Anyone see the Tipton Jab at BCG this morning?

[loomis1228]

Tipton can't just let it go. I think that he deep-down blames this year's season on BCG's toughness approach toward his players. Cornell (Ivy League) is not UK. There may be a basketball game that breaks out on the weekend for all the smart kids. UK--basketball is life.

Please see below and let me know what you think.

Player's injury, recovery gave coach new approach
'TOUGHNESS' RECONSIDERED AT CORNELL

By Jerry Tipton
JTIPTON@HERALD-LEADER.COM
Toughness, a quality Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie often extols, became something to ponder at Cornell two years ago.

Cornell, which will be in the same pod as UK this week in Anaheim, Calif., had lost at the buzzer to Columbia in January, 2006. The Big Red blew a nine-point lead in the final minutes.

"I was questioning our toughness," Coach Steve Donahue recalled on a teleconference Monday. "So we had a pretty intense practice."

It all went horribly wrong when sophomore guard Khaliq Gant dived for a loose ball. Two teammates hopped up from the pile of players. Gant lay motionless on the court. He had suffered a 50-percent dislocation of the C-4 and C-5 vertebrae. He had no movement from the neck down.

There's a happy ending. In a seven-hour operation, doctors removed a piece of bone from Gant's hip and used it to fuse together the vertebrae in his neck. He slowly began regaining movement after four months. Eight months after the accident, he was walking.

Now Gant is a member of the Cornell team. He serves as a manager, cheerleader, student coach and aide-de-camp. Only if you're aware of the accident might you notice he moves a bit slow on the left side or look to see the surgical scars on the front and back of his neck.

"There's a joy you have because the young man's life is normal," Donahue said. "It's a relief."

more here: http://www.kentucky.com/276/story/349891.html

[jkeller]

Another thing to ponder:

If Jerry Tipton says something and no one reads it, is anyone offended by it?

[Littlemeyer]

This is going beyond absurd.

That article (which is a good story, btw) could have been told and could have been just as effective without that first sentence: "Toughness, a quality Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie often extols, became something to ponder at Cornell two years ago."

Subtle. But a jab nonetheless. :thumbdn:

(Liked Bruce Pearl's comment though. "March has never been madder than it was in Atlanta.")

[KCKUKFan]

Tipton is a decent writer, but a poor sports columnist. Especially when his job is to write stories about his hometown team. The LHL can do better, and this article is yet another in a long line that prove it.

[JWORLD]

Maybe Vince McMahon could buy out the LHL so he could tell TIPTON,


"YOUR FIRED":tongue3::tongue3::tongue3::tongue3::tongue3:

[BALou]

His headlines alone are beginning to rival a cheap tabloid for misdirection as to the content in his articles. Most recently "NCAA Does Cat's Bidding"?

I can attest to the fact that if you stop reading him he does stop offending you. I've done it.

[Bombastic Blue]

Using tiptons logic..."Once an airplane crashed, therefore, noone should fly."

Ahhh...Yeah.

[bluecat406]

Maybe Vince McMahon could buy out the LHL so he could tell TIPTON,


"YOUR FIRED":tongue3::tongue3::tongue3::tongue3::tongue3:

Do you mean Donald Trump?

[AugustaDan]

At least he's stopped having a hidden agenda. Wow.

[BowlingGreenUKGrad]

His headlines alone are beginning to rival a cheap tabloid for misdirection as to the content in his articles. Most recently "NCAA Does Cat's Bidding"?

I can attest to the fact that if you stop reading him he does stop offending you. I've done it.

Writers don't write their own headlines. Headlines are written by copy editors.

[BALou]

Writers don't write their own headlines. Headlines are written by copy editors.

All you told me is that the copy editor is as much of a hack as Tipton, and that the LHL is riding the tabloid edge.

[UKcat]

What I don't understand is: why does the LHL keep him as their sports writer.........what's the connection?? Does daddy own the company or something??? Surely, they could do better.:shrug1:

[Bombastic Blue]

What I don't understand is: why does the LHL keep him as their sports writer.........what's the connection?? Does daddy own the company or something??? Surely, they could do better.:shrug1:

Because of THIS thread. The lhl sees all the turmoil that gets stirred up by that odious buffoon and says, "Hey, this guy is selling papers!" So they keep him on. Nevermind that his facts are thin at best. He's selling papers and this thread proves it.

Thanks a lot!

[Will Lavender]

I agree with Littlemeyer. That first line is...

Out there. And, yes, a low blow. Vintage Tipton.

I did NOT click the link, however, and I urge you to do the same. No clicks and the man may just ride off into the sunset.

[RP_McMurphy]

Who has long ago seen his best writing trying to make his name off the Kentucky coach and program. I won't click on anything he has or will write in the future. He has painted himself into this corner and should quietly retire and thank the Herald-Leader for letting him write his drivel.

[katfantoo]

I agree with Littlemeyer. That first line is...

Out there. And, yes, a low blow. Vintage Tipton.

I did NOT click the link, however, and I urge you to do the same. No clicks and the man may just ride off into the sunset.
ya think with his witty rhetoric hes' hopin for an invite to "around the horn" ????????
lol ;)

[Gunsmoke]

I'm sure that no top coach, or any coach for that matter, extolls the virtues of their players needing to be tough.:thumbdn: Tipton is a true dumb...

[Buck_Naked]

Tipton is a decent writer, but a poor sports columnist. Especially when his job is to write stories about his hometown team. The LHL can do better, and this article is yet another in a long line that prove it.

That's one man's opinion.

The biggest dilema the HL faces is that if they got rid of all their "hack" sportswriters, there'd be nothing left to read but linescores, AP-generated articles, and horse racing, NASCAR (ughh) and bowling news.

IMO, almost the entire lot (at least Story, Clay and Tipton anyway) are barely worthy of writing for anything but a sad rag like the Herald-Leader. In fairness I will give Chip Cosby, the football writer, some "props". He does a good job reporting, and keeps his personal feelings views to a bare minimum...as it should be.

[DCWildcat]

Wish the "ignore" button worked for Tipton

[BALou]

Wish the "ignore" button worked for Tipton

:icon_lol: :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

[poodoo]

This is going beyond absurd.

That article (which is a good story, btw) could have been told and could have been just as effective without that first sentence: "Toughness, a quality Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie often extols, became something to ponder at Cornell two years ago."

Subtle. But a jab nonetheless. :thumbdn:

(Liked Bruce Pearl's comment though. "March has never been madder than it was in Atlanta.")

:thumbdn::thumbdn: to Tipton. Sure, it's a jab. That's shameful, in my opinion, to share a story like that one and mention how Gillispie values toughness. Too, a person can even break his neck, unfortunately, merely walking down the stairs, Tipton. What are you thinking!!!

[JWORLD]

Folks, this Tipton guy really really really sucks. He's like a big thorn in the *** that just won't go away.:thumbdn::thumbdn::tongue3:

"Tipton, LET IT GO MAN LET IT GO"

[JWORLD]

Do you mean Donald Trump?


No! Vince..............