Shaka Smart - Out at UT In at Marquette

[MonkeyDoughnut 10302]

[HookEm 2467]

I think he will do well there, especially if he gets some good assistants.  I don't harbor any ill will for Shaka, but he had to go.  The Big 12 is a meat grinder filled with elite coaches and he was AT BEST middle of the pack.  The Big East will be much easier sledding.

He ran a clean program, graduated kids, navigated us through Andrew Jones and Covid.  I'll root for him honestly. But we need someone much better.

[Brandywine 1316]

19 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

Two for two in getting rid of dead weight coaches this academic year...

Didn't think it was going to happen, but accountability might have just returned to Austin. 

Is Steve Patterson's stink finally out of here?

[TrashMaster G 17563]

Just now, Brandywine said:

Is Steve Patterson's stink finally out of here?

I think that closes the book on Patterson.  Thank God.

[C-Man 27230]

Jesus, this news along with the news that HEB is finally going to open a couple of stores in Plano and Frisco is damn near orgasmic

[Juke_Em 47]

Hope we play Marquette in the 1st round of the next tournament. Easy win

[Cairn Horn88 8274]

Wonder if his players were tipped off that he could be leaving before the game against ACU? Might explain their performance.

[Pato del Muerto 52524]

Can’t wait for the showdown when big money wants pitino and cdc is calling Scott or Bryce drew. 

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Can’t wait for the showdown when big money wants pitino and cdc is calling Scott or Bryce drew. 

Big money wants Beard.

[DanTheHorn 4934]

11 minutes ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

So, how in the world did he get into the Final Four that sent his stock soaring....I’ll never figure out!

I still say Will Wade was Shaka's Chris Peterson and we all know how Dan Hawkins fared with out Peterson.

[Huckleberry 32997]

1 minute ago, Cairn Horn88 said:

Wonder if his players were tipped off that he could be leaving before the game against ACU? Might explain their performance.

You can't think of anything else related to Shaka Smart that might explain their performance?

[Pato del Muerto 52524]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Big money wants Beard.

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

Edited March 26, 2021 by Pato del Muerto

[Red Five 40862]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?

Yes.

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?

He won the Big 12, so yes.

[GreenspointTexas 9649]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?

Yes. Much

[4th&Five 41558]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?

Is this a serious question?

[JesusSweatDuck 17784]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Big money wants Beard.

Doesn't Beard have a clause in his contract that his buyout jumps considerably if he goes to UT?

[GreenspointTexas 9649]

4 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Jesus, this news along with the news that HEB is finally going to open a couple of stores in Plano and Frisco is damn near orgasmic

Larry McMurtry died... so its not all good news today

[Machinator 32099]

Just now, JesusSweatDuck said:

Doesn't Beard have a clause in his contract that his buyout jumps considerably if he goes to UT?

Yes, but we just saved a chunk of money with Shaka jumping. The big question is how much will we have to pay Beard to come here.

[Pato del Muerto 52524]

1 minute ago, 4th&Five said:

Is this a serious question?

See my edit above.  

[irishtexan 11521]

26 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

Two for two in getting rid of dead weight coaches this academic year...

It's like 97/98 all over again...

[C-Man 27230]

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Larry McMurtry died... so its not all good news today

Well, fuck. Hadn't seen that news yet.

[DanTheHorn 4934]

1 minute ago, Machinator said:

Yes, but we just saved a chunk of money with Shaka jumping. The big question is how much will we have to pay Beard to come here.

Why is everyone so sold on Beard. Are there not comparable candidates to this guy that we can go get?

[Teryor 4476]

2 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

Chris Beard is a damn good coach who plays a brand of basketball that sucks ass to watch, but will win games. I am sure he'll have a lot of success if we hire him, but it'll be frustrating watching the type of game he wants played 30+ times a year instead of just a few.

[Huckleberry 32997]

3 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

He's had two deep tourney runs and won a regular season Big 12 title. He also kicked ass and won regular season championships at his mid-major stops. 

Smart had one magical tournament run (when they shouldn't have even been in the tournament) and never won a regular season title.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10302]

5 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Big money wants Beard.

I don't think Beard wants to come to Texas. He's a "basketball" school kinda guy and he's getting paid well at Tech already.  I could see the possible Indiana move, but not Texas.

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Beard's resume' vs. Smart's?

My.

[Wally Pryor 5261]

Just now, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I don't think Beard wants to come to Texas. He's a "basketball" school kinda guy and he's getting paid well at Tech already.  I could see the possible Indiana move, but not Texas.

