With former UK head basketball coach Billy Gillispie entering rehab at the John Lucas Center in Houston a lot of questions are going to be floated. EDITED 9-9 @ 9:00PM.

Former coach Billy Gillispie has entered rehab in Houston at a facility which specializes in handling sports figures and coaches and the stresses they face which are different from those which the general public might face. A lot of people are going to make jokes, a lot of people are going to say "I told you so!". Resist the urge. Bite your tongue. Keep them to yourself. There is a time for everything in this crazy world, and there will be a time, hopefully, when Billy Gillispie can look back at all of this and be able to chuckle about how things were. This is not the time. This is the time when well-wishing and e-mails, and comments should all be positive and directed towards the man getting the help he needs.

Anyone who has ever witnessed alcoholism first hand will tell you that there will be a lot of soul-searching,a lot of self-examination, and a lot of pain involved with his recovery. The man does not need snide comments, cute remarks, and insensitive blogging directed at every mistake he has ever made. We of the Big Blue Nation have been labeled as a group of loud-mouthed incessant boors by the general public, and that is stating it lightly. We need to rise above all of the normal nonsense and show that we not only have heart, but we understand that anyone can fall prey to the stress and strain of living your life under a microscope and trying to carve out a place in this world of sports. UK would be a tough job for anyone who had everything go right. Coach Gillispie had a few things go wrong. Maybe now we can all understand what may have contributed to that and wish the man well in his recovery and his struggle to get back to where he once was.

Admitting failure is never easy. Admitting you have a dependency problem is a nightmare.The man is going to see enough grief. Let's not have any of it come from us. We have had enough shots at him already. This is not a Cats jersey being sent to someone, this is not a loss in a tournament game. This is a man's life we are talking about here. Let us handle it, and ourselves accordingly.

Best wishes Coach, hope to see you back out there soon. Everyone deserves another chance, make the most of yours.

Note: as of 9:00pm on Sept 9, a story is now being generated that Coach Gillispie is only "considering" checking into rehab, and has not yet entered as was previously reported. I would say this is just a lot of blogger's nonsense, but Gillispie's attorney representing him in the DUI matter will not confirm that he has checked in. This could prove to be a big mistake if indeed the man has a problem with alcoholism.