Complacent Deac
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If you can get Shaka, hire him.
Just don’t let him hire Will Wade or Vince Young.
Just don’t let him hire Will Wade or Vince Young.
Shaka is a no brainer hire. We could do and probably will do alot worse.
Shaka is a no brainer hire. We could do and probably will do alot worse.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...a-Smart-isn-t-going-anywhere-yet-13676479.php
This quote from the linked article is basically /thread. Shaka Smart is not coming to Wake Forest this year.
But the bigger factor is financial, and that one is immutable. Smart's contract is fully guaranteed for four more years and $12.9 million, and even the richest athletic department in the country cannot justify pouring that much money – plus whatever it would cost to buy out a new coach's deal from another school – into a program that UT's fan base always has treated as a passing distraction.
Think of it this way: For the sake of argument, let's say the Longhorns could go out and hire Bill Self, or Mike Krzyzewski, or Roy Williams this spring. People would be really excited, right? But basketball would still receive a fraction of the interest that football does at UT, and by next December the Erwin Center would still be less than half full, just like it was during Smart's honeymoon.
By all accounts, athletic director Chris Del Conte is sincere in his desire to win, but at a place like UT, he has to remain accountable to the bottom line. And unlike in football, the difference in revenue generated by a Top 10 basketball program and an NCAA tournament bubble team isn't big enough to justify what it would cost to make a change. UT is not going to pay more to buy out its basketball coach than the $10.4 million it paid to get rid of Charlie Strong.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...a-Smart-isn-t-going-anywhere-yet-13676479.php
This quote from the linked article is basically /thread. Shaka Smart is not coming to Wake Forest this year.
But the bigger factor is financial, and that one is immutable. Smart's contract is fully guaranteed for four more years and $12.9 million, and even the richest athletic department in the country cannot justify pouring that much money – plus whatever it would cost to buy out a new coach's deal from another school – into a program that UT's fan base always has treated as a passing distraction.
Think of it this way: For the sake of argument, let's say the Longhorns could go out and hire Bill Self, or Mike Krzyzewski, or Roy Williams this spring. People would be really excited, right? But basketball would still receive a fraction of the interest that football does at UT, and by next December the Erwin Center would still be less than half full, just like it was during Smart's honeymoon.
By all accounts, athletic director Chris Del Conte is sincere in his desire to win, but at a place like UT, he has to remain accountable to the bottom line. And unlike in football, the difference in revenue generated by a Top 10 basketball program and an NCAA tournament bubble team isn't big enough to justify what it would cost to make a change. UT is not going to pay more to buy out its basketball coach than the $10.4 million it paid to get rid of Charlie Strong.
And this is why Shaka would come to Wake. Texas won't fire him or buy him but if a deal can be worked out where he leaves Texas and comes to Wake, then the 4 years and $12.9 million aren't a factor.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...a-Smart-isn-t-going-anywhere-yet-13676479.php
This quote from the linked article is basically /thread. Shaka Smart is not coming to Wake Forest this year.
But the bigger factor is financial, and that one is immutable. Smart's contract is fully guaranteed for four more years and $12.9 million, and even the richest athletic department in the country cannot justify pouring that much money – plus whatever it would cost to buy out a new coach's deal from another school – into a program that UT's fan base always has treated as a passing distraction.
Think of it this way: For the sake of argument, let's say the Longhorns could go out and hire Bill Self, or Mike Krzyzewski, or Roy Williams this spring. People would be really excited, right? But basketball would still receive a fraction of the interest that football does at UT, and by next December the Erwin Center would still be less than half full, just like it was during Smart's honeymoon.
By all accounts, athletic director Chris Del Conte is sincere in his desire to win, but at a place like UT, he has to remain accountable to the bottom line. And unlike in football, the difference in revenue generated by a Top 10 basketball program and an NCAA tournament bubble team isn't big enough to justify what it would cost to make a change. UT is not going to pay more to buy out its basketball coach than the $10.4 million it paid to get rid of Charlie Strong.
you sure do talk like you know everything
The question is why did he fall short of expectations at Texas?
I am hesitant to take a guy who turned us down once.
I'm pretty sure all WF basketball coaches hired in the modern era have a combined total of 1 NCAA tournament win (Skip's '96-'97 Xavier team made the round of 32) when Wake hired them. One.
Shaka has seven.
lol at anyone thinking this wouldn't be a grand slam hire.