I've had time to sit and think, and I think this is the best situation for all parties. Tubby goes to a place where his name won't be said in the same breath as "I'd like to see" and "dead", Minnesota gets a darn fine coach, and Kentucky...gets to spend an assload on a coach that may recruit better than Smith did. It still feels so odd, the helm of Bluegrass Basketball, vacant. And I've heard all the rumors about who'll be crazy enough to take the job.
Billy Donovan? Would YOU leave your own empire? Maybe so, especially since basketball is still second fiddle to football down in Gainesville. Still, I doubt it.
Rick Pitino? Hahahahahaha...seriously, way to piss off the entire state of Kentucky. I don't see it.
Crean/Gillespie/Few/Barnes/etc? The coach'll probably come from one of these names. I'd take Gillespie out of the bunch, personally.
Mike Brey? I don't want to have to swallow my emergency cyanide pill.
Dark horses? Hell, there's a few that make some semblance of sense. Travis Ford at EKU? Well, we'd have a team free throw percentage of 98.4% and could occasionally go 34-36 as a team for three pointers, but we'd also act like a bunch of whiny bitches. That's right, Ford, I saw you coach live when you were at Campbellsville.
Sean Sutton? Doubtful, but there is a wicked symmetry to it. Granted, there's an even more obscure symmetry to Gillespie at TAMU, but I'm just a sucker for patterns.
One last thought: you guys that are saying Tubby couldn't win at Minnesota, because, dear Lord, he couldn't win at Kentucky? What the hell, people? He won at TULSA and GEORGIA, for crying out loud. He'll do just fine.
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Like I said last night, what about Beilein?
I've slept on it, and like we agreed, he won in the Big East, with lesser talent. And "Coach Beilein" has a good sound to it. So, give that man an interview!
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