[alfus21]

I think, eventually they should hang one, but not right now. I think they should wait a few years down the road before they do. Yes he did have a 70%+ winning percentage, 5 SEC championships and a national title, along with the losing streaks to Vandy and Florida. His style was boring IMO, but no more boring than Joe B. Hall's style of play, and he didnt waste any more talent than Hall did either. However, when you compare the two, they are very similar in what they accomplished. Both had very good years, mediocre years (by UK standards), and left the program on a slight decline (1984-85, UK rode Kenny Walker to an 18-13 record and a sweet 16 finish before losing to St. Johns). Im not turning this into a tale of the tape, but IMO, Smith was a better coach than Joe B was. Ill go on to say that 90% of the coaches in college basketball, even Tubby Smith himself could have won a national championship with that '83-'84 team that went 29-5, to the final four and then got scared to death in the second half against Ewing and Georgetown (3-33 shooting)..anyways, another point to make is that I read that someone said "well you shouldnt because he left UK while he was still the coach"...what exactly did Pitino do? He told everyone he was happy here, that he was going to be here forever, then two days later he's named coach of the Celtics. Ill never forgive him for that. Yes Im an Alabama football fan, and Saban did the same thing, but that doesnt mean I condone it, lol..but Pitino absolutely LIED to every UK fan in America, and if he can do it and have everybody googoo-gaagaa'ing 10 years after he left, then I have no problem with Tubby looking for another job while BEING PRESSURED TO LEAVE by those same Pitino-worshipers. Id do it, and you all would too...So yeah, give the man his banner. Yes, his style of ball was agonizing (IMO), hard to watch, and slow by all accounts, but his numbers are still damn good, and he deserves to have his banner hanging in Rupp..

Great post TidesHoss. I couldn't agree more.