Shaka Smart and Texas appear to be parting ways

[tejasrulz]

I'm late to this party but Shaka did Texas a huge favor by leaving on his own.

 

[Soldierhorn]

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

I'm late to this party but Shaka did Texas a huge favor by leaving on his own.

He had no choice.   

 

[Eastexhorn]

He could waited to be fired. Then he had a chance o go to a better basketball school and he took it.

 

[tejasrulz]

He had no choice.   

He could have waited to get fired and ended up with more $$$ but he didn't 

 

[Bear19]

The good news is he’s gone, no matter how it happened.

 

[MBHORNSFAN]

He could have waited to get fired and ended up with more $$$ but he didn't 

Everyone worked together for a positive parting..

 

[primal defense]

He could have waited to get fired and ended up with more $$$ but he didn't 

The Marquette job is too good to pass up.

 

[tejasrulz]

Word on the street is Shaka wanted an extension but CDC said no. So when Marquette came calling, he split.

 

[RickyFlair]

Word on the street is Shaka wanted an extension but CDC said no. So when Marquette came calling, he split.

I suspect Shaka misinterpreted the type of extension that was being considered. CDC was wanting Shaka to have an extended vacation not an extended contract. 

If Coach Smart actually believed he had earned a contract extension he’s either delusional or has an extremely low bar of expectation. 

I am glad we are no longer paying a glorified AAU coach millions of dollars a year. 

 

[Bear19]

am glad we are no longer paying a glorified junior high coach millions of dollars a year. 

FIFY

 

[primal defense]

This is another reason besides entertainment that I want an up tempo offensive coach.

Let’s start with what led to Smart’s problems at Texas, and why he’s moving on to Marquette, where he no doubt will prosper once again. He won at VCU on the strength of his “havoc” defense. Which is why it wasn’t a little ironic that Joe Golding’s Abilene Christian upstarts displayed a confusing brand of defense to knock Smart out of the NCAAs this year.

But, as Billy Gillispie will tell you after his unfortunate detour to Kentucky, it’s hard to get bluebloods to play hard-nosed, down-and-dirty defense. And that explains why Smart couldn’t translate what worked best for him at VCU. Texas simply isn’t an underdog school.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/why-should-chris-beard-leave-his-current-coaching-situation-for-texas/ar-BB1f0FRJ?ocid=BingNewsSearch

 

[longhorn_mig]

If you want a full arena, you have to win. Guess what you didn't do consistently, Shaka...win.

 

[TB14]

6 minutes ago, longhorn_mig said:

Yea there were plenty of fans when we were good. We just weren't ever good. We also committed to opening a Huge new arena to help fix that atmosphere as well.

 

[Soldierhorn]

1 hour ago, longhorn_mig said:

and, yet, he averaged almost 12k fans per game over a crappy 6 yrs. this is including the sub-10k attendance the last two yrs and still that is more than VCU arena can hold, which is 100% at 8k attendance.  Shaka actually got better support and attendance than he deserved based on the product he put on the floor.  Pretty classless statement by Shaka

 

[Bear19]

He’s a fraud. 

 

[primal defense]

That jerk Tom Herman didn't say a think about failing at Texas when he was hired by Chicago Bears. You would think he would have a press conference to announce how he screwed up at UT.

This is a good thread to shit on the ex coaches.

 

[Sirhornsalot]

That jerk Tom Herman didn't say a think about failing at Texas when he was hired by Chicago Bears. You would think he would have a press conference to announce how he screwed up at UT.

This is a good thread to shit on the ex coaches.

Come to think of it, I'm still pissed at John Mackovic.

 

[primal defense]

Come to think of it, I'm still pissed at John Mackovic.

Bob Weltlich

 

[Soldierhorn]

Come to think of it, I'm still pissed at John Mackovic.

I have friends that still call him shitovic