Joe Hall & Sam Bowie not allowed to coach in Kentucky Legends vs Dominican Republic National Team Exhibition
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DeWayne Peevy, who is an associate athletic director at UK, and is independently serving as spokesman for ProCamps, has confirmed that neither Joe B. Hall nor Sam Bowie will be allowed to coach the August 15 match-up between a group of former UK players, known as the Kentucky Legends, and the Dominican Republic National Team.
The University of Kentucky can have nothing whatsoever to do with the exhibition, although neither Bowie nor Hall have any official connection with UK, other than being considered boosters. Strange?
So strange in fact, that the NCAA is not allowing the team made up of former UK players to be called, "Kentucky Legends." Perhaps the NCAA would rather the name of the team be Bluegrass Legends. That would be much less of a recruiting advantage for John Calipari and his under-performing staff. Quoting the timeless John Lennon, "Strange days, indeed."
Since the NCAA isn't playing well with others, I've put together a ...
... list of candidates to coach the teams, and remember, the coaches can have no official/unofficial connection to UK: Larry Brown (NBA coaching legend, although his long-time friendship with John Calipari may preclude his candidacy), LeBron James (his short-time friendship with Cal may preclude his candidacy), Happy Osborne (Georgetown College head coach), Greg Mason (head coach at Centre College), Kelly Wells (former Mason County head man and current University of Pikeville head coach), Chris Renner (Ballard HS head coach), Bobby Keith (former Clay County head coach), Bill Mike Runyon (former Paintsville HS head coach), Jason Booher (Covington Holmes head coach, and former coach at Shelby Valley), Kerry Stovall (head coach at Christian County), and Bruce Pearl (c'mon, throw the old boy a bone).
Who you got?
UPDATE: There seems to be a ever growing groundswell of Big Blue support for Joe B. Hall after the NCAA denied him a chance to coach one more game. Chris Diggs, Courier-Journal UK blogger, has this visual image sent to him by our good friend, Fake Gimel Martinez. In addition, the Big O, Oscar Combs has issued this tweet, laying down the gauntlet at the feet of the NCAA.
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I think the choice is obvious.....
"Shut up brain or I'll poke you with a q-tip" - Homer Simpson
by slidemank on Jul 29, 2011 12:33 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
there ya go!! although I think he coaches the wrong sport.
by Ken Howlett on Jul 29, 2011 12:48 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL, I know.......
Still, you gotta love him!
"Shut up brain or I'll poke you with a q-tip" - Homer Simpson
That gets a rec from me - perfect!
Age is always advancing. And I believe it's up to no good. - Harry Dresden
Kerry Stovall!!!!
I played for him at West Hopkins High School and Dawson Springs High School. Very good coach and great person. What a year that would make for him. He wins his first state title and than gets to coach in this game. Yeah, Cal needs to make that happen.
How about the governor of Kentucky?
I don’t live in Kentucky and forgot his name.
I'm hoping the Governor is busy, but ...
the Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner is probably available and even knows some plays.
yeah, but
he’d charge the State for his hotel room and mileage. j/k, j/k….
No matter where you're at, there you are
I believe the NCAA is overstepping its authority on this one.
It is almost like every time Kentucky wants to do something that might be fun, the NCAA has to find a reason to squelch it. For the life of me, I cannot understand why they (it) would want to stop this game.
They are likely to make people so mad they will see pickets in front of their building. I will bet that the NCAA will be flamed on tv and on the internet.
I don't think Cal and Barnhart tried real hard on this one.
I’m sure they could have figured out a way to do this and even get it televised – I’m just thinking – Have the Dominican Republic team hire the promoters to provide a televised practice game against a team of out of work NBA players and hire a couple of retired coaches to sit the bench.That makes it a case of employment by an organization who isn’t under the thumb of the NCAA.
Current players, recruits and past players would have to buy tickets to attend the game and wouldn’t be able to be part of the festivities but a separate reception/party/rally could be held at a convenient time on campus away from Rupp and the game free to all current/prior students (non-students would have to pay a buck) celebrating the non-vacated wins of the basketball program and all that participated. Just a thought.
But I’m guessing UK has decided not to bait the NCAA: “The better part of valor is discretion in the which better part I have sav’d my life.” – Falstaff, Henry The Fourth, Part 1 Act 5, scene 4
That run-on sentence in the second paragraph should have read:
Current players, recruits and past players would have to buy tickets to attend the game and wouldn’t be able to be part of the festivities but a separate reception/party/rally could be held at a convenient time on campus away from Rupp and the game free to all current students (non-students would have to pay a buck) celebrating all the non-vacated wins of the basketball program and all the people who participated in them.
