Tubby Watch! Day One!

Tubby Watch!

It's The Kid here, giving you a day by day count as to whether or not Orlando "Tubby" Smith (OTS) will remain as the head coach of the University of Kenucky Mens' Basketball team. We will keep the Tubby Watch going until either he is gone or UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart announces officially that he will return.

Day One: Not a good day to be a Wildcat. The University of Florida Gators won their 6th game in a row against UK today 85-72. Six in a row is a new record, one of many dubious one OTS has gathered in his tenure. No need to rehash the debacle, and if you don't think it was a debacle then you obviously did not watch the game.

Other news in the Tubby Watch is that Lexington Herald-Leader columnist John Clay has finally made his feelings known. He believes that Tubby has earned the right to stay at UK, link to column above. Although I think Clay and fellow columnist Mark Story are among the weaker columnists in the universe, it was good for him to take a stand. His past few columns have been nothing more than pointing out the obvious (lack of strong recruits, lack of offense, the sun came up today) that I was beginning to wonder if he would ever take a position on something. The local tally puts Courier-Journal columnist Rick Bozich in the "new coach" camp, Clay in the "Keep Tubby" camp, while Eric Crawford of the CJ and Story remain undecided. I believe that Crawford is leaning toward "new coach", while Story....well no one really cares, but I can see him being "keep Tubby' as well.

The SEC tournament starts on Thursday with UK playing the University of Alabama. Although 'Bama has won 2 of 3 against UK, a lot of people think this is a good draw for the Wildcats. We shall see.

Tune in tomorrow for the continuation of Tubby Watch!