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WHAS-11 is reporting that Gillispie is out

This 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.

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Dammit

I hope this isn’t true!

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think ...

 … that hope is in vain. WHAS would never live it down if they got this wrong.

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yep...

my liittle sis was correct…

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Hey

I live in the Ville,but despise the cards and their ignorant fans! LOL

Fire Mitch,not BCG!!!

by KYCATS77 on Mar 26, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh.

Yeah, after about 300 comments, they get a little stiff. :-)

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tru

MSM? Lee Todd leaked this report?

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mainstream media. :-)

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Poor tink....

We should probably all send her a “thinking of you” card. =(

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:27 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

So then is Donovan a done deal?

Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)

by NYCCats on Mar 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

I hope it's either

Donovan or Calipari….. Donovan is probably more likely though.

GBB!!!

by OGETARTS on Mar 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sandy is shrewd...;-)

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Calipari

Couyld youimagine some of the recruits that mioght follow him here?? He has a well stocked cubbard and is great recruiter … A chance to leave CUSA and finally get to big time college bball … could be the ticket -

by ukcris on Mar 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well...

That would allow me to keep my “In Billy we trust” shirt…

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What about the recruits?

Does anyone have a link to an article about any comments about their status if Gillispie leaves?

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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)

by NYCCats on Mar 26, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

amy=may

Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)

by NYCCats on Mar 26, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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 Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Crud

for Billy if this is confirmed. Maybe he got tired of all the @#$% and leaked it himself

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Good call.

If I was him…I’d do it.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Positive thought:

Duke is getting beat.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 10:32 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

oh, is there

actual basketball being played tonight? : )

by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 10:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please if you must.....

refer to them as PUKE =)

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I don't think so.

I would put the odds at less that one percent.

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Standard

is now moved to one season

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by maysvilleblue on Mar 26, 2009 10:34 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

right

That IS strange……is it not? ugh.

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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)

by NYCCats on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

<— Is still fairly fresh to the relationship

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

it's actually pointing to my car outside

if you wanna be technical about it

by uk1982 on Mar 27, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

CRAP!

How am I gonna sleep tonight?

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!!!

by OGETARTS on Mar 26, 2009 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Hoping

They give BCG at least one more year.Maybe just wishful thinking.

Fire Mitch,not BCG!!!

by KYCATS77 on Mar 26, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Jay Wright

Might be better than Donavon, Calipari, or Ford.

"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"

by iam4ukintn on Mar 26, 2009 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

"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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Any Chance?

Any chance that maybe Barnhart will be gone too? I think he is the root of all evil.

by teech62 on Mar 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

No.

Too much carnage. If he is on the block, it will be later.

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just don't go after Bruce Pearl!

He’s our shirtless wonder!

/ducks bricks thrown by UK fans…

by Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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 Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Believe me

If they have fired Coach G, they would Never want Pearl.

by kykat51 on Mar 26, 2009 10:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Heh. :-)

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Still nothing out of Lexington...

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

that baffles me

it REALLY does……

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

maybe Lil' rick leaked it...hum

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ridiculous

If it’s true. 2 years?

by jwnky on Mar 26, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

There better be some 'splainin to do Lucy

Mitch and Todd better get on their thinking hats for this one.

by jwnky on Mar 26, 2009 10:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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"

by iam4ukintn on Mar 26, 2009 10:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

they are rollin

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 10:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Indeed. Looks like Calipari will be available really soon if UK wants....

…. contact him about the head coaching position. :-)

GBB!!!

by OGETARTS on Mar 26, 2009 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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"

by iam4ukintn on Mar 26, 2009 10:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by beef10 on Mar 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

And I was just agreeing with you guys..

and stating as to why Cal woudn’t leave. lol

B. Mc

by beef10 on Mar 26, 2009 11:02 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Chicken @#$%

Report. No details until Friday.

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 10:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

If the WHAS report is true.....

does the BBN stay split into two factions, split into three, or reunite under the new coach?

by jpbluekat on Mar 26, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

AMEN

Fire Mitch,not BCG!!!

by KYCATS77 on Mar 26, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Simmer down now! ;-)

You’ll be back….you can’t resist!

;-)

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!!

by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Bad feeling

Why do I feel like I did after we lost in the finals of NCAA?

by teech62 on Mar 26, 2009 10:48 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

imo

UK sports will take a beating for a long long time over this……congrats rivials

Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!

by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 10:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Donovan

if he comes to UK, will he still be the “Golden Boy”. Remember we are hated by most of the national media.

by Bluegilla on Mar 27, 2009 8:02 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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 Hooper on Mar 26, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

smart***

I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Seriously...think about it.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I hope

your kidding :)

I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 10:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Mr. Wildcat...

is turning over in his grave :(

Hey Mitch, dont destroy Kentucky basketball!!

by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 10:52 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

On the bright side ...

