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Tubby Smith has resigned as basketball coach at the University of Kentucky and will accept the same position at the University of Minnesota, according to sources close to Smith and to the university.

Smith, whose record is 263-83 in 10 seasons at UK, will take over a program that played most of this season with an interim coach, Jim Molinari, at the helm. The Gophers’ head coach, Dan Monson, resigned last November at the start of the season.

Smith reportedly told the UK players today that his contract in Minnesota is $2.5 million a year.

Smith had been under increasing scrutiny in recent weeks after back-to-back second-round losses in the NCAA Tournament. The Wildcats lost seven of their last 11 games and lost a combined 25 games the past two seasons – the most ever in a two-year window at UK that was not affected by NCAA probation.

UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart could not be reached for comment.

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Sweet, that job was scaring me as a WSU fan.

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Wow, that's a big F-U to the UK nation, isn't it?

"You can't fire me, I quit!"

I wonder if UK goes after Gillispie now.

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Whoa.

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Good move by him, I think he was really underappreciated at UK .

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Wow, saw it coming, but wow! [Not Minn, just in general.]

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Sorry day for Big Blue.

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Wow, that's a big F-U to the UK nation, isn't it?

"You can't fire me, I quit!"

I wonder if UK goes after Gillispie now.

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I hope not. Gillispie is a Texas boy. Alot of his talent comes from his recruiting skills and alot of that stems from him putting his time in thought the texas HS system.

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Sorry day for Big Blue.

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srsly. leaves Kentucky for Minnesota?

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This is so sick. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Minnesota.

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I'm pretty broken up over this and I don't know what to think. I love Tubby and think he's been very underappreciated, but also feel that his teams have underachieved for a while. I guess I'm a fairly standard UK fan, though significantly less of a redneck. I do feel like most of us act entitled to incredible success, and act like a bunch of babies when we don't get there. And we haven't gotten there in a while, so it hasn't been a pleasant environment. This was pretty much inevitable.

In the long run, I feel this is for the best. Tubby hasn't had true support of this fan base for a long time, if ever. He never even gets full credit for his championship run in '98. I don't think he's been happy for a while, and he's put up with quite a lot from the fans and the media.

It's been fun, Tubby. Hopefully UK can find a worthy successor. [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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What's the over/under on the # of high profile coaches who turn down the Kentucky job now?

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That's the issue. I'm sure Barnhart thinks he can get anyone, but I have a feeling he's in for a rude awakening.

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Sorry day for Big Blue.

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ARE YOU KIDDING?

This is the 8th best day in the history of Kentucky basketball.

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That's the issue. I'm sure Barnhart thinks he can get anyone, but I have a feeling he's in for a rude awakening.

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Who would you want, in order of preference?

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That's the issue. I'm sure Barnhart thinks he can get anyone, but I have a feeling he's in for a rude awakening.

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Who would you want, in order of preference?

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This goes for me personally, and all have been rumored although the tops are admittedly not very realistic:

1) D'Antoni
2) Pat Riley
3) Donovan
4) Gillespie
5) Pearl
6) Anyone else besides Tubby. Hell even the VCU coach.

As for Minnesota, congratulations! Tubby will beat the bad teams in 50-45 games, win you 18 games and occasionally win a tournament game. He will be great for your program. $1.8 million well spent.

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That's the issue. I'm sure Barnhart thinks he can get anyone, but I have a feeling he's in for a rude awakening.

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Who would you want, in order of preference?

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This goes for me personally, and all have been rumored although the tops are admittedly not very realistic:

1) D'Antoni
2) Pat Riley
3) Donovan
4) Gillespie
5) Pearl
6) Anyone else besides Tubby. Hell even the VCU coach.

As for Minnesota, congratulations! Tubby will beat the bad teams in 50-45 games, win you 18 games and occasionally win a tournament game. He will be great for your program. $1.8 million well spent.

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Tubby was making more than twice as much as D'Antoni, and he is from WV, so that may not be as unrealistic as it first appears.

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Pat Riley?

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Pat Riley?

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This goes for me personally, and all have been rumored although the tops are admittedly not very realistic

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UK fans would Lowery be a canidate for the job?

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Also, one thing no one should underestimate is how high Barnhart will shoot, and how deep the pockets are (esp. for basketball) here at Kentucky. We just built a $30M practice facility, done largely with booster money. We were paying $2.1M for mediocre results. I'm pretty sure we will find a coach who's willing to coach for that much (or maybe considerably more).

Bill Parcells would have been Kentucky's football coach (for an obscene amount of money) had Jerry Jones not intervened.

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UK fans would Lowery be a canidate for the job?

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I don't know who that is.

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Bill Parcells would have been Kentucky's football coach (for an obscene amount of money) had Jerry Jones not intervened.

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Number two on the list, obviously Rich Brooks.

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Pat Riley?

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No, what I meant was Pat Riley? WTF he's 100 years old and downshifting...

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My guess is, given the shortcomings of the Tubby Era, they will try to bring in:

1) A guy with Kentucky ties.
2) A guy who plays an up-tempo, entertaining style.

And please - waste no time weeping for the UK program. I live right across the street from central campus and people are celebrating like we just won WW II again. Stick to your [censored] basketball program where 20 wins is a tremendous season. Carry on.

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Rumor has it that Mike D'Antoni is on a plane for Lexington, KY, at the moment.

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Bill Parcells would have been Kentucky's football coach (for an obscene amount of money) had Jerry Jones not intervened.

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Number two on the list, obviously Rich Brooks.

