Tubby Smith To Minnesota

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Tubby going to Minnesota tells you how nasty it is to be coach at UK, with people in the University above him constantly riding him, and fans jeering even though he always produces winning teams and has deep runs in the NCAA.
Even fans behind the home bench in Lexington have been known to heckle.
They are going to have a hard time getting and keeping a decent coach.

 

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Tubby Smith has hired his first assistant at Minnesota, his son Saul Smith.
http://www.startribune.com/512/story/1092801.html

I spoke with a family member of Jim Molinari last night, and as of now, Mo is still employed as an assistant at Minnesota, and is working hard already in the offseason.

This article notes that Tubby met individually with each member of the "holdover" coaching staff.
"On Tuesday, Smith spent the day meeting with the holdovers from the previous coaching staff"
http://www.startribune.com/512/story/1089187.html

Tubby is also said to be considering as assistants,
Ron Jirsa (former Smith assistant and most recently the head coach at Marshall), Shawn Finney (another former Smith assistant who was the head coach at Tulane).

 

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Tubby Smith has hired his first assistant at Minnesota, his son Saul Smith....

Tubby is also said to be considering as assistants,
Ron Jirsa .......

Tubby has now hired a second assistant, and it is Ron Jirsa.
Now he is rumored next to hire Oklahoma State assistant Jimmy Williams, known as a good recruiter.