Except that it's his alma mater....Tends to make a difference quite often.

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

8 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  That’s a mostly serious question, as I know little about beard other than his one deep tourney run in 2019 that went one game further than Shaka’s one deep tourney run. 

He went to an Elite 8 the year prior and was a hair away from actually winning the whole thing. Shaka really had no chance of winning the championship the one time he made a run. 

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

4 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

I don't think Beard wants to come to Texas. He's a "basketball" school kinda guy and he's getting paid well at Tech already.  I could see the possible Indiana move, but not Texas.

Tech isn't a basketball school. He made it that way. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

[ztejas 43476]

24 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

 

20 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I kid.

[Js1 85413]

1 minute ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Tech isn't a basketball school. He made it that way. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

Yeah calling a Big 12 school in Texas a "basketball school" is weird.

Tech is still a P5 program in the state of Texas.  Football over everything.  

[Tex Pete 20399]

43 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

Someone hasn't been paying attention.

[David Dennison 18922]

2 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Tech isn't a basketball school. He made it that way. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

Este.

[dcar00 14269]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?

he's been coaching in a power 5 conf and one of the top 2 conferences arguably.  

Shaka took over a VCU team(under Grant) that had finished 1st, 1st, 1st, and proceeded to go 5th, 4th, 2nd, 2nd, 3rd.  and the guy after him won the conf the first year.

yes he did have a final four run and a couple of round of 64 wins.

Beard learned under Knight for 8 years.  Shaka learned under Donovan? for a couple.

I think I will take a Knight guy at this point.

 

[Pancho 44858]

11 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Is beard’s resume any better than shaka’s was when we hired him?  

[Vic Mackey 47082]

I seriously doubt he quit. They gave him the dignity to leave on his own or he was about to be shit canned.

Good riddance you fucking loser. You make Rick Barnes look like Coach K and that is hard to do. You had one fluke run a decade ago and still living off that. You fucking suck.

[The Dark Knight 173]

21 minutes ago, HookEm said:

I think he will do well there, especially if he gets some good assistants.  I don't harbor any ill will for Shaka, but he had to go.  The Big 12 is a meat grinder filled with elite coaches and he was AT BEST middle of the pack.  The Big East will be much easier sledding.

He ran a clean program, graduated kids, navigated us through Andrew Jones and Covid.  I'll root for him honestly. But we need someone much better.

Very well said.

[dcar00 14269]

so next years tournament first round play in game Marquette v Texas because the NCAA just loves storylines.

or maybe the NIT champ game.

[maninblack 7974]

The Shaka years have eliminated my tolerance for basketball plebes

[Surly Bevo 25049]

Based on the fact this is the best possible outcome and was probably all orchestrated/mutually agreed upon to help find him a landing spot, save us a buyout, spare him the indignity of being fired this thread title fucking sucks.  Fucking aggymac.

[jeevsie 3734]

I hope he has a good inspirational quote to close the loop on this lesson.

[Dbeasy 15068]

Halayula

[David Dennison 18922]

3 minutes ago, dcar00 said:

so next years tournament first round play in game Marquette v Texas because the NCAA just loves storylines.

or maybe the NIT champ game.

I will be thrilled if we get to the tournament next year.

[juan pantages 124]

This guy on the marquette basketball board

He gets it

Did people not watch his Texas teams and still think this is the VCU guy? His Texas teams were all highly ranked recruits that stood around and watched a guy create off the dribble. No ball movement, no synergy, the opposite of exciting. On defense they didn't try to create TO's and they rebounded poorly. Literally exactly what we just fired. I'm perplexed by this "exciting" brand of basketball narrative.

 

[Machinator 32099]

Lol

 

[Laxtonto 12090]

11 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Tech isn't a basketball school. Leach leaving due to their own stupidity did. Those in Lubbock would drop bball for football if they were successful. 

Fixed for ya..

[Pato del Muerto 52524]

12 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I’m a casual bball fan. And it’s easier to ask that question here and get the myriad answers than to google and read about him. 

[DanTheHorn 4934]

Vic Schaefer was at the top of the list last time a BB hire was needed.

Quote

“You always have names,” Del Conte said Monday during a teleconference. “You have a drawer of names that you keep around and talk about. In any kind of a search you have a wish list, you have a coach you can get and you have the ‘Oh my god’ list. And you never want to go to the ‘Oh my god’ list.”

So which name is at the top of CDC's list.

Edited March 26, 2021 by DanTheHorn

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