Quote Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes View Post
I'm actually not very surprised. Shaka seems like a guy who enjoys where he is with VCU and enjoys his players that he has now. Instead of becoming one of these coaches that jumps ship every 2-3 years for the next best job that comes calling to them, he's showing and proving his loyalty that he has to VCU and his team by staying with them even though he could jump ship to NC State or somewhere else. Some people may think he is an idiot for not taking the cash and "upgrade", but to him, VCU is home. It's where he wants to be and stay and I respect him even more for that decision.

I'm all for loyalty and it absolutely is his choice to make. I just don't think there is anyway possible for Smart to turn VCU into a national power in basketball.


Quote Originally Posted by JBHuskers View Post
I could see him being the successor to Coach K, then I would hate Duke less.

There seem to be two "factions" of the Duke fanbase: (1) K's replacement "must"/will come from inside the Duke family; (2) Duke should hire the best Coach they can find.


Most seem to believe #1 is most likely. From what I have read/heard unless Dawkins really turns Stanford around the likely replacement for K will be Collins or Wojo (most likely Collins).

I happen to be in the #2 Camp. I'm also a HUGE fan of Brad Stevens. However, I'm not even sure Stevens would be interested in the Duke job. Stevens may have dreams of turning Butler into the next Duke/Kansas/UCLA/Kentucky/Indiana. Indiana is a basketball crazed state; they have great facilities at Butler and are located in a major metropolitan area. The pieces are there to turn Butler into a great basketball program. They simply need to keep winning and probably leave the Horizon league to get into a better/more competitive conference. I could easily see them slide into the Big 10 or the Big East (of the Missippi) Conference.

Moreover, if Stevens is going to make Duke "cool" perhaps I should reconsider.