Shaka signs an extension

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according to the Commonwealth Time's twitter, Coach Smart has signed a 2 year extension with VCU...

@theCT_sports: #VCU head coach Shaka Smart has agreed to a two-year extension with the school after taking the Rams to a 27-9 record last year. #CAA
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Hope he gets a raise. We got us a good 'un and he's only going to get better.
 
So what? If some bigger school wants him, they'll get him. Until schools use legal means to prevent tampering with coaching contracts, the signing of so-called 'extensions' is completely meaningless.
 
Mercury said:
Hate to say it but I hope they raised his buyout
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I am sure that we wouldn't sign a coach to an extension with a possible increase in salary without increasing the buyout. I would imagine that it might be a percentage of the salary. Hopefully that is the case, but I have been wrong before.
 
BaNgMyPrOgRaM said:
Now all he has to do is perform!
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True! and if he does there will be a lot of :D all around RAM land!!!
 
IF he received a raise perhaps he is now also in the top 3 paid bb coaches in the CAA?

[Unfortunately, I'm being sarcastic, because IF we think we have a good coach and IF we think we're an on-going top mid-major program then shouldn't our coach at least be in the upper range for mid-majors? If not, we either have a coach on our hands that won't be in significant demand OR we'll be reaching for the Villa 7 rolodex....next].

We held our heads high while beating numerous A10 conf. teams this past year [I think 5?], and we think that is the way it should be [which is certainly my hope/expectation]. But did our head coach make as much as any of the coaches on those teams (we beat)?

Coaches must prove themselves, but so must programs. Both need to be market competitive before the fact, not after. We're a great mid-major program. The only thing that can stop us is ourselves.

Is going young and cheap a strategy, or the result of a void for any other effective tactic to get quality? If it is a strategy, and if Smart is good [and if we don't belly-up to the pay market bar] then Smart will probably stay through next year, maybe two more, given solid recruiting class. It will be fun to watch yet again how we respond in the next few years.
 
Mistachill said:
Members of the "high expectation crew" are on the clock...
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Glad to see that they are aboard! Sure beats being amongst the members of the low expectation crew.
 
DickLawRam said:
So what? If some bigger school wants him, they'll get him. Until schools use legal means to prevent tampering with coaching contracts, the signing of so-called 'extensions' is completely meaningless.
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It worked for Marist (sort of)
 
Not sure if I've noticed anybody fitting that description. For example, don't know of anyone satisfied with going to the CBI every year. So a low expectation crew is probably the product of someone's vivid imagination.

rammad90 said:
Mistachill said:
Members of the "high expectation crew" are on the clock...
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Glad to see that they are aboard! Sure beats being amongst the members of the low expectation crew.
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