Gimme Billy G says Gregg Doyel

[FCFS82]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10714809/2

"Best coach: John Calipari at Memphis has built the best program, and Rick Barnes isn't far behind. Tom Izzo has the ring. But if my house was on the line for 40 minutes of basketball, I'd want my house, and those 40 minutes, in the hands of Kentucky's Billy Gillispie."

Granted he is just talking about the South Region, but still...

:widcat:

[matt colvin]

:thumbup: Sounds good.

[CowboyCentralKy]

Its cool to see an ackowledgement of Billy G's instiable appetite to win..............

Thanks for the post. I hadn't seen that.

[KY Native in IN]

WOW...i have to agree with him, i'd take Coach G over 'em all

[BowlingGreenUKGrad]

Regardless of how many nice things he says about our coach, it doesn't change the fact that Gregg Doyle is a hack.

[jh4uk]

no clue who that guy is but :shrug1:... go cats!!!

[Will Lavender]

Regardless of how many nice things he says about our coach, it doesn't change the fact that Gregg Doyle is a hack.

Yep. Same guy I heard on the radio once telling jokes about Kelenna Azubuike's dad and referring to Woo and Shagari as "fourteen feet of stink." Not cool.

[KCKUKFan]

Yep. Same guy I heard on the radio once telling jokes about Kelenna Azubuike's dad and referring to Woo and Shagari as "fourteen feet of stink." Not cool.

Certainly not classy and definitely inappropriate, but shards of truth???

Anyway, Doyel has been saying great things about Billy since he came to UK. Glad some of the national media sees what I've been seeing for nearly a year now.

[ChrisB60]

Atleast Doyel is recognizing where things are about to change... I like his truth and honesty.

[gatorhator1]

I have never heard him on the radio. Can anyone tell me what station he is on so i could listen to him talk about Billy G?

[JWORLD]

Regardless of how many nice things he says about our coach, it doesn't change the fact that Gregg Doyle is a hack.
:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

No since of Doyle getting on the bandwagon now:tongue3::tongue3::tongue3:

[Mark Blueblood]

I have never heard him on the radio. Can anyone tell me what station he is on so i could listen to him talk about Billy G?

He was on 1530 AM "Homer" in Cincinnati, but because of budget cuts he was let go. (They probably have a listening audience - except for Kentucky games_ of about 37 people.

Another Cincinnati hack - Lance "Shotgun" McAllister - from the same station says he's starting to love Billy Gillespie.

Trust me - rare compliments from the Cincinnati crowd.

But anyway - yeah Doyell was down on somethings Kentucky, but he's bonkers about Gillespie. When BG was hired, he wrote in an article that Kentucky would win HUGE with Gillespie. Not big, he said - but HUGE. And, as I posted somewhere previously - he despises Pitino and Louvul.

[Doug Hardin]

Yep. Same guy I heard on the radio once telling jokes about Kelenna Azubuike's dad and referring to Woo and Shagari as "fourteen feet of stink." Not cool.

He was making these kind of comments, both about Azubuike's dad and about Woo, one day on Matt Jones' old radio show when Woo was in-studio as a guest. I'm not sure he made the "fourteen feet of stink" comment on that day, but he said some things along those lines.

[bump63]

http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/10714809/2

"Best coach: John Calipari at Memphis has built the best program, and Rick Barnes isn't far behind. Tom Izzo has the ring. But if my house was on the line for 40 minutes of basketball, I'd want my house, and those 40 minutes, in the hands of Kentucky's Billy Gillispie."

Granted he is just talking about the South Region, but still...

:widcat:

He also said this:

Best reputation: Only UCLA (11) has more NCAA titles than Kentucky (seven), and I don't see UCLA in this region, do you? So we're going with Kentucky, and if anybody has a problem with that, go to the message boards below, where your brethren can laugh at you.

[Will Lavender]

He was making these kind of comments, both about Azubuike's dad and about Woo, one day on Matt Jones' old radio show when Woo was in-studio as a guest. I'm not sure he made the "fourteen feet of stink" comment on that day, but he said some things along those lines.

That's where I heard it.

