Men's basketball good try but short again
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Shaka smart is garbage straight up. He is worse than Rick Barnes and not any better of a recruiter. This guy is not the answer. He has proven to be a bad hire IMO. Time to cut him loose. He has stolen enough money. You have a top 3 lottery pic and MC Donald's all Americans all over the court and he can't beat TCU?
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Start looking at quality nba coaches on the way out. I would take Billy Donovan. Smart has failed. We are going to have to endure at least one more losing season. The dumbass AD gave ss a huge contract b4 he left. UT admin incompetence in a nutshell.
BBR, was it you or someone else that said that Smart would be back no matter what next year? I don't follow basketball that closely, but surely Shaka won't get a free pass if Texas fails to make the tournament. If I'm wrong about thinking that you said that, please correct me. Thoughts?
We are stuck for one more year with him think we have to give him 3 years out of the 5 year contract. I think @BringBackRoyal can vouch or correct me. His recruiting class next year are the type of players that fit his offensive of style.
I must admit, I was wrong about Shaka. I thought he was going to be great. Certainly has had plenty of talent and underachieved.
That being said, I'm really at a loss. It seems there's something in the water in Austin that makes our kids immune to running a half court offense, and shooting free throws, no matter who the coach is. At this point I really think we could get Pop, and it would look like he suddenly forgot how to coach ball movement. I don't know what the hell is going on.
That being said, I'm really at a loss. It seems there's something in the water in Austin that makes our kids immune to running a half court offense, and shooting free throws, no matter who the coach is. At this point I really think we could get Pop, and it would look like he suddenly forgot how to coach ball movement. I don't know what the hell is going on.
Now I know why I couldn't shoot free throws when I was in high school. It was the dam water.
Billy Donovan leaving the NBA to come to UT? After leaving a college program that won multiple national titles for the NBA? Not likely.
Yep, that was me. Smart has around $14.9 million in guaranteed money left on his contract after this season. I think he's back next year no matter how poorly they perform the rest of the way.
I honestly can't even imagine Texas eating the ~$12 million left on his contract after next year if next year goes poorly. It's basketball, after all.
The wins over TTU, OU, TCU and Bama are good ones. As long as they get to 19 wins I think they are a safe bet to make the tourney which is a huge improvement over last year. They do have a tough remaining schedule so its not a given but I think they will get in as a 9-11 seed.
I think the poster's assumption was that Donovan might be leaving the NBA involuntarily.
Have you looked at the remaining schedule? Getting to 19 wins will be very difficult. This team is on the outside looking in right now.
You have the consider the conference tourney as well. Good shot to get at least 1 or 2 w's there.
I'm guessing if Donovan were to get canned at OKC he would land another NBA gig and prefer that over returning to college.
I already considered it, and "good" is definitely not the word I'd use to describe our chances of picking up two wins there.
Even considering the Big 12 tournament, we're still more likely than not to miss the NCAA tournament at the moment: https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/team/texas-longhorns/bracketology.
Who knows how he feels about the NBA now? Anyway, I'm not arguing that it's likely or anything. I was just pointing out that the other poster wasn't talking about snagging him from OKC. A moot discussion anyway, since Shaka is 100% assured to be coaching here next year if he wants to be.
Yup..another shitty hire and just throwing money away. Its the Texas way though
My point is that we need to be looking for a coach that can take us to the next level. Donovan can do it. If he leaves OKC, then we have the money to sign him. It's not like we are going after a college coach like Jimbo the Fi$her. Whitemanfromtown=bob weltich=dave grohl=longhorn lenny=douche bag aggy.
Having a good team next year with 2-3 starting seniors, assuming AJ comes back is a weak way to have a good team. Without Bamba, we may still suck because the only D played against TCU was the officiating. Big Baller could coach our team next year and do well.
It seems like Charlie the same problems and not much improvement very inconsistent play. A lot of almost wins but just can't finish .
again, shaka was hired to bring havoc and, fine, you can also bring the offense if you must. but then he decided to hang his hat on that terrible offense and ditch havoc. stupid stupid stupid
