How has Smart NOT been warned for this yet? (Marquette vs Creighton)

[Travelman6]

Absolutely ridiculous:



Hard to run your offense when the opposing coach is actively playing D....

 

[Waquoit]

Because he's Smart?

 

[Huskyforlife]

It is unbelievable there hasn’t been a statement or any sorta acknowledgement of this from the conference. It might take coaches speaking out publicly about it for the proper attention to be given.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I mean, take away the fact that he's the coach of an in-conference rival, and it's pure gold on its own.

 

[Kenny11]

Nice flexibility.

Hurley would rush him if he did that against us though

 

[Leebo]

Unsurprisingly, their fans like it and want him to do it more. And also it's totally not a problem / any criticism is just salt / Hurley is worse, etc.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I think Donovan should run him over next chance he gets.

 

[jleves]

You would think an opposing coach would just tell one of his players to make some contact with him while he's on the court. Instant T.

Seems obvious, no?

 

[Yardigan]

You would think an opposing coach would just tell one of his players to make some contact with him while he's on the court. Instant T.

Seems obvious, no?

I don't know, Shaka's pretty quick. He turned that guy in the clip pretty easily with no contact

 

[boog204]

I love it... KO, when he was good, did similar stuff during the NCAA run.

 

[willie99]

I was complaining about that when we played them last year. He looked and acted like a 6th defender. Certainly impacts his opponents eyesight

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Can’t wait for Cam Spencer vs Shaka Smart

 

[Rocktheworld]

I think Donovan should run him over next chance he gets.

I was gonna say, if I’m a player, I’m trying to run him over.

 

[Rocktheworld]

I love it... KO, when he was good, did similar stuff during the NCAA run.

He did not do anything close to this.

 

[alexd]

It would be cool to see him run into a Clingan pick though.

 

[XLCenterFan]

Who said he hasn’t been spoken to?

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Who said he hasn’t been spoken to?

If he has been, then it was only after his last exhibition.

 

[HuskyHawk]

If Dan did this he‘d be suspended a month and fined. They’d probably punch him a few times too.

 

[Edward Sargent]

Shaka defended Scheireman pretty well on that pass

 

[RichCTBB]

He’s done this his entire career. I wouldn’t expect anyone to warn him or the referees to make it point of emphasis unless he ends up getting entangled with a player or even worse, injuring a player or impacting the outcome of a game.

 

[Edward Sargent]

He’s done this his entire career. I wouldn’t expect anyone to warn him or the referees to make it point of emphasis unless he ends up getting entangled with a player or even worse, injuring a player or impacting the outcome of a game.

The point is you warn him before entangles or injures a player not after

 

[Hunt for 7]

This topic was in another thread. I knew Smart was animated on the sidelines. I knew the refs seemed to not get as aggravated with his animation than they do with our head coach. And honestly I rewatch a lot of games and have to believe that I would have seen something this egregious if it had happened against us, but I am going to go look after I write this post. There is no way this can be allowed. Not this close to the play. I mean this is way over the top. He is putting players at risk and himself at risk just on safety issues it has to be addressed.

 

[husky429]

I knew the refs seemed to not get as aggravated with his animation than they do with our head coach.

Our coach is an to the refs. I love it--it's hilarious. But it also isn't going to lead to favorable treatment with this stuff.

 

[RichCTBB]

The point is you warn him before entangles or injures a player not after

Exactly, except they clearly haven’t, and likely won’t.

 

[yungdowork]

In my opinion, refs should be enforcing this out of the game. There’s no need for a coach to be on the floor in the same half that a team is running a half court set.

That being said, I wouldn’t mind giving benches a few extra feet on the sideline so coaches have some room to be animated and excited without stepping out on to the court.