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Could an admin delete my last post? this is what i meant:

They wouldn't have fired him if they didn't think they had a good chance at getting Shaka Smart. But I don't think Smart would leave for Minnesota.

I could see Tubby calling it quits if he doesn't find a position for next season. It's a shame too, cause he's a good coach for a school like Minnesota. A place where football or in this case hockey, comes first and it's nearly impossible to get elite recruits so you have to recruit talent that fits a 4 year mold. Outside of what Clem Haskins did at Minnesota (before he took a wrecking ball to the program), Gophers basketball was on the same level as Hawaii basketball, unknown and irrelevant. Proof: 8 tournament appearances (it's actually 12, but 4 were vacated) since the tournament started in 1939.

There is new life in that program now, so they need to bring in someone that's already proven what they're capable of. Otherwise, it's going right back to hoping they make the NIT