Tubby's stock rose fast, making it all the way to coach Kentucky where he averaged 26 wins a year and won a national championship. The Wildcats are among the elite schools in college basketball, right there with history like Kansas, UCLA, Duke, UNC. Smith was a success by any measure, and yet he's leaving Kentucky for Minnesotta.
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/news;_...v=ap&type=lgns
The Gophers have a long way to, and Dan Monson once a hot coaching prospect who built the Gonzaga program couldn't deal with the situation.
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The Gophers have plummeted from a program that once was annually competitive in the Big Ten to a perennial doormat under Monson, who was handcuffed by severe NCAA sanctions after a massive academic fraud scandal rocked the school.
Clem Haskins presided over that period, which resulted in the Gophers' 1997 Final Four appearance being wiped from the books, and Monson struggled mightily with recruiting and was never able to rehabilitate the team.
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Best of luck to Tubby, but
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I'm sorry I left for a while. I needed a vaction, and then work changed substantially. I'm over 50 hour weeks, plus two hours a day of commuting time.
A few weeks ago I launched my own
blog about Seattle Sounders FC and Life in Puget Sound. I won't be by these parts often as my focus has changed. Sorry about the unannounced retirement.