Tubby Watch-Over!! New Coach Watch Begins!!

Tubby Smith is out at Kentucky and headed to the University of Minnesota.

He is taking about a $1 million dollar paycut, so I doubt this is completely voluntary. Fox Sports is reporting that he was told to fire his staff or leave. I guess he didn't decide to fire his staff. I don't know if this means that Hanson, Hobbs, Rigot, etc. are going to UMinn also, but if they aren't I'm sure the other major programs will be beating down the door to hire these guys. That last part was sarcasm.

So, what does this mean? As predicted, catspause.com set a new record with over 9,000 visitors. That might not even last the rest of they day. (Update: New Record, over 10,000) Some people are reporting that Marquette's Tom Crean will be the guy, and that hasn't exactly fired up the Wildcat Nation. I think UK can probably do better, and they should probably wait until after the NCAA Tournament so they can contact any coach in which they might have interest.

Guesses from The Kid:

1. Billy Donovan
2. Billy Gilliespie

Outside Shot: Mike D'Antoni

If not one of the two Billy's, a lot of fans want John Calipari. I don't know about that, he seems a little shady to me.

Anyway, The Lon will have some viewpoints later, but for now, just know that Tubby Watch is done.