Arkansas & Tubby

[IndySooner]

Any chance this is the reason for the timing? Arkansas is reportedly close to signing Tubby Smith.

 

[Dave4OU]

I would love love love to see us get him but i don't see us being able to pay him. He is a 3.3 million now at Minnesota.

 

[seniorsooner]

He is making 3.3 million a year?????

 

[FlounderinDC]

I would love love love to see us get him but i don't see us being able to pay him. He is a 3.3 million now at Minnesota.

Wow. I didn't know he was making that much coin.

 

[seniorsooner]

I am shocked that Minnesota is paying that much for a basketball coach.

 

[StatGeek]

Tubby will completely revitalize the Arkansas program.

 

[StoopsBros]

His contract at Minny - http://i.usatoday.net/sports/graphics/basketball_contracts/2010/pdfs/Minnesota_Smith.pdf

 

[waynepayne]

I am shocked that Minnesota is paying that much for a basketball coach.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/12359321.html


Its a pretty sweet deal.

 

[Sawyer]

Pretty nice salary for a coach who was not among the seven Big 10 teams selected for the tournament.

 

[greenbug]

his last few years at kentucky were not that impressive. also he wasn't bringing in the calibre player that the cats are use to. why would he be such a savior for the OU program?

 

[soonerjr]

I wish we'd forked out the dough for Tubby 5 years ago.

 

[seniorsooner]

Not sure why you would leave minnesota if you're making that much. You basically go from a place that is thrilled to just make the tournament once every 2-3 years to a place with some of the most insane fans outside of football fans in Alabama.

 

[StatGeek]

Not sure why you would leave minnesota if you're making that much. You basically go from a place that is thrilled to just make the tournament once every 2-3 years to a place with some of the most insane fans outside of football fans in Alabama.

perhaps the answer lies within the question....

 

[greenbug]

perhaps the answer lies within the question....

great response. besides, who wants to spend the winter in minn.?

 

[seniorsooner]

Who wants to have their horses killed in Arkansas?

 

[thechucker]

great response. besides, who wants to spend the winter in minn.?

I lived there for 11 years after growing up in Oklahoma and even went to grad school at the U of M. I took a job transfer because I could not take the winters any longer...you could not pay me to go back...