Candid Coaches: The best coaching hire of the 2015 offseason Posted Aug 13, 2015 Before we began polling, my guess was Shaka Smart would win and by a comfortable margin. Fact is, Texas is too big of a job and Smart was still too enticing of a candidate for it to be anyone but him. He has the verve and drive to make Texas what it is on a year-to-year basis: one of the five best jobs in America. A few fellow coaches mentioned the hire to be a little "overrated," but no one I spoke to believes Smart will outright fail. (CBS Sports)