Buyout isn't the issue. Beard is the third highest paid coach in the country I believe - somewhere around $4.5 million per year. It's going to take a Brinks truck to get him to Texas. But Texas has that kind of money...will they spend it on MBB?
Texas' Shaka Smart to Marquette
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Buyout isn't the issue. Beard is the third highest paid coach in the country I believe - somewhere around $4.5 million per year. It's going to take a Brinks truck to get him to Texas. But Texas has that kind of money...will they spend it on MBB?
Mo' money, mo' problems. Donors are a giant PITA there. Did you see some of the school song emails that were sent to Texas leadership?
People love to reference Texas' salaries for coaches as a reason its a great job but there are massive drawbacks to coaching there too. Hence why they haven't been elite in a decade-plus.
Could they? Sure. Will they? They haven't really rolled out giant funds for coaches.
Also if I'm beard, 6 million vs 7 million may not be worth starting all over at a place where he'd have to build his culture up again- in an athletic department that seems to have its own negative culture.
Knowing a few Tech people... Beard is a deity come down from Mount Olympus to them now.
It's close to how we were with Hoiberg there for awhile (and many still are).
I guess it depends on if Beard likes that or not.
Ellis was interesting to watch in the state tournament for sure.Iowa State was previously recruiting this kid pretty hard. Now that TX has a new coach. Maybe we can get him to flip out of his NLI
David Joplin, Brookfield Central , Power Forward
David Joplin is a 6-5, 190-pound Power Forward from Brookfield, WI.247sports.com
This kid is from Iowa and also committed to Shaka. Would love to flip him as well
Emarion Ellis, Marquette Golden Eagles, Combo Guard
Emarion Ellis is a Point Guard from Davenport, IA.
Maybe both prefer Big 12 play over the Big East. Could be some DIAMONDS for COTZ
Maybe not a popular opinion, but I've never been that impressed with Smart as a coach. Can he get talent? Undoubtedly. But what has he done with it? I imagine almost every other coach in the Big XII would have done better with those players than he did.
He’s kind of like Ben Jacobsen in that regard. His system is made for kids with chips on their shoulders that will buy in to the system 100%.
Beard is 4th in the country in salary behind Calipari, Krzyzewski, and Jay Wright at Villanova. Beard, Self, Huggins, Drew, and Kruger were all ahead of Smart in salary.
Interesting tidbits: Calipari's current buyout is 54 million. Hoiberg's is second highest at $22 million, with Tony Bennett right behind him at $21M.
EDIT: My mistake, TCU's Dixon is also ahead of Smart, and is the 2nd highest paid coach in the Big XII.
Interesting tidbits: Calipari's current buyout is 54 million. Hoiberg's is second highest at $22 million, with Tony Bennett right behind him at $21M.
EDIT: My mistake, TCU's Dixon is also ahead of Smart, and is the 2nd highest paid coach in the Big XII.
UT just does not strike me as a conducive environment for successful coaching. I'm not sure what it is, but in both sports talent has not equated to wins for some time. I guess the question just becomes whether you think some of these guys are good coaches who are hamstrung by the University, or just bad coaches who don't maximize talent.
Texas is kind of weird for basketball. Much like OU, tOSU, and Bama. There are only two major sports at those kinds of schools:
1)Football
2)Football recruiting
I have no knowledge of their relationship, were they great friends?
TJ was pretty quick to not recruit, that might have been from him watching Kaluma games/tape. That might have been based on feedback he got from Kaluma.
I think ISUs success in WI makes ISU fans think there’s a bunch of talent in WI, when there really isn’t that much. In the past 5 classes there have been a grand total of 9 guys that were 4 or 5 stars per 247. Prohm is the only coach in the past 5 years to get more than one (Hunter and Lewis). Prohm also got the best 3 star in Halliburton.
So there is decent talent there, but if Marquette improves in state recruiting, a realistic target will be to get a 4/5 star guy every other year and get a few under the radar guys.
I think Marquette has no scholarship guys from WI on their roster. I think it has been a while since they have recruited well in WI. Competition in WI is only going to increase with Shaka.
