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Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:24 pm
by duckgrad99
quackattack wrote:i would compare tubby's recruiting to ernie's...able to land a good class every few years or so (i saw 2 from UK and 1 from Minn from 2002 to 2009 years)
Well then that's even more of a reason to like Tubby, because look at his record at Kentucky.

Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:05 pm
by alabamaduck
duckgrad99 wrote:Sub par recruiting? I'm sure people would disagree with that when you look at the 2004 class.
Read the whole post...the knock on Tubby at Kentucky is that he wasn't pulling in top 5 classes consistantly (sub par by UK standards), I didn't say he couldn't recruit. You're also only looking at one of the 10 classes he had while coaching at Kentucky
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:10 pm
by duckgrad99
alabamaduck wrote:duckgrad99 wrote:Sub par recruiting? I'm sure people would disagree with that when you look at the 2004 class.
Read the whole post...the knock on Tubby at Kentucky is that he wasn't pulling in top 5 classes consistantly (sub par by UK standards), I didn't say he couldn't recruit. You're also only looking at one of the 10 classes he had while coaching at Kentucky
I see, well if Kentucky standards are to get every #1 high school kid, then yes his recruiting hasn't been good enough.

At any rate, I wouldn't worry about his recruiting if Oregon was lucky enough to get him.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:18 pm
by alabamaduck
Actually, that's exactly UK's standards. As I said in a previous post, I think Tubby would be an incredible hire. I'm just laying out why he left Kentucky. The media reports that he quit, but I know that was a choice being given to him by the school because he was about to be fired.
Unfortunatley at UK coaching for 10 seasons, winning a National Championship and making the tournament EVERY year got to the point where it wasn't good enough. Look where it got them...Tubby's got Minnesota in the Big Dance and UK missed it for the first time in 18 years.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:06 am
by Elduderino
Your sig makes me smile everytime.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:43 pm
by buckmarkduck
Wasn't Tubby's Minn a finalist for Wilson also? So hopefully Wilson would stay signed on with UO.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:32 pm
by northbeachsf
buckmarkduck wrote:Wasn't Tubby's Minn a finalist for Wilson also? So hopefully Wilson would stay signed on with UO.
I believe so. Crittle was also down to Minnesota and Oregon for his final 2.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:37 pm
by roth
No he wasn't it was marquette Texas, Michigan state and Oregon, I don't believe Minn was ever a finalist for Wilson
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:00 am
by PDXShogun
Crittle's final two were Oregon and Marquette as well.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:50 am
by duckgrad99
I hope the "inside info" ends up being true, but unfortunately, I think Kent will be back for 1 more season. With the new arena on it's way though, it will be "make or break" time for Ernie.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:38 pm
by duckgrad99
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 2:24 pm
by buckmarkduck
On educk there seems to be the same sentiment 99. Kilkenny doesn't want to fire EK but money talks and if the big money donors want EK gone and are unwilling to give a dime to UO until he is, my guess is he is gone soon.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:26 pm
by dthomas=ddixon
The donors have a ton of say, especially since they are the reason for this new arena. It gives them all the power. If it brings in a coach who can COACH, I'm all for it.
Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:24 pm
by duckgrad99
Minnesota loses. Let the Tubby Smith rumors begin.

Re: A Little Inside Info
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:33 pm
by Juice
Tubby Smith huh?... Can't say that I'm gettin a boner like everybody else here.
I'd prefer Anthony Grant, as opposed to a lateral move like Smith.