That seems a little harsh.

if you know BigSkyCat, or if you just place her(read: us) into whatever little category you like because we don’t see everything the way you do?

Knock of the crap, Forty. I don’t want to hear that “you and your ilk ran out of town” stuff around here again.

I though we had this conversation before.

"you and your ilk", really? Gosh, I actually cringed when I read that……….yikes!

Ok, so apparently I hit a nerve or two with my initial post. I truly in a million years didn’t think I would get quite that response (or any) and this is certainly not the direction I want to be going. I REALLY don’t want to get into a back-and-forth pissing match here. But……..

I do want to be absolutely, positively, crystal clear about two things that Forty wrote about me in his post. I sincerely apologize in advance to Tru, Ken and all the fabulous readers of ASoB as I know we have really strayed from the original intent of this FanPost and I really do hate to keep bringing up the past and rehashing the same old things, but I feel I simply must correct two things. I promise to try and keep this short.

Forty, about this:

"He may or may not be the right guy. Even the guy you and your ilk ran out of town had a heckuva good record at UK."

You know a hell of a lot about statistics, Forty, there is no question about that. But one thing you don’t know anything about is me. To assume that you do is actually very insulting to me and I don’t appreciate it. You have absolutely no idea who I am nor do you know anything about me as a fan or my views on the previous coach. In my initial post when I said Gillispie was the "right guy", you automatically assumed that I was saying that Tubby was the wrong guy. That’s a bit unfair, I feel, as that is not what I meant at all. I guess I should have been clearer. What I should have said was that the last UK coach has moved on and is extremely happy (I only know this because you have mentioned it many, many times) and in my mind I was thinking about all the other coaches that we could have hired instead (since we did need a coach, you know) and I am extremely happy that we have Coach Gillispie and I really do believe that he was the right choice for UK and that given just a bit more time he will produce excellent on-the-court results. As far as the "you and your ilk" part, I challenge you to find one teeny-tiny, even the smallest hint of a negative remark about Tubby from me on this site or any other site for that matter. Guess what? You won’t find anything. That’s because I have nothing but the utmost respect for the man. Hell, I even ordered the Big Ten channel last year and watched a good number of Minnesota’s games and will do the same this year if I get the chance. So from now on, I would really appreciate it if you didn’t include me in any of your remarks about the anti-Tubby group – because I certainly don’t belong in that group and I sure as hell didn’t try to run him out of town.

And then there is this:

"If he doesn’t win 76% of his UK games, SEC titles and SECT championships 50% of the time, 72% of his NCAA games, and 1 NCAA title, I’ll expect you and your ilk to run him out of town also.

That’s actually pretty damn funny (especially that last part about me running Coach Gillispie out of town) and further proof that you don’t actually know me at all. Obviously, I have no idea what the future of UK basketball will bring but quite honestly I try to be ever the optimist while still remaining realistic (I think it’s entirely possible to be both at the same time) in my everyday life and as a fan I try to always be supportive of my team/coach unless they give me reason not to be – so, it doesn’t really occur to me right now that Coach Gillispie won’t be wildly successful at UK. While I can’t predict exactly what the future will hold, at this moment in time and for my own reasons I am and fully expect to always be an avid Gillispie supporter. I totally can’t foresee saying or writing anything negative about the man and most certainly not "running him out of town" – that’s ridiculous. Sure, I suppose things could change dramatically over the course of BCG’s time at UK in order to change my mind, but I consider myself to be an extremely reasonable person most of the time and since I live in the present I like to take one basketball season at a time – and the right-here-and-now looks extremely bright and I am really excited and looking forward to this season of UK basketball with BCG at the helm of our great program.

Whew! So much for keeping it short, huh?

Here;s the thing man. BigSkyCat said nothing about Tubby. Its possible to like both our former coach and our new coach. All you do is post your stats and state your facts. I find a lot of your comments to be extremely closed minded and not respectful of others opinions and wish that you would open your mind a little and consider other’s opinions. I cant imagine how a discussion with you in person would be.