Re: Tubby Smith resigns, taking Minnesota job
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Tubby, the guy you guys hate now, lasted a long time after his quote on quote peak.
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I know I've been hard on Tubby in this thread, and I have nothing against him personally...but the truth is, the only reasons he lasted as long as he did were:
1) He's a nice guy.
2) He's black.
You practically gotta have an executive order in order to fire a black coach these days. If I was a GM/AD I would be discouraged from hiring them for that reason alone.
And very, very few UK fans "hate Tubby." A sizable faction were quite sad to see him go, although I can't say I share the feeling.
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