I wasn't sorry when Tubby was fired but only purely subjective reasoning could lead to a conclusion that the Tubby era was worse than the Pitino one.
Tubby was here for 6 years, had five years of 20 or more wins, had five postseasons with three NCAA tournaments, and no losing seasons in that time. Pitino has been here the same amount of time, has 20 or more wins only twice so far, has one NCAA tournament appearance (and isn't likely to get one this year), has had three seasons with no postseason at all (and may possibly get another this year), and has had two losing seasons with one of them featuring only 8 wins.