WHAS-11 is reporting that Gillispie is out
by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:22 PM EDT
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PrintThis is an MSM report from a generally reliable news source. I have no details, but they announced it just a few minutes ago. I wasn't even home when the news broke, my wife told me.
Film at 11.
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I think ...
… that hope is in vain. WHAS would never live it down if they got this wrong.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions
My sister called to say they broke into Grey's... lol
She leaves in ’ville… God bless her…
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
thanks for the new thread the other one was starting to get confusing...;)
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Heh.
Yeah, after about 300 comments, they get a little stiff. :-)
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Mainstream media. :-)
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Funny... those were my first thoughts as well
“That poor girl with the Tinkerbell avatar is going to be so upset…”
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
ohhhh I just hope
they have an ace, grandslam hire in their back pocket to whip out. That’s the only way this makes sense, if in fact he is fired.
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Can you imagine Calipari and Sandy Bell working elbow-to-elbow??
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
Best hire that UK has made in the last 30 years....and I include Pitino in that consideration.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
What about the recruits?
Does anyone have a link to an article about any comments about their status if Gillispie leaves?
This is why I think Donovan is more likely
He would be available this weekend to fly out to Oklahoma and try to salvage the deal with Orton.
If we go for Calipari, it may be a couple weeks of angst from the BBN while we wait and wonder.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Or, he amy be available tonight
44-34 Missouri (but it’s still early)
Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)
Recruits..
i read somewhere, cant remember where, that Orten wasnt coming unless billy g was here..let the crumble begin
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
But I wonder
why no one else seems to have the story?? You have to think they’re pretty damn sure or else they wouldn’t go with it, since it would be a Dewey beats Truman-level mistake (in KY, anyway).
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions
WHAS is very reliable.
The odds of them blowing this are so close to zero it isn’t worth mentioning.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions
They said "Our sources inside the administration say he is out"
And that there will be a press conference as early as tomorrow morning.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
See the picture above.
My wife said that WHAS said Gillispie was no longer with UK. The graphic said he was fired.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Crud
for Billy if this is confirmed. Maybe he got tired of all the @#$% and leaked it himself
Good call.
If I was him…I’d do it.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
I have no real time to react to this.
Unfortunately, I am behind on a project and I’ll have to get up at 0-dark:30 to work on until my meeting at 10:00. So don’t expect any reax from me until sometime tomorrow afternoon.
I’ll have to keep posting open threads, I suppose. Maybe Ken will come in with something.
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Positive thought:
Duke is getting beat.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
oh, is there
actual basketball being played tonight? : )
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't think so.
I would put the odds at less that one percent.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions
ESPN news
No report yet 7:40 p.m. Pacific Time
by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions
I find it odd...
that if this is true,it isn’t being reported on any of the Lexington TV stations as of yet. I would think it would be breaking news.
Gillispie probably leaked it
His last F-you on the way out the door to the administration and the Lexington media – no organized press conference and no scoop for the home team.
Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)
I was watching Grey's with my girlfriend when they broke in with it
I just don’t see it being false at this point.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
<— Is still fairly fresh to the relationship
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Ah... that doesn't look nearly as effective as it does on other message boards.
Usually when I do something like that, its pointing at my username and avatar. With the modern look of this board… its really pointing at nothing!
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
I am hearing from Jeff Drummond ...
… that there may be a lot of stuff yet to come, so we might want to hold fire on Barnhart and Todd. Let’s just let the thing develop and see what happens.
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Easy!
Pop in a video of Ben Stein’s greatest speeches!
by David Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Good call, Tru
There probably is A LOT we don’t know and I think we just need to let it play out. I know Lee Todd and Mitch would not fire him unless they had some very good reasons.
GBB!!!
that's honestly what I think
there’s GOT to be more to it that being snippy to a sideline reporter and giving a bad answer to the university ambassador question. Maybe I’m naive, but I just can’t believe the admin would fire (if indeed that’s happened) him just because they didn’t LIKE HIM. But I have my doubts if we’ll ever know the full story…
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions
John Clay tonight said
he didn’t think there were any secret issues that we don’t already know about
by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 26, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
If 'Nova beats duke...
UK should call up Jay Wright and offer him, the castle, two race horses, a case of Knob Creek and Allen Cutlers mustache…!!!
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
Jay Wright
Might be better than Donavon, Calipari, or Ford.
