re: Ben Howland, Tubby Smith approached Tennessee today; UT contacted White, Tyndall

Don't quite understand the national media railing on UT for not extending Martin's contract. The guy had decent years while at UT, but his team underperformed all year then make a "magic" run in the tourney and the school is just suppossed to throw a bunch of money at him?

I say kudos to UT for not doing what so many other schools has done in the past by extending coach contracts only to realize they aren't worth it. Yes... it could have been handled a little better by all involved but at the end of the day UT did the right thing. Their fans and all their complaining, petitions, etc,. ... well...

And for $2+ mil they should be able to get a coach that can get them going again. Who that is I don't know but Howland wouldn't be on my list. I would dig deep and pay the $2.5 and get Wichita State's coach. You know what you are getting and he is a darn good one.