JR
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Yep. Austin is liberal. Not saying the UT alums around the state are not full of rednecks. They don't like what Austin has become. The student body is also changing. You can see its becoming more Cali ish.
Shaka Smart to Texas?
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Yep. Austin is liberal. Not saying the UT alums around the state are not full of rednecks. They don't like what Austin has become. The student body is also changing. You can see its becoming more Cali ish.
JR
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But back to Shaka Smart. Eventually he needs to leave VCU. They said Texas was one of about 10 jobs he would leave VCU if open. I would assume the rest of the jobs were at dominant programs with coaches who are not going anywhere soon or already have replacements in mind or on their staffs to take over for their legendare coaches.
Smart would do well at Texas. They can get talent. Just under achieved under Barnes.
Smart would do well at Texas. They can get talent. Just under achieved under Barnes.
Most think that texas is a football state and it's true but they forget that this place also has a LOT of basketball talent. Cannote hate on the fact that ut-austin will itself reel in high-level talent from nationwide, as well as the statewide talented prepsters. W/ Mr Smart @ the helm, the program cannot help but show an increase in competitivity.
DAHILL
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the band fan
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some underachieved some were simply overrated and overhyped
Blacknbengal
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Just think... the Harrison Twins, Joe Young (PAC-12 MVP), Kelly Oubre (Kansas), Julius Randle, Matt Jones (Duke), Jordan Mickey (LSU), Justin Jackson (UNC), Justice Winslow...
UCLA offered him the job two years ago for the position they had open. He turned it down before they hired Steve Alford.
DAHILL
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Alabama offered Marshall 4.2-4.7 million a year.... that would have put him as the highest paid coach in the nation. Calliperi currently makes 3.8 million a year and thats including tv and radio show apperences. Marshall declined and got a rais to 3.3 from Witchita... his family didnt want to leave Wichita.
Calipari made $6.5M this season, Pitino made 5.8 and Coach K made almost $10M.
DAHILL
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are you going on salary or total after incentives? Im speaking strictly off of salary. ... Nevermind I see it now.. I wa rewading a 2013 article.
the band fan
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Oubre and the Harrison twins moved to Texas as Oubre will claim New Orleans and the twins are from the East Coast somewhere......these kids are cut from a different cloth and rather leave the state and play for basketball first schools.....
Winslow was a private school kid along with Jackson, Randle and Mickey so they grew up in schools where football was nothing but an afterthought as they were spoon fed to play basketball and chose schools that emphasized it
Also, UT has not proven to "pay" for those type as of now
That's not Ricky's son is it? Hmmmm.... When I saw his name and where he was from, it threw a red flag.
the band fan
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they may have been born there but there are deep Maryland ties...
it's Winslows's son and UH was never an option....
it's Winslows's son and UH was never an option....
In_The_662
Deeeeep In The Delta.....
Dannnnnnnnnnng.... none of the slamma jamma kids' thought of uofh - except for one of them, if I recall correctly. And he actually txferred didn't he? lol Po' uofh.
JR
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He wanted the Texas job according to the talking heads. But they didn't want him. He just didn't want to go to Bama. I guess he figure he can win just a much at Wichita State. I think he really wants to coach in the Big 12 to go head to head with Bill Self and Kansas. He too quirky to go the deep South like Bama. Better he stay where he is.
JR
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U of H hiring practices suck. They want to be big time. But hire scrubs. Kevin Sampson is there now. But he is garbage. They would be better off trying to steal Mike Davis from TxSu.
JR
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Those area ain't neck. Yuppies yeah. But not chew tobacco necks. Alot of them folks are not even from GA. They kind of eclectic in that area. Me and Frat done hung out that area with his Law School buds. Shole ain't Cobb county type neck. Lol.
JR
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Smart coaches better than what Grant did. Both can recruit. But Smart seems to be a better overall coach in my opinion. He will have a better basketball situation going to Texas. Seems like every coach has been snake bitten taking that Bama job. Wimp Sanderson send help.
number1
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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12608854/shaka-smart-new-texas-longhorns-coach
It's official, Shaka Smart is going to Texas, which means Billy Donovan will be back at Florida(rumor was that Smart was going to go to Florida if Donovan decided to leave for the NBA). Alabama probably should take a swing at Michael White at Louisiana Tech, he has put together some very impressive seasons at La Tech.
It's official, Shaka Smart is going to Texas, which means Billy Donovan will be back at Florida(rumor was that Smart was going to go to Florida if Donovan decided to leave for the NBA). Alabama probably should take a swing at Michael White at Louisiana Tech, he has put together some very impressive seasons at La Tech.