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Post by 7andcounting on Mar 8, 2007 7:27:54 GMT -5
ATLANTA - A former Kentucky basketball coach all but guaranteed yesterday that UK will retain Tubby Smith. "Tubby Smith has absolutely no chance -- zero chance -- of being replaced," Rick Pitino said on an appearance on the ESPN radio show Mike & Mike in the Morning. "He's had a great tenure at the University of Kentucky. He represents the university in a light we all want. He has class. He makes his kids get an education." Pitino, who served as UK coach from 1989 through 1997, predicted dire consequences should Smith be dismissed or forced to resign. "Kentucky would never replace Tubby Smith at all," Pitino said. "If they did, it'd set the program back, I believe, 10 or 15 years." www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/sports/colleges/university_of_kentucky/16859905.htm |
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Post by CatScratch on Mar 8, 2007 10:40:04 GMT -5
Weren't we winning national championships 10 - 15 years ago???
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Post by shony25 on Mar 8, 2007 22:04:25 GMT -5
He just wants Tubby to stay around because he needs to even the score. He has lost three and counting to Tubby.
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Post by blue2dabone on Mar 9, 2007 9:11:31 GMT -5
 to Wildcat Maniacs, shony25! |
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Post by rgriffin on Mar 9, 2007 11:30:37 GMT -5
He just wants Tubby to stay around because he needs to even the score. He has lost three and counting to Tubby. Good point!  |
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Post by TheSpectre on Mar 9, 2007 12:29:17 GMT -5
"Kentucky would never replace Tubby Smith at all," Pitino said. "If they did, it'd set the program back, I believe, 10 or 15 years." Hmm, 15 years ago a Final 8 and 10 years ago a National Runner-up. I'll take it!  |
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Post by apocalypse on Mar 9, 2007 15:46:41 GMT -5
Shut up Rick, nobody here cares what you think anymore.
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Post by MyBlueHeaven on Mar 9, 2007 21:53:24 GMT -5
OH, contrare'.......
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Post by bluegrassking on Mar 11, 2007 6:42:20 GMT -5
No one is irreplacable. Some are harder than others but everyone is replacable.
There are many candidates with equal or better credentials than Tubby had when hired.
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Post by seymour on Mar 11, 2007 20:01:54 GMT -5
No one is irreplacable. Some are harder than others but everyone is replacable. There are many candidates with equal or better credentials than Tubby had when hired. Equal or better credentials when Tubby was hired is not good enough unless you think Tubby is good enough. Remember how hard it has been to get off the coaching carosel when it is so easy to get on it. The classic Alabama Syndrone applies. They had 7 coaches in 8 years IIRC. And they now have a hired gun who will drop them in a heartbeat for a better offer. I am just glad that ball is in Mitch's court and not mine. |
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Post by tcot on Mar 11, 2007 20:45:04 GMT -5
He just wants Tubby to stay around because he needs to even the score. He has lost three and counting to Tubby. Good point! I agree. I think Pitino knows that with the one year rule about the NBA he will not have his recruits go pro. He knows with the way he can recruit UL is going to even the score rather quickly. |
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Post by Clayton Bigsby on Mar 11, 2007 22:08:46 GMT -5
guys remember who recommended Tubby here to begin with, it was dick pitino. He knew Tubby sucked, it was his way to forever be remembered as one of our greatest coaches. cause he is an arrogent Bas**rd
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Post by BlueCat on Mar 12, 2007 6:40:10 GMT -5
You know; I really couldn't care less what Pitino says about UK, or his thoughts on Tubby's situation. The man talks only to hear himself speak.
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Post by TheSpectre on Mar 12, 2007 15:36:47 GMT -5
No one is irreplacable. Some are harder than others but everyone is replacable. There are many candidates with equal or better credentials than Tubby had when hired. Equal or better credentials when Tubby was hired is not good enough unless you think Tubby is good enough. Remember how hard it has been to get off the coaching carosel when it is so easy to get on it. The classic Alabama Syndrone applies. They had 7 coaches in 8 years IIRC. And they now have a hired gun who will drop them in a heartbeat for a better offer. I am just glad that ball is in Mitch's court and not mine. The comparison of Alabama football and UK basketball amounts to apples and oranges. It's much easier to turn a basketball program around than it is a football program. UK pays their head coach better than any other school; they would have no problem getting one of their top choices. |
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Post by bluegrassking on Mar 14, 2007 2:49:16 GMT -5
No one is irreplacable. Some are harder than others but everyone is replacable. There are many candidates with equal or better credentials than Tubby had when hired. Equal or better credentials when Tubby was hired is not good enough unless you think Tubby is good enough. Remember how hard it has been to get off the coaching carosel when it is so easy to get on it. The classic Alabama Syndrone applies. They had 7 coaches in 8 years IIRC. And they now have a hired gun who will drop them in a heartbeat for a better offer. I am just glad that ball is in Mitch's court and not mine. You obviously think all programs are equal and that they're quality is a reflection purely of their present coach. No coach at UK had won a title before coming to UK but still we have FOUR different coaches to do just that. You seek gurantees but their are none in life. There are very few low risk/high reward situations and so this is strssful for everyone because we all but know that there will be no GREATNESS ahead with Tubby. Your point of view suggest that you would have the program no longer aspire to be the best to prevent from being the worst. What do you think happens to this program without Tubby that is so horrible that we should dream smaller dreams and live a quiet life. What evil fate did you think was in store for this program before Tubby took the reigns that makes being a one of the crowd SEC team acceptable in any way? You seek to be the voice of wisdom but then discredit yourself and the only purpose in that I can see is a backdoor attempt to attempt to reduce the importance of the fans. A"what do we know?" type deal, yet you continue to express your opinions. At which point all the opinions still have the same relative value anyway...so why is it such a big speaking point? I don't get it. Again, there are many qualified candidates, like any hire (you ever done any hiring?) the key will be finding the best fit from those qualified candidates. I assure you your boss doesn't keep you out of fear, you are retained for your value. I strongly disagree with your carosel analogy. That's just not Kentucky's mindset. I'd say we tend to ride our horses into the ground rather than giving up too quickly. Tubby, we can't forget has already post 3 consecutive 10 loss seasons. He's setting a Final Four draught record with every second that passes, and he is the only supposed "top" coach I've ever seen lose two totally diffrent teams in at all, much less in 5 years. This is not some ill-thought out, merritless, or kneejerk desire to part ways with Coach Smith. I'm sure Coach Calipari will be given all due patience in rebuilding our program and will be here 10-15 years, if the creek don't rise. |
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