;-)
Oscar Combs has a suggestion
Coach Hall played at Kentucky. Bring him on as a player – and let him coach. I would be delighted if he walked up the court for a layup.
Bummer on all of this though. No television, especially. The game’s on a weekday and school will have started for the kids. There’s no way around that for me and probably for many folks.
I hope they go passive aggressive on NCAA’s tail end all night. Somebody bring a bull horn and yell “UK legend, wildcat great” every time a guy comes into the game.
Sell " Free Joe B" tee-shirts. :)
No matter where you're at, there you are
7:30 games fill Rupp on Tuesdays during the season
This Monday game will too. I suspect a quick sell-out. You know we love the older ’Cats too. ’-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
I'm down
with the “Free Joe B.” T-shirts. That’d be awesome. I wasn’t alive when Joe B. was coaching the Cats, and I was really looking forward to seeing him in action. Seems like such a nice guy, and I know he would have loved it. Kudos to Cal for thinking of him.
#FreeJoeB is trending all over Twitter.
As it should be.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Fault with the name too?
The coaches, tv, radio… ;-(
But the game still lives, for now at least. (fingers crossed)
FWIW, the pre-sale code just tweeted out by Cal. NATION
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Bruce?????????????
Value of a ticket just went down. ’-)
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Billy Clyde........Oh Wait.....he has a job again
I know……Dick Vitale……..!!! But he has to wear a gag and if he mentions Duke, he gets thrown out of the game.
Nick Nolte…..now there is an experienced coach, he beat Rick Pitino didn’t he?
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Jul 29, 2011 9:02 AM EDT reply actions
Ashley Judd
Those guys won’t need a coach. Calipari is going down, baby,. :)
No matter where you're at, there you are
I had a really inappropriate response all lined up....
…then I realized I wasn’t on Red Reporter…
Dayman, Fighter of the Nightman, Champion of the Sun
oh man, should have caught that
apologizes to the double entendre crowd. lol :) this is a pg-13 site, for which I am eternally grateful. and +1 on that Reds site…
No matter where you're at, there you are
Although I realize that "reason" and "the NCAA" don't go together very often...
I’d like to see them cite their reasons, chapter and verse from their by-laws, about why we can’t do this, mainly because I’d like to then see Glenn pick it apart meticulously, as he does so well. No, it won’t change the NCAA’s mind, but it’ll make me feel lots better.
King Rex
He’s been killing it on twitter from what I hear.
Happy Osborne
I would enjoy that. I went to Jim Reid camps growing up right around the time he was fairly ill, so Coach O ran the show. He was a great basketball coach with a great sense of humor.
Is Bibby still the coach at Eastern HS?
He coached Rondo there, I think they still keep in touch.
by DCBlueandWhite on Jul 29, 2011 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
As A Georgetown grad I would love for Hap to coach the team
Age is always advancing. And I believe it's up to no good. - Harry Dresden
Why Coach Hall and Sam Bowie-
Are not allowed to coach this game is just plain stupid. If neither is employed by the school, it just makes no sense… Maybe they could get Denny Crum…
"You are what you are and you ain't what you ain't"
The Perfect Metaphor
This decision, perhaps more than OSU, vacated wins, contradictory eligibility rulings, inconsistent standards and any of several others, is allegorically typical of the NCAA.
"Statistics are no substitute for judgment" — Henry Clay (my namesake)
Why do we need a coach?
Judging from the call-in shows and blogs, most of the state of Kentucky thinks they can coach better than anybody. Just put a phone on sidelines and have those guys phone in the plays.
That or Jerry Tipton. I’d like to see him try it for once.
My nomination?
Glenn and Ken from ASOB.
Imagine the posts we would get from that experience.
Can I get a second?
ok, but just because at this point I am so mad I would be willing to let my momma coach....lol!!!
I am now and shall forever be the Cat in The Hat, The Artist Formerly Known As ABC!!!
by Greg Alan Edwards on Jul 30, 2011 8:42 AM EDT up reply actions
New tweet from Cal
I’m proud to announce that Joe B. Hall has joined my Dominican team coaching staff. He will be with us at practice and the exhibition game.
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
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