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You'd be surprised at the UK fans who still today argue that Tubby is the best coach Kentucky has ever had. As a matter of fact, I saw those exact words posted on a chat site just the other day. These 'Big Blue fans' have great difficulty in seeing through their blue tinted glasses. Tubby may indeed be the most 'moral' coach UK has ever had, nobody with an ounce of common sense would argue against that, but far from the best recruiter and bench coach....and the numbers prove just that. As arrogant as Pitino was while residing in Lexington and I admit I hated that arrogance, I'd go to Louisville today and personally help him pack his things if he'd come back to UK and coach the Cats....and I'm sure there's a great number of UK fans, even many here at BGR, that would help me. Tubby Smith would be an excellent coach for a second tier NCAA school, somewhere that winning and tradition isn't looked on as life and death like at UK. He just doesn't cut it in Lexington....and the numbers are all the proof one needs to see that. The very bottom line in my original post speaks volumes about Tub's success at UK. He's just not getting it done......not with 'his own' players that is.

Such a great post.. I'll pay for the Uhaul to put Rick's things in! Heck I'll put every item he owns in it, and drive it myself!.. But on a more serious note, tubby is a great guy. But he isn't cutting it. Like GKS said, I live and die for UK basketball. I want a National Championship, and to be number one in the SEC EVERY year. Not a few games behind Florida, Tennessee, Bama, or whoever. Uk is top notch basketball, but with Tubby there, it is far from it.