Tubby Smith resigns, taking Minnesota job

[DrewDevil]

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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?

[Soul Daddy]

Drew,

Most UK fans have expectations that would blow your mind. They're basically Yankee fans that have nothing else to occupy their time. I'd almost forgotten this until now, having moved from the state a year ago. I think bills is proving my point in this thread.

[bills217]

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Drew,

Most UK fans have expectations that would blow your mind. They're basically Yankee fans that have nothing else to occupy their time. I'd almost forgotten this until now, having moved from the state a year ago. I think bills is proving my point in this thread.

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This man has it right.

[bills217]

It just occurred to me that this situation is almost perfectly analogous to Alabama football's situation a couple months ago. See what they did? Think they'll be better or worse?

[DukeSucks]

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It just occurred to me that this situation is almost perfectly analogous to Alabama football's situation a couple months ago. See what they did? Think they'll be better or worse?

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It could also be similar to NC State last year (yes I know UK>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>NC SU)

[ligastar]

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It just occurred to me that this situation is almost perfectly analogous to Alabama football's situation a couple months ago. See what they did? Think they'll be better or worse?

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Time will tell. I think the days of 'Bama football being something special are behind them. Times change.

[MyTurn2Raise]

the world is abuzz
the list of who it could they are looking at is huge
this will be a major hire and likely cause dominoes to fall all over

[DukeSucks]

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the world is abuzz
the list of who it could they are looking at is huge
this will be a major hire and likely cause dominoes to fall all over

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Wow, I just checked the UK forum:

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im really surprised that Tubby did this so fast because Michigan was reportedly interested in him as well as many other coaches. not sure if Michigan would of ended up choosing him or not, but it does tell me that the Mich job is not that highly regarded if Tubby 'insta' takes the job at Minny without even talking to Mich.

[CarlSpackler]

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im really surprised that Tubby did this so fast because Michigan was reportedly interested in him as well as many other coaches. not sure if Michigan would of ended up choosing him or not, but it does tell me that the Mich job is not that highly regarded if Tubby 'insta' takes the job at Minny without even talking to Mich.

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How many other D1 programs are there in MN? Compare that to the Michigan job where you have to deal with Izzo and MSU who have ruled that state for several years.

Now put yourself in Tubby's head. Seems like a pretty easy decision to me.