March 22, 200719 yr Don't feel bad today for Tubby Smith, who woke up Thursday as the coach at Kentucky but will wake up Friday at Minnesota. That's a ghastly career arc, but Tubby did this to himself. Kentucky fans didn't help the situation, but they aren't the losers here. Tubby is. Tubby had one of the best jobs in college basketball and drove it right up to the side of the cliff. He didn't drive Kentucky over that cliff -- that would have come next year, assuming junior center Randolph Morris turns pro -- but he had this monster of a basketball program creeping right up to the edge. Tubby couldn't figure out how to fix it, so now Tubby is gone to Minnesota, and I've got news for the good folks at Minnesota who clearly haven't been paying attention to the details at Kentucky: Unless Tubby changes his ways, he'll flop at Minnesota. I mean, he'll be a complete and total failure. If he couldn't attract marquee players at Kentucky -- Kentucky for God's sake -- how is he all of a sudden going to bring them to maudlin Minnesota? Kentucky is one of the top three coaching jobs in college basketball, right up there with North Carolina and Duke. And Tubby recruited like he was at, well, Minnesota. http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10080776
March 22, 200719 yr Don't feel bad today for Tubby Smith, who woke up Thursday as the coach at Kentucky but will wake up Friday at Minnesota. That's a ghastly career arc, but Tubby did this to himself. Kentucky fans didn't help the situation, but they aren't the losers here. Tubby is. Tubby had one of the best jobs in college basketball and drove it right up to the side of the cliff. He didn't drive Kentucky over that cliff -- that would have come next year, assuming junior center Randolph Morris turns pro -- but he had this monster of a basketball program creeping right up to the edge. Tubby couldn't figure out how to fix it, so now Tubby is gone to Minnesota, and I've got news for the good folks at Minnesota who clearly haven't been paying attention to the details at Kentucky: Unless Tubby changes his ways, he'll flop at Minnesota. I mean, he'll be a complete and total failure. If he couldn't attract marquee players at Kentucky -- Kentucky for God's sake -- how is he all of a sudden going to bring them to maudlin Minnesota? Kentucky is one of the top three coaching jobs in college basketball, right up there with North Carolina and Duke. And Tubby recruited like he was at, well, Minnesota. http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10080776 No class....
March 22, 200719 yr Doyel's a loser.....Maybe he's just jealous that Tubby makes more money in a year than Doyel does in 15.....
March 22, 200719 yr Author He's taking a direct shot and you know he's ruffling feathers. But reality is there isn't much in there he's wrong about...
March 22, 200719 yr He's taking a direct shot and you know he's ruffling feathers. But reality is there isn't much in there he's wrong about... People can poke fun, get mad, and call Doyel a clown all they want, but actually I agree with almost everything in the article. A change was needed, simple as that.
March 22, 200719 yr People can poke fun, get mad, and call Doyel a clown all they want, but actually I agree with almost everything in the article. A change was needed, simple as that. I agree but it was not Tubby.
March 22, 200719 yr I agree but it was not Tubby. I really really felt like things were going to get a lot better next year...so goes that.
March 22, 200719 yr Author I agree but it was not Tubby. That's on Tubby though. He said no to the changes needed and they told him to start looking for a new home...
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