Shaka's been using that term for years. It's not meant as "intentionally hurt the opponent", but more a level of meanness and anger that the opponent is in your way and trying to take something from you.
I think he used it 3 or 4 times in the presser yesterday alone. Seems a little weird to me, but whatever. Ton of respect for the guy when he's not on the court playing 6th man on D.
It's just his way of saying toughness.
I understand that.
My bad, i meant to reply to a different comment.
Exactly my thinking. Shaka would have been a huge success here (as opposed to at Texas, IMO), but there's no guarantee he gets a title because that's super difficult. And we've had two since that potential hire. And I think Hurley > Shaka, so even if 2015-2022 may have been better in that alternative timeline, 2023-whenever Hurley retires is almost certainly better than the Smart timeline, and 2014 makes it even more worth it despite the terrible years we suffered.
Hurley has added advantage of his HOF father close to the program and at every game. He must get plenty of input from him. We have great coaches but I bet he helps him plenty.
Dan has said a bunch of times, and Bob concurred, that they don't talk about basketball strategy much. Bob said he almost never gives advice unless Dan specifically asks for it.
