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Ben Howland fired

There is absolutely no way that we hire Shaka Smart. He's so far outside of the comfort zone of RW and his cadre of backers, so I doubt we ever consider a young coach and why would any coach, who's had 3 years to bolt for the best job and big money come to wake. We can't offer a better job than those's he's turned down. Another NCAA win to his resume will keep him as the hottest commodity in the coaching ranks. Mark Few has laid eggs for the last 3-4 years at Gonzaga and I still think he could get any job he wanted if he threw his name in the ring.
 
Atlanta Deacon said:
There is absolutely no way that we hire Shaka Smart. He's so far outside of the comfort zone of RW and his cadre of backers, so I doubt we ever consider a young coach and why would any coach, who's had 3 years to bolt for the best job and big money come to wake. We can't offer a better job than those's he's turned down. Another NCAA win to his resume will keep him as the hottest commodity in the coaching ranks. Mark Few has laid eggs for the last 3-4 years at Gonzaga and I still think he could get any job he wanted if he threw his name in the ring.
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Don't waste your breath, dude. I'm in Richmond and, although not directly hooked to VCU hoops, I'm pretty tight with a lot of people who are (pretty difficult to avoid them after the last couple of years). I've said this many times on this board, but no one listens. Apparently, those who live 2500 miles away know way more than I do.

Until the administration at Wake undergoes a radical change, Shaka and Wake are oil and water. The two will never mix.

Truth, for what it's worth.
 
WRS said:
I've never understood the absolute certainty that Shaka wants to coach at a strong academic school. VCU is nowhere close to a top 25 university. Am I missing something?
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My source at Mater Dei has confirmed it.
 
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bluefish said:
Don't waste your breath, dude. I'm in Richmond and, although not directly hooked to VCU hoops, I'm pretty tight with a lot of people who are (pretty difficult to avoid them after the last couple of years). I've said this many times on this board, but no one listens. Apparently, those who live 2500 miles away know way more than I do.

Until the administration at Wake undergoes a radical change, Shaka and Wake are oil and water. The two will never mix.

Truth, for what it's worth.
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Care to expand on this?
 
KidA23 said:
Pretty interesting article (albeit from Jeff Goodman, who's kind of a huge a$$hole) about how Ben Howland burned bridges with many of the LA / Southern California-area AAU coaches and programs with the way he reneged on an early commitment and continued to employ a system that made it difficult for NBA scouts to evaluate his players:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/-college-basketball-mens-tournament/news/20130325/ucla-ben-howland/
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My source at Mater Dei has confirmed it.
 
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