Shaka to Marquette?

[Uncle Rico]

Like the Hauser letter, a'ina?

I believe all of it.  Every part.  Even the stuff that contradicts something.  It's on the internet = it's true IMO

[4everwarriors]

There's definitely a contingent that would love for Crean to be the pick. I think cooler heads prevail.

Ya can't go home again, Dorothy. Fook 'im, hey?

[ZiggysFryBoy]

The Mrs. Shaka thing,  while fun, is a Scoop myth.

Wrong.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Like the Hauser letter, a'ina?

No

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Wrong.

Im really not

[goldeneagle91114]

Im really not

But he did say yes to Doc twice, correct

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

But he did say yes to Doc twice, correct

No

[CountryRoads]

Wasn't the "Mrs Shaka" thing more just an IWB fabrication for whiffing on #DoneDeal? Seemed that missing Shaka might have had more to do with our AD/President situation at the time than anything.

[GooooMarquette]

Shaka's Wikipedia page currently says he was the coach of Texas until yesterday and is currently a volunteer assistant at Abilene Christian. LOL.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_Smart

Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) was an American men's college basketball coach until yesterday. He was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin but has since been sacked. He is currently a volunteer assistant at Abilene Christian University.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

No

Wrong.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

But he did say yes to Doc twice, correct

Correct.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Correct.

Wrong

[Silkk the Shaka]

I would much rather have Shaka week than Moser week.

Dumb & dangerous

[MU82]

Shaka's Wikipedia page currently says he was the coach of Texas until yesterday and is currently a volunteer assistant at Abilene Christian. LOL.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_Smart

Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) was an American men's college basketball coach until yesterday. He was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Texas at Austin but has since been sacked. He is currently a volunteer assistant at Abilene Christian University.

Gotta love Wikipedia. That's effen hilarious!

[onepost]

My thoughts on Shaka to MU:

1. I was never angry that Shaka ended up not taking the MU job. There is no doubt I was big time disappointed that he left us at the alter, but I was not bitter towards the decision. I actually thought MU had a steal and were hiring a guy that was actually a better long term answer than Buzz, which seldom happens landing a better coach than when departing.

2. There is zero comparison between Wojo and Shaka as a coach. His pre Wojo resume blows any discussion out of the water. There are many on here that loved making the comparison every time Wojo was called out for lack of success. I would be wiling to say that every team Shaka had at Texas was a better product than what Wojo put on the court and provided far more entertainment value. I want wins in March as much as anyone and believe Shaka will get that done before his career is over. I cannot say that about Wojo.

3. Going back to point 1 to some degree, quite possibly the timing was not right. Following the Buzz success there would have been extremely expectations for Shaka to take that to the next level. To be honest, that might have been hard to do. Buzz provided enough success to keep excitement in the program and building off that would have been a tough task. Right now he would be starting basically from scratch and that might be a great thing for both parties.

4. Style of play means a lot to me and Shaka checks that box.

5. For the past 10+ years I have felt that a program like MU should find the perfect, young black coach and give him the keys to the program. Admittedly I am not up to speed like I was years ago but Shaka sure seems to check that box as well. I think MU would benefit from a black coach, the city of MKE could benefit and MU basketball fans would benefit from Shaka taking over.

6. I am 100% confident that recruiting would be a slam dunk for Shaka and we would own the local kids. In looking back at our best teams over the past twenty years there was always a good mix of local talent, regional and sometime national talent on the team. I have said many times I liked Wojo recruiting like he was at Duke and going national but that was a tough task. I think Shaka would own the MKE market and do exceptional in the other key midwest cities.

7. Someone mentioned yesterday on another post on how Izzo would have handled the Hauser situation and I want to follow up with my take on that. I have always believed that guys in a profession know their peers about 10000% better than I do. I believe that MU hired Shaka that fellow coaches would say it was a major step up for MU. Would even go as far as saying that other BE coaches would be disappointed in the hire.
For the record, I believe the same would be said if MU hired Pitino. Coaches know their business and they know who can really recruit, coach or both.

8. If Shaka is a true candidate I am over the moon happy he lost yesterday. It means it easier to leave his current job and MU can start talking to him today. Anyone that thinks that the loss last night is reason to not hire him truly is not thinking clearly. If he has a chance to end up here, I prefer it to start this week than in three weeks.

To sum it up, I would be an extremely happy fan if Shaka was introduced as the next MU coach.

Agreed with all of this, Goose.  Great post.

[BM1090]

My thoughts on Shaka to MU:

1. I was never angry that Shaka ended up not taking the MU job. There is no doubt I was big time disappointed that he left us at the alter, but I was not bitter towards the decision. I actually thought MU had a steal and were hiring a guy that was actually a better long term answer than Buzz, which seldom happens landing a better coach than when departing.

