I have been saying this from the start in regards to Missouri’s basketball coaching search. Of the names being floated around, Shaka Smart is the third-worst hire they could make. Before I start talking about Smart, the only potential candidates that fans and media members have been floating around that would be any worse than Smart would be Steve Alford from New Mexico or Bruce Pearl, who was fired from Tennessee for NCAA violations.
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