Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Shaka is a damn good coach)
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Ketch quoted every response except the one that absolutely destroyed him.
Be better.
Repetitive? From the guy who literally copied and pasted a portion of his blog in this thread over and over?
I stopped reading at page 9, back to the grind.
You know they are 16 and 11 right now, right? Even if they lost all four remaining games (unlikely), and lost their opening Big 12 Tourney game (unlikely), they would still be 16 and 16, which is .500.
Do you actually pay attention to basketball or do you just like exercising your ability to be a under-informed/over-opinionated UT sports fan?
Fascinating thread...
Seems a lot of people read the first words and skipped parts like this
"A fair assessment of his first three seasons in Austin: decent, disaster and damn good. I'll defend Smart in a lot of areas, but I can't argue that the totality of his three seasons have equated to definitive, tangible success."
Seems a lot of people read the first words and skipped parts like this
"A fair assessment of his first three seasons in Austin: decent, disaster and damn good. I'll defend Smart in a lot of areas, but I can't argue that the totality of his three seasons have equated to definitive, tangible success."
There are rumors, but since it's a FBI deal, there's a lack of information. But I guarantee you there are a lot of programs across the country that are nervous.
So....do you agree Dustin? Is Shaka a "damn good coach"? Is he worthy of Big 12 coach of the year votes this season?
If Shaka is a damn good coach, Rick Barnes must have been a god here to consistently make the tournament.
Yeah, but Shaka hasn't shown any semblance of a coherent offensive system. It has nothing to do with losing Andrew Jones, there is no coherent offensive identity. Nothing remotely coherent on offense.
Comparing Shaka Smart to Mack Brown is really an insult to Brown. Up to Mack's first conference title, he had a 81% winning percentage at Texas compared to 51% for Shaka. One of them had proven they could coach in a big boy conference and the other still has not. The 4-7 record against power 5 schools at VCU is very telling...not just in the record, but the fact that in six seasons they played less than two games per year against Power 5 schools. If you're giving him credit for being a really good coach at VCU, you're really ignoring the same strength of schedule and quality wins argument that you used to make your point in the OP.
Yep. Shaka had one lucky tournament run. That’s it. Without that he isn’t considered an above average coach and is still at VCU.
Great post. The offensive issues are very real as is the lack of the havoc style of play that made him so successful at VCU. We all hope that Shaka succeeds, but offensively it's been an utter disaster and he doesn't seem like he has any idea of how to fix it.
Most on this board aren't paid $3,000,000 per year. Also, injuries/illness aside, most on this board don't have as much control over the hand they're dealt as a college coach.
How many years did it take for Mack Brown to win a conference title?
Play in a major bowl game?
It was highly rated last year as well. Allen and Bamba have a lot to do with that, don't you think? Roach as well. Again, next year should tell a lot. Shaka isn't going to have a lottery pick playing center, which is a rarity these days.
But no question, the D is better than the O. Same thing we said about Barnes. But I think Barnes D was much more a team effort than that of one or two players. Shakas teams play with intensity on D on an intermittent basis. Barnes teams played that way most all the time.
Both can be true. I respect and like Smart as well, but he is not a great coach (or at least has not been at Texas).
Thanks to your post I think I like Shaka again. Great job on stating your points and supporting them with facts. Two more wins and we are in the NCAA tourney and anything can happen with this team.....
“Four of the top seven are freshman.” Really, well let’s take another look you conveniently omitted, three of the top five, and the three getting the most minutes, are JUNIORS. Jeesh.
