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Tubby out at Memphis?

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  • surveyor
    Administrator
    • Oct 2014
    • 14474

    #31
    Originally posted by Will Lavender
    Overheard a UofL fan I know saying last night that the rumor mill still has Chris Mack to Louisville.

    I still find that extremely hard to believe. You're a #1 seed at Xavier. Why would you walk out of that for the bombed-out husk that is Louisville?
    I don't believe it will happen, but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility that someone like Mack could or would consider the job. It's still a top 10 job. Problem is, they likely won't be able to attract a top 10 coach with the FBI pall hanging over a lot of potential prospects.
    Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from the left.

    Clint Eastwood

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    • Joneslab
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2014
      • 39604

      #32
      Coaching in the ACC may be a notch against Louisville, at least in the short-term.

      Because they're getting ready to go through a time when they get mauled nightly in that league. How long the rebuilding is will depend on the hire, but I can't see them being even a player in that league for the next five years.

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      • TrueblueCATfan
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2014
        • 16272

        #33
        Tubby is 65 he should retire and enjoy life

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        • Blue Heaven
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2014
          • 6283

          #34
          Originally posted by TrueblueCATfan
          Tubby is 65 he should retire and enjoy life
          What better place to enjoy it than at Louisville?
          Isaiah 5:20

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          • Joneslab
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2014
            • 39604

            #35
            Tubby is officially out at Memphis.

            Somewhere jdeasy hoists a beverage in joyous celebration.

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            • Lighthouse
              Gone But Never Forgotten
              • Oct 2014
              • 35962

              #36
              Originally posted by Will Lavender
              Coaching in the ACC may be a notch against Louisville, at least in the short-term.

              Because they're getting ready to go through a time when they get mauled nightly in that league. How long the rebuilding is will depend on the hire, but I can't see them being even a player in that league for the next five years.
              The time it takes to rebuild would also be affected by the future penalties for the latest issue.
              John 3:3

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              • KevinHall
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2014
                • 6857

                #37
                Originally posted by Will Lavender
                Tubby is officially out at Memphis.

                Somewhere jdeasy hoists a beverage in joyous celebration.
                I'm sure Dynasty Defenders or whatever that site is called is celebrating like UK had just won the national championship. Or more......
                Kentucky fan since 1971.

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                • GOCAT15
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2014
                  • 2019

                  #38
                  This is just bad luck, the first #1 ranked player we’ve had a shot at in awhile now might go to Memphis.

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                  • justford
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2014
                    • 4669

                    #39
                    Say the following slowly "Tubby gets almost 10 MILLION DOLLARS to go away". Think about it smh.

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                    • TrueblueCATfan
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2014
                      • 16272

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Blue Heaven

                      What better place to enjoy it than at Louisville?
                      huh no..... then I would want to cheer for them

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                      • 85 Fly
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2015
                        • 1297

                        #41
                        Tubby can't connect with this generation of players anymore...Lawson boys eligible to play for KU next season. Wonder when the HS Lawson boy at Memphis East HS will committ to Memphis in a few years if Penny gets the job? And the last Lawson boy I think enters HS this fall... Lawson boys carrousel is gonna be interesting.
                        Last edited by 85 Fly; 03-15-2018, 01:59 AM.

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                        • boomdaddy
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2014
                          • 675

                          #42
                          Recruiting killed Tubby at Kentucky and he didn't go out and get a few hot young up and coming guys to help him. He was allowed to stay too long. He made Kentucky insignificant, his last years in Lexington.

                          I never thought he would ever be make a mark anywhere else, because of recruiting. If you cant recruit to Kentucky, you sure cant recruit at a lesser school. In his case, the school made his career.

                          UK was like a person stuck in a bad marriage and just got comfortable with mediocrity. I wonder if Tubby hadn't scored a deal with another school and left, how long would the AD let that train wreck go on?

                          Calipari has a Memphis kid and he will likely recruit his fellow teammate as well. Will Hardaway be able to pull those young men away from Cal? Let's see, regardless of his high school coaching ties, those young men have a chance to go to a top D1 school that regularly sends kids to the pros. I like Cal's chances

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                          • Dwight Schrute
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2014
                            • 18716

                            #43
                            Tubby has been fired from 2 of his last 3 jobs. The guy doesn't need that - just enjoy life at this point.

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                            • J.Jennings
                              Banned
                              • Oct 2014
                              • 7005

                              #44
                              Well played Memphis, fire a coach and hire a coach you know can land the top recruit for you....
                              Last edited by J.Jennings; 03-15-2018, 10:10 AM.

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                              • KCKUKFan
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2014
                                • 14228

                                #45
                                There comes a point where Tubby Smith has been a failure longer than he was a success. At that point, can his most ardent defenders admit he was kind of a pretender?

                                Sure, he was a fine X and O guy. But he refused to recruit or do any of the day-to-day tasks required of being a Kentucky coach, and apparently a Minnesota, Texas Tech, and Memphis coach. Isn't that part of the package?

                                Tubby Smith is a "nice guy" (don't get me started on his darting in the middle of the night without telling his Kentucky players), but he's a contract thief and a mediocre basketball coach. Haters, go ahead and hate.

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