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Tubby Smith To Minnesota

This is somewhat shocking but there is probably more there whether he was forced out or got out before being fired.

Now there were be some serious dominoes this season in the coaching ranks to fall. Who now will go to Kentucky?
 
houstontxbrave said:
This is somewhat shocking but there is probably more there whether he was forced out or got out before being fired.

Now there were be some serious dominoes this season in the coaching ranks to fall. Who now will go to Kentucky?
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Rick Pitino ;)
 
Its been a couple of years since Bill Self left anywhere so how about Bill Self or maybe Larry Brown he hasnt quite moved to a new coaching job in a year or so.

Seriously who in coaching has Kentucky pedigree. Pelphrey?
 
BradleyBrave said:
houstontxbrave said:
This is somewhat shocking but there is probably more there whether he was forced out or got out before being fired.

Now there were be some serious dominoes this season in the coaching ranks to fall. Who now will go to Kentucky?
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Rick Pitino ;)
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Actually, the frontrunner might be Billy Gillespie. He's a hot commodity right now, and has the slick southern charm to get it done in Lexington. Another win or 2 in the tournament, and you can bet that UK will be going hard after Gillespie.
 
This begs the obvious question of who goes to Kentucky.
It will obviously be a big name from a top school.
I will postulate my top 10 picks.
Todd Lickliter, Mark Few, Mike Montgomery, Sean Miller, John Calipari, Lon Kruger, Billy Gillespie, Tom Crean, Rick Barnes, Tony Bennett.
 
I realize I am biased, but Kevin Stallings would win a National Title in 3 years if he got the Kentucky job.

I think Kentucky is sleeping if they don't pursue Kevin. He has taken Vandy about as far as it can go, I'm afraid, and without the admissions restrictions that Vandy has, I'd love to see the type of talent he'd get at Kentucky. i think he's ready to make a move. He's 47 and he's ready for one last move. Just a gut feeling.

I wonder if this chain reaction will spell the end of Lowery at SIU?
 
Those three are all presently at instate or in-conference schools, and I cannot imagine their fan base would let UK take them away.

Just curious, except for Tubby, when's the last time a school took a basketball coach away from a school in the same conference?

I know of this happening in football twice, but cannot think of a basketball example other than Tubby, and now they are running him out.
(Tommy Tuberville left Mississippi to be head football coach at Auburn in 1999,
and Tom O'Brien left Boston College in 2006 to coach NC State)
 
I live in the Kentuckiana area. The press coverage has been nonstop here ever since the news was broken at about 2pm of Tubby's departure.

If you have been keeping up with Kentucky at all, then you will know it is one of the toughest to have in all of college athletics. Fans have been calling for Tubby to go for the past coupls of years now. They expect to be in the Final Four at minimum every other year. Yes it's absurd, but losing ten games a year is not an option at Kentucky. This is why I feel the UK jobs is one of the worst in college basketball, too much pressure, not nearly enough security.

I have 3-4 coaches that I feel like would possibly be good candidates for the Kentucky job:

Billy Donovan - Would be a fool to leave what he has built at Florida, honestly.

Mark Few - Would be welcomed I feel like. Could take the program where it wants to be.

Tom Crean - Simply a great coach, period.

John Calipari - Probably the best suited to handle the immense pressures of being the coach at UK. Also, would be able to get the recruits that the UK fan base demands.

There is a 0% chance Rick Pitino will be the coach of UK. Not only would he not be welcomed back by the fans, but this would also start a civil war in the state of Kentucky, literally. Rick Barnes is overrated as a coach. Just look at his Texas teams of recent memory: Doesn't knwo how to manage a game; didn't get the ball to Kevin Durant in the final 5 minutes of the Big 12 title game. No way Texas should've gotten housed like they did to USC last weekend. That's all I've got on this subject...for now.
 
I was told 2nd/3rd hand that a couple big time alumni (R Chapman was one) were calling for Smith's head and getting support... Smith got wind of it and made a move before he got the axe.
 
MacabreMob said:
I was told 2nd/3rd hand that a couple big time alumni (R Chapman was one) were calling for Smith's head and getting support... Smith got wind of it and made a move before he got the axe.
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There was definitely growing criticism for Tubby to go, but I don't know if they would've fired him, as he would've been owed over $3 million by UK. However, it was pretty apparent that they had lost their faith in Tubby.

Althought I personally wish UK would go winless in every sport every year, I am sad to see Tubby go. He is a class act.
 
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