Sources: Shaka Smart’s Departure Likely
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The last two years have been mostly his guys. This year one player is a Tubby recruit. Last year 4 of the 9 rotation guys were Tubby recruits. He is also recruiting better than Tubby did. And will have two of his guys drafted in the lottery the past two years.
You must not learn math at KSU.
https://247sports.com/college/texas...-coach-Shaka-Smart-hot-seat-buyout-130101430/
CDC didn't look very happy behind the UT bench last night...
CDC didn't look very happy behind the UT bench last night...
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Translation: We're totally firing him, just want to be sure the season is over first.
How many of you got this one wrong? I know I did. I really thought Shaka would do well at the "next level" at UT.
He stopped doing what went well at VCU, junkyard dog defense. Instead, he fell for the fools gold 5* and couldn't coach them up. He was a horrible choice for Texas, just like Charlie Strong.
Same, I still wouldn't be surprised if he kills it at the next stop.
Texas has the problem of they have the elite talent but without the program identity to control it. Same as in football. Herman is a unique breed of coach that can build a program on that. Shaka was never a good fit because his teams relied on player buy in and exceeding expectations.
Define kills it.
He’s never had that great of success in the regular season relative to the program’s history. He’s got a name and will probably recruit well wherever he goes next, but he’s yet to kill it anywhere.
Wonder how Neill Berry is enjoying his move to UT?
I'd consider multiple draft picks and a final four at VCU "killing it"
I was curious so I looked it up but VCU was his first HC job.
You, and UT’s former AD.
Draft picks? That’s a very, very generous definition, and if anything having multiple drafts in CAA or A10 and still not winning the conference is the opposite of killing it. He finished 4th in the CAA the season VCU went to the Final Four. It’s fair to say the tournament is the most important aspects of a season, but also a crapshoot and not indicative of how a coach did throughout the season.
I could be wrong and I'm not going to go digging through old posts to find out for sure, but I vaguely remember thinking it was an odd move for him at the time and not a great fit for wither side. Not saying he can't succeed at the P5 level somewhere else, but for all the resources UT has they also treat basketball as an afterthought. I think Smart could do well at a school with more reasonable expectations and an enthusiastic fanbase.
He missed the tourney once in 6 years. You've got some crazy high expectations for what constitutes being a big success at a mediocre mid major.
Not really, I just don't think that one hole in his resume at VCU invalidates his very successful tenure there.
He hasn't won it in the B12 either.
King of the obvious statements today. Nobody will argue he's been successful at Texas.
