The Flagship: Dallas Morning News reporter Chuck Carlton weighs in on Shaka Smart's future, Texas spring football
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4.8 • 822 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this week's interview episode of The Flagship Podcast, we talk to Chuck Carlton, longtime Big 12 beat writer for The Dallas Morning News, about the state of Texas basketball under Shaka Smart as well as the start of Longhorns' spring football under Steve Sarkisian.
Carlton, who is in Indianapolis covering the Big 12 teams in the NCAA Tournament, gives his thoughts on how Shaka Smart went from penthouse (winning UT's first Big 12 tournament) to outhouse (falling to 0-3 in NCAA Tournament play after being upset by 14th-seeded Abilene Christian) in the span of a week.
With Texas set to open the new Moody Center a year from now, Carlton weighs in on who might make sense if Texas makes a change in basketball coaches - as well as just how much would cost if Texas wanted to go after Texas Tech coach Chris Beard.
When it comes to spring football, Carlton offers up his top storylines heading into Sarkisian's first on-field practices as UT's new coach, including the Longhorns' quarterback battle between Casey Thompson and Hudson Card.
Carlton also discusses his top concerns heading into UT's spring practices, which include the development of the offensive line.
Carlton and our own Chip Brown of Horns247 go back and forth in a lively conversation about what sets Sarkisian apart from other former UT coaches when they took the job.
Carlton and Brown also discuss whether Texas fans should be concerned about the UT quarterback situation or about who will replace Joseph Ossai as the team's primary pass rusher.
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| 0:00.0 | Joined now here on the flagship podcast interview by Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News. |
| 0:18.3 | If you follow the Big 12, you've been following Chuck Carlton because the guy is everywhere. |
| 0:24.8 | He does it all. |
| 0:25.8 | In fact, he is talking to us from Indianapolis right now where he watched, well, he's watching Baylor continue in the tournament. |
| 0:36.1 | And he's watching one Big 12 team after another disappear from the Big 12 tournament. |
| 0:43.4 | But Texas was the only Big 12 team to disappear in the first round, Chuck. |
| 0:49.4 | Welcome to the flagship podcast. |
| 0:51.6 | How are you doing? |
| 0:53.2 | Oh, just fine here. I mean, already had one giant bread flagship podcast. How are you doing? Oh, just fine here. I mean, |
| 0:55.9 | you know, already had one giant breaded pork tenderloin sandwich, which seems to be the staple in |
| 1:01.3 | Indianapolis. And, you know, have you been to St. Elmo's? |
| 1:07.0 | No, but I'm only three blocks away. So I have a feeling that's going to be on my agenda. |
| 1:12.0 | And did cover a game at our several games, actually, yesterday at Hinkle Fieldhouse, |
| 1:17.1 | but nobody measured, you know, from the room down to the court to make sure it was 10 feet tall. |
| 1:24.1 | Yeah, St. Elmo's, they've got that shrimp cocktail, the cocktail sauce. If you don't breathe just right, you will be in tears. It is so, so spicy full of horseradish. But, Chuck, let's start with the, with the Texas Longhorns before we move on. |
| 1:46.9 | You know, this, they win the Big 12 tournament a week ago. |
| 1:51.5 | They beat Oklahoma State and Texas Tech two great wins. |
| 1:56.3 | They did not have to face Kansas because Kansas had COVID issues. |
| 2:01.1 | But they win their first Big 12 tournament and looks like they're peaking at the right time. |
| 2:08.1 | They got a veteran team, three veteran guards, maybe the most athletic front court in the country. |
| 2:13.6 | And then what happened against Abilene christian 23 turnovers i mean i didn't even |
| 2:22.6 | recognize that team how about you no no not at all and it's it's weird and you've covered the |
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