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02-09-2008, 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96  It repulses me that we have reached a time where a coach can't have a few drinks and a 24 year old girlfriend. Damn puritans. | If UK wins the national championship, Gillispie can do cocaine and have a 17-year-old girlfriend. Until he pulls that off, though, he needs to behave himself. | 
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02-09-2008, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Jefw Would KY want an older Knight? | No way. Knight was a retread at Texas Tech. His style of coaching burned out a long time ago. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lexvol It would not be prudent to ditch Billy Clyde. | Agree. Quote:
Originally Posted by BruceAlmighty19 I could care less about the girlfriend, but if a coach can't control his drinking then that's something 99% of universities won't tolerate, especially from a 1st year coach at a program with the profile of Kentucky. | I agree. UK has very stringent alcohol policies for scholar athletes. The coach should set the example, not be the exception. He's getting paid enough to be that example. At least if he's gonna abuse, do it in the privacy of his own home. Quote:
Originally Posted by rexvol
He also said that the main focus of the coaching search would be John Calipari. | I just can't see how Calipari would ever be a good fit for UK. He has some recruiting history issues that don't mix well given UK's recruiting practices in the past.
Barnhart, however, does have the student athlete first at his heart. While he was longsuffering with Rich Brooks' on the field performance, he saw a man who was building the program the right way. BCG may not be doing that. I don't know, really. We're dealing with rumor and innuendo. But a 1-year tenure HC for BB at UK would be unprecedented. That hasn't happened at UK since 1927.
I'll tell you one thing- UK may not be on par with Tennessee this year, but they are turning a corner.
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02-09-2008, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol They looked awful squaeking by Auburn the other night. | Let's see UT cruise on all cylinders without Lofton.
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02-09-2008, 09:20 AM
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| given the history of UK and they're basketball insanity, then I have to believe it's possible that they keep him no matter what he does short of murder | |
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02-09-2008, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RockyTopVol I don't think this would ever happen. Knight has a deep hatred for the UK basketball program. | He had a deep hatred for Joe B. Hall and the way the UK program was run under Hall and Eddie Sutton. Knight despises all cheaters, and he relished beating teams that he knew were cheating.
He made his peace with UK once they started making an effort to abide by the rules. Lou Henson at Illinois was another example of this. They started out as friends, then Illinois started cheating and they feuded for years. When Illinois stopped cheating, Knight made peace. | |
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02-10-2008, 09:31 AM
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| Knight likes to consider himself bigger than the program...no way he could make it at KY | |
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02-10-2008, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by rexvol Knight likes to consider himself bigger than the program...no way he could make it at KY | Yeah, because we all remember how an egomaniac like Rick Pitino failed so miserably in Lexington. | |
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02-10-2008, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 Yeah, because we all remember how an egomaniac like Rick Pitino failed so miserably in Lexington. | 
Isn't that the truth. Kentucky was the perfect place to. The fed that ego until he was so full he had to go back to the NBA.  | |
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02-12-2008, 12:14 PM
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I am a paying member of CatsPause. You are not telling the truth if you say you copied and pasted from there. Show me the link - if not, I wonder why you cannot tell the truth! | |
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02-12-2008, 12:43 PM
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Originally Posted by pricevol5 | that was hilarious.....high 5 for posting that one.
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02-16-2008, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by hatvol96 Yeah, because we all remember how an egomaniac like Rick Pitino failed so miserably in Lexington. | RP had style and I think that fits right in with the Derby bluebloods, whereas Knight just crass. Big difference. | |
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02-17-2008, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rexvol RP had style and I think that fits right in with the Derby bluebloods, whereas Knight just crass. Big difference. | I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Knight is more than crass. | |
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02-17-2008, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Knight is more than crass. | couple that with the fact that he gets zero style points..it's time to let the sweater go Bobby. | |
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