Great article Ketch but like many others I feel you are way off on the Shaka thing. You have to do it now. $3MM doesn’t matter.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Trying to explain the thing that you're going to hate...)
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Vince Young has done great things for The University. He needs our help now. Alcohol addiction is a chronic disease. Vince needs to be in a reputable rehab center for at least 90 days and in a controlled sober living environment for at least a year. It takes that long for the brain to heal from the damage that alcohol does to the brain. It takes the brain more time to heal from Alcohol addiction than it does from heroin addiction. I only know these things because I have two family members who have struggled with this. Fortunately both are on the road to recovery. And people who have this problem deny that they have this problem so it is difficult to get the addicted person into treatment. So people who are close to Vince need to have great resolve in getting him to treatment.
This year was the first in as long as I can remember (probably since I was in the Air Force and stationed in Alaska in the early ‘90s) that I didn’t make one single Texas basketball game. Next year will be two years in a row if Shaka is still the coach.
This is exactly right. Say Shaka goes 18-14 (8-10 in conference again) next year, is that supposed to be good enough for yet another year?
I personally believe that CDC will soft-landing Shaka and hire Beard. He will do something....
If this is their thoughts on Smart then is it safe to say that another losing season is not worth the 3-4 million saved by allowing him to be here another year?
It’s one thing to keep a coach who has been underachieving for multiple years who is at least still trying or has a semblance of a plan to get better. The problem is Shaka has thrown in the towel, thrown his players under the bus and basically just giving up. It’s almost like he wants Texas to fire him and he can collect his money and get out of Austin.
How do you bring back a toxic coach who simply doesn’t care anymore? He will just flat sink the program to the bottom and end up costing Texas more money by keeping him.
How do you bring back a toxic coach who simply doesn’t care anymore? He will just flat sink the program to the bottom and end up costing Texas more money by keeping him.
All of those responsible for the Strong/Smart debacles are gone now. We have new leadership. We wiped the slate clean with Strong/Herman and need to do the same with Shaka and his replacement. It's the only choice. I think CDC understands this.
VY is the definition of entitled. Spoiled athlete who is used to getting his way. No accountability
I think Sam runs much less this season than he has. I think we will finally have a competent running game and his running will be more of the scrambling variety. At least that is what I'm hoping. I'm also hoping that we open it up more this year with all of our talented receivers.
VY is the definition of entitled. Spoiled athlete who is used to getting his way. No accountability
I think Sam runs much less this season than he has. I think we will finally have a competent running game and his running will be more of the scrambling variety. At least that is what I'm hoping. I'm also hoping that we open it up more this year with all of our talented receivers.
Let’s get to fun stuff. Here is my own list of the most likely coaches to replace Shaka Smart:
1- Chris Beard
2- Kelvin Sampson
3- Bruce Pearl
4- Buzz Williams
5- Steve Wojo
6- Tom Crean
1- Chris Beard
2- Kelvin Sampson
3- Bruce Pearl
4- Buzz Williams
5- Steve Wojo
6- Tom Crean
What impact, if any, do you think Shaka’s job situation is having on 2020 recruiting? Not getting Brown and/or Hampton would be a huge letdown imo.
So much hand wringing over the Texas men’s basketball coach is laughable. Folks, I would suggest that the main goal of the MBB program is NOT something lofty like winning a national championship but rather to a) compete periodically for Big XII honours and b) reach the Sweet 16 round every 4 years, or so. And, as an alumnus, I’m ok with that since I really don’t care about college basketball. Therefore, we should NEVER EVER be buying out head coaching contracts of the men’s BB team. \m/
Corners dont show up in ‘19, defense will have a big problem...combo of youth at DL and CB is the most awkward part of 2019 UT football team.
Ketch - maybe a slight change in rhetoric. its not shaka dead momey we are discussing ...its correcting for a bad hire at AD. Who made that decision and how does that work into the arithmetic of decision makers ? Because that is the root cause of the issue. The longer we wait, the longer the ghost of patterson festers.
No one w guaranteed money does this. Appreciate the sentiment but literally 0.0 people do this.
VY has been running his entire life....given his childhood, the incredible rise in fame, then performance as a pro to this, we shouldnt act shocked by this outcome.
Swallowing 15 million after just 2 seasons of Charlie is different than 13 million after 4 seasons of Shaka.
Are you still as adamant today as you were last Sunday/Monday regarding your Thought that Shaka Smart is having a better season than Karen Aston?
For the record, Texas did not lose to #11 RPI Iowa State twice in a week; it's been 8 days.
Ketch's Womens Athletics Calendar is set up somewhat different than his men's ...
BTW what are you complaining about he gave four (4) short paragraphs and a similar amount of his time to UTWBB!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, what does all the Shaka negativity, whether he stays or goes, have on the really good verbal commitments for the coming season. If I were one of them, I guess I would be concerned enough to consider looking elsewhere. At this point, no one associated with UT can give them a guarantee Shaka will be there after this season!
The clown did this says he wasn't drunk, he has a two-year old child and another on the way.
He put the welfare of his family at risk. Unreal.
Literally, every reporter worth his or her salt is reporting the same thing. This reaction reminds me of when we told you guys last year that Tim Beck was returning.
Very little of this is my opinion.
I have a hard time believing Texas would ever touch No.2 and No.3.