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
"Might be"
But he is far from a proven commodity. Hell, Tubby beat him with one of the weakest UK teams in recent memory in the tourney just a couple years ago.
I like him… but if we want an unproven coach on the rise… we could just keep BCG.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Billy D
said no-back to Bluegrass Field. Cal said yes at half time- but now has changed his mind. Izzo said
are you kidding me! T Boone is speaking for Travis and said you’ll never be able to match my $.
by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:56 PM EDT up reply actions
T Boone is now broke
due to collapse of oil prices – Travis line #1…
by memphis wildcat on Mar 27, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
Haha!
Blue jean? :-)
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Any Chance?
Any chance that maybe Barnhart will be gone too? I think he is the root of all evil.
No.
Too much carnage. If he is on the block, it will be later.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Adolph Rupp's ghost would never countenance an overweight, hairy, shirtless Jewish man roaming the sidelines of the arena named after him.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Oh, my.
I really don’t know anything about Rupp, but any sentence with the basic structure of "Adolph … never countenance … Jewish man … " just can’t read well about Rupp.
(Did I read that wrong? Please tell me I did. If not, I’m not trying to stir muck, I swear.)
by David Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh. :-)
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Just wrong
This is so wrong! Billy should be our coach for at least another year. Makes me sad!
That is why is suggest's a leak from Billy's camp. Maybe.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
There better be some 'splainin to do Lucy
Mitch and Todd better get on their thinking hats for this one.
Missouri
Just drained a shot from half court to end the half!
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
Indeed. Looks like Calipari will be available really soon if UK wants....
…. contact him about the head coaching position. :-)
GBB!!!
I Heard on the radio
This morning that Calapari gets a five million dollar bonus if he stays at Memphis for 5 years, and he has a really good class comming in, and has an easy road to the tournament every year, so why would he want to come to the SEC?
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
friend
of mine is a Memphis Booster and I trust what he says…….he said that Cal will not leave Memphis. He had too many good recruits coming in. Doesn’t want to leave a good thing
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
Why in the world
would Calipari leave Memphis for UK? I’m a lifelong UK fan, but seriously. He has taken a less than mediocre program and built them into a national powerhouse. He has top echelon recruiting classes every year, with another one coming next year, he hasn’t lost a C-USA game since the Titanic sank and for tha reason he has the easiest road to the Final Four ever year, plus in Memphis he’s already loved. To leave and come to UK would be like building a million dollar home and letting someone else live in it while you moved into a tent, likely to IMPLODE at any time.
Barnhardt has made a mess of this. Can’t wait to hear Michael Wilbon stellar comments about this one, if it is true. Still, I believe no report that says “a reliable source”. I will believe it when Barnhardt makes it official.
B. Mc
And I was just agreeing with you guys..
and stating as to why Cal woudn’t leave. lol
B. Mc
I'm not surprised a booster at Memphis said that.
Though I’ve heard from people who know him personally who say that he would love to come to UK.
by BBallSophist on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Chicken @#$%
Report. No details until Friday.
If it ain't on the 11:00 news in Lex..
I aint buyin it.
If the WHAS report is true.....
does the BBN stay split into two factions, split into three, or reunite under the new coach?
I'm for UK always.
If a new coach is brought in, I’ll be as excited as I was 2 years ago. I was just hoping to see Billy’s third year.
by BBlue_in_NC on Mar 26, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
It depends, I think.
Most will rally to the new coach, unless the coaching search is a debacle. We’ll have to wait and see how that goes.
The spin that UK puts on it will be really important.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions
I wont..
support UK…this leaves a very bad taste in my mouth…media and rivials will feast on this for a long time…just think what opposing coaches will say to future recruits…UK wont stand a chance with anybody.
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions
so you are saying that if they are firing BCG tomorrow then you will no longer support them at all?
You will not visit here or root for them ever? Really?
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
Yes...
thats what im saying…my wife cant believe it
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
heh.....
i know its insane..but for some reason i feel like the big wigs in lexington do what they want..i feel like one of their bitc**s…and i ’m tired of it..plus we COULD have had a awesome team next year…and if billy doesnt get it done then..then i can see letting him go…but not now..way to much at stake to do this IMO
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions
i agree -
but it better be a big gun OR there better be a good reason if we go with another up and comer
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Thats my biggest fear.