… whatever the site record for daily hits was, we just tripled it.

Jeebus.

A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan

by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

congrats!

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well, not tripled.

Not yet. We had a lot more the last couple of days than I thought. :-)

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I found this site during the last change

So that makes sense

Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)

by NYCCats on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Thanks for reading.

Glad to have you with us.

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

yes tru............you are doing a good job with all this!

I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sleep

I don’t know if I will be able to sleep tonight.

by teech62 on Mar 26, 2009 10:54 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

me neither

I said that earlier also.

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Word is ...

… NC State is interested.

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by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

honestly

I hope that is what happends………He has taken a job somewhere else. I don’t want him fired.

I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

...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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

that would be insanity

doing the same thing twice, expecting different results (i SO stole that from somebody)

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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….

by jwnky on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

At this point

I`d take a press conference to announce a press conference…. :)

by String Music on Mar 26, 2009 10:57 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

haha...

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

That is possible.

As always, it is best to get as many facts as possible before drawing conclusions.

A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan

by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 11:04 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

lol

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:08 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Jealousy reveals itself in odd ways :)

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by beef10 on Mar 26, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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.

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:00 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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"

by iam4ukintn on Mar 26, 2009 11:01 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

WLEX 18

…Has nothing… lol

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Paducah

Paducah TV station is quoting the WHAS story and announced as their lead that BCG is out.

by teech62 on Mar 26, 2009 11:02 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

BGC

no change in lexington

by onemaco on Mar 26, 2009 11:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Well ...

… I’m off to bed. Up with the chickens at 4:00 AM.

< sigh >

A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan

by Truzenzuzex on Mar 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

thanx for all you rhard work dawg...

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Dammit

Lexington needs better sources….

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

so

WHAS was wrong? My head hurts

I don't care who is coach as long as Kentucky is Kentucky!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 11:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

whas is in louisville

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bill D.

Pooped on us last time

by onemaco on Mar 26, 2009 11:05 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think he pooped on Missouri's jerseys.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, that's gotta be the ugliest shade of yellow possible

Fire Barnhart (and publicly flog Todd, but he can stay, I guess)

by NYCCats on Mar 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Yellow?

That is not yellow.

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

mustard maybe

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Billy

out in Western Kentucky-still in Central Kentucky. Anyone check UK athletic web site

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol

it’s like a storm…. moving east….

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:07 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

uk website

Billy still listed as coach

by teech62 on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by uk1982 on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

They are all in the bunkers...no internet access.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Possible BIG news

It’s being reported that Donovan is in Lexington

GBB!!!

by OGETARTS on Mar 26, 2009 11:08 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

where ?

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

where..?

is it being reported…? and don’t say KRS

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lonny Demaree is reporting it

He’s a trusted source at Kentucky Sports Report

GBB!!!

by OGETARTS on Mar 26, 2009 11:10 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

agree lol

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

man

I suck as a fan I guess, I had no idea that site even existed :(

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Awkward

for Billy G! No wonder he leaked the news!

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:14 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

by beef10 on Mar 26, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

lol

Ain’t that the truth.

B. Mc

by beef10 on Mar 26, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

...yet.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

work

is a four letter word

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by ukpastor on Mar 26, 2009 11:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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!

by -Zoso- on Mar 26, 2009 11:20 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Calipari, Donovine

Why would we want UF’s sloppy seconds? Im sorry, how many NCAA championships has Callipari won? This is a disgrace……

by bigbluefan on Mar 26, 2009 11:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!!

by Magnoliacat on Mar 26, 2009 11:23 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

see ya in November

;-)

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Agreed. Very anti climatic.

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 7:10 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Duke getting a Big East beatdown.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

it's Puke...

and I love it…!!!

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:28 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 26, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

without a doubt...

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Plenty of room on the uofLOVETRAIN....woo...woooo!!

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

{was that just a little gay or what?}

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

check your sourgrapes at the door, sir.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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?

by BigSkyCat on Mar 26, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Vince

This evening must be a “special” evening for some of that Knob Creek you mentioned earlier.

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

a little.... but not much... lol

last night was rough….

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:35 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

UK

said Billy G is not fired. However, WHAS still stands by their report that he is out.

