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[BLWarrior91]

Some fun comments here.  They start out ripping Shaka and then decide Terry must go.  Several good comments about Kolek. 

https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/33219-texas-marquette-wednesday-7pm-on-fs1/page/6/#comments

[Newsdreams]

Some fun comments here.  They start out ripping Shaka and then decide Terry must go.  Several good comments about Kolek. 

https://www.surlyhorns.com/board/topic/33219-texas-marquette-wednesday-7pm-on-fs1/page/6/#comments

Scoop like

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Marquette fans are a pain, but the Texas fan base is so incredibly toxic to their own players/coaches.

[MUbiz]

My favorite post: So this Shaka Smart guy seems like an up and Comer.  We should keep him in mind the next time we need to hire a coach. 

[Hards Alumni]

My favorite post: So this Shaka Smart guy seems like an up and Comer.  We should keep him in mind the next time we need to hire a coach.

I'll do you one better.

i've posted this here once before, and only once, and for good reason. but ima go ahead and post it one more time, because i straight up don't like shaka and because i've seen enough evidence to at believe that this is at least plausible, if not probable:
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i've heard from a good source- and a look at his recruiting classes and minutes distribution could support this- that shaka doesn't like/essentially resents white people, and avoids recruiting white players whenever he can. obviously this is conjecture; obviously this is a fairly serious accusation as far as personal character goes; that said, the people i've spoken to make a pretty compelling case, and frankly, so does the LHN tape from his time here. plenty of video of him hanging out with the black players and damn near tucking their grown asses into bed; literally zero video of him hanging out with the white guys. then you have will baker as the only white player he recruited while at texas, a five star from his own backyard. im just saying- it's at minimum plausible.

again, this is conjecture. i guess my main point would be that 99% of successful college basketball coaches are slime balls, and the rush to crown shaka as this exemplary human being really really REALLY irks me based on factual crap that i've posted here several times, along with this anti-white people conjecture which appears to be totally plausible. i'm not imploring you to hate the guy- but i am imploring people to stop sanctifying this guy when he's as morally ambiguous as the next cbb coach.

Even in the depths of our despair, I doubt we would say anything remotely this awful.

[Galway Eagle]

I'll do you one better.

Even in the depths of our despair, I doubt we would say anything remotely this awful.

When we got blown out by UNC two years back there were people on here bringing up Shakas race. I mean this post is next level insanity but we've definitely had posters with moments on par. Difference is they aren't your everyday posters

[tower912]

Yes, some here would.   


But everything is bigger in Texas.

[avid1010]

I'll do you one better.

Even in the depths of our despair, I doubt we would say anything remotely this awful.

Eh...everyone has a nolongerwarriors

[avid1010]

But everything is bigger in Texas.

Including the losses to MU/former coaches.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Absolutely wild thing to say about Shaka, whose mother happens to be white.

[CountryRoads]

Agree with the posts saying they were forced into Terry. Though he did well with Beard's players, they still should have brought in a more proven coach.

[tower912]

Sounds like a more profane scoop talking about Wojo.  A couple of them even reached back to take shots at Barnes.   And finally, they have an Abe Froman.  Going into the way back machine, there was a poster using that name on the jsonline forum.  A Badger fan with racist undertones.    He and Chico engaged in battles daily.   Back when Crean was the coach and Chico defended MU.

[pbiflyer]

I'll do you one better.

Tyler and Ben disagree with that guy's assessment.

[tower912]

Shaka went after Kon, and has offered that 6'9 kid from up near Appleton.

[panda]

Shaka went after Kon, and has offered that 6'9 kid from up near Appleton.

Confirmed not a racist

[UWW2MU]

It's the nature of internet forums... they've all got their own ratio of sanity to crazies out there.  I've followed their "Laugh and point at Shaka" thread since Shaka came here, it's been pretty entertaining with random splashing of informative. 

Overall their board is pretty levelheaded, but it's clear that Shaka and their culture/types of things they demand of a coach don't mix, and the crapshoot of the NCAAT and Shaka's frustrating run in it became the scapegoat.

[NickelDimer]

I think Kolek could play one on five and still beat Texas by himself. 

This was my favorite

[MU82]

First, it is a 99.9999999% certainty that the guy accusing Shaka of racism is a raging racist.

His charge is so absurd that nothing else needs be said.

Second, FIFY ...

Marquette fans are a pain, but the Texas fan base is so incredibly toxic to their own players/coaches so are fans of every major college basketball and football program.

[willie warrior]

Shaka went after Kon, and has offered that 6'9 kid from up near Appleton.

Good points. Last time I looked, Gold and Kolek are Shaka recruits and getting big minutes. And Shaka's mother is white? Bunch of bull crap that he is anti-white. He recruits kids who fit his system and play basketball. Period.

[panda]

Good points. Last time I looked, Gold and Kolek are Shaka recruits and getting big minutes. And Shaka's mother is white? Bunch of bull crap that he is anti-white. He recruits kids who fit his system and play basketball. Period.

Counterpoint - he "missed" on two whities. Probably offered purely for optics

[MUbiz]

I'll do you one better.

Even in the depths of our despair, I doubt we would say anything remotely this awful.

LMFAO - I am speechless, but as other scoopers pointed out, Tyler and Ben disagree.

[Galway Eagle]

Stevie and Oso have white moms should we assume Shaka ignored them during recruiting and only talked to their dads? This poster is the type of person who clearly sees anyone who isn't pasty and says they must be sub Saharan African 

Did this guy get any replies or does the forum just ignore him?

[panda]

Stevie and Oso have white moms should we assume Shaka ignored them during recruiting and only talked to their dads? This poster is the type of person who clearly sees anyone who isn't pasty and says they must be sub Saharan African 

Did this guy get any replies or does the forum just ignore him?

Easy answer bub - Wojo recruited em

The evidence is mounting against Shaka

[Galway Eagle]

Easy answer bub - Wojo recruited em

The evidence is mounting against Shaka

It makes sense now why Oso didn't commit to Shaka when he was recruiting him to Texas. Only explanation

[MUbiz]

Stevie and Oso have white moms should we assume Shaka ignored them during recruiting and only talked to their dads? This poster is the type of person who clearly sees anyone who isn't pasty and says they must be sub Saharan African 

Did this guy get any replies or does the forum just ignore him?

This was the reply:

I like you and I like your posting. You provide value to this board. I have sympathy for you and some of the issues you've discussed on this board. I like that you and I want a NC in basketball, and we seem to be one of the few people who actually want a competitive basketball program and not just entertainment in between football and baseball.



With that said, you should strongly considering deleting this. This is a very, very strong accusation, and (I'm not lawyer) it seems that if someone from that side go ahold of this, it could be trouble for you and the board.

But more importantly, I'm genuinely concerned that your hatred of Shaka and inability to move on has an influence on your health. I was ready for him to go and I got my wish. Moreover, I got my bigger wish which was us hiring Beard. 3 years later, I just don't care what Shaka does. He wins? Great. He loses? Cool, I don't care. Same for Herman and Strong in football. But accusations like the above have the ability to do harm to many people, yourself included. You aren't going to change the minds of media and what other people think about Shaka because of what he didn't or didn't do at Texas because you're personally hurt for some of the things he did (didn't do) while here.



Just a quick thot...