Billy Donovan is staying at UF!

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

Florida's four juniors to enter NBA draft

Uh-oh- now they have to take a pay cut to leave the Gators and play in the league!

YOU are such a CYNIC!

[Pointg5]

Smart man, why deal with the insane, unrealistic Kentucky fans. I don't blame him one bit, the Kentucky job is not what it once was and their fans are rediculous. Maybe they will get some perspective, but I doubt it, they aren't too bright.

The best is the pre-game show for the UK games, they should put the callers on a CD and sell it as a comedy bit. Usually goes something like this, "Thanks Oscar, this is Billy Bob from Raccoon Holler, Tubby don't know how to coach, we need to run him out of here, Cats by 20 tonight" or the best one of all time is when one of the genuises stated that if they made more 3 point shots, they would score more points. I can't make this stuff up.

[pmayjr]

I told y'all so...

An about "Florida's four juniors to enter NBA draft"...

At least they're juniors there. At Duke, UNC, and a few other select schools (where Oden plays lol), it's where freshmen enter the NBA draft.

[ManilaRose]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Smart man, why deal with the insane, unrealistic Kentucky fans. I don't blame him one bit, the Kentucky job is not what it once was and their fans are rediculous. Maybe they will get some perspective, but I doubt it, they aren't too bright.

The best is the pre-game show for the UK games, they should put the callers on a CD and sell it as a comedy bit. Usually goes something like this, "Thanks Oscar, this is Billy Bob from Raccoon Holler, Tubby don't know how to coach, we need to run him out of here, Cats by 20 tonight" or the best one of all time is when one of the genuises stated that if they made more 3 point shots, they would score more points. I can't make this stuff up.

I happen to be a Kentucky fan and every fan base has nuts. We have more fans than most schools therefore we have more insane fans as well as more sane fans. It's simple math. By the way, I'm not one to give people suggestions unless they ask, but I'll make an exception for you.

#1-Before you say our fans "aren't too bright" you should be aware that rediculous isn't a word, however ridiculous is.

#2-When you refer to our fans as "genuises" in a sarcastic way you should also be aware that "genuises" isn't a word, however geniuses is.

Hope this clears things up a bit and allows you to look much less "rediculous" in the future.

[ManilaRose]

As for Cajun and the other Gator fans on here congratulations on keeping your man. You guys deserve to keep him and I wish Florida and Billy the best. Looks like Kentucky may have a Billy of our own in town tomorrow.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by ManilaRose

As for Cajun and the other Gator fans on here congratulations on keeping your man. You guys deserve to keep him and I wish Florida and Billy the best. Looks like Kentucky may have a Billy of our own in town tomorrow.

Thank you for the kind words. Good luck with your new coach.

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by ManilaRose

I happen to be a Kentucky fan and every fan base has nuts. We have more fans than most schools therefore we have more insane fans as well as more sane fans. It's simple math. By the way, I'm not one to give people suggestions unless they ask, but I'll make an exception for you.

#1-Before you say our fans "aren't too bright" you should be aware that rediculous isn't a word, however ridiculous is.

#2-When you refer to our fans as "genuises" in a sarcastic way you should also be aware that "genuises" isn't a word, however geniuses is.

Hope this clears things up a bit and allows you to look much less "rediculous" in the future.

Thanks for the clarification...

Mispelled words and bad grammer(or is it grammar) is a sure sign of a dumb person. and the person pointing it out must be a genius(thanks)...

That was a great source you had, 100% huh.


Face it, UK scared off a good coach and because of their insane fans with their feeling of self entitlement, they scared off Donovan. Now you are going to take Gillespie, he didn't recruit AC, he may be a good coach and things could turn out for UK, but it's a risk. And if UK is down to taking risks, it shows how low that program has dropped.

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Thanks for the clarification...

Mispelled words and bad grammer(or is it grammar) is a sure sign of a dumb person. and the person pointing it out must be a genius(thanks)...

That was a great source you had, 100% huh.


Face it, UK scared off a good coach and because of their insane fans with their feeling of self entitlement, they scared off Donovan. Now you are going to take Gillespie, he didn't recruit AC, he may be a good coach and things could turn out for UK, but it's a risk. And if UK is down to taking risks, it shows how low that program has dropped.

How was Donovan "scared off"?

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

How was Donovan "scared off"?

This is all speculation and this is all from the media, but here's how I believe it went down:

Local sports talk radio guy is a UK Grad and was the beat writer for UK for the Cincinnati Post, he's good friends with Mick Cronin(he didn't mention his source, but I would say this is straight from Cronin) and Cronin was Pitino's assistant at Louisville. He was told that Pitino did get involved in this with Donovan and basically told Donovan: "Look what those fans did to me after I left, look what they did to Tubby, you want them to do that to you" and while it wasn't the only reason he didn't take the job, the actions of the fans weighed heavily on it.

