's sphere of influence. There's a laundry list of nepotism hires at college programs that have ended in disaster.
Ideally Sampson does not get poached and hangs around in some sort of advisor/recruiting capacity until it is evident that Kellen has a firm grip on things. From everything I have read he is very good at spotting talent and Kellen is also the one that works with developing the bigs. I think his son taking over after he leaves is what Sampson wants. I know it is what many others, myself included, would like to see. After the incredible job Sampson has done rebuilding our basketball program it is the least we can do. I share your nepotism concerns, but in this case it would seem to be beneficial for everybody concerned going forward.
it isn't. it's literally a fact KS isn't going anywhere. I passed this on a long time ago. Hes turned down countless offers from other schools and positions in the nba for years and 0 interest in anything outside this program. that's not changing
I laughed when I saw some clickbait article from some rando UT fansite a few days ago: "Kelvin Sampson not interested in UT job" No ****, and I'm about 100% sure UT knew that.
I think the Arkansas job might have been the last time we had to worry about Sampson potentially leaving A better question would be does Kellen Sampson take a job elsewhere? or is he really down to wait for his pops to retiree
Yes Kellen is taking over when KS retires. How long he stays depends on how he does but make no mistake he will be the next head coach after KS. So he'll get the first crack. Kellen has had his own share of opportunities to leave.
lol i randomly see twitter randos trying the "sauces say" Sampson has interest in so and so. and I just laugh also. these dudes have no clue and throw darts at the wall
Elvin Hayes, Phi Slama Jama and Houston’s Continuing Chase for an NCAA Title https://www.si.com/college/2023/03/16/houston-ncaa-tournament-march-madness-phi-slama-jama
Why the hell do we always get these ridiculously late tips? Even playing teams in the Eastern timezone like tonight... 939PM tip... god it's hard being a Rocket/Coog fan on the east coast. The team might as well be in frickin Portland.
Plenty to pick from here: https://sportsurge.club/live/houston-cougars-northern-kentucky-norse-live-stream/604868 and GO COOGS!!!
