April 1, 200719 yr mountain out of a mole hill. Coaches are Coaches period. However.....does anyone think that Perhaps Tubby was hired over someone else because of race? Just a thought.
April 1, 200719 yr What Im saying is some people are saying if Tubby had been White he would have already been fired,and Joe B is white,He retired He was not Fired. Both coaches had many more successes than failures. As a KY fan there is only one coach I feel true disdain for and that is "Fast Eddie" Sutton.
April 1, 200719 yr Both coaches had many more successes than failures. As a KY fan there is only one coach I feel true disdain for and that is "Fast Eddie" Sutton. :thumb: He's definately my least favorite, but I still can't help but like the guy.
April 1, 200719 yr To compare Smith's tenure with that of Hall is pure folly. Hall had the most difficult coaching job in basketball. He succeeded Coach Rupp. (If there were a Mt. Rushmore for basketball at that time, it would have included Coach Rupp, his coach, Phog Allen, and Coach Allen's coach, James Naismith, the inventer of the game.) Hall's situation was impossible. He had dissenters from the first day. Rupp was always hovering over the program and, in fact, kept an office at Memorial Coliseum for several years after retiring. When Rupp Arena opened, there was, from time to time, a special blue recliner near midcourt for the use of Rupp. Smith succeeded Pitino. No comparison. Pitino has his worshipers but his impact and influence pale to that of Rupp in the history of UK basketball. Pitino moved on to Boston so he wasn't around. Also, Rupp was forced into retirement which displeased many Kentuckians. On the other hand, Pitino was seen by many as an ingrate heading north. No one respects the accomplishments of Coach Rupp more than do I. However, he did not leave in a graceful manner. It was really difficult for Joe Hall. He did very well under the circumstances and, as with Smith, he had a lot of dissenters. I have stated before that I no longer follow UK basketball as was once the case. However, I do believe it was time for Smith to go.
April 2, 200719 yr What do you mean? They forced him to retire. I guess people in Kentucky don't like Germans either. Hey what happened? I know I saw right before I got offline yesterday that you said something about the NIT's and the reason why Adolf Rupp had the record for the longest drought between final fours before Tubby. So what happened why did you go edit your post and change what you said to something completely different...:sssh:
April 2, 200719 yr Hey what happened? I know I saw right before I got offline yesterday that you said something about the NIT's and the reason why Adolf Rupp had the record for the longest drought between final fours before Tubby. So what happened why did you go edit your post and change what you said to something completely different...:sssh: Because I found this post to be more clever and witty, and I thought people would enjoy it more. And just think about it for one second. The guy coached at Kentucky for 153 years and just went eight years without making it to a final four. Tubby coaches 10. Why would you even make a comparision?
April 2, 200719 yr Because I found this post to be more clever and witty, and I thought people would enjoy it more. And just think about it for one second. The guy coached at Kentucky for 153 years and just went eight years without making it to a final four. Tubby coaches 10. Why would you even make a comparision? Yeah Im sure that was the reason... :sssh: Pretty easy to make the comparison, because you can say it the other way as well. Rupp got alot more years to get all those championships...As I said I just found it funny that people used that Tubby had the longest drought from final fours to say he was a bad coach and should only be at a midmajor, yet the guy that he had to get past to beat the record was Adolf Rupp...
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