[whorstman]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

This is all speculation and this is all from the media, but here's how I believe it went down:

Local sports talk radio guy is a UK Grad and was the beat writer for UK for the Cincinnati Post, he's good friends with Mick Cronin(he didn't mention his source, but I would say this is straight from Cronin) and Cronin was Pitino's assistant at Louisville. He was told that Pitino did get involved in this with Donovan and basically told Donovan: "Look what those fans did to me after I left, look what they did to Tubby, you want them to do that to you" and while it wasn't the only reason he didn't take the job, the actions of the fans weighed heavily on it.

Dude, Pitino did the one thing that you do not do. He broke the hearts of many to bolt for the NBA in the middle of a historic run. Then, had the nuts to come back and coach the most hated rival of the blue. I would not be a bit suprised that he told Billy D that. Pitino is a used car salesmen that always down plays everything to make himself look like a genius. He probably also told him that it's not that bad coaching at a football school

My take is that I would have loved to have gotton Donovan to KY, but he really did have no earthly reason to do so. Now Billy Gillespie looks like a good hire. I think he will be motivated and the change will be refreshing.

On the subject of the UK fans, we are very passionate about our team, no doubt. But, go to Rupp Arena for a game and you will never, ever hear a boo that is directed at the team or coach. We stand behind our team no matter what. Even this season after losing 3 in a row and sleepwalking thru the game against LSU, the team did not get booed.

Anyway, the future looks good for the Big Blue and I'm happy with the Billy we got!

[KY_Sasquash]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Thanks for the clarification...

Mispelled words and bad grammer(or is it grammar) is a sure sign of a dumb person. and the person pointing it out must be a genius(thanks)...

That was a great source you had, 100% huh.


Face it, UK scared off a good coach and because of their insane fans with their feeling of self entitlement, they scared off Donovan. Now you are going to take Gillespie, he didn't recruit AC, he may be a good coach and things could turn out for UK, but it's a risk. And if UK is down to taking risks, it shows how low that program has dropped.

Didnt UK take a risk when they hired a young new yorker, i think his name was Rick Pitino. How'd that turn out? We didnt scare off Donovan, he didnt want leave a good thing that he created at Florida. More power to him. Just remember all of us UK fans that "arent too bright" include the owners of Claiborne Farm, Lane's End, Three Chimneys, etc.....maybe you should look in to taking over the horse industry.

[Pointg5]

Originally Posted by KY_Sasquash

Didnt UK take a risk when they hired a young new yorker, i think his name was Rick Pitino. How'd that turn out? We didnt scare off Donovan, he didnt want leave a good thing that he created at Florida. More power to him. Just remember all of us UK fans that "arent too bright" include the owners of Claiborne Farm, Lane's End, Three Chimneys, etc.....maybe you should look in to taking over the horse industry.

I don't know if I would have call it as big as risk as taking Gillespie, Pitino had a decent resume. Besides, UK was on probation, so they were a little desperate.

Heard on the radio today from a not too bright UK fan, it doesn't matter who coaches Kentucky, because we are Kentucky, well I guess he has a short memory, because Tubby didn't live up to his expectations.

[estreetposse]

my wife's 3rd cousin's best friend, she heard from her brother's sister in law's uncle whose son happens to be friends with the stepbrother of the waterboy for Eastside High School Basketball team that he overheard his sister's father(not his father) say that his Aunt's gynecologist bestest friend in the whole wide world heard from the bartender at the Ale House that...

BILLY WAS GOING NOWHERE!!!

[witchdoctor]

Originally Posted by Pointg5

Thanks for the clarification...

Mispelled words and bad grammer(or is it grammar) is a sure sign of a dumb person. and the person pointing it out must be a genius(thanks)...

That was a great source you had, 100% huh.


Face it, UK scared off a good coach and because of their insane fans with their feeling of self entitlement, they scared off Donovan. Now you are going to take Gillespie, he didn't recruit AC, he may be a good coach and things could turn out for UK, but it's a risk. And if UK is down to taking risks, it shows how low that program has dropped.

When Gillespe was working for Bill Self in Tulsa, he was the top recruiter on the staff. He also has a GREAT eye for talent. He was the guy that convinced Self to give Kevin Johnson who was all WAC for 2 years. Tulsa was the only one who recruited him. He also found a point gaurd (whose name I am blanking on) who turned out to be all WAC and Tulsa was the only school who recruited him. He can coach. Anyone that can win at Texas A and M, can win anywhere.