[Doc Holliday]

looks as though the people who are upset with Tubby are not just in Sommerset.
You can add Danville as well.
http://www.amnews.com/public_html/?modul...ormat=html

I don't think anyone has said anything negative about Tubby as a person. I have met the man a couple of times, and I like him. However I don't think he has recruited as well as he should have. I have a major problem with his saying that bluechip players wont stay so why recruit them, then he has a transfer rate that is horrible, from the kids he recruited because they said would stay.

Its difficult for anyone to say that he has improved the program during his tenure.
Throw out his first season, I wont judge him by that, its difficult to say he has to win the National Championship each year.

Do people really feel that he has moved the program in the right direction, as far as recruits, reputation, and stature.

No one on this site can say that in the history of UK basketball that we dreaded the day we played Vandy, yet it appears that this has become a huge game for the cats.

Sec teams come and go but the one constant has all ways been UK, we dominate the conference year in, year out, and for anyone to say well the game has changed, the recruiting has changed, tell me how North Carolina, Kansas, Duke, and UCLA were powers years ago and they seem to be today. Every school goes thru a low point for what ever reason, the question is a simple one, if its not Tubby then why are we where we are today?

So is Vandy a better sell to potenial players than UK, is Florida, if so then why?

Players want to go to a program because of several things.

Exposure, Kentucky has that.

Parents want their kids to get a good education, UK seems to improve its standard each year.

Reputation, well more wins than anyone, second in National championships, Rupp arena, and the best basketball fans in the world.

Style, Tubby's team are known for defense, so if you are a bluechipper who avg 25 to 30 points a game do you want to come to Kentucky and play for a man who will sub you out due to his rotation pattern, no matter how hot he is?

There has to be a reason as why we dont seem to get the nations best.
I think at least Tub needs to review Reggie Hanson and the recruiting woes.