Tubby Smith fired

[06panther10]

Tubby Smith reportedly fired today at Minnesota. Hope Jake wont be a candidate...

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21948116/tubby-smith-out-at-minnesota

[Born-a-Panther]

Re: Tubby Smith fired

Sh*t......

[BCPanther]

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Minnesota has never won without cheating. Jake isn't exactly the guy to bring in to go back to your old ways up there.

Fun fact- The guy that hired Shaka is the AD up there now, though I think Shaka is going to take the UCLA job...

[run&blade]

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I listen to kfan a lot. They all want flip saunders or shaka smart. Frankly i think Jake is off all radars for big time jobs until he makes another ncaa.

He doesnt get recruits that make you think ..."wow how does he land guys like that at northern iowa"

and nobody is going to get excited about a couple of cit bit cbi nit tournaments when the last guy they had got fired for that exact performance.

I have heard names like pearl and eustachy tossed around on kfan but not once have i heard jakes name.

Perhaps it will be now that the opening is real but i dont see people willing to buy out of a 2.5 million dollar contract to hire a guy that has only a three year ago sweet 16 run to sell. It just wouldnt go over well with fans or boosters regardless of how good of a job jake would do.

They didnt care for tubby because of his lack of stud recruiting to a big degree.

[Trapped in California]

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The last three season's performance, especially this year's have taken some of the shine off Jake. Shaka Smart's style is about 180 degrees from Jake's. Can't believe that the AD would be open to both styles.

[9YRPLAN]

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jake wont be near the top of the list, but they are going to have a lot of people say no.

theyre best hope is the old VCU AD breaking the bank for shaka and then landing jones, vaughn, and travis.

[jnutt]

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ben howland? I like the fit and he's got instead cred to the program and a great recruiter in areas Minnesota has never really recruited

[jnutt]

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Tubby Smith get a look from Drake?

[BCPanther]

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Tubby Smith get a look from Drake?

I can't imagine Tubby taking a job this far north, if he wants to coach anymore at all...

[Neighbor]

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Any real coach will want new basketball arena and, U of M ain't gonna go for that. They're stuck in mediocrity. Shocka might listen to offers but only for negotiating purposes.

[SteinPizza]

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Just an FYI, Jake is also mentioned as a candidate for the Northwestern job in today's Sun Times. From the context of the story, Jake is a long shot at best. The front-runner is Duke lead assistant Chris Collins.

[williebat]

I don't know. I think Jake will be on some ones list. This is the one job I always thought he might take if offered. He is from north Dakota and they follow Minnesota sports closer than most other teams. might be attractive to him.

[jnutt]

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an amazing recruiting class coming in and an easier path to win the MVC now that Creighton is gone, I don't think I would leave

[achrist70]

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I think Jake has realized that he has it pretty good in Cedar Falls, I don't know anyone who can't live well off of the salary that he is making, and very few coaches who have had success at the Mid Major level have went on to power 6 teams and did well.

[9YRPLAN]

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I think Jake has realized that he has it pretty good in Cedar Falls, I don't know anyone who can't live well off of the salary that he is making, and very few coaches who have had success at the Mid Major level have went on to power 6 teams and did well.

based on the texas a&m situation, i would say that jake will get at least 1.75mm for at least 6 years if he ever leaves. thats worth over twice as much guaranteed than what remains on his UNI deal.