Shaka Smart Staying At VCU
by Akula Wolf on Apr 4, 2011 12:34 PM EDT
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PrintI guess I should have just held off on that last post for another half hour. Gregg Doyel broke the news that Smart intends to stay at Virginia Commonwealth:
Shaka Smart of VCU will stay at VCU and not cash in on his instant superstardom, a source in Richmond told me a minute ago.
Dave Glenn is reporting the same thing, as is MSG Network's Jon Rothstein, who adds that Gregg Marshall "could be next on NC State's radar." Assuming that Yow moves on to the candidates who supposedly have already agreed in principle to accept the job, I wonder how long it's going to take for an announcement. I would think that things will move quickly now that Smart is out of the running.
So I know Marshall is going to be an extreme disappointment to some folks since he pales in the sexiness department when compared to Smart and the big names that were thrown around, but I really think we're better off with him. All premature, of course. More as things develop...
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GM?
Still hoping cubsfan1991 was right all along, just took a little longer than expected to do the obligatory SS interview
I am with you that
we might end up better off with GM over Smart. When I watch VCU play, then think of that style in the ACC, all I can think of is Clemson under OP.
Ugh
I preferred Marshall to Smart anyway, but the way this will be spun in the media is that we got “turned down” by the VCU coach and instead had to “settle” on Marshall, whether that’s true or not.
Just make this stop soon, please.
She is a woman
amiright? [holds up hand for high five]
Seriously, I always detected more than a whiff of misogyny in Terp fans' trashing of Yow
Not that those guys would ever act in a crude and boorish manner.
In any event, I think I am signing off on following the coaching search. Wake me up when we hire someone.
by TVP on Apr 4, 2011 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Has nothing to do with that, fwiw
Writer for SBN’s MD blog, Testudotimes here. Maryland’s dislike of Yow was not the result of misogyny (and +1 for using that word), but about how she constantly did things to undermine her own coaches – accepting NIT bids before asking coaches about it, paying women’s bball assistant coaches more than Men’s, trying to get Gary Williams fired, creating the Head Coach in Waiting deal in football without really talking to Friedgen about it, expanding Byrd Stadium at the worst possible time….those are just some of the reasons why we dislike Yow.
I had a chance to interview Yow last year. What was rather clear to me in those interviews was her ego was large and it was clear she tried to portray herself as being a smart basketball person, since she use to coach back in the day. She’s nice when you meet her in person, but I think if you work for her and you disagree with her, she’ll try to move you out of the way. She tried with Gary Williams and failed. When she jumped ship to NC State, it was simply a convenient place for her to go that made it seem like she was doing it as a result of the history her sister Kay had there. While I’m sure that played into it, I think she also knew if she stayed at UMD, she’d be in hot water.
I would guess
the Gary v Yow would be the biggest thing. I know if I were a Maryland fan, I would have sided with the national champ winning coach over the AD.
Gregg Marshall
I feel Gregg Marshall is a much better, more mature coach. Shaka after all finished 5th last year and 4th this year and a pretty poor conference. He is kind of a unknown. Marshall will bring toughness to the program and once he begins recruiting ACC type kids, he will be a force to be reckoned with in the ACC.
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