![]() The more screens set, the higher the chance for a breakdown in communication by the defense. There is not a heavy reliance upon guard dominant play as his offense instead creates open looks with several off-ball screens. So what does he do that makes his teams successful on the floor? For starters, Beard is a Bob Knight disciple, spending a decade with him and Pat Knight at Texas Tech before becoming a head coach.īeard runs a motion offense that is predicated on off-ball movement. His first year at Tech is also the only year his team did not make the NCAA Tournament during his Division-I coaching career. All he did at Texas Tech was go to an Elite 8 in year two followed by finishing as the runner ups in the NCAA Tournament in year three. So in five previous stops, Beard inherited a losing program twice and had immediate turnaround. Texas 22-12 (19-8) followed Shaka Smart.Texas Tech 18-14 (19-13) followed Tubby Smith.Here’s a look at what Beard has done in the first year at each of his stops: However, coaches making those pieces work together on the floor has to happen after that. Recruiting is half the battle though, and former head coach Kermit Davis was able to put together some of the best recruiting classes in program history. Some potential targets include Jamison Battle from Minnesota, Kowacie Reeves from Florida, Tray Jackson from Seton Hall, Chuck Harris from Butler and Robert Jennings from Texas Tech. The transfer portal will fill up here soon and I imagine with the departure of at least seven players, he will reload no problem. The good news is Beard is one hell of a recruiter. Can he keep Matthew Murrell and one of Daeshun Ruffin or Amaree Abram? With Brakefield unable to play right away elsewhere, could Beard convince him to stay as well? The status of Malique Ewin is also important, but the good news is the reported retention of four star All-Arkansas Rashaud Marshall. The question comes down to who he can bring in and/or retain year one on the job. Obviously, if he wants a decade long streak of never having a losing record to continue, he will have his work cut out for him in Oxford. From his start at McMurry to his recent stint at Texas, he has amassed a career record of 237-98 (70.7%). Flipping over to the basketball side of things, Chris Beard is a really, really good coach and recruiter - very much possible the most talented coach Ole Miss basketball has ever had.īeard has never, not once, had a losing season as a collegiate head coach. There’s been plenty of critics including coaches and administrators who might be a little worried about competition in the SEC and fans who just want to express whatever outrage at the situation.Īll that aside for this post. pcgamer.The off-court issue involving Chris Beard has been well documented, first and foremost, and the timing of his hiring is less than ideal.Maybe it is a part of the story that GlaDOS is no longer around, but she never died in Portal 2, with the protagonist finally being released from the testing facility, so it would be nice if the game was canon and explained what happened to her. ![]() Portal is not the same without GLaDOS, and I would love to see the original voice actor Ellen McLain come back to voice Portal Reloaded. To be honest I am excited, but do have one gripe. It already has a game page on Steam, and is planned to be released on April 19, 2021, exactly 10 years after the launch of Portal 2. Portal Reloaded will have 25 puzzles and a small story line with it’s own voice lines. ![]() Thankfully this looks like it will become a playable game. Although after seeing that I can start to think of other ways the time portal can be utilized as well. Objects in the room are still there 20 years later, and objects from the future can be brought back to the past to help solve puzzles. Watching the gameplay trailer it starts to make sense. This is what modder Jannis Brinkmann has been working on, and although at first it doesn’t seem like it would be useful. Unless your adding a third portal, and this portal is unlike the others, because instead of sending objects to the opposite portal, this portal sends objects through time into the future. ![]() So it’s hard to imagine there being a lot of game changing concepts that could be added to Portal games. Portal 2 added a lot into the mix with the story of Cave Johnson, different gels, and a co-op multiplayer campaign that to this day is a good play though for those who haven’t done it. The story is good, level design is done well, and the visual and sound design is top notch adding to the experience. Portal was a game that took a simple concept, and elevated it to one of the best games of all time. ![]()
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