If the coaching search becomes a debacle, it will be a mess locally and nationally.
by DeadHeadCat on Mar 26, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Like i said...
i think its the millionaire bunch pulling the freekin puppet strings on mitch and todd….im fed up with the whole mess
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
Bad feeling
Why do I feel like I did after we lost in the finals of NCAA?
imo
UK sports will take a beating for a long long time over this……congrats rivials
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
Could be
Unless you hire a media darling. If we land Donovan, the media will love him like they always have. (Don’t know that I want him… but that’s the fact.)
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
i think this is right, chirop
it totally depends on the hire. If it’s a golden boy, all’s forgotten.
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Donovan
if he comes to UK, will he still be the “Golden Boy”. Remember we are hated by most of the national media.
I disagree
I think most fans have a bit of an inferiority complex when it comes to the national media.
Remember, Pitino and Tubby were adored by the national media. Gillispie is a relative unknown to them and doesn’t schmooze them the way they’d like… so he doesn’t get the love.
Donovan was able to recruit a 14 year old kid and get praised for it just three weeks after Gillispie was villified for the same thing.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
No gloats from me.
Not in the least. I can’t see any reason for G to be fired at this point. Perhaps it’ll work out for UK and the program will absolutely dominate for many years, but it’s going to leave a mark for a while.
Not that they’re asking me… ;-)
by David Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I
am disgusted with the University of Kentucky. Just pure disgusted. Oh I will get over it I know but I am purely disgusted with them and I hope BG goes to Bama and makes them into a powerhouse. THIS IS WRONG DADGUMMIT
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
I predicting it will be Travis Ford or John Pelphrey...
….in year 2011 :)
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
FOX 56 just did their late sports show...
…and they have nothing… lol I wonder if they are live..?
Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.
On the bright side ...
… whatever the site record for daily hits was, we just tripled it.
Jeebus.
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Well, not tripled.
Not yet. We had a lot more the last couple of days than I thought. :-)
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions
I found this site during the last change
So that makes sense
Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)
Just joined a week or two ago.
Glad to be a part of it. Tru, I guess you are in charge. Congrats, thanks, and good job.
by BBlue_in_NC on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for reading.
Glad to have you with us.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
yes tru............you are doing a good job with all this!
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
Sleep
I don’t know if I will be able to sleep tonight.
pretty sure I will not
but it is work related, up till 3am to chat :)
JXClaytor on the 360
by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
I seriously hope
not but yall I think Donovan has to be coming……all the other good coaches are in the sweet 16 and still playing…….surely they wouldn’t let him go without having a person ready to come in
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
surely...
“surely they wouldn’t let him go without having a person ready to come in”
God, I hope not. That part’s the kicker.
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions
but
Tubby left on his own…………this is different….or is it? Could Billy be going somewhere else?
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
Word is ...
… NC State is interested.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Hope so.
I pull for the red team in this state!
by BBlue_in_NC on Mar 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
...at best a poor 3rd to your close neighbors...maybe even fourth.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
Usually fourth.
Wake Forest in Winston-Salem. Oh and this year 5th. Davidson beat the Pack this year.
by BBlue_in_NC on Mar 26, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Well you would have thought....
That MB would have thought about what if Tubby doesn’t agree we need changes,what do we do then??
by maysvilleblue on Mar 26, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions
but they wouldn't do it
AGAIN…right? Please tell me they wouldn’t. Seriously.
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 11:00 PM EDT up reply actions
that would be insanity
doing the same thing twice, expecting different results (i SO stole that from somebody)
No they wouldn't
Plan B is ready to go in my opinion.
by maysvilleblue on Mar 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions
That's Mitch style I guess
Plan B = Hopefully we can fake, stage a screen and get someone open…..Ooops couldn’t do that all year. Let’s try this….
Just a suggestion here...
You may want to wait to get all the information and both perspectives before anyone burns their UK gear. Believe it or not, there may be some clear logical thought behind all this. Just sayin’.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
That is possible.
As always, it is best to get as many facts as possible before drawing conclusions.
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by Glenn Logan on Mar 26, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Burn my UK gear...Never!!
Burn the neighbors UL flag?? Very possible.
by maysvilleblue on Mar 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Jealousy reveals itself in odd ways :)
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
lol Save the gas for
the Duke flag.. Just “accidentally” tear down the UofL flag. OR you could just save it until you get a Duke flag, UNC flag, UCONN flag, Kansas flag and UCLA flag. Then just have a big bon-fire!
