Shaka’s post game remarks, if interested

[Edward Sargent]

I like Shaka a lot. I wanted him for the UConn job when Ollie was hired. But I do think he has some limitations. Though that might partly be that he is at Marquette, not Indiana. Yeah Texas blah blah blah, but let’s be honest. If Texas had to make a choice to drop basketball or drop spring football, we all know what that choice would be. Indiana on the otter hand would be much more committed. With enough support and money his game day and recruiting limitations might well be overcome. Let’s face it. With enough good players anyone can win. Even Calipari won a title.

Hell if Rick Barnes couldn't win at Texas nobody could!!

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Anyone else quietly rooting for Shaka to win it all at some point in his career?

Only if it's because he replaces a retired Dan Hurley, who has 5 natties for the good guys.

 

[RedStickHusky]

The last thing Hurley said "we're going to come into the next game looking a lot healthier". Music to most fans' ears. I assume he means Liam back? Diarra feeling better? Anyone else with lingering issues that he could have been referring to?

Nowell

 

[Umami Zen]

The last thing Hurley said "we're going to come into the next game looking a lot healthier". Music to most fans' ears. I assume he means Liam back? Diarra feeling better? Anyone else with lingering issues that he could have been referring to?

Karaban

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Only if it's because he replaces a retired Dan Hurley, who has 5 natties for the good guys.

I for one hope that Danny has more than three left in him.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I for one hope that Danny has more than three left in him.

Me, too but didn't want to get too greedy.

 

[Scrutineer]

Anyone else quietly rooting for Shaka to win it all at some point in his career?

First he'll need to figure out how to get past the 2nd round of the tournament. He's had some good teams that have all underperformed since his magic carpet ride with VCU.

 

[CL82]

Sometimes I wonder what if Smart had been given the UConn job instead of KO. It was well-known that he wanted it at the time. Would we still have won the 2014 natty? Would he have won any more? Certainly, we would have avoided a NCAA violation scandal and all the nonsense that happened at the end of Ollie's tenure. Of course, in all likelihood, that also means that Dan Hurley never becomes the coach at Connecticut. Ultimately it all worked out for us, and then some.

 

[gsmooth]

Sometimes I wonder what if Smart had been given the UConn job instead of KO. It was well-known that he wanted it at the time. Would we still have won the 2014 natty? Would he have won any more? Certainly, we would have avoided a NCAA violation scandal and all the nonsense that happened at the end of Ollie's tenure. Of course, in all likelihood, that also means that Dan Hurley never becomes the coach at Connecticut. Ultimately it all worked out for us, and then some.

Assuming any of us had the power to change the past, sometimes it is best to leave things the way they are. This alternate universe you describe where Shaka Smart takes over UConn in 2013 is something I would want to watch on TV while our current reality is still existing and ongoing, but I would not dare change the past and risk changing the current reality to find out. I feel like Doc Brown from Back to the Future explaining the alternate 1985 timelines to Marty McFly with this post.

 

[80shusky]

I think Shaka is a great coach. I hope he stays at Marquette and wins a championship there. He's good enough to do it. It always seems like he's the "next big thing" though. And then he isn't. He's better off staying put with a great program and seeing if he can push it over the top.

 

[Palatine]

Shaka took VCU to the Final Four. There is absolutely no questioning he must be a very, very good coach. It's an amazing accomplishment. He is 93 and 34 at Marquette.