Marquette Hiring Shaka Smart

[Drew]

WOW

 

[Peacefrog]

Whoa, that seems like a great hire. How did they lure him away from a good gig at Texas?

 

[MDHuskFan]

I normally would be surprised cause they had a good year. But that first round loss + the Bat S*** crazy boosters in texas.....

 

[HuskyBoi]

WOW is right

 

[rollskies]

I’m so confused buy this. Seems like a huge pay cut? Another good coach for the conference so i’m happy about it

 

[Drew]

 

[Drew]

Whoa, that seems like a great hire. How did they lure him away from a good gig at Texas?

I’m so confused buy this. Seems like a huge pay cut? Another good coach for the conference so i’m happy about it

He was on the hot seat before this year and the loss to ACU definitely didn't help given the team they have. I'm guessing both sides were ready for a split and he's from Madison which gets him close to home. Still a great hire for Marquette IMO. Need to get used to his hair now.

 

[CashewCrew]

I’m so confused buy this. Seems like a huge pay cut? Another good coach for the conference so i’m happy about it

I'm assuming it was a mutual decision. Also, Marquette spends a ton of money on basketball. I believe they are top 10 in the nation in spending.

 

[Psolo12]

That's a great hire. Gonna be great in the regular season but I'm not worried about him beating us in the tournament lol

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

Would be a good hire but I don’t know if I pull the trigger unless you’re not sure you can get Moser.

Texas opening up, along with the Indiana search, would certainly add a good bit of intrigue to the coaching carousel.

 

[aburks41]

Good for the Big East. Shaka is a good coach at a "smaller" program. Texas was just not a good fit

 

[aburks41]

official now

 

[navery12]

That's a very good hire. Getting Marquette back to a consistent winner is huge for the Big East

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Wow. Best hire of the offseason so far. Great job by Marquette.

Didn't realize til now that Shaka Smart grew up in Madison. The "coming home" factor must have played a big role.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Wow, and after his best season in Texas.

I guess they wanted to let him go, and he didn't want the hassle of that microscope.

 

[aburks41]

BTW, Chris Beard is a Texas alum and it's been rumored to be his dream job forever. If I were a Tech fan, I would be scared out of my mind right now lol

 

[rollskies]

BTW, Chris Beard is a Texas alum and it's been rumored to be his dream job forever. If I were a Tech fan, I would scared out of my mind right now lol

There has also been rumors of Beads to Indiana so yeah they are probably nervous. The Texas job is a HUGE opening i’m curious to see who ends up there.

 

[elmcityboy]

wow! the classic "you can't fire me, i quit!!" move

 

[crazyUCfan23]

BTW, Chris Beard is a Texas alum and it's been rumored to be his dream job forever. If I were a Tech fan, I would scared out of my mind right now lol

almost makes too much sense not too happen.

 

[navery12]

BTW, Chris Beard is a Texas alum and it's been rumored to be his dream job forever. If I were a Tech fan, I would scared out of my mind right now lol

FWIW there's been rumors of a wave of transfers from Texas Tech coming this week, which would line up with that

 

[Drew]

The answer is no lol

 

[elmcityboy]

smart had the same number of ncaa tournament wins at texas as wojo had at marquette...

(0)

 

[Psolo12]

smart had the same number of ncaa wins at texas as wojo had at marquette

(0)

Wait he actually never won a tournament game?

 

[aburks41]

lol

 

[rollskies]

FWIW there's been rumors of a wave of transfers from Texas Tech coming this week, which would line up with that

Do you know any names? I haven’t seen anything about that yet, but makes perfect sense. Crazy stuff.