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what does everyone think about coach smart now, 27 wins 1st season a la anthony grant. its only the beginning, i wonder if anybody is whining about his coaching now.
 
i wonder if anybody is whining about his coaching now.
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are you kidding...there are always a couple that will nancy about everything....don’t blame them it is their nature...find the negative no matter how hard you have to look. If I was them I would STFU but they will not be able to help themselves...glad they don’t work for me.
Good Job by the staff...turn around a nine point halftime deficient and coach them to win in a tough road game against a good team.
 
http://www.vcuathletics.com/mbb/0910res ... 033110.php

“Late in the game, we made an adjustment to switch on their ball screens instead of trying to run through them,” Smart said. “I really think that disrupted their rhythm and our guards did a great job talking and working through those screens.”

That defense proved to be the difference down the stretch, holding Saint Louis to just two field goals in the final five minutes, while Skeen had to huge buckets and Rozzell went 4-of-4 from the line to secure an undefeated run to the CBI Championship
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Ehlo even mentioned this during the broadcast.
 
The one thing that I did notice that happened often with the switches was that it left Brandon Rozzell alone in the post on about 4 occasions guarding Willie Reed. B-Rozz did a tremendous job of fronting Reed and denying him the ball, and I remember the one time they tried to feed it into the post, a couple other guys were quick to double down and help force a turnover.
 
Not getting into the NCAA tourney or NIT shouldn't have been his undoing in his first season, nor should winning a 3rd tier tourney against some pretty weak teams transform him into a hero.

It was a decent first season. Not terrible, not incredible either and certainly the 27 wins are padded by the weak teams we played in the tourney (minus SLU). But hey, it ended on a good note and they made the most out of the situation, so there shouldn't be too much complaining.

I suspect that Shaka will always be controversial though, regardless of how well he does. The main reason is that he allows the team to play free-wheeling style of ball. Old schoolers tend to like their Princeton style, disciplined basketball.
 
What?

When have we ever played that style of basketball? Anybody looking for that should've jumped ship a long time ago..like in it the '60s.

Rambunctious said:
I suspect that Shaka will always be controversial though, regardless of how well he does. The main reason is that he allows the team to play free-wheeling style of ball. Old schoolers tend to like their Princeton style, disciplined basketball.
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Coach Smart Outcoaches Rick F-ing Majerus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Majerus

Majerus graduated from Marquette University High School in 1966 and then attended Marquette, where he tried-out as a walk-on in the 1967 season. He did not play for Marquette, but stayed on as a student assistant. He graduated in 1970 with a degree in history. He began coaching eighth-graders at St. Sebastian Grade School in Milwaukee, then coached freshmen high schoolers at Marquette University High School. He was an assistant coach with the Marquette Warriors for 12 years, under mentor Al McGuire until 1977, and under Hank Raymonds until taking over as head coach himself in 1983. After three years as head coach at Marquette, and a 56-35 record, he became an assistant coach with the National Basketball Association's Milwaukee Bucks for the 1986–87 season. He coached at Ball State during the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons, finishing with a record of 43-17.

He was an assistant coach under Don Nelson for the US national team in the 1994 FIBA World Championship, winning the gold medal.[1]

He led Utah to the Final Four in 1998, eventually losing to Kentucky in the National Championship Game.
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For you younger guys who do not know what Majerus has accomplished in his career.

Great job by Coach Smart to counter the moves Majerus made to negate J-Rod and Larry.
 
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