It’s Time to Think Bold

[DoctorV]

IMO smart can hold a candle to Gard. Guard is simply smarter than Smart. You can tell by the way they play offense with their sets and they play better defense much better coached. UT is laughing at us. They knew exactly what we were getting. But it's also the administration which is to blame not to mention the donors.

You sound slow, and that's ok.

Shaka is a vastly superior college basketball coach to Gard.

Our fans keep calling for Shaka's head after one terrible season, and that's not fair.
Gard keeps tiptoeing the line to do just enough for them to be good enough, and that's ok too.

Shaka is still the better coach

[tower912]

I am sorry about the typo. thanks for the correction. It's okay to disagree. Enjoy the rest of the season.

All about the growth and development now.  Saw some today. 

Bad seasons aren't fun.

[rgoode57]

It is an interesting question. Gard seems to take players that are not superstars and somehow make a good team out of them every year. He is always putting a competitive team on the floor. Shaka was doing that too - mostly with players he did not recruit - until this year. Now, with only players he did recruit, Shaka's product doesn't look so good. I am a fan of Shaka - mostly - but this year has me wondering. And, the failure to get end-of-game shots on close games (3 times now?) is driving me crazy. Something tells me Gard's teams would have gotten those shots.

[brewcity77]

Shaka is a vastly superior college basketball coach to Gard.

Maybe, but I think you vastly underrate Gard.

In the previous 10 seasons, Gard has had 8 tourney level teams, Shaka has had 7. Gard has two Sweet 16s & 7 total NCAA wins, Shaka has 1 Sweet 16 & 3 NCAA wins. Gard has won 12+ conference games 6 times, Shaka has done it 3. Gard has a 4-1 head to head record against Shaka. Both coaches have 13 wins over top-10 kenpom teams.

I'm not saying I like Gard better, but Greg Gard is pretty clearly the second best coach in Wisconsin Badger history and is a good D1 coach. He doesn't have a Final Four or NCOY award like Shaka, but he's adapted his program to both transfers and a faster pace. If he's at Wisconsin another 10 years, he'll almost certainly be the winningest coach in their history.

There's nothing wrong with acknowledging your rival is good, and Greg Gard is certainly a good coach.

[Nukem2]

Players and Shaka seem to defer to Chase as team leader in these final seconds situations. Unfortunately, while he does have a lot of good attributes, he is not a very good decision maker with the ball and his next pass might be his first.