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John Calipari -- Myth, Legend and Fact
Over and over again, we have seen and heard commentary from sportswriters, opinion writers and broadcast journalists and editorial boards about John Calipari's fitness to become the 22nd Men's Head Basketball Coach at the University of Kentucky. As we all know, everyone who is anyone has some kind...
Coach Calipari Meets the Big Blue Nation
I hope all of you got to listen to the coach's call-in show last night at 6:00, because if you didn't you really missed a treat. Unfortunately, UK Athletics does not have the program up on its website yet, so those of you who did not hear it live will have to wait for it to be posted, and as soon...
Gillispie Era Over at UK
ESPN, multiple local sources reporting Billy Gillispie will not be back as the coach at Kentucky. The Herald-Leader reporting an 18-minute meeting took place between Gillispie, UK President Lee Todd and others at the President's mansion on campus, after which Gillispie was seen getting into a...
Moderation and The Fringe
One of the principal reasons I started this blog, and its predecessor on Blogspot, was to give voice to the thoughtful Kentucky contingent I was sure was out there lurking silently, reading and posting reasoned accounts of truth to fanaticism in the era of the Great Tubby Debate. For the most...
How Tubby Smith Came to Minnesota
Very enlightening article here about how UK and Tubby Smith parted ways. I'm not real intersted in this as a UK bashing exercise, but instead as a way to possibly understand why (I believe anyway) Tubby is here probably for the duration of his career. Tubby Smith began thinking about an exit...
The Perils of Profligacy
I openly admit to being overly harsh at times on the Big Blue Nation. Unrealistic, even. Maybe it's that I expect more from my brethren, the way an older brother always does to his younger siblings. Pretension, too? Sure, I'd buy that. But without excusing the miserable season we are witnessing...
Liggins Speaks
Clearly frustrated but saying he's sticking it out, DeAndre Liggins -- the coltish, talented but erratic freshman point forward for the Cats, spoke to Larry Vaught recently: Liggins' Tough Season ...
Being 'Coach' vs. Coach-ing
"He was a commander at the position," the UK coach said. "That’s the best we’ve seen, maybe, in the two years I’ve been here." Liggins provided "an offensive and defensive presence we probably had not had in two years for a good portion of the time," Gillispie said. I've now read...
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