B. Mc
maybe...
but its assinine to leave us in the dark like this..i think they are all a-holes
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions
Non stop theatre of the college basketball absurd
It was reported (mistakenly)on an earlier ASOB thread that Billy D was at Bluegrass field
today. Or maybe that Todd and Barnhart leaving town.
Can't believe
That the worldwide leader hasn’t had something to say yet.
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
Paducah
Paducah TV station is quoting the WHAS story and announced as their lead that BCG is out.
To go to bed or not go to bed...
that is the question
Well ...
… I’m off to bed. Up with the chickens at 4:00 AM.
< sigh >
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I think he pooped on Missouri's jerseys.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
Yeah, that's gotta be the ugliest shade of yellow possible
Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)
Billy
out in Western Kentucky-still in Central Kentucky. Anyone check UK athletic web site
lol
vince..like dorothy told the scarecrow in the wizard of oz.."i think ill miss you most of all:..lol
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
just did
nothing changed on the UK athletic site as of this moment.
Also, local news station out of evansville (i’m in western ky) referenced the whas report that gillispie was in fact out
They are all in the bunkers...no internet access.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
is that in the comments?
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by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
is that an oxymoron
trusted source and KSR is same sentence?
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions
My God...
It’s like dejavu all over again. Wasn’t he seen here 2 years ago at this time looking at houses and his wife was checking out Lexington schools??? We have gone full circle again.
by maysvilleblue on Mar 26, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
man
I suck as a fan I guess, I had no idea that site even existed :(
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by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I have heard from multiple people who have seen him at the airport or at the hotel in lexington.
People I trust.
I think it is very likely that Donovan will be the next coach at UK
by BBallSophist on Mar 26, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
i agree but
he would not be at airport unless it was at the FBO….
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Awkward
for Billy G! No wonder he leaked the news!
by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Deja vu
Just like 2 years ago. I will believe it when I see it.
by DeadHeadCat on Mar 26, 2009 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Deja vu
Just like 2 years ago. I will believe it when I see it.
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions
if its laugh or cry
i laugh – gets me in trouble sometimes…
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I just heard
that they gave Billy D a signed Rick Pitino autobiography, a 3-day-pass fo the Ashley Judd “fun-zone” and 2 stands of Adolph Rupp’s preserved hair for good luck. That’s the ticket, that’s how they snagged him!!! I think it was more the Ashley Judd thing that Rupp’s hair, but who knows?
I thought I was in 2009 but obviously I’ve been dreaming and am still in 2007. Has KY hired a coach since Tubby bolted for Minnesota? I hear Billy D’s wife has been house shopping and hired a gardener already! This is craziness.. This rumor crap is giving me a headache. Excedrin anyone? lol
B. Mc
actually since we are out of the big dance
this is all a plot by our egomanical fan base to keep uk in the news during march — you know, the only bad publicity is NO publicity….
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Missouri is putting a beat down on Memphis....maybe Calipari will get fired ;-)
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He'd be my first choice.
But I think he’s the second choice behind Donovan
by BBallSophist on Mar 26, 2009 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
he was my first choice last go around and they wouldn't give him the time of day or so I heard
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
cal is perfect for memphis
not sure about lexington…..
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
You could say that about nearly every coach...
The more I learn about recruiting, the more I learn that no one is a boyscout. Cal isn’t worse than anyone else in the game.
by BBallSophist on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Reminds me of the scene in Stripes when bill murray is applying for the army:
Army Recruiter: Ever been conficted of a felony?
Bill Murray: Convicted? no….
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I think we should get
all wound up about this and get a new coach in here tonight before we go to bed. I would hate to have to sleep knowing that when I wake up in the morning UK Players won’t have anyone to lead them….TO CLASS?
Come on guys. Give them some time!
"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."
It is getting very hard to watch 2 ballgames and keep up with the latest rumor....I need an assitant
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
I know someone who MAY be looking for a job.
by Ken Howlett on Mar 26, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Travis Ford was interviewed today by Barnhart
MB-Travis,how many years of Head Coaching do you have?
TF- 12 years
MB-WOW,thats twice as many as BG
TF-Yes Sir,and that BG is a pussy and he made you buy out my UMass game
MB-Errr,uh
MB-If I offered you the job today,would you sign your contract?
TF-give me a pen
MB-here ya go,and Welcome new UK Head Coach!
