Memphis hires Tubby Smith

[codeDawg]

Underwhelming. Meh.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Yeah Memphis sports talk is gold right now. They are losing their ****.

 

[patdog]

Probably still an upgrade.

 

[maroonmania]

Probably still an upgrade.

Maybe, but talk about catching a guy on the way down.

 

[patdog]

No doubt about that.

 

[121Josey]

Maybe, but talk about catching a guy on the way down.

Is he still on the way down 10 years after Kentucky? He's got as many tournament appearances as Pastner does with arguably a less attractive school. Pastner and Memphis basketball was the one on the way down.

It's the best hire Memphis could have gotten and this benefits Memphis more than Smith.

 

[11thEagleFan]

This. If you could buy Memphis basketball for what it's actually worth, and sell it for what Memphis fans think it's worth, you'd be a billionaire.

 

[patdog]

This. If you could buy Memphis basketball for what it's actually worth, and sell it for what Memphis fans think it's worth, you'd be a billionaire.

That pretty much goes for the whole city.

 

[olblue.sixpack]

Maybe, but talk about catching a guy on the way down.

Who has never been enthralled with the recruiting aspect of the game.

 

[tatedog]

Gary Parrish had the quote of the day on this:

"At this point the only thing worse than hiring Tubby Smith is not hiring Tubby Smith."

 

[leeinator]

Tubby is about 90 what by now?

.

 

[wasabaka]

I think Memphis did the best that they could with this hire. He will have them relevant again in two years.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

A lot of the fanbase seriously thought it was no doubt they were getting Greg Marshall.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Gary Parrish was talking about Greg Marshall last week. He makes around 3 million a year but he also has access to a private jet anytime he wants it for free. His wife is from California and loves to go to the wine country all the time. They just hop in the plane and go for the weekend whenever they want.

 

[tatedog]

A lot of the fanbase seriously thought it was no doubt they were getting Greg Marshall.

Here's the first clue they weren't getting Marshall: they were unable to afford a 10M buyout of Pastner. 10M is walking around money for the Koch brothers.