I'll give him that (and Rick Barnes). But if you can't properly use the guy once he gets there, it doesn't mean as much as it should.

I remember him being a great pick because he had so much success at that point. But, much like Grant, he built his career learning from another great coach (Grant from Donovan, Smith (and Donovan) from Pitino). However, look at what Smith had accomplished at that point (from Wikipedia):

Tulsa
From 1991 to 1995, Smith led Tulsa to a 79-43 record. Rebuilding the basketball program his first two years, he then led the team to two consecutive Missouri Valley Conference regular season titles and two appearances in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in 1994 and 1995. Smith's 1994 Tulsa team upset UCLA in the tourney's first round before knocking off Oklahoma State. In '95, the Hurricane blew away Big-Ten power Illinois to open March Madness.

Georgia
On March 29, 1995, Smith accepted the head coaching job at the University of Georgia, becoming the school's first African-American head coach. In two seasons, he led the Bulldogs to a 45-19 record, including the first back-to-back seasons of 20 wins or more in school history. His teams achieved a Sweet 16 finish in the 1996 NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament in the 1997 NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs defeated Clemson to open the '96 tournament before upsetting the top-seeded Purdue Boilermakers.

But I see your point.

TM

Guy kills ex-girlfriend and throws her in a dumpster. Fortunately, guy confesses to local activist who gets him to show the cops where he dumped the body. Unfortunately, the dumpster has been emptied at least twice since the ex-girlfriend was thrown away.

The cops aren't going to look for the body. I'm a little disturbed that it's that easy to get rid of a body.

You wouldn't see Horatio Caine giving up that easily. He'd not only find the body. He would also pay for and show up at the funeral, and possibly bed the deceased's sister. This dude is lucky he didn't kill her in Miami.

Odd. I felt relieved. Switch to decaf?

she isn't blond, I bet.

Not even a little bit.

Just in case the Colbert clips weren't cute enough, the little german polar bear has his own website now. With video clips.

He's almost as cute as Thurgreed.

For Gwinky
 

"and we sang 'O Canada!,' the words to which I can never remember because they keep changing them. Nowadays they do some of it in French, which once would have been unheard of. We sat down, having affirmed our collective pride in something we can't pronounce."

Margaret Atwood, "The Blind Assassin" (which I am enjoying for anyone looking for a book recommendation.

Shoot, I could have told you that.

For Gwinky
 

Vielen dank for thinking of me. Margaret Atwood is very good -- probably the best (Carol Shields probably comes second), at expressing the nuances of being a WASPy Canadian. I liked Blind Assassin as well, although I like some of her earlier stuff better.

MySpace Humor
 

Flower can play the skin flute.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

ZING!

ETA: his PM box is full...probably stuffed with skin flutes!

MySpace Humor
 

Let's see. Burned by Hank. Burned by Ironweed. Burned by Coltrane.

No, today is not a good day.

PM box now has capacity.

MySpace Humor
 

Shrinkage?

MySpace Humor
 

Let's see. Burned by Hank. Burned by Ironweed. Burned by Coltrane.

I guess that will be all of it.

What's waiting for Less if b'n'b hires him