In the weeks following an unexpected departure from Tubby Smith, we have allowed the dust to settle a bit and look clearer at the landscape of Texas Tech basketball. There was questions of loyalty thrown around from all partied involved, and I'm sure UNLV is still unsure how to take the almost equally sudden departure of Chris Beard. There was questions about how the Red Raiders were going to hold up after being left by Tubby, but the question that we had never asked ourselves was this: What if Tubby Smith leaving was a blessing in disguise? Now, hear me out on this one because as radical as it sounds, it does have some logic.