This deserves it's own thread. To help bring encouragement to those not so thrilled with this hire.

What have we complained about for the last 5 seasons? Lack of experience, no X&O, he’s a politician not a coach. I can go on and on.
Memphis just brought back stability and respectability got an X&O future hall of fame coach. Hired the exact polar opposite of the previous coach that the entire city of Memphis had come to loath. They also served notice to the basketball world that we can and will pay whatever it takes to get our guy.

I’ve followed this program for 35 years. This is the best hire that Memphis has ever made in any sport outside of John Calipari who fell in our lap.

In 10 seasons at Kentucky:
3 seasons that finished with elite 8.
2 seasons that finished with sweet 16.
1 national championship and final four.

Made NCAA every season and was run out of town. We would have been throwing him parades every season for that. In fact we did for Calipari. And let’s not forget how big of a dumpster fire UK was after he left. UK had to steal the Memphis program from them to get where they are. Everyone with a brain knows that.

After the stain on his reputation from a ridiculous fan base at UK, he has worked hard to restore himself and it's been hard, but he's fairing very well.

Let’s talk non Kentucky accomplishments:

At Tulsa: 2 sweet 16’s in four seasons.

At Georgia: in two seasons, 2 ncaa's and one sweet 16.

At Minnesota: 3 of 6 NCAA’s. Before tubby they had been to the NCAA tourney 9 times. And 4 of those 9 were vacated. Tubby arrives and makes the tourney 3 times in 6 seasons. At MinnefreakingSota!!!

At Tech: made NCAA in only 3 seasons. In the previous 30 years, they had made the tourney 7 times. After a 9 year absence he got them there in 3 years.

This is a homerun hire for Memphis. It ain’t sexy. But I’ve followed this guy’s career since his Tulsa days. He is a basketball genius. And Memphis will compete at a high level as long as he is here.

Compared to where we were last week. I'm ecstatic and am over joyed to be happy over Memphis basketball again.

Time to sell the Forum out again folks.