TF-Thank you Sir.
MB-BTW,how many NCAA tournament games have you won in your vast career?
TF-One game,and that was with alot of Upperclassmen and 2 McD AA,just this year
MB-Welcome aboard!
MB-Oh, Travis,...one more thing, Jeannine Edwards is waiting outside for your first interview.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
hilarious
I need a Sea of Blue because I am surrounded by Tennessee orange!
by sleepytimetea on Mar 27, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions
oh, how depressing
I don’t know about the rest of you folks, but I feel like Barnhart and Todd better have some damn good reasoning behind this if it’s true. Some damn good reasoning as well as a damn fine replacement signed, sealed and delivered.
by whitechocolateshizzle on Mar 26, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions
Calipari, Donovine
Why would we want UF’s sloppy seconds? Im sorry, how many NCAA championships has Callipari won? This is a disgrace……
Cal, yes. Donovan, no. I can’t look at that hair for the foreseeable future. Wait, if that’s the criteria I’d better take Cal off the list as well. Shucks.
by whitechocolateshizzle on Mar 26, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions
im about done....
but IMO this is a lose lose situation…to me…UK basketball will NEVER be the same…good night folks..maybe i’ll see ya down the road.
Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!
Don't stop believing...
Its like I’m watching the last episode of the Sopranos…
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
remember how lackluster the ending was?
I need a Sea of Blue because I am surrounded by Tennessee orange!
by sleepytimetea on Mar 27, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed. Very anti climatic.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Duke getting a Big East beatdown.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
Great
I am going to have a crying 11 year old tomorrow when he finds out that his favorite team lost
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
Wait... wait... wait...
Your son’s favorite team is Duke?
My god… there truly are times I can understand infanticide…
(Okay… maybe not funny… but I’m tired and my vision is blurry… I’ll post it anyways…)
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
how
the heck do you think I feel!! My CHILD who I carried for nine months…………..cries his eyes out everytime Duke loses in tourney………..at first it was a joke just to get at me now he loves (dare I say it) Duke as much as I love Kentucky. He is obsessed with them.
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
I'm thinkin' the Big East has proven themselves as a conference to this point.
…hope it continues.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
you'll be happy to know I predcited UofL to win it all in the preseason and still think so..;-((
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Plenty of room on the uofLOVETRAIN....woo...woooo!!
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
{was that just a little gay or what?}
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
no, but i do think you are trying to take advantage of us
at a vulnerable time……..
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I try to find something to grin about or even laugh at funerals...it can be good for the soul.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
check your sourgrapes at the door, sir.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
any bracket is a hard one.
I hope UofL keeps doing well.
JXClaytor on the 360
by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Heard an interview with a basketball guru on The Herd the other day
They said they talked to Greg Monroe about why he didn’t play for Duke and his response was “Their big man coach is Steve Wojochehowski. How am I supposed to learn and develop my game from a guy who used to play point guard?”
I thought it was a valid point.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
hilarious.
But ole’ Wojo is tough, dammit.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
"What's he doin' to Wojo! What's he doin' to Wojo!"
by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 26, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Ive got that game on VHS and watch it every now and then when I am down about UK
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NCAA tourney without UK stinks
but at least there’s no Billy Packer
by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 26, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions
he cried when Magloire stepped on him.
I need a Sea of Blue because I am surrounded by Tennessee orange!
by sleepytimetea on Mar 27, 2009 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions
That's funny.
Hey, I thought you didn’t have the internet at home? Drive to the office just to keep up with all this drama, did you?
Indeed I did
The TV wasn’t giving me anything new.
ROFL
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
Vince
This evening must be a “special” evening for some of that Knob Creek you mentioned earlier.
from KSR in regards to whas11
This was followed by a statement to WHAS 11 from UK saying the story of Gillispie being fired today is not true. WHAS 11 said that in their 11 pm story, but stuck with their report that he would not be back next season.
Sorry if this has been posted.
JXClaytor on the 360
I fear BIlly D
and really want BCG to be back.
I guess until I actually see a new coach, I am going to hold out hope
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by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
just like tubby was not fired
(disclaimer: Forty has made it clear that tubby left on his own)
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions
not being fired and not being back next season
are not mutually exclusive
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions
UK
said Billy G is not fired. However, WHAS still stands by their report that he is out.