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Hey,

I just got out of a 2 year stint in a Peruvian jail. Any news about Ky basketball?

by hoboat33 on Mar 26, 2009 11:37 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sorry, just trying to lighten up what feels like a death watch.

by hoboat33 on Mar 26, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

okay, that was hilarious

by blue kentucky girl on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Shawshank ...good times

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah... Andy Dufrain

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What? Missouri jerseys?

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

G.O.A.T.

One of my favorite all-time movies.

B. Mc

by beef10 on Mar 26, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'll go with Kelly's Heroes

a million quotes in that movie, great cast

by hoboat33 on Mar 26, 2009 11:55 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

When I say VILLA you say NOVA

VILLA

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

NOVA?

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 26, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hoboat

Billy D still deciding if he wants the job

by blue oregon on Mar 26, 2009 11:39 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

mooooooom

phineas is making a title sequence!!!!!!!!!!

by uk1982 on Mar 27, 2009 6:38 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Calipari 2 T

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:42 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:43 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ah...

Thought maybe he had a midnight flight to Lexington to catch. ;-)

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BREAKING NEWS

WHAS has retracted thier story about BG being out and have removed it from the WHAS website.

by -Zoso- on Mar 26, 2009 11:46 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

This is getting ridiculous....

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

He may be in bed...but he AIN'T sleeping.

'..when they bring a knife, you bring a gun...that's the Chicago way..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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..'

by HozeKing on Mar 26, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

UK

has also issued a statement saying this is not true

by -Zoso- on Mar 26, 2009 11:47 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Stunning I know

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

LOL

…But youre right.

by stephensmith on Mar 26, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:49 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Memphis isnt done yet

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 26, 2009 11:50 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Sherman... set the WABAC machine for 2007...

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 26, 2009 11:59 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:00 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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”

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Just great

I was almost to the bed.

"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Remember

ASOB is a “reliable source”

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 27, 2009 12:01 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:04 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

At this point UK fans

will believe just about anything. :)

"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Only if you

are Jeanie Edwards trained.

"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh yeah

But you have to incessantly chew gum and yell all the time.

"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 27, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

yes it is

JXClaytor on the 360

by JoshuaClaytor on Mar 27, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

OMG!!!

Coach K to be fired and goes to UK

(Where’s my razorblades, my wrist are crying for attention.)

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

dude

it’d be like the L.A. riots in lexington lol

by uk1982 on Mar 27, 2009 6:40 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cal

Red eye to Bluegrass

by blue oregon on Mar 27, 2009 12:10 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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

by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 27, 2009 12:12 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

The answer is.....

Yes.

"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

1 & 3

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

5, definitely 5

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

if it was 1 & 3

that’s not really big news. If it was 2 & 4, that’s much more interesting.

by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 27, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Calipari & Coach K.

are now both available to talk with…

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

HAHAHA

Yeah Baby!

"Learned to love the Cats at a young age, via tape delay."

by ukpastor on Mar 27, 2009 12:18 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I would love to have a picture of it.

Thanks Puke for living down to my expectations and keeping that little corner of my bracket looking nice.

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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.

by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 27, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

Yes!,Yes!

Nova beats PUKE by 20 plus!!!

"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"

by iam4ukintn on Mar 27, 2009 12:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

lol...you may be right

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 27, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I've about had it.

Time for bedtime prayers for BCG.

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think

that we should probably start a new open thread. This one is getting r-e-a-l-l-y slow.

Ken? : )

by BigSkyCat on Mar 27, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Tomorrow will be a new a better a promising another day of Ky basketball

by hoboat33 on Mar 27, 2009 12:27 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wow...

Only 39 new comments this morning?!!?

Seriously?

Of course its difficult, its a shortcut... if it was easy it'd just be "the way."

by chirop1 on Mar 27, 2009 7:12 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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."

by Gobe Igbloo on Mar 27, 2009 12:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Great.

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 27, 2009 12:36 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 27, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What makes you so sure he'd leave Florida?

Cannons... fire them.

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by Craig T on Mar 27, 2009 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A new nugget to chew on....props to Gobe Igbloo

Looks like they are airport watching as well

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 27, 2009 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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

Slower Traffic Keep Right!

by SevenRings on Mar 27, 2009 12:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

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   0 recs

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!

by tenken on Mar 27, 2009 12:42 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Firefox works much faster then EI-7

Steelers fan 1st! UK is my 2nd love.

by vinceuk1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:45 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

New....

New to the site, looks like I picked an interesting nigh to join.

by tpolson1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:48 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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   0 recs

Getting late

Going to bed now……..will see what shakes in the morning.

by tpolson1 on Mar 27, 2009 12:53 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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