mitch-barnhart Stories - A Sea Of Blue
John Calipari: Delivering the Good Stuff
As the Big Blue Nation, those still awake anyway, rejoiced Wednesday night at the surprise signing of McDonald's All-America power forward Terrence Jones, I began counting. No, not counting the days until UK's 2010 Big Blue Madness or a much-anticipated Final Four, rather, counting the number of...
UK Basketball: Ever-Changing Expectations
Harken back, if you will, to March of 2009. Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart and UK President Lee Todd had just executed the much-anticipated termination of Billy Gillispie, a move both condoned and condemned around the blogosphere and newspapers covering the 'Cats. It was a decision...
Rich Brooks: Resolute Man About Town
Much has been written and said over the last four days about the sometimes tumultuous seven-year tenure of newly retired Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks. Most of the commentary has been complimentary of Brooks, citing the many "firsts" the program accomplished under his leadership. And...
UK Athletics: Director's Cup -- Is Mitch Barnhart Getting the Job Done?
The Director's Cup results for 2009 are out, and just as we did in 2007 (I somehow overlooked it in 2008), it is now possible to compare Kentucky's performance with others. As I did before, what I'll be doing here is comparing how rival schools have performed over the last five years compared with...
A year in the life ...
When Tru first approached me to become a front page author here at A Sea of Blue, I didn't hesitate. I've never told him this, but I had been waiting ... and waiting ... ever so patiently for him to ask me just that question -- "Would you like to join me on the front page?" Well, Sunday April...
UK Basketball: Breaking-Down the Meaning of C.A.L.I.P.A.R.I.
It's official -- Kentucky fans are in seventh heaven. I can't find a single UK fan that isn't elated with the selection of John Calipari as the next basketball coach at UK. He's the most dapper, charismatic stimulus package in the history of bail-outs; I have never seen/heard Kentucky fans so...
The Coach's Response and Looking Forward
Well, we have now heard Gillispie's side of the story, and it is pretty much what we would expect. I think the Big Blue Nation universally agrees that Gillispie did a good job, perhaps even the best job of his career, handling that media availability. He was no-nonsense, was as blunt and honest...
Billy Gillispie Out at Kentucky: Link Dump and What It Means to You
Billy Gillispie Out at Kentucky Billy Donovan Claims He Is Staying at Florida Anthony Grant Accepts Alabama Opening Darrin Horn's Reaction A Sea of Blue's Reaction Orestes Meeks's (Jodie Meeks's father) Thoughts Pat Forde: Blame Goes to Gillispie and Kentucky Both Unless you've been living...
UK Basketball: Accepting the Silence ... it will all be over soon
We are a microwave society. I don't think anyone will dispute that notion, but within the sub-culture that is the Big Blue Nation, we are a "supersonic" microwave society ... we want answers, and we want them yesterday. Well, it wasn't yesterday, it was at the SEC Tournament in Tampa two weeks...
The State of the Big Blue Nation is Restive
This is one of the most uneasy times I can remember in Kentucky basketball. As we watch the NCAA tournament that didn't include Kentucky for the first time since probation, and see the SEC out of the tournament by the first weekend, I can't escape the feeling that this has been the most...
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