Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (The. Cold. Hard. Truth.)
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Regardless of how good the conference is, shouldn't a good coach be expected to be at least over .500 over a 6 year span much less a damn good coach?
I am with you on Shaka. I totally respect the person but the results speak for themselves. I also never thought you “Pollyann’d” your opinion but appreciated how you supported the good things Shaka brought to the table. At the end of the day, its about winning and his teams have fallen short at crucial times. Haters are going to Hate and they can pound sand.
My first choice for a replacement - Kelvin Sampson at Houston. Can’t see it happening but I first met him 30 years ago and respect him. He is a helluva Xs and Os coach. Something we’ve been missing.
One thing that always bothered me was how much of a 'bud' he is with players.
Love them as a father does a son - with hard love.
In a one game, win-or-go home scenario, yes. Over the course of a season, yes.. Consistently over 6 years, no.
You didn't think he was damn good this season leading into Tournament?
Caddyshack 2 was notably awful, but Grease 2 was a special kind of putrid that has to be seen to be believed, which is ironic since it's unwatchable.
Jeez, how young are you? This was my daughter's scene when she was about 7 or so. She'll be 40 on July 4.
This definitely nails you into a narrow age band. The movie was objectively awful but it must have been (I'm guessing teen) Ketch's first exposure to the dangerous narcotic known as Michelle Pfeiffer in her prime. Don't worry - I have the same weakness for Tanya Roberts in Beastmaster/Sheena, which pretty much tells you my age at the time.
But back to Shaka. I'm seeing a lot of posts saying it's about the talent, or development, or bad luck, or him being too much of a players coach. These are all inputs, and all of them are survivable. This team did not walk out on the floor lacking anything it needed to win games.
Similarly, the wins are an output, and would have occurred if he'd gotten the main thing right: the product that we put on the court has been consistently awful. Even in our wins we have look talented, but never disciplined, organized, or (no pun intended) smart. For a fan of good fundamental basketball, even at our best moments UT has been painful to watch during Shaka's tenure. The ACU loss was really just more of the same.
If you're ready for me to go into a deep dive on Grease 2, I'm willing to to do battle on that hill.
At least none of the songs promote sexual assault.
There are no partial failures in college basketball. You either do well in the Tournament, or you don’t. This season will be remembered for one thing. And that one thing seems likely to end Smart’s Texas career.
Fair enough.
If that's the only prism you'll want to look through, then that's a fair stance.
I just think it’s the only prism that matters. In a college class, I can turn in my homework on time and pass the pop quizzes, but if I fail the final exam, I fail the class.
Telling the story for a friend, of course.
Oh, I'm not disagreeing, it's just a bit of a rare sport that is completely defined in such a way for the most part.
It renders a 1,200 minute sample size down to 40 at times in the blink of an eye.
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