He's gone and I'm glad. Weird things were going on behind the scenes with Billy Gillispie. Based on everything I have read, heard and seen in the past few weeks, UK's administration did the right thing by cutting their losses now. Why did they let him go?Crazy Billy - His players no longer respected him or enjoyed playing for him. He would treat his players like dirt one minute and then praise them the next. All coaches do this to a certain extent - Billy took it too far. He insisted Miller play through a possible concussion in practice, ran Patterson until his feet bled, left Miller behind on the way to the SEC tourney (His parents had to get him there) threatened to kick Jodie Meeks off the team and told him (the #6 scorer in the country) not to shoot. He snubbed boosters, and important advertisers, said he was not an ambassador for the university, and is rumored by several people to be found drunk in public. He also embarrassed UK with his stupid halftime antics with ESPN reporters and insulted Tom Leach (UK's play by play guy) on the air. Not to mention he lost to Gardner-Webb, VMI and other lowly teams at home.
Good Billy - signed autographs for fans, gave some money to charity, teared up when talking about UK's tradition and seemed like a good ole boy.
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well we definitely know it's not Billy D. since he said no AGAIN!
i think it was the right call as well. i was so pumped when he came to lexington two short years ago, but he somehow managed to turn so many people off.
he said the right things at his press conferene this morning, but i had a hard time believing most of it.
this is the first time i've posted on your blog, but please know that i do enjoy reading it!
Just because these coaches say they're "not interested" doesn't mean they're not interested. They say "not interested" just in case any negotiations breakdown, it doesn't impact their programs or new recruits.
Thanks Matt. I actually have thousands who read but may not comment. (yeah right)
Good to hear from you. Please comment away.
Florida must have Billy D in a vice grip, cause they almost immediately (D then School) said he wasn't going. Talk radio here had him pretty much the man and going. From what I hear on Gillespie the players were ready to mutiny.
Glad to see your readership expanding....
I really hope Mitch takes his time on this one.
And I hope he can handle getting turned down enough to come up with a better package and ask again, if it comes to that.
I'm shocked. I thought for sure he'd be around at least one more year. Didn't know about the "craziness". That could hurt him finding future work with the "big boys". Of course, he's probably set for life as it is . . . Wait. Is he still getting paid millions even after not doing a good job? How could that be?
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