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flacat22
07-17-2007, 04:23 PM
http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10258249

" And it's no secret Billy Gillispie still has an opening on his staff at Kentucky, and I'll bet you an autographed picture of Ashley Judd that it's eventually filled with somebody from the summer circuit who just so happens to be connected to a talented prospect."

Does he have some inside knowledge or something that would make him single UK and Gillispie out and the context in which he puts it in the article aint exactly complimentary...

in a side note, good to see that some of these summer league players (thugs) are behaving...

The fight(s): I'm proud of the Gauchos, not because they won the Peach Jam but because they didn't publicly fight or propose a fight Sunday. It was a break from the norm.

On Thursday, some Gauchos got into a fight with each other at a local McDonald's (see what happens with you eliminate super sizing?), and three of them were sent home. On Friday, I'm told they behaved. But on Saturday I witnessed three other Gauchos about to jump a player from the Georgia Stars in the lobby of the Riverview Park Athletic Center. They were cursing and doing whatever it is tough/idiotic kids do, and the situation would have exploded had a high-major Division I coach not stepped in and demanded the three Gauchos walk away.

Their response? They started cursing the coach. So I was glad when the Gauchos won Sunday night, if only because I didn't want to see them angry. :icon_rolleyes:

matt colvin
07-17-2007, 04:27 PM
:icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes::icon_rolleyes: Goes on to say he's chose the wrong profession, should have been hustling players.

Remember what Bobby Knight said about reporters, just a couple steps above prostitution??? He was talking about this type of guy.

DCWildcat
07-17-2007, 04:35 PM
Don't know how much he's really insinuating, looks like he's just laying it all there on the table.

In the context of the previous sentences, I don't think he's really targetting Gillispie specifically because of Gillispie's character--more just picking him because he's got an open assistant's slot. But it's not right to make that kind of "accusation" with no evidence to support it.

AAU basketball is a dirty, dirty business. It's about time someone makes a big book or film sports documentary, covering not just the sports but the political, economic, and social context behind it, in a similar vein to Friday Night Lights or The Last Shot. Lavender, I summon you.

flacat22
07-17-2007, 04:41 PM
we CERTAINLY cant be the only program with an assistant coach vacancy just curious as to why he chose BG....

Will Lavender
07-17-2007, 04:43 PM
Parrish may be right, but every candidate I've heard for the job has been an assistant at the college or the pro level.

DCWildcat
07-17-2007, 04:44 PM
We're probably not, but we are definitely the most public. Course, he may have picked us for other reasons. Imo, Parrish is usually a pretty fair writer toward UK, and most of his poorer stuff comes from his desperate lack of basketball knowledge and his journalistic propensity toward exaggeration.

Mark Blueblood
07-17-2007, 05:02 PM
Uhhh...what's his point??

Coaches do it all the time. Hey - I know I sure would!!

Has he shown us anything unethical about the practice??

flacat22
07-17-2007, 05:21 PM
you would think he would be more concerned with the behavior of these future "student-athletes" cursing at the coach rather than rumor mongering...seems to me THATS the REAL problem and he stops short (barely) of glorifying their behavior...

Mr. T
07-17-2007, 05:33 PM
Like I have said before... Parrish is a wanker.