Tubby will be fired this morning...

[ZebH82]

I'm not shedding any tears for Tubby...He signed a contract in a major conference with big expectations and he was rewarded handsomely. He's walking away with a healthy severence check and he doesn't have to duck responsibilty anymore.

 

[dpodoll68]

Wow check this out

http://twitter.com/MrSuperSmitty

Also interesting is that Al Nolen is retweeting all this.

Who the hell is that clown?

 

[gophmeister]

Wow check this out

http://twitter.com/MrSuperSmitty

Also interesting is that Al Nolen is retweeting all this.

Is that a former player?

 

[Parski1]

That is just evil!!!

 

[gophmeister]

Who the hell is that clown?

It would be hilarious if he really was clown.

 

[Winasota Gopher]

Wow check this out

http://twitter.com/MrSuperSmitty

Also interesting is that Al Nolen is retweeting all this.

who is that?

 

[DontHassleTheHoff]

Is that a former player?

I think it might be Brandon Smith, who transferred in October of 2007 (which I think is right when Tubby came) but I'm not sure.

 

[GVTTW]

It's Brandon Smith

 

[ZebH82]

Al is retweeting some wild stuff.

Which ID is Nolen's?

 

[Gold Vision]

Brandon Smith.

 

[ZebH82]

I think it might be Brandon Smith, who transferred in October of 2007 (which I think is right when Tubby came) but I'm not sure.

What happened with Smith?

 

[MadtownGopher]

Damian Johnson re-tweeted it too.

 

[westcoastgopher11]

Which ID is Nolen's?

https://twitter.com/Al_Nolen

 

[Gold Vision]

What happened with Smith?

He was a loser. Suspended by Molinary the year before Tubby came. Academically ineligible after his first freshman semester.

 

[Winasota Gopher]

He was a loser. Suspended by Molinary the year before Tubby came. Academically ineligible after his first freshman semester.

I didn't see Nolan retweeting any of his inflammatory stuff?

 

[howeda7]

Remember that re-tweets are not endorsements. Some guys will retweet anything.

 

[gopherguy05]

Just incase we needed more sources:

Mila Koumpilova ‏@MilaPiPress 3m

U basketball coach Tubby Smith is out, Board of Regents Chair Linda Cohen confirms. She got 8 am voicemail from President Kaler

 

[Mikie S]

Tubby is one of the top 50% of the coaches in the NCAA.

Unfortunately, the Big-10 has five coaches who are in the top 5% and at least five more that rate top 30%.

 

[Parski1]

I didn't see Nolan retweeting any of his inflammatory stuff?

He's not...what are these people taking about???

 

[positively4thstreet]

Reusse just said a single booster wrote out a check for Tubby's whole buyout. If that's true, wow.

 

[Gopher07]

Reusse just said a single booster wrote out a check for Tubby's whole buyout. If that's true, wow.

Wow.

That would just be amazing from an athletic department standpoint. Somebody with a lot of cash must've disliked Tubby, that's for sure.

 

[positively4thstreet]

He also said it isn't Flip taking the job, for what that's worth.

 

[westcoastgopher11]

Reusse just said a single booster wrote out a check for Tubby's whole buyout. If that's true, wow.

!

Damn $2.5 like that.

 

[mnsports1]

Reusse just said a single booster wrote out a check for Tubby's whole buyout. If that's true, wow.

Flip?? (He is always the answer)

 

[mnsports1]

Flip?? (He is always the answer)

too slow...

 

[matt]

Reusse just said a single booster wrote out a check for Tubby's whole buyout. If that's true, wow.

link?

 

[positively4thstreet]

It was on 1500. I'm sure you'll be able to podcast it at some point.

 

[MadtownGopher]

A single booster covering the entire 2.5 million would suggest to me that we are hiring someone exciting.

 

[NuttyBuckeyes]

Bad move and this could turn out like the Mason situation. I said before the tournament that the loser of the UCLA vs. Minn game would be fired but I didn't expect both too. I've sat back and read about FIRE TUBBY messages after all the games loss this year. To those who were ready to jump off the TUbby bandwagon, what ever else happens I hope you can accept it because its what you asked for and you got it... I don't think it was a good move and Tubby was just starting to get Minnesota in the right direction.

 

[scher215]

He's not...what are these people taking about???

He was. And then followed it up with "I've gotta give a S/O to MrSupperSmitty" Agree with others that said Brandon Smith = GopherPlaya