(03-25-2013 10:31 PM)USAFMEDIC Wrote: (03-25-2013 12:43 PM)bluesox Wrote: Tubby smith fired is a shocker.
That was just plain stupid to fire Tubby. He just beat the Pac 12 champions.
Saying its "stupid" is just going by his name recognition (cant remember who said, I want to say Forde, but theres a "cult of coach" out there). As someone who's watched quite a bit of Gopher hoops, the team and players were in constant regression.
Player examples: Ralph Sampson III was a better player his sophomore season than his senior. Rodney Williams disappeared from this years team in about mid-January (highlight reel dunks aside). And I could go on from there (basically Andre Hollins is the lone exception).
And its easy to point out the team regression. Look at where they were when they were ranked 9th earlier this season and at the end. The Indiana game was a blip on the radar, but surrounding that were losses to Northwestern, Iowa, Nebraska and Purdue which is just pathetic given the teams talent. They won the UCLA game because the Bruins were shorthanded and completely gave up.
Tubby never finished .500 or above in the B1G. Why is it shocking he was fired with that kind of mediocrity? Or is it shocking cause the national media is so friendly to him they wont point that factoid out? The Tubby hire should have worked out but it didnt. Its best they parted ways.
Edit: I should also add that I have no malice towards Tubby (I just read my post and it read to me that way). The program is in far better shape than it was when he came in. Just better to get this kind of thing out of the way and let the new AD make his own hire.