If you want an ex-Kentucky coach...

[buckmarkduck]

I brought him up on other Oregon boards and no one seemed to care. Two big positives about him, besides the fact he is an excellent coach. 1-He has taken two teams who the year before only won 7 games and 8 games and lead them both to 20+ wins the very next year. 2-No buyout needed!!!

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That guy can coach! I was really impressed with his A&M teams. That's crazy that there only giving him 2 years.

[maxduck]

Hmmmm, three different head coaching jobs in seven years. A couple of reprimands from the NCAA for pushing the envelope on recruiting.

Sort of sounds like the basketball equivalent of Rick Neuheisel.

[buckmarkduck]

If that's what you think, you may want to google him. In 7 years as a coach he took two programs who had been horrible the years before and turned them into 20 game winners. First at UTEP then at Texas A&M, who had not even been ranked in the top 25 in over 25yrs and all he did was in his very first year there he won 22 games, a year after they only won 8 games. Then the next 2 years he took them to the NCAA and got them ranked as high as #7.

He has also been a 3 time conference coach of the year. I don't pretend to know who UO wants as coach but this is a Coach who I would be happy to have at UO.

[maxduck]

If that's what you think, you may want to google him. In 7 years as a coach he took two programs who had been horrible the years before and turned them into 20 game winners. First at UTEP then at Texas A&M, who had not even been ranked in the top 25 in over 25yrs and all he did was in his very first year there he won 22 games, a year after they only won 8 games. Then the next 2 years he took them to the NCAA and got them ranked as high as #7.

He has also been a 3 time conference coach of the year. I don't pretend to know who UO wants as coach but this is a Coach who I would be happy to have at UO.

Kentucky also failed to qualify for the Dance this year despite a NBA potential lottery pick and a second rounder on his roster. If fans point to Oregon being 'one and done' last year as proof that Ernie should be fired what does it say about Billy Gillespie?

Rumors have him alienating major boosters and having lots of off court baggage. Former KU players say he is in way over his head. http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9296 ... t-Kentucky

And for pure entertainment check how he handles the media. More rumors say he made a pass at the reporter and was turned down. http://www.themarchtomadness.com/2009/0 ... nnine.html

No, I don't want him.

[dthomas=ddixon]

If that's what you think, you may want to google him. In 7 years as a coach he took two programs who had been horrible the years before and turned them into 20 game winners. First at UTEP then at Texas A&M, who had not even been ranked in the top 25 in over 25yrs and all he did was in his very first year there he won 22 games, a year after they only won 8 games. Then the next 2 years he took them to the NCAA and got them ranked as high as #7.

He has also been a 3 time conference coach of the year. I don't pretend to know who UO wants as coach but this is a Coach who I would be happy to have at UO.

Kentucky also failed to qualify for the Dance this year despite a NBA potential lottery pick and a second rounder on his roster. If fans point to Oregon being 'one and done' last year as proof that Ernie should be fired what does it say about Billy Gillespie?

Rumors have him alienating major boosters and having lots of off court baggage. Former KU players say he is in way over his head. http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9296 ... t-Kentucky

And for pure entertainment check how he handles the media. More rumors say he made a pass at the reporter and was turned down. http://www.themarchtomadness.com/2009/0 ... nnine.html

No, I don't want him.

Rumors Rule!!!

[maxduck]

Gillespie didn't go from one of the brightest minds and best coaches in college basketball to a trainwreck in two years. Coaching at placed like Kentucky can be brutal.

This year, Kentucky had Jodie Meeks, who is AWESOME, and a pretty good inside presence inside with Patrick Patterson. Picture Arizona, only without Nick Wise. Where would Arizona be? Not in the Tournament. Kentucky was a 2-man team with a lot of filler. Much like Arizona, only even less so. Still, the man won 22 games.

Gillespie would be the greatest catch of all for Kilkenny. It's not going to happen, because he'll get picked up by another big school right away, but he blows the rest of the field away without debate.

Quick check on the Kentucky roster for this year. 1 five star and 6 4 star players according to Scout. Looks like a bit more than filler to me.

[dd10snoop28]

Gillispie sucks.

I wouldn't be surprised if some recruits left if we hired him.

[fpsduck]

Pass.

[Boom]

Gillispie sucks.

I wouldn't be surprised if some recruits left if we hired him.

If you think Gillispie sucks as a coach then you don't know basketball.

I think recruits would leave because we fired Kent and not because we hired Gillispie

[duckgrad99]

Just an FYI, Gillispie was fired today.

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yup, think he's on Arizona's short list?

[alabamaduck]

yup, think he's on Arizona's short list?

Maybe UK will hire Kent!

[maxduck]

yup, think he's on Arizona's short list?

Probably not...

"Had Kentucky taken the time to carefully conduct its search, it might have learned that Gillispie's prickly personality and uneven moods made him poorly suited for the fishbowl existence of coaching the Wildcats. Even being a bachelor turned out to be a complicating factor, since everyone wanted to know Gillispie's personal business. And because the coach was hardly a stay-at-home shrinking violet, the gossip mill churned at a hysterical pace."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/ ... ortCat=ncb