2. There is zero comparison between Wojo and Shaka as a coach. His pre Wojo resume blows any discussion out of the water. There are many on here that loved making the comparison every time Wojo was called out for lack of success. I would be wiling to say that every team Shaka had at Texas was a better product than what Wojo put on the court and provided far more entertainment value. I want wins in March as much as anyone and believe Shaka will get that done before his career is over. I cannot say that about Wojo.

3. Going back to point 1 to some degree, quite possibly the timing was not right. Following the Buzz success there would have been extremely expectations for Shaka to take that to the next level. To be honest, that might have been hard to do. Buzz provided enough success to keep excitement in the program and building off that would have been a tough task. Right now he would be starting basically from scratch and that might be a great thing for both parties.

4. Style of play means a lot to me and Shaka checks that box.

5. For the past 10+ years I have felt that a program like MU should find the perfect, young black coach and give him the keys to the program. Admittedly I am not up to speed like I was years ago but Shaka sure seems to check that box as well. I think MU would benefit from a black coach, the city of MKE could benefit and MU basketball fans would benefit from Shaka taking over.

6. I am 100% confident that recruiting would be a slam dunk for Shaka and we would own the local kids. In looking back at our best teams over the past twenty years there was always a good mix of local talent, regional and sometime national talent on the team. I have said many times I liked Wojo recruiting like he was at Duke and going national but that was a tough task. I think Shaka would own the MKE market and do exceptional in the other key midwest cities.

7. Someone mentioned yesterday on another post on how Izzo would have handled the Hauser situation and I want to follow up with my take on that. I have always believed that guys in a profession know their peers about 10000% better than I do. I believe that MU hired Shaka that fellow coaches would say it was a major step up for MU. Would even go as far as saying that other BE coaches would be disappointed in the hire.
For the record, I believe the same would be said if MU hired Pitino. Coaches know their business and they know who can really recruit, coach or both.

8. If Shaka is a true candidate I am over the moon happy he lost yesterday. It means it easier to leave his current job and MU can start talking to him today. Anyone that thinks that the loss last night is reason to not hire him truly is not thinking clearly. If he has a chance to end up here, I prefer it to start this week than in three weeks.

To sum it up, I would be an extremely happy fan if Shaka was introduced as the next MU coach.

Excellent post. Thanks for typing out what I was far too lazy to put into words.

[🏀]

Wrong.

I don't know about twice, but verbally agreed to basic terms.

Same source that said a BoT member was involved on Thursday. Same BoT member that isn't hot on Shaka being adjacent to the situation 7 years ago.

[Farley36]

Wrong.

Wasn't TAMU one of the people who guaranteed with no uncertainty that Wojo would be back next year?  If so it's hard to believe he really knows anything at all.  Yet he always speaks with such certainty.  Can anyone here clarify if he is just full of sh*t because that's how it appears.

[Goose]

Farley

Not that TAMU needs my support, but he knows his stuff. Now, sometimes he might draw the line in the sand to make his point, there is no doubt TAMU knows his stuff.

[🏀]

Wasn't TAMU one of the people who guaranteed with no uncertainty that Wojo would be back next year?  If so it's hard to believe he really knows anything at all.  Yet he always speaks with such certainty.  Can anyone here clarify if he is just full of sh*t because that's how it appears.

And he was 100% correct until a huge change came on Thursday.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Wasn't TAMU one of the people who guaranteed with no uncertainty that Wojo would be back next year?  If so it's hard to believe he really knows anything at all.  Yet he always speaks with such certainty.  Can anyone here clarify if he is just full of sh*t because that's how it appears.

TAMU knows what's going on more than 99.9% of this board. It's legit info.

[Farley36]

TAMU knows what's going on more than 99.9% of this board. It's legit info.

I'll keep an eye out for something he's actually right about because so far he seems to be batting .000%.   

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Farley

Not that TAMU needs my support, but he knows his stuff. Now, sometimes he might draw the line in the sand to make his point, there is no doubt TAMU knows his stuff.

In this case he's wrong.  It's OK, it happens.

And being wrong hasn't stopped most from continuing to post, just look at tower.

[brewcity77]

Also, as many have said, I agree with Goose's points. I was a bit jaded at the time but have come to get over that. Though I feel a bit like a meme balled up in the corner pleading "don't hurt me again."

[Goose]

Ziggy

TAMU has strong opinions and he definitely feels he is right on most of his posts. That said ,he has street cred with me after the Wojo hire. He nailed it and he nailed it early. I have vastly different opinions than TAMU regarding the MU program and disagree often with him but I do read his posts to see what he has to say.