A good story from Forde
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4018869&sportCat=ncb
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
yes - good read
maybe mitch (and not UK basketball per se) will take the brunt of the decision made by the comittee of one.
i did not want it to happen, but am also beginning feel a sense of relief – and dare i say, hopefulness….
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Name that movie:
I must admit I didn’t think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. That was my first impression of the man.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
Ah... Andy Dufrain
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
A real man's movie...not one solitary actress in the entire flick.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
on second thought...there may have been a woman in the grocery store.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
G.O.A.T.
One of my favorite all-time movies.
B. Mc
Hoboat
Billy D still deciding if he wants the job
On the bright side... I discovered Phineas and Ferb tonight with my girlfriend's 5 year old
Perry the Platypus is pretty badass if I do say so myself.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
my nephew loves that show
JXClaytor on the 360
by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not watching the game... did you mean he just got 2 technicals?
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
BREAKING NEWS
WHAS has retracted thier story about BG being out and have removed it from the WHAS website.
He may be in bed...but he AIN'T sleeping.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
I thought they just
retracted the part about him being FIRED but stood by the gone part…this is insane. I should really go to bed.
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 11:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Easy prediction...they will position it like it was a mutual decision. Not a firing.
'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'
thats what i said-
not being fired and not coaching next season are not mutually exclusive,
i think i have that right – oh my head hurts….
by memphis wildcat on Mar 26, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions
So confused... So tired...
Don’t want to go to bed yet…
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
That should read -- Lots of backtracking going on
by Ken Howlett on Mar 26, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions
UK needs to backtrack
Billy D said no-seen at Bluegrass field ready to depart. Cal said he wanted to come to UK at the half, but now that he is back in the game he changed his mind. Izzo said are you kidding me-get outta here. T Boone speaks for Travis and said I own his !@#$% ass=he is not going anywhere.
by blue oregon on Mar 27, 2009 12:03 AM EDT up reply actions
do not see anything
where it says it is retracted
JXClaytor on the 360
by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:53 PM EDT up reply actions
Let's face it...we won't know anything for sure until the presser
the back and forth rumors are just for fun or aggravation depending on you mood
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Sherman... set the WABAC machine for 2007...
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
If I don't hear a new one soon
I’m gonna have to go to sleep.
"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."
Hell, guess we'll have to start some
From the sublime:
“Arkansas and Kentucky to trade coaches”
To the ridiculous:
“Gillespie and Donovan to duel for head coach position – high noon in front of Memorial Hall”
OK
why haven’t we heard about this supposed press conference yet?
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
I'm getting my resume
polished up for tomorrow just in case something happens and there is a vacancy. I’ll be looking for a few good assistants. I hopefully already have a good statistician (Forty) and a good press man (Tru). I’ll be shopping around for my other staff though if anyone is interested.
Night All.
"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."
At this point UK fans
will believe just about anything. :)
"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."
Reporters are soulless
I can take on half time interviews for you
by blue oregon on Mar 27, 2009 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions
I want to be the "underage assistant with cool hair in their very first coaching job"
Got an opening for that?
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
My bracket just busted big time
Duke going down along with Memphis……..two of my final four teams!
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
OMG!!!
Coach K to be fired and goes to UK
(Where’s my razorblades, my wrist are crying for attention.)
I really would cut myself.
If that ever happened.
by stephensmith on Mar 27, 2009 12:12 AM EDT up reply actions
Mike Anderson's boys
has let memphis put up 52 points so far this half.
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Can someone confirm?
Which of these are true?
1) WHAS has explicitly retracted the story that BCG has been fired
2) WHAS has explicitly retracted the story that BCG will no longer be the coach
3) UK has issued a statement that “BCG has been fired” is not true
4) UK has issued a statement that “BCG will no longer be the coach” is not true
ahhhhh
I’m so confused. methinks I should go to bed
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 27, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
IF coach is fired and IF they do not have replacement lined up then Memphis losing makes this crazier
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
could it BE crazier?
All right, I’m done. Night guys! See y’all bright and early tomorrow when I’m “working.” If my work internet is down, or someone tries to get me to do actual work tomorrow, I will seriously break something.
by blue kentucky girl on Mar 27, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions
if it was 1 & 3
that’s not really big news. If it was 2 & 4, that’s much more interesting.
okay, on the KSR blog it says there was
"…a statement to WHAS 11 from UK saying the story of Gillispie being fired today is not true. WHAS 11 said that in their 11 pm story, but stuck with their report that he would not be back next season. "
Zozo (above) wrote that “WHAS has retracted thier story about BG being out " but it appears this should have read "being fired.”
