Man, you would have thought the U of M banged his mom, wife and daughter all at the same time.
Brilliant. Very, very, very well-done.
And the sanctification of Saint Tubby continues, with Brando's underlying notion being that's the best we deserve, the mediocrity of Tubby's tenure while here.
I happen to disagree, and deeply so, and for $2.5M per, we surely did deserve a whole hell of a lot better than what we were given.
And they mentioned it again tonight during one of the games, the announcer aghast at the effrontery of Minnesota letting Tubby go, as if it were a crime for such a program as this to let such a good man and legend go, and again, like that's the best we deserve.
What these people fail to notice, as they were not watching, was Tubby's half-hearted nature during the vast majority his tenure here, and how it seemed so much of the time he were simply going through the motions, and how he would so infuriatingly throw up his arms in resignation and disgust when confronted with the continuing and continual problems of his team, such as the turnovers which killed us throughout the season, and how rather than taking ownership of that as a coaching issue which is entirely possible as well as reasonable to believe can be remedied, he gave up, threw up his arms, and blamed his players for every lack and flaw his team.
A good man? Sure. A Hall of Famer as a coach? Definitely, but we clearly did not get the best of Tubby, and rather received the dubious benefit of a coach winding down.
And RE: his continued beatification, the man has been at it a long, long time. He if anyone understands that major college basketball is a cold and cut-throat business, and it's not like he hasn't played that game himself, such as when he was sneaking behind UK's back, sniffing for jobs while still gainfully employed at Kentucky, once it was clear the wolves were at his back and they would not let go him there.
So Saint Tubby? My ass. A good man was once one hell of a basketball coach, yeah, for sure. But big whoop, it's all about what have you done for me lately, and unfortunately, he just didn't do sh*t while here, and it's difficult for me to forgive him wasting the talent he had on this team this year, and especially the ferocity the beast that was Mbakwe, a player who might come along once a generation, if lucky.
We should have been much, much, better, and if there is an epitaph to put upon the Tubby Smith regime, unfortunately, for me anyway, that would be it.
even though you agreed with me in yr last comment.
