is the Tier 1’s are already saying no, but as I said earlier……..Billy G said he was staying at Texas too. I once said that JP would be a good hire……..I take that back now. I will say that we all need to think heavily about hiring JP or Travis. Its nostalgic to think about hiring them but I think it will further divided BBN if things don’t work out or go as fast as we want them to and the last thing I want to do is to give bad feelings to these two names..

I think that we will get someone that we won’t know that well but will be proven. Just my gut

anyone talk or see the whole Rece Davis/ and Hubert debate last night on ESPN? OH MY GOSH! Rece Davis is my new favorite on ESPN. He took Hubert to the mat last night on his comments about UK.

Would be Villanova’s Jay Wright. Obviously based on comments and his current ongoing success in the tourney, I think he’s a pipe dream. He has coached very different style teams based on the personnel he had at hand, which is something I think good coaches do and was a short-coming of Gillespie. But I like Wright based on age, coaching success, demeanor, etc. I generally have always come away immensely impressed with him.

I am not saying he would be my choice but 2 weeks ago would anyone have even thought of him as a possible replacement? He certainly coaches basketball at a break-neck pace.

if we wanted say something private to you……how do we do that?

In today’s press conference, Gillispie made it sound as if the current players plan to come back. I find that hard to be true, but of course if it is true, then that would be amazing considering the circumstances.

I wish that the players were allowed to speak (not saying they aren’t), and voice their feelings about the situation.

Really had an opportunity to prove himself? He seems to have improved every school he’s been at. Seems to me that OSU is the first place he’s actually been that he could prove what he was capable of and taking this team to the second round wasn’t a bad accomplishment.

I think he’s gonna be a good coach. Hope we consider him if all the tier 1 and 2 people fall through.

do we have to look at that cardinal avatar?

anyone heard from Tink?

anyone heard from Tink?

stansbury and jordan…..no way they even get an eyelash batted their way.

sure would make the ladies stand up and take notice,plus He can coach.

that dickie v said on espn yesterday…one of the funniest things i have heard lately

(this is coming from a bama fan who understands high expectations)

What makes you guys think Petino, Cal or Donovan would leave their schools where they have had tremendous success at to come to UK?? IT’s not that i don’t think UK is a GREAT job and it’s obvious they can pay any amount of money. I remember when Alabama was looking there were some crazy names being thrown out before we hired Saban….sure we got the perfect guy for the job but only becuase he had failed in the pros….

Im sure you guys want those Tier 1 guys but the fact is they are there for a reason…not sure they would leave…

ALSO…why on earth would you want Petino back?? He stabbed yall in the back by leaving…then shot you in the face by going to U of L……im just shocked im seeing UK fans evening considering bringing him back?? THat would be like Bama bringing in Franchonie!!!

Can we hire an offensive minded coach this time. After watching Kentucky imitate Big 10 basketball for the last few years, I would like to see a team that knows how to shoot the ball from more than one position on the floor. Defense wins championships in football, but in college basketball, your defense only needs to be decent if your offense is strong.

we will probably never know the full extent of how coach G treated his players. If however he was the tyrant the KSR article is making him out to be then he absolutely deserved to go. No one and I mean NO ONE deserves such treatment at the hands of aa authority figure.

Calipari may turn kentucky basketball into a bunch of gangbanger type players who have a rough image. He seems to recruit thugs/gangbangers (not literally) who have lots of talent but no real intellect. He doesnt graduate many for whatever reason . I dont think that image is consistant with the kentucky brand.

Also, I believe that had mr. wildcat been there this year, things may have gone better, but after reading some of the anecdotal stories on KSR, I think that maybe it wouldnt have mattered.

One thing is clear to me, as kentucky moves forward, I think it’s imperative to have someone on the staff who has been around kentucky basketball, who can act like a guide in certain situations. Somebody like mr. wildcat. It would be cool to see Joe B. Hall do the equipment manager position and have Dan Issel on board somewhere as well. Kentucky will need to really manage their PR situation for a while to change around the perceptions that are currently plaguing our program.

I really feel like barnhart looks like a chode after the way he’s handled everything. He looks, sounds, acts really weak and wimpy. I bet CM could still take him on.

Barnhart has severely messed up.

I think that Pitino, Izzo, Donovan, and most of the Tier 1 guys will stayt right where they are. I don’t believe that Pitino will leave U of L., mostly because he’s already in Kentucky, and he’s already reaching a lot of success at Louisville, but hasn’t won the big dance…….yet. Izzo will stat at MSu forthe same reasons, as I also believe that Donovan will not come to UK, either. The only one that I see that may be a definite shot in the Tier 1 is John Calipari, and I believe, too, that he would come if offered for two reasons:

1. He’s friends with (or at least has a good relationships with) Rick Pitino, and the opportunity to live near him and coach at a school thatp lays him regularly would be welcome.

2. U.K .would be THE place for Calipari to cement his image — remake it, even — in College Basketball. He is basically in the same position that Pitino was in in 1989: Calipari’s taken a team to the dance, but never won the show. If he could do here what Pitino did — bring U.K. back to great glory — he would be viewed with a different light, I believe.

I don’t think U.K. would do well with any of the Tier 2 guys, in my opinion. None of them seem really up to the task, and I believe wth any of them, we’d be getting into a similar situation as we had with Coach G.

The Tier 3 guys all look a[[ealing simply because they all gre up in Kentucky, and two of them — Ford and Pelphrey — played at U.K., and know how bright the spotlight is. I do believe that both Pelphrey and Ford would come if asked. Stansbury, in the “Other” Category would come, as I believe Horn wuld, simply because they, too, grew up in Kentucky, and though not having played for U.K., would be well aware of the pressure surrounding the job.

In my opinion, U.K. ought to try Pelphrey or Calipari. I believe that either of these two would reshapoe the program and get it back to its winning ways.

Just my two cents’ worth…….