[alfus21]

Kentucky made it to the final game 3 years straight. Who knows what would happened if Pitino would of stayed. Could of been 5 or 6 straight.. Either way, they were much closer to a dynasty under Pitino than Tubby. Pitino led the cats to like 8 or 9 top 10 finishes..


Alfus, don't you want better for the Cats?.. Honestly, do you think Tubby is an elite coach? Personally, I don't.. He doesn't seem to manage or recruit very well. His coaching style has become boring to watch.. 50 and 60 points a game.. Some high school teams are putting up 80 and 90 without a shotclock..

If they do keep tubby I really hope he changes his coaching philosophy. If not things will not get better for us..

I think his back is up against the wall. Id say he is gone if he don't lead the Cats on impressive NCAA tourney run.. 1st or 2nd rd flame out again and should be gone..

All I was saying is UK fans are spoiled because of what Pitino did. I appreciate what he did but we may never see what we saw in 96-98. And by saying that I mean no team will go to 3 title games in a row.

I also meant that UK is more in the fans' minds that what they really are. The only reason UK leads in wins all time is because of all the cheap wins vs. YMCA and High School teams in the early 1900's. 3 Titles since 1958 is not that superior to many other teams.

I do want better than what UK is doing right now but I think Tubby can lead us there. And I honestly don't care by what means he achieves this by. College basketball is made to win games not score big points to entertain the fans. That's what the NBA is for.

Things will get better with Tubby Smith. These last 2 seasons have been bad but I think next year could be very good with Patterson and Lucas. If not I'll join you in wanting him gone but teams, even with the caliber of UK go through 1 or 2 off years every now and then.