Beyond that, I see no evidence anyone has retracted the story that he is gone.
Other than the fact that they removed it off their website
"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."
Here was the original link to the story from the top of the board
http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_090326_Top_Gillispie.74c3bf6f.html
"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."
Billy G
got a big whiff of what Mitch was cookin. Billy decided he had twisted long enough. Billy knows he gets 6 bills for the buy out, no matter what they call it. So Billy wasn’t officially fired. UK will declared a parting of ways-mutal agreement…blah,blah,blah.
by blue oregon on Mar 27, 2009 12:28 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't think there is any way that G leaves of his own accord.
That would be leaving 6 million over four years on the table.
by Ken Howlett on Mar 27, 2009 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
All right...
I guess I need to head home and go to bed as well…
I’ll be back in just a little over 6 hours…
What’s the over/under on post count by then? We’re over 400 already…
I say 1200 before I log back in at 7 am EST.
Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."
I love the game of semantics
whas says will not be back – uk says was not fired. both can be true…..
by memphis wildcat on Mar 27, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Alabama Sports radio show
…earlier tonight interviewed the Florida sports blogger who had reported BD to Lex.
(Paul Finebaum show / Kevin Brockway)
Brockway said:
“let’s begin by saying it is somewhat speculative but I had first heard on Tues from a source I consider reliable that there was some sort of verbal agreement between Billy [D] and Kentucky although I have since heard that that’s not necessarily the case at this point. But, what basically I do know is that obviously there was a plane that went from Gainesville to (I have since corrected it) "Mount Sterling” Kentucky, a private plane, and then went from there to South Bend, Indiana. And was Billy [D] on that plane? Was Mitch Barnhart on that plane? Who knows? But apparently it happened on Wednesday….I talked to an athletic department official today who said Billy Donovan is in the state of Florida, and he considered this to be all media speculation at this point."
you
never know but this makes sense as I keep hearing over and over again that Mitch would not fire Billy without having someone in mind. I don’t want Donovan at all. I think is he sooooooooooooo OVERRATED!
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
What makes you so sure he'd leave Florida?
Cannons... fire them.
www.BucEm.com - SBNation's home for discussion of all things regarding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A new nugget to chew on....props to Gobe Igbloo
Looks like they are airport watching as well
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In addition in the same article-the reports indicate that
Florida has positioned themselves to ask their former assistant coach Grant (current Coach at Virginia Commonwealth) who Alabama considers their #1 choice to hold off to see what happens with the Kentucky situation
by blue oregon on Mar 27, 2009 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions
I don't want to read that much into it....
but that tells me that UF may be a tad worried BD could make the move IF BCG is gone. I would think BD would tell them straight up that he was not interested if in fact he was not interested in UK. Again I am out-thinking myself…lol
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I just realized based on something I read elsewhere
anybody associated with the NIT could have been flying from Gainesville to South Bend that day.
by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 27, 2009 12:59 AM EDT up reply actions
did you actually have to read that somewhere to figure that out?
sorry – i am getting a bit punchy…. :)
by memphis wildcat on Mar 27, 2009 1:00 AM EDT up reply actions
How bad
does WHAS look on the infinitesimal chance that Billy is retained? It takes some onions to go to press with that story all the way from Louisville. Even Cutler passed on this one.
by The Lexpatriate on Mar 27, 2009 12:39 AM EDT reply actions
Can
we take Big Sky’s advice and start a new thread here…………my computer is fast but its getting harder to post these……Not sure why.
Also, on that WHAS story……..they said no scheduled press conference? Oh please tell me that they are not going to drag this out?
I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!
with Cal losing tonight, now they have 2 candidates.... :)
by memphis wildcat on Mar 27, 2009 12:58 AM EDT up reply actions
I am watching Cal's presser and just waiting to hear some Uk question and see his response...lol
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that would be classic
i bet his answer would make bcg’s half time interview with JE look tame…..
by memphis wildcat on Mar 27, 2009 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions
New....
New to the site, looks like I picked an interesting nigh to join.
welcome!!!
I need a Sea of Blue because I am surrounded by Tennessee orange!
by sleepytimetea on Mar 27, 2009 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
Getting late
Going to bed now……..will see what shakes in the morning.
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