I'm a UK fan, as are many people i know, and not one single person had a problem with Tubby because he was black. Tubby was a pretty good coach and a really good person. I hated to see him go because he was a great teacher to the kids coming through the program, but hos style of play and lack of postseason success (except with Ricks team) meant that it was time for a change whether he was white, black, mexican, or asian. Any top tier program would have had to make the same decision regardless of if their fanbase was stereotyped as "racists" or not. Im sure that after 2 years of Billy G every single UK fan would have loved to have Tubby back.

As far as Rick coming back nope, no way, nada would he be accepted back as a coach. I dont blame him for leaving for the money of the NBA, I dont blame him for taking a pretty attractive UL job, but theres no way we'd want him back on our sidelines