TheA_Bomb Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ha. I blacked out after SLU lost wednesday, was out of town THU-SUN night and didn't pay any attention until the selection show...and Sports-Reference hasn't credited Shaka with the tournament win yet. http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/shaka-smart-1.html So in my mind, it never happened.... My point is that he's always favored to win the A10 Regular season and he never does. He's good at making the dance but hasn't been able to advance as of late. I know he ran into injuries this year, but his system is easy to crack if you have the ballhandlers to break the press. It's really hard to get to a Final 4 and it's really really hard to get to a Final 4 with VCU. He's done it, I don't care for the antics and the circus. However, if he's your guy and he's winning you love it. Swagger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizziken Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 If indeed Shaka leaves VCU for Texas it will be interesting to see what direction VCU takes in hiring a new coach. If they promote from within it's likely Havoc will continue, but if they go with someone from outside the program I wonder if that style will survive. I could be wrong, but I don't remember Capel or Grant using Havoc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB73 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I do not think Shaka will wind up at Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 hornsdigest.com (the scout site) says they are close to a deal citing 2 un-named sources. So take that for what it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FromDaEastSide Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 hornsdigest.com (the scout site) says they are close to a deal citing 2 un-named sources. So take that for what it's worth. Its some fun over on the A-10 board. The guy posting from HornsDigest.com (Scout) @ChipBrownHD has a great history of breaking stories http://www.basketballforum.com/atlantic-10-conference/597266-texas-talking-shaka-10.html Stated that Texas A&M was not going to the SEC in the spring of 2012, Notre Dame was moving its Olympic sports to the Big12 and Pittsburgh was going to A&M's replacement in the Big12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRN Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Its some fun over on the A-10 board. The guy posting from HornsDigest.com (Scout) @ChipBrownHD has a great history of breaking stories http://www.basketballforum.com/atlantic-10-conference/597266-texas-talking-shaka-10.html Stated that Texas A&M was not going to the SEC in the spring of 2012, Notre Dame was moving its Olympic sports to the Big12 and Pittsburgh was going to A&M's replacement in the Big12 And that Nebraska was staying in the Big 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doowop Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I would imagine you could find fairly quality recruits who want to play that style and go to Texas. It seems like a style of play a lot of high level recruits would be interested in playing and would be a system they could excel in.Especially the high school players in Texas. I can't remember the name of the school but, there is one high school team in Texas that used to be known for averaging over 100 points a game and they pressed all over the court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doowop Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 If indeed Shaka leaves VCU for Texas it will be interesting to see what direction VCU takes in hiring a new coach. If they promote from within it's likely Havoc will continue, but if they go with someone from outside the program I wonder if that style will survive. I could be wrong, but I don't remember Capel or Grant using Havoc.They are going to hire J. Crews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gister Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 hornsdigest.com (the scout site) says they are close to a deal citing 2 un-named sources. So take that for what it's worth. What about Brad Stevens? See this link: http://www.burntorangenation.com/2015/4/1/8325453/stevens-in-talks-to-become-next-texas-basketball-coach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 What about Brad Stevens? See this link: http://www.burntorangenation.com/2015/4/1/8325453/stevens-in-talks-to-become-next-texas-basketball-coach That April's Fools joke was so annoying I'm not going to visit that site anymore. They had two such stories. Plus the site was scant on information anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I hear AD Patterson is meeting with shaka tomorrow finalizing contract. You never know until it's done, but it's looking very much like shaka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Captain havoc is gone time for Shaka to move on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Especially the high school players in Texas. I can't remember the name of the school but, there is one high school team in Texas that used to be known for averaging over 100 points a game and they pressed all over the court. Yates HS out of Houston is probably the one you're thinking of. They just ran over teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillinthemost Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 WSU has one of the wealthiest families in the world as donors, really not that surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majerus mojo Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Pretty great clause in Smart's current deal: Smarts contract also states that any new school would have to play VCU in a home-and-home series. The new school can get out of that provision for $250,000, according to the Richmond paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillinthemost Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Pretty great clause in Smart's current deal: Smarts contract also states that any new school would have to play VCU in a home-and-home series. The new school can get out of that provision for $250,000, according to the Richmond paper I believe they had that clause in Capel and Grant's contracts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Pretty great clause in Smart's current deal: Smarts contract also states that any new school would have to play VCU in a home-and-home series. The new school can get out of that provision for $250,000, according to the Richmond paper -nice idea, VCU had to know that if Shaka was to leave it would be to a school that could pay more than that but perhaps they did not want to push the issue too far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 $250,000 seems awful cheap for the home/home buyout. I would argue that clause should be the most valuable part of his buy out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayne's_World Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Well this sucks for the A10. The Ram Nation board is probably imploding right now How many VCU recruits will transfer now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 If Smart leaves, I wonder how many of VCU's recruits leave. Didn't they have a pretty solid class coming in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 If Smart leaves, I wonder how many of VCU's recruits leave. Didn't they have a pretty solid class coming in? I know they got at least 1 4* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 I know they got at least 1 4* make that 2 4* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 VCU students and other fans are holding a rally at their arena today in hopes to convince Shaka to stay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Shaka is an attention *****. Wake me up when he actually leaves VCU. Same story every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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