re: Sources: Marquette will hire Texas' Shaka Smart as its next head basketball coach.

The elite programs have had a stable coaching situation for extended periods of time prior to their success. I can think of several off the top of my head. Kentucky, Duke, UNC, MSU, Kansas Nova, Virginia etc...

Some people just don't like hard truths I guess. Especially the racist one

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But I wouldn’t doubt most those boosters at Texas don’t give a frick about basketball

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Embarrassing losses tend to turn on the spotlight.

Hahaha

Good point.

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This is, quite frankly, bullshite.

Abilene Christian went D1 in 2013 and just won their first NCAA tournament game. Shaka has been at Texas 6 years and still has not won his first Tournament game.

He has had 5 straight top 20 recruiting classes, multiple NBA players and yet is still a complete failure. He would have been fired long ago, if the previous AD didn't give him 5 yr fully guaranteed after losing in the first round to an 11 seed as a six in year 2.

His overall record is 109-86, he is 52-56 in conference (under .500).

His big achievement this year was winning two games in the conference tournament, against a team that played 4 games in 4 days, vs 2 games with 1 forfeit and a day off before the final. They still almost lost.

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Exactly!

Even suggesting race might have had something to do with it is BEYOND ridiculous. After 2011 Smart's name constantly came up as a potential hire with virtually every major conf. job that became available. Year after year. Yet, Smart remained at VCU for another 4 years following the Final Four run. He was one of the most sought after HC's for five years...until he finally left VCU for Texas's big offer. Texas thought they were getting the golden goose many had tried to get, but couldn't

In 6 years Smart NEVER lived up to expectations. In fact, at best he was only slightly better than the last years of Rick Barnes's tenure. In 6 seasons there he only finished above .500 in the Big 12 TWICE!! Smart's first year and Barnes's last year were almost identical. In fact, Barnes advanced further in the NCAAT in the year he was let go than Smart ever did at Texas.

The bottom line is that Texas paid for huge results and in return got just "ok" results. Smart may have been fired last season but for a late season surge that gave them a chance of getting into the NCAAT. He probably survived because of the NCAAT being canceled prevented him from getting another first round loss.

This year was an up and down season, but ultimately turned out to be Smart's best. He got a 3 seed in the NCAAT...then lost to a 14. And not only a 14, but a 14 who was an in-state Southland conf. school. Texas is biggest school in the state. But they didn't lose to Baylor, or Texas Tech, or Houston in the NCAAT. They lost to ABILENE CHRISTIAN!

He got every opportunity to make that program a powerhouse again and he didn't. And it looked even worse when schools like Baylor, Texas Tech and Houston were producing FAR better results than Texas.

This had NOTHING to do with race. And the fact that anyone might suggest otherwise is pathetic

So the records of charlie strong and smart dont matter? FOH.

Mike White to Texas!!!

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Marquette is now a better job than Texas?

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Yes

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Wow, just go ahead and say that Texas fired him

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This was basically that


Marquette also could have done better IMO

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Thank you for this post that cuts through the “Texas sucks, is arrogant and racist” bull shite that is automatically spewed from hatred and/or jealousy... Haters gonna hate, and TEXAS can do better than Rick Barnes and Shaka Smart.

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Pot meet Kettle
Why do ALL tea sippers wear diapers? Cause they think their shite doesn’t stink.