Word on the street is that Shaka Smart is close to filling the vacancy on his staff created when Mike Rhoades departed for Rice. I have heard from a great source that Vanderbilt assistant David Cason is the leader here. He has been an assistant at Vandy since 2011 – prior to that he worked at Tulsa and TCU. He also spent time as the DBO at North Carolina (2001-03). Sounds like an announcement could be made here in the next day or two.