What do Shaka Smart and Brad Stevens have in common?

[79Warrior]

Said no thank you to UCLA.

The only way Buzz takes this job is either Corey hates the cold or LW has screwed the pooch.

Lets hope neither is true.

[MUSF]

They have also never been in my kitchen.

[Logi4three]

They appear not to d-bags looking for a "better" gig right when the local natives start questioning your "in-game" coaching abilities. 

[keefe]

They know how to beat a zone?

[chapman]

Younger coaches whose brains overpower their egos.  There's a good chance anybody, even Smart or Stevens would fail at UCLA (particularly when winning the conference is still a "fail").  Take a bit of a cash grab for a few years, smear your name and wind up as an assistant or at a lackluster mid-major gig when you still haven't turned 40?  Nah, take that $1M or so each year with a program that gives you resources you can successfully utilize, realistic expectations, and respect.  For a guy like Buzz, even better when the $1M is more like $2.5M, the resources are there, and the expectations are still realistic.