Turned my stomach. I mean, I have a pretty good sense of humor, but that's over the line. The Azubuike stuff especially is about as low as you can go. (He was making jokes about the case, not just discussing it.) I don't understand bringing up somebody else's misfortune on a public forum and then laughing about it as if it's funny. It takes a...special kind of individual to do something like that, I guess.

[Smarty Jones]

Gregg Doyel has gone from going out of his way to bash us to giving us a lot of good press lately. I can now say I really enjoy his writing.

[IAM4UK88]

I am not very concerned about who else admires our coach. I always keep my own counsel on such matters anyway. But it is nice to hear such accolades from other sources, even if they've said rotten things before.

[zachkyzach]

That's where I heard it.

Turned my stomach. I mean, I have a pretty good sense of humor, but that's over the line. The Azubuike stuff especially is about as low as you can go. (He was making jokes about the case, not just discussing it.) I don't understand bringing up somebody else's misfortune on a public forum and then laughing about it as if it's funny. It takes a...special kind of individual to do something like that, I guess.
You mean what a majority of stand-up comedy is?

[Doug Hardin]

That's where I heard it.

Turned my stomach. I mean, I have a pretty good sense of humor, but that's over the line. The Azubuike stuff especially is about as low as you can go. (He was making jokes about the case, not just discussing it.) I don't understand bringing up somebody else's misfortune on a public forum and then laughing about it as if it's funny. It takes a...special kind of individual to do something like that, I guess.

I guess you have to give Doyel some credit here, though "credit" means "credit for being pretty much the biggest jerk possible." One of the biggest criticisms of sports columnists like Doyel is that they wouldn't say the things they write to an athlete or coach's face. Granted they weren't physically face-to-face, but they were in an open line of communication. And if I remember correctly, Woo handled it all pretty well, challenging Doyel on some of what he said, especially the things about Kelenna's father, but being respectful (even though respect may not have been warranted).

[DCWildcat]

He also said this:

Best reputation: Only UCLA (11) has more NCAA titles than Kentucky (seven), and I don't see UCLA in this region, do you? So we're going with Kentucky, and if anybody has a problem with that, go to the message boards below, where your brethren can laugh at you.

That's gold.

[Dwight Schrute]

Doyel is an arse-hole, but the guy will rip anyone. He's not just ripping Kentucky; he's ripped Pitino and Coach K as well as Kelvin Sampson - three coaches that ESPN loves. I don't necessarily care for him, but he says what's on his mind, and you've got to respect him somewhat for that.

The Azubuike crack was over the line, though.

[poodoo]

Yep. Same guy I heard on the radio once telling jokes about Kelenna Azubuike's dad and referring to Woo and Shagari as "fourteen feet of stink." Not cool.

I had not known that, Will. Frankly, that's enough for me.

Sure, I LIKE what Doyel says about Coach here, but that does not mean Doyel has won any respect from me. For an EXTREME example (and I normally detest extremes:icon_mrgreen:), merely to make the point, a cold murderer could say these same words about our coach. I would only praise the actual words. I wouldn't jump on the speaker's bandwagon merely because of sharing his opinion on our coach.

Jay Bilas came to mind when I read your post. I have NOT liked what Bilas has been saying. Yet, honestly, I cannot see Bilas' making comments remotely to the level of what you just shared. No, I'm not on Bilas' bandwagon, either, BUT he won my overall respect a long while ago and still has it, even with his not showing his usual fairness in recent months. Also, notice that Doyel had touted Gillispie from the start and is liking being right. Meanwhile Bilas did not seem to like that he had been wrong about saying the Cats wouldn't make the Big Dance, and he kept sticking to his way of thinking all the way through the Selection Show. I just think that's interesting. :)

Most of all, I agree, Will. That's not being cool on Doyel's part. That's TRYING to be cool, big difference. I love jokes WHEN they are not at another's expense to the point of being hurtful. I see no way to condone Doyel's Azubuike jokes, in particular. PERHAPS Doyel had been teasing Woo while actually respecting him, since Woo was actually in the studio. That's doubtful, but I'm trying to give him the benefit of the doubt on that, as I didn't hear the show myself. Yes, I LOVE Doyel's words. :)