Article on Forcier

[matt colvin]

Good read about our new coach. I like his attitude :thumbup:


http://media.www.kykernel.com/media/storage/paper305/news/2007/07/12/Sports/New-Strength.Coach.Looks.To.Rebuild.Basketball.Teams.P ower-2923580.shtml

[CatFanInTheBathtub]

"If (head coach Billy) Gillispie tells me to stand on my head for four hours a day and that's going to help us win, that's what I'm going to do," Forcier said. "If he tells me to drink old milk and that's going to help us win, that's what I'm going to do."



awesome Todd Forcier quote #1. I do like that enthusiasm.

[lribookend]

[quote=CatFanInTheBathtub;305330]"If (head coach Billy) Gillispie tells me to stand on my head for four hours a day and that's going to help us win, that's what I'm going to do," Forcier said.

"If he tells me to drink old milk and that's going to help us win, that's what I'm going to do."

(Hmm....I bet that doesn't help his social life, though).

[lribookend]

"This is a place you have to win," he said. "The community expects it, the fans expect it, the players who played here in the past expect it. Everything around here, in my mind, is centered around winning."

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While there certainly are other things that are important, you have to agree that winning the right way is number one for the UK Basketball staff. Coaches who lose too often eventually end up unemployed, regardless of how many other nice traits they may possess.

[poodoo]

A UK official comments that Forcier's "ENTHUSIASM is contagious." I naturally like that! GO CATS! GO BILLY G!