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Seems to have worked out OK.

http://media.komotv.com/images/06122..._city_bowl.jpg

(Note the different expectations for the football and basketball programs.)

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My guess is, given the shortcomings of the Tubby Era, they will try to bring in:

1) A guy with Kentucky ties.
2) A guy who plays an up-tempo, entertaining style.

And please - waste no time weeping for the UK program. I live right across the street from central campus and people are celebrating like we just won WW II again. Stick to your [censored] basketball program where 20 wins is a tremendous season. Carry on.

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Tubby averaged 26.3 wins per season, went to 4 Elite Eights and won a title in 10 years at UK.

If the new guy comes in and does exactly that, wouldn't you be happy?

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Good move by him, I think he was really underachieving at UK.

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FYP

And wow, three pages and no one's accused Kentucky fans of being racist hicks yet. Are you guys asleep or what?

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Rumor has it that Mike D'Antoni is on a plane for Lexington, KY, at the moment.

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Let me get this right. The head coach of the second best NBA team (by winning %) has decided to get on a plane to Lexington this hour.

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[censored] Pat Riley. If he never wants to publicly support UK after going there he can eat [censored] before he thinks he's going to coach there.

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My guess is, given the shortcomings of the Tubby Era, they will try to bring in:

1) A guy with Kentucky ties.
2) A guy who plays an up-tempo, entertaining style.

And please - waste no time weeping for the UK program. I live right across the street from central campus and people are celebrating like we just won WW II again. Stick to your [censored] basketball program where 20 wins is a tremendous season. Carry on.

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Tubby averaged 26.3 wins per season, went to 4 Elite Eights and won a title in 10 years at UK.

If the new guy comes in and does exactly that, wouldn't you be happy?

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Here we go again with the stats. Hey, he's a 3-time Coach of the Year, too.

It comes down to this: In ten years, Tubby had 3 good teams - meaning, 3 teams that could have potentially won the title. (Maybe four if you count the 2004 team which was decent and which Tubby coached right out of the tournament.) The '98 team had Pitino's players, who had played in back-to-back title games, and they did things their way.

I give Tubby all the credit in the world for the success of the 2002 and 2003 teams. But 2/9 doesn't cut it at UK.

Note: Tubby Smith has never been to a Final Four with players he recruited. Ever.

He will be great for Minnesota. I hope they revel in their NCAA tourney appearances. Congratulations.

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Rumor has it that Mike D'Antoni is on a plane for Lexington, KY, at the moment.

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Let me get this right. The head coach of the second best NBA team (by winning %) has decided to get on a plane to Lexington this hour to explore getting a 200-300% pay raise.

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Yes - you have it right.

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Rumor has it that Mike D'Antoni is on a plane for Lexington, KY, at the moment.

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Let me get this right. The head coach of the second best NBA team (by winning %) has decided to get on a plane to Lexington this hour to explore getting a 200-300% pay raise.

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Yes - you have it right.

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How much you think Phoenix is paying him and how much will UK give him?
Just wondering.

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Let me get this right. The head coach of the second best NBA team (by winning %) has decided to get on a plane to Lexington this hour to explore getting a 200-300% pay raise.

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Yes - you have it right.

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How much you think Phoenix is paying him and how much will UK give him?
Just wondering.

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My understanding is he currently makes about $1M/yr, maybe a little less.

If UK was giving Tubby $2.1M, they would give him at least $3M/yr and possibly $4M/$5M.

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The saddest person in this entire scenario is Kevin Stallings (the Vanderbilt coach). He had beaten Tubby 4 straight times at a school that doesn't have an athletic department.

Same goes for Donovan (5 or 6 straight UK wins) and Pearl, assuming they remain in their current positions. If not D'Antoni, Donovan will be the next call I'm sure. He has no contract for next year at Florida.

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Your next Kentucky coach...


WALTER MCCARTY!!!

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My guess is, given the shortcomings of the Tubby Era, they will try to bring in:

1) A guy with Kentucky ties.
2) A guy who plays an up-tempo, entertaining style.

And please - waste no time weeping for the UK program. I live right across the street from central campus and people are celebrating like we just won WW II again. Stick to your [censored] basketball program where 20 wins is a tremendous season. Carry on.

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Tubby averaged 26.3 wins per season, went to 4 Elite Eights and won a title in 10 years at UK.

If the new guy comes in and does exactly that, wouldn't you be happy?

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Here we go again with the stats. Hey, he's a 3-time Coach of the Year, too.

It comes down to this: In ten years, Tubby had 3 good teams - meaning, 3 teams that could have potentially won the title. (Maybe four if you count the 2004 team which was decent and which Tubby coached right out of the tournament.) The '98 team had Pitino's players, who had played in back-to-back title games, and they did things their way.

I give Tubby all the credit in the world for the success of the 2002 and 2003 teams. But 2/9 doesn't cut it at UK.

Note: Tubby Smith has never been to a Final Four with players he recruited. Ever.

He will be great for Minnesota. I hope they revel in their NCAA tourney appearances. Congratulations.

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Whoa there Mr. Oversensitive. I was asking if you'd be happy if the new guy duplicated Smith's record, or if you expect more. What do you expect from the new coach?

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The saddest person in this entire scenario is Kevin Stallings (the Vanderbilt coach). He had beaten Tubby 4 straight times at a school that doesn't have an athletic department.

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Why is he the saddest person exactly? When I graduated, he was making more than the Chancellor of the friggin university. I'm not sure his earning potential is high enough elsewhere to justify leaving.

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UK fans would Lowery be a canidate for the job?

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I don't know who that is.

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nevermind he is a black guy