“How to Irritate an SEC Fan” was the funniest thing I have read in a long time……he was like Hoze….with a sense of humor…..and some sense…..I commented on Coach’s statements at Peach Jam yesterday, I hope that a few people now realize he doesnt care if he has one and done’s or not.

Does UK have any precedent concerning it’s position about the MOU? I know we hashed all of this out a while back, but I cannot remember ever getting an answer to that….

-I lived in Las Vegas from Oct. 2002 until May 2006. What brought me back to Louisville? The Chic -fil-A sandwich.

-The state is so flush with cash, why not spend 100 grand so one of the wealthiest sports programs in the country can weasel out of its obligations?

-I have a suggestion about what else Kragthorpe can do with that baseball bat (Hint: It involves the bat and his ass).

Wonder if the last chapter of Billy’s book will be about fleecing Twiddle Dum and Twiddle Dee? You’d think Barnhart would have sought out someone in a legal department to see if the MOU was binding and what you would have to do to void it without giving a way the farm to someone. Barnhart had to know early in the 2008-09 season he wasn’t going to cut it. After the ‘he doesn’t fit’ speech is hardly the time to look for answers. Barnhart didn’t fire him with out Todd’s approval, so why didn’t the President of the University, look into the matter also?
He probably looked into it about as much as he did the Calipari and Memphis mess. There was no blood showing so it can’t be that bad can it?

This does it every time.

I will TOTALLY buy one.

… your time and effort spent researching and providing daily links is sincerely appreciated by an ASoB reader. In this case, the reader being me.

Ever since local (and professional) sports writer Mark Story took a sloppy and LAZILY researched swipe at William Wesley in a late March article titled “Is Calipari the right guy for UK?” , placing WWW at the very top of his list of questions that Dr. Todd “better have asked” of Calipari before the hiring— I have looked forward to some follow ups from Story on the WWW front. After all, if Coach Cal’s ties to WWW is truly “the next big recruiting scandal waiting to explode”, as Story wonders if it might be, then surely a professional like Story has been digging around among his contacts and sources to follow up, and provide some ORIGINAL content, on such a monumentally important question. If not, then Story’s ominous warning about WWW could be taken as nothing more than a petty and lazy swipe at the new coach DISGUISED as a dire and important question that “better have been asked”.

Alas, as nothing ORIGINAL from the local professional sports writer appears to be on the horizon, I am really appreciative of a couple of the links that you have provided in the last couple of days. First, Tuesday’s “Which Set of Wildcats Will Land Gilchrist?” entry that in turn made reference to a very good article by Seth Davis, that shed at least a little light on WWW courtesy of Gilchrist’s mother and high school basketball coach; and then yesterday’s link to the SouthEastern Wildcat Review blog which makes an effort to fill in a fuller portrait of WWW than just ticking time bomb waiting to explode all over Big Blue Nation.

The point? That since the day one of my brothers first told me about ASoB several months ago, I have made it my habit to look here FIRST for all things concerning UK Basketball (and I’ll assume football as well as the season draws closer). And by first, I mean well BEFORE clicking on the Herald-Leader’s website. Blogs are succeeding in large part, we can all see, because they are really trying to work hard and succeed.

I have no idea how the WWW story will play out at UK— good or bad. But then, I am not a professionaly paid sports writer who has dubbed WWW as potentially the #1 reason to have passed on the Calipari hire. What I do know is that if a storm starts brewing on that front I don’t really expect the current roster of local professionals to be the ones out in front checking wind speeds and shaking sources. They will be at home waiting for the reports to be attached to ready made internet links— easily digestable in 30 minutes or less. A case of “See, I told you so!” made easy.

I am having somewhat mixed emotions as I watch the Herald-Leader slowly evaporate before our eyes (how many pages is it down to now?)—- but one group I will not miss when the final nail has been driven into the coffin are the local sports writers. Those guys have bullet-listed their way into irrelevance.

What a bunch of bologna. Sorry UK administration, you guys pretty much effed this whole thing up from the start with Billy G. You got money to pay Calapari, don’t ask the broke state to cover your losses.

I agree that no matter the cost, the state should not be paying for this. However, I can’t figure out how long this would be. Tru says “one month’s work” above, but the article quotes the following:

“The law firm’s contract is not to exceed $100,000 from June 23 to June 30, 2010.”

That’s one YEAR of work if I’m reading it as meaning June 23, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

I work for one of the larger and likely more expensive law firms in the state, and based on this case, $100,000 for one year’s work isn’t that bad (often these types of cases involving fraud, etc. can run anywhere from $20K to $50K/month from a defense standpoint). Fischer and Phillips’s rates in Texas are likely 1/4 more than ours here, so really $25K to $65K/month is realistic without a flat fee agreement.

Still, the taxpayers shouldn’t have to foot the bill.

That’s about all you can say.

If anyone thinks that UK owes billy G a cent for his services is out of there mind. He made what he made for his 2yrs and to expect anymore is immoral. The man had his chances to secure a payday for just this type of situation. It’s like any normal person trying to file for unemployement after being fired for not doing your job, it doesn’t happen this way people. Billy is responsibile for his actions and in my opinion, he should be made to cover all attorney fees after he gets made to look like a fool in front of the judge.

Welcome to the site. I noticed you joined recently. Hope you enjoy.

Very well kept & I like the fact there is no cursing, only well thought out conversations.

In the state of Kentucky you will NOT receive unemployment benefits if the company you work for releases you for negligence ( not sure if that is spelled correctly). I.E. Completion of daily tasks, arriving on time or miss use of company time or funds.. There is a difference between being fired and being laidoff! In my opinion and I speak for a great majority of BBN, when I say, billy g was neglecting to fullfill his end of the agreement. Which was like mitch said, more than wins & losses. He was in my opinion fired for negligence. Which does not constitute backpay!

This situation is so easily arguable from both sides of the fence. Has anyone had access to a copy of the agreement between uk & b.g. I would love to read it word for word.

Ive seen copies online. Cant remember where though.