Tubby gone...

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/3/13/...tubby-smith-college-basketball-penny-hardaway

 

[rgbowlds]

Memphis is so desperate, it’s comical

 

[truebluewildcat_rivals34254]

It might be the booth for Tubby, a lower tier mid major, Ivy, or HBCU...

 

[jr40831]

Enter Rick Pitino

 

[Kentucky Owns You]

Only got two years. I wonder if Memphis fans will be labeled in the same light as our fans were even though he got 10 years here?

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/3/13/...tubby-smith-college-basketball-penny-hardaway

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

It might be the booth for Tubby, a lower tier mid major, Ivy, or HBCU...

Or back to Georgia...

 

[westerncat]

I think this is going to be a big mistake on their part.

 

[Tampa_cat54_rivals112262]

RIDICULOUS.

The man won 21 games the season after he had to chase off a bunch of clowns (namely the Lawson twins).

Absolute joke that he's getting fired.

 

[BBUK_anon]

BCG

 

[CatEye2010]

Drain the Tub. JK. Very nice guy. Very average coach.

 

[BigBlueCatNation]

There’s another school that didn’t want the guy. He might be a great person, but he’s a very mediocre coach.

 

[RoyKent]

No surprise. Memphis fans and the administration are some of the most delusional people on the planet.

I hope they fail and fail big time with their next hire.

 

[mrbud]

Guys we can forget Wiseman now ,

 

[kyups01]

But but but...he' such a good man. This is racism at its finest! SMDH

 

[akaukswoosh]

Wondering how they'll do with an AAU/ High School coach? Might work in the short term with local prospects but seems like another dicey move to me.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

Guys we can forget Wiseman now ,

Maybe not after Cal landed Jeffries...

 

[Tampa_cat54_rivals112262]

There’s another school that didn’t want the guy. He might be a great person, but he’s a very mediocre coach.

He's really not. The guy can coach his balls off.

He's a lazy recruiter, but the man can coach

 

[mrbud]

Maybe not after Cal landed Jeffries...

Hope you are right.

 

[willyclyde]

Bring him on as an x’s and o’s/draw a play up out of a timeout specialist.

 

[willyclyde]

Drain the Tub. JK. Very nice guy. Very average coach.

It’s been drained one too many times! Lol

 

[Tampa_cat54_rivals112262]

Guys we can forget Wiseman now ,

False.

He's ours.

 

[BigBlueCatNation]

He's really not. The guy can coach his balls off.

He's a lazy recruiter, but the man can coach

Not really. He’s never won anything of any value that he did on his own without Pitino’s players.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

Hope you are right.

Once they finish playing may very well see DJH and JW reclassify... :bomb:

 

[STEVECAT]

I still like our chances for Wiseman

 

[Tampa_cat54_rivals112262]

Not really. He’s never won anything of any value that he did on his own without Pitino’s players.

Because he's never had the talent of the bigger guys (recruiting).

He's one of only 2 coaches (Lon Kruger) to take 5 different programs to the NCAA tournament.

He can COACH. He just can't recruit.

 

[FiveStarCat]

No surprise. Memphis fans and the administration are some of the most delusional people on the planet.

I hope they fail and fail big time with their next hire.

They really are. Cal ruined them.

 

[anon_013cn8yrfncx2]

Not really. He’s never won anything of any value that he did on his own without Pitino’s players.

Think you just echoed a lot of comments in this thread. Tubster has trouble getting the talent but can coach it pretty well when he has it.

 

[truebluewildcat_rivals34254]

Or back to Georgia...

I'm not so sure.

The game at the P5 level has progressed passed what Tubby Smith does and believes in as a coach. UGA needs to get in the OAD and elite level recruiting game and let the talent loose up and down the court. Tubby isn't going to do that.

Tubby is a good guy and pretty good coach. His philosophies, Xs, and Os, are more suited for the ranks that aren't so dependent on the OAD/elite talent, hybrid/positionless athlete ball arms race.

SEC, in the last few years, finally started moving towards coaches who would really go after talent and play a more modern game. Mark Fox didn't do it. As UGA, if Tubby is on your list you might as well keep Mark Fox who's a good guy decent coach but more suited for the likes of Nevada in this era of basketball.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Attendance down. It’s all about the money.

 

[BBUK_anon]

 

[Rupp'sRunt]

Please don't hire Penny

 

[uk78_rivals88018]

Maybe not after Cal landed Jeffries...

Jeffries' commitment is only verbal and it was quoted that if Hardway is hired by Memphis he would take that under serious consideration.

 

[THS1979]

Only got two years. I wonder if Memphis fans will be labeled in the same light as our fans were even though he got 10 years here?

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/3/13/...tubby-smith-college-basketball-penny-hardaway

The difference is Tubby left UK, Memphis fired Tubby.

 

[TankedCat]

I'll never say Tubby can't coach.

I just want to say he can't coach here

 

[Bkocats]

Not really surprised
Cal spoiled them into expecting more

Be a good place for Pitino to land

 

[CatsPaws270]

I hope Tubby gets one last job and can ride off in the sunset with the dignity he deserves.

 

[GonzoCat90]

Memphis fans actually should be raked across the coals for running him off. He was performing to the level of their program, maybe even a bit above.

For some reason, they think they're a real basketball school just because the city loves hoops, but historically, they aren't a great program.

Tubby was plenty good enough for Memphis, especially with as corrupt and political as that city is and how they tie the hands of everyone who tries to coach or succeed there.

If they'd actually let the guy coach instead of forcing him to babysit the Lawsons or staying home because the team isn't competing for a title, they might have had a little success. But with the way they're running things, it'll take a guy like Cal to make them relevant, and a guy like Cal isn't taking that job unless it's someone who gets fired for the FBI stuff.

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Not really surprised
Cal spoiled them into expecting more

Be a good place for Pitino to land

Memphis doesn't need the baggage that come with Pitino.

 

[CatPhight_rivals65113]

Jeffries' commitment is only verbal and it was quoted that if Hardway is hired by Memphis he would take that under serious consideration.

Would be a lose-lose...Penny's not going to replicate Cal which is what they're after...microwaved success...

 

[NothinButNylon]

Will this set Memphis back 10 years?