No Announcement, Really.

[mu_hilltopper]

Buried in other threads ..

The official 5pm announcement was that there is no announcement, per Scott Kuykendall.

So .. drive home safely, go have dinner.    Smoke 'em if you've got em, it's gonna be a while.

[Shack]

Buried in other threads ..

The official 5pm announcement was that there is no announcement, per Scott Kuykendall.

So .. drive home safely, go have dinner.    Smoke 'em if you've got em, it's gonna be a while.

Shaka Smart should be the new lead singer of Guns N Roses if he keeps this up.  Awfully talented at keeping the crowd waiting. 

[MarquetteFan94]

Why do I feel that Brian Wardle is going to be announced as our next head coach?

[The Process]

I need a drink.

[Gopher+RamFan]

VCU fan here, like you guys - we've been through this before.

This is not about "Shaka keeping them waiting" every year "insiders" on other boards come forward about Shaka being a done deal, going to school A. Eventually it comes out that Shaka chose to stay home, or it was never really serious (NC St, Maryland, Minnesota) others were more serious (Illinois, UCLA).

Some on here will believe that it was a done deal until "Shaka had a change of heart". All I know is each spring after VCU is bounced from the tournament, Shaka's recruiting budget is better funded, he gets a small raise, and his best assistants receive raises too.

Not saying Shaka to MU isn't going to happen, just saying this same pattern has happened many, many times previously.

[Shack]

VCU fan here, like you guys - we've been through this before.

This is not about "Shaka keeping them waiting" every year "insiders" on other boards come forward about Shaka being a done deal, going to school A. Eventually it comes out that Shaka chose to stay home, or it was never really serious (NC St, Maryland, Minnesota) others were more serious (Illinois, UCLA).

Some on here will believe that it was a done deal until "Shaka had a change of heart". All I know is each spring after VCU is bounced from the tournament, Shaka's recruiting budget is better funded, he gets a small raise, and his best assistants receive raises too.

Not saying Shaka to MU isn't going to happen, just saying this same pattern has happened many, many times previously.

If that's true, he's going to burn a lot of bridges along the way.   

[brandx]

Shaka Smart should be the new lead singer of Guns N Roses if he keeps this up.  Awfully talented at keeping the crowd waiting. 

So, tell me. What has Shaka done wrong? Oh yeah.... he is not doing things according to a web forum's schedule. He is not answering every rumor?

Sorry, dude - that's not part of his job description.

[Gopher+RamFan]

If that's true, he's going to burn a lot of bridges along the way.   

By not responding to every message board rumor about him? Geeze, this isn't even good enough to respond with the "smart" pun and all that.

[Shack]

By not responding to every message board rumor about him? Geeze, this isn't even good enough to respond with the "smart" pun and all that.

I'm sorry I took  your original post as he used job offers from other schools to gain leverage for more funding from his current school.  Offers that he had no intention of accepting.  That would piss some people off I would imagine.  If that's not what you implied then I apologize.

The GNR thing was a joke, it's really not his responsibility to respond to these rumors.  I just feel like I'm at a concert waiting for the show to start. 

[Gopher+RamFan]

I'm sorry I took  your original post as he used job offers from other schools to gain leverage for more funding from his current school.  Offers that he had no intention of accepting.  That would piss some people off I would imagine.  If that's not what you implied then I apologize.

The GNR thing was a joke, it's really not his responsibility to respond to these rumors.  I just feel like I'm at a concert waiting for the show to start. 

I think schools will augment their current contracts to ensure the coach will stay. I'm not saying he uses them as leverage, but it's a widespread practice. VCU has restructured his contract each time, and it's something a "small" (30,000 students) basketball only school, really needs to do- show that basketball is the priority.

I have no idea if Shaka ever even entered negotiations with anyone, I have no inside info. I do know that the VCU AD has always been pro-active, instead of re-active. Case in point, the Villa 7 program, which has allowed the school to hire the best young coaches (Buzz is a graduate, as well as Shaka).

[Coleman]

[Wisco]

I think schools will augment their current contracts to ensure the coach will stay. I'm not saying he uses them as leverage, but it's a widespread practice. VCU has restructured his contract each time, and it's something a "small" (30,000 students) basketball only school, really needs to do- show that basketball is the priority.

I have no idea if Shaka ever even entered negotiations with anyone, I have no inside info. I do know that the VCU AD has always been pro-active, instead of re-active. Case in point, the Villa 7 program, which has allowed the school to hire the best young coaches (Buzz is a graduate, as well as Shaka).

He never did. He refused from the get-go.