Is Shaka's Contract the Worst in UT History?

Discussion in 'Men’s Basketball' started by KBBAKER, Jan 25, 2020.

  1. KBBAKER

    KBBAKER 500+ Posts

    Worst than Charlie Strong's? What an albatross around Del Conte's neck!
     
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  2. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    We haven't seen the level of play we should see by now. Have good recruits, but mediocre production on the court. He's not quite the basketball version of Charlie Strong yet, but he's getting there. This could be the season he becomes just that.
     
  3. horninchicago

    horninchicago 10,000+ Posts

    It would be allsome if I could bend Airbus airplanes on a regular basis and still make a ton of money and be on TV. That's what Shaka Smart basketball seems to be like.
     
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  4. FWHORN

    FWHORN 10,000+ Posts

    Five seasons, what will almost certainly be only two ncaa tourney berths and no ncaa tourney wins. For money spent this hire rates as single worst in UT athletics history and somewhere right now Rick Barnes is laughing his rear end off.
     
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  5. old65horn

    old65horn 1,000+ Posts

    The hire by Patterson was bad.

    What I do not understand, is how the hell did he get a contract extension?

    That was not on Patterson, he was gone?
     
  6. 22Horn

    22Horn 500+ Posts

    what is the buyout $$$$?

    Commonalities! Strong and Smart, both names are S's and neither can coach at this level worth a hoot!! Dumped one ....now the other needs to be dumped. What a waste of recruited talent but more so with Smart.
     
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  7. Dionysus

    Dionysus Idoit Admin

    Oh the irony
     
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  8. 22Horn

    22Horn 500+ Posts

    probably not happening, but who would you want that would want to be UT next coach?
     
  9. Driver 8

    Driver 8 Amor Fati

    John Wooden
     
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  10. Sangre Naranjada

    Sangre Naranjada 10,000+ Posts

    It's not the best.
     
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  11. 4th_floor

    4th_floor Dude, where's my laptop?

    Wooden's ashes in a burnt orange vase was be an equivalent coach to the current one.
     
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  12. zuckercanyon

    zuckercanyon 2,500+ Posts

    All of Texas' contracts are the worst in history. Texas paid Gastenkours a heap of money just because they could.....we care most about football in this state, where they pay is the highest and the stadium the fullest...I say pay Shaka the rest of this contract and then start the interview process....
     
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  13. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    If the interviews haven't started at least unofficially, I will be bitterly disappointed.
     
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  14. zuckercanyon

    zuckercanyon 2,500+ Posts

    Well, what have you heard?
     
  15. SabreHorn

    SabreHorn 10,000+ Posts

    Nothing. That's just the way things are done. Do you really believe major powers fire a coach then go looking? True, that happened with Mack Brown, but that was because we were so fractionalized. We did make contact with some, but DKR and Brown did their own thing, with the support of DKR's "committee".

    Who do we want?
    Who do we want?
    Who wants us?
     
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  16. MajesticII

    MajesticII 1,000+ Posts

    Shaka's contract extention may not be the worst but it was the dumbest since he came no where near deserving an extention. At least Herman made huge strides getting Texas a bowl win and playing for a CC. Shaka did no better than the guy we fired before him, yet we gave him an extended contract...WTH was that all about ???
     
  17. BevoJoe

    BevoJoe 10,000+ Posts

    ^^^DITTO!!
     

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