Rick Pitino isn't in anyway compared to Adolph Rupp, neither is Joe B Hall. We don't compare them that way.
Kentucky fans weren't as hard on Tubby as the media makes it out to be. The fans that complained the most complained the entire time because they didn't like his style, and didn't think he was a good fit here. We don't compare our football coaches to Bear Bryant either ;) If Donovan takes the Job at Kentucky buying out his contract wouldn't be a problem, it looks like it is only 200k. I'm not sure Florida would match a UK offer. Tubby Smith was the highest paid coach in the NCAA at 2.1 million at Kentucky, and that was the base. After endorsements and everything else it just kept going up. I don't know if he would come, I don't know that I would like him as the coach. I don't know if he would be a winner in the beginning. I think he would be. But I don't know who I would want more. Billy or Rick. John Calipari is another option that might work for us. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Stoner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: NCAA News - Tubby Smith becoming a Gopher > > For full disclosure: I am a huge Florida fan and my opinions are skewed > accordingly. > > I would be very suprised if Billy Donovan left Florida for Kentucky. > He has > a very proactive AD who will pay whatever it takes to keep him, great > fan > support and has Florida playing at a higher level the Kentucky for the > forseeable future. At Florida he is the man who put UF basketball on > the > map. At UK he would be the next guy who isn't quite Adolf Rupp. After > witnessing the treatment of Ron Zook first hand and seeing how > Kentucky > fans likewise treated Tubby (after a NC and something like 14 strait > tournament appearances) he would be foolish to leave. I'm not saying > its an > impossible idea because you never know but it just doesn't make sense > to > anyone outside of Kentucky. > > He should use this while renegotiating his contract however. I would > expect > this to play out after Florida's tournament run is complete this year. > > Other things to consider: > > - The mythical out in Donovan's contract for Kentucky is made up by > Kentucky > fans. There is no such thing. > > - Donovan does have an out for any school as long as it is done in the > month > of March. So if Florida is able to make the championship game (big > if), > Billy will be busy until the 31'st leaving only a few hours to get a > deal > done. However since Kentucky won't have to buy out Tubby now, they may > be > able to buy out Billy instead. > > - FYI Link to his contract: > http://images.usatoday.com/sports/graphics/basketball_contracts/pdfs/fl > orida_bb.pdf > > - He has been the head coach at Florida for longer then he was an > assistant > at Kentucky. > > - Florida's talent, even after the 3 juniors go pro after the season is > better then Kentucky's talent given the underclassmen in school and the > current recruiting classes. So it will be harder for Donovan to win at > Kentucky as soon as he would be able to win at Florida. Would he be > given > the time to lose short term with inferior talent? I wouldn't give > Kentucky > the benefit of the doubt. Just like I wouldn't give Florida the > benefit of > the doubt in football. > > > > On 3/23/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I don't think Mark Few has what it takes to live in the spotlight. > > > > And ESPN commentator said something that I agree with. To paraphrase: > > There > > are only two coaches capable of the spotlight that is Kentucky > Basketball. > > One of them was the coach before Tubby and the other one is Billy > Donovan, > > who was an assistant here. > > > > For a while I didn't think Billy Donovan would come here until I read > that > > they don't sell out home games in Florida, where they only have a > 13,000 > > person arena. We put 23k plus in the stands for exhibitions. Now I > think > > he > > just might. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 7:49 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: NCAA News - Tubby Smith becoming a Gopher > > > > > > I'm happy for him. Not waiting around to see if UK was going to > fire > > > him > > > with all that speculation. A good job came open, they wanted him, > so he > > > took > > > it. > > > > > > Kentucky's problem over the last few years has been talent, not the > > > system. > > > They still don't have a top 50 recruit signed for next year. Maybe > > > that's > > > Tubby's fault. > > > > > > As for replacements, I've heard tons of names, but the one that > > > intrigues me > > > is Mark Few from Gonzaga. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:231176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
