Race dogged Tubby's UK tenure, now he may be FREE at last!

I cannot help but see race in Tubby Smith's tenure and departure. When he first came to UK, it was his color (some liked the idea, others reacted NEGATIVELY to it!) that was the topic; then when he won his first championship, those who had problems with his color shut up. As soon as no new championships came along, all those color haters started grumbling. The WORST part of it was that the UK AD and co. started listening (instead of ignoring) these FOOLS. Tubby, being a SMART man, saw the unmistakable hop and the brooding-long-necked-postures of the gathering brood of these "VULTURES" and said "see ya". I would have done the same thing myself, while singing that old Negro spiritual "thank God Almighty, I'm FREE at last!!"

Update: Aside from my view that those who NEVER wanted "Tubby" at UK to begin with, helped nudge him out the door, comes this excellent post from a different albeit political perspective from Ronnie Ellis. Here are excerpts: I love college basketball, especially UK basketball, but I wonder what it says about my state when a coach with a 76 percent winning record decides he’s had enough of fans’ unrealistic demands and what it says when the public has higher expectations for its basketball coaches than its political leaders.
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If only Kentucky voters were as demanding of their political leaders as they are of their basketball coaches, state government might get it right 76 percent of the time.

Update #2, 3/24 at !;15 PM: Here's the C-J's editorial on the Tubby story. Here are excerpts:
University of Kentucky basketball coach Tubby Smith's decision to transfer his classy act to Minnesota means that the choice to depart was his.
But there should be no doubt that a concerted effort was made to oust him.
There was UK athletics director Mitch Barnhart's tepid support and vow to review the season with Coach Smith. (You didn't hear such ambiguity from Louisville's Tom Jurich when there was silly unhappiness with Rick Pitino early in the season.)
There were the demands that Mr. Smith replace his assistants, as if any decent head coach is going to insist on less than full personal control over his own staff.
And, last but not least -- in fact, worst -- there was the incessant carping from noisy fanatics among UK supporters, occasionally tinged with racism, that insisted that Coach Smith had somehow failed to live up to the program's "tradition." On at least one occasion, a "for sale" sign was reportedly posted at the coach's house.
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UK had better be prepared to try to achieve all that in what may be a very hostile national environment.
Anyone who doubts that should watch the espn.com video of Dick Vitale's tirade (there will be similar comments in other outlets) about the shabby treatment of a coach with Mr. Smith's record, including coach of the year awards and a national championship.
Mr. Vitale didn't mention race, but one suspects it may occur to African-American athletes whom the new coaching staff want to entice to UK.

Update #3: Watch as Tubby Smith starts "feeling the [Gopher] love," and UK advertises for a new coach!