[alfus21]

BTW Doc Holiday.....I notice you are an an 'administrator' who sees this situation in Lexington pretty much the same as I do....and that's great. Not that I'm complaining because I consider some posters here 'uninformed and immature', but I got a PM from one of your moderators today threatening to kick me off this site if I don't cease with my Tubby posts. He says I'm doing nothing but causing trouble and will see to it that I'm permanently removed if I post any more criticing Tubby. (PM me for the mods name) Just wondering, since I'm new to this board, if this is the policy of BluegrassRivals, to boot posters who post facts for discussion purposes. If so, that's sad. All of my Tubby Smith posts are 'fact filled' and open for 'civilized' discussions. Sad that some are irritated at being presented with material that exposes the true conditions that are present with University of Kentucky Basketball.

For clarification purposes only, I will state that this wasn't me nor do I think it really happened.

Doc, to get back to answering your post, the reason the numbers are so low is basically because players are unhappy with Tubby's treatment once getting in to his program. Of the 17 who have left Tubby's program, only Rondo left to go to a higher level...and we all know that Tub ran him out blaming him for Team Turmoil and last year's NCAA tourney failure. Tubby, IMO, is cluesless in handling the 'present day HS stud'. Just look at this year's situation with Perry Stevenson and last year with Rekalin Simms. Both players started out the first 5 or so games of their careers great, scoring and becoming fan favorites and then all of a sudden they disappear into Tubby's doghouse, hardly ever seeing PT. Sims wouldn't take Tubby's crap and left and word around Lexington is Stevenson is considering transferring this summer. For some 'insane' reason, Tub will see to it that SHEE-ray and Bobby get most of the minutes. This type of treatment has spread to the HS stars around the country and they are choosing to go elsewhere (can you say Hansbrough and Wright..and Young just to name a few). I really can't see Patterson and Lucas putting up with Tubby's crap....they just seem to smart for that. Patterson will go to Florida to play for Billy D where he can showcase his talents (something Tubby doesn't allow in his system) and I see Lucas ending up at Okie State.

Hard for you to gain credibility when you say Sims was a great player. He had a 22 point game against Iowa. That's it.

Word around Lexington is that Stevenson is fine. Considering I talked to a basketball player yesterday that laughed his butt off about that. Don't believe me? PM for the info.

For some insane reason Sheray Thomas has played stellar defense in his last few games and over the last 9 games his assist turnover ratio is 17:3. With 6 blocks, and pulled down 40 rebounds over his last 8 games. Sheray is doing just fine.

I hate to bring this up again, but I'm still waiting for postings of POSITIVE TUBBY FIRSTS (his coaching record only) from all you Tubby fans out there. Let's see how many we can compile...and see if the list is as long as my 'Tubby firsts and worsts' list. If it's not, that should speak volumes about just how good a coach Orlando Tubby Smith is and whether or not he's the coach UK deserves.

Like I said earlier. How many can you compile of Rick Pitino? It's hard to do anything "first" at a University that had played for nearly 100 years when you arrived.