Kentucky Sports Radio
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
[Moderated by Matt Jones]
This has ended up being one of the busier two-day periods from a news perspective that we have seen in some time. Much has been written everywhere about the Calipari news, but I still think long-term that the Billy Gillispie lawsuit will stay with us longer. Because of that, I thought it might be good to look back at a piece I wrote the day after Gillispie was let go from UK. It is a good refresher on why the Clyde era ended and how the lawsuit rubs some (including this guy) the wrong way:
So its now completely over. With his Saturday morning press conference in Lexington, the Billy Gillispie era ended for the Big Blue Nation. Its hard to know exactly how Gillispie will be noted in the grand history of UK basketball. This is a program that went nearly 45 years with two coaches and now has had 2 in three years. Of the six coaches in the modern era, 4 won national championships, one was successful before probation, and then there is Billy. In thirty years, how will we look back on the two tumultuous years the man from Texas had as head of the monster known as Kentucky basketball? We likely wont know that for some time, but what we do know is that for the second time in three years, UK will be back on the search for a new basketball coach. However this time, the search will be much different….more deliberate, less centralized and even more crucial. The Gillispie era has ended but the all-important search for his replacement has just begun.
However before we completely close the book on Gillispie, I do think it is important to recognize how we got here. No matter what Digger Phelps, Michael Wilbon or any other national talking head may say, this decision had little to do with wins and losses. This was simply the case of an individual who was not well-suited to be the basketball coach at Kentucky. While he had moderate success on the floor, off the floor he was a Matt Doherty-like disaster. He never felt comfortable doing the things it takes to succeed here and his authoritarian personality rubbed almost everyone in the wrong way. If you win at Bobby Knight in the 1970s-like levels, you can act that way….but if you win Bobby Knight in the late 1990s-like levels, you cant.
Below are the Five moments that I think led to Gillispie’s downfall. This decision to remove Billy Clyde was not a quick one….it built slowly over time, with each mistake building on the other. Over time the total conglomeration made it too difficult to retain him, and a move had to be made. There is a lot speculated about what happened and when, but in my view and from the information that I know, these were the ultimate causes:
(1): Interpersonal Relationships with Administrators, Boosters and Staff
From very early on in Gillispie’s tenure it was clear that this was a man who would do things his own way and answer to almost no one. Within his first two months on the job, it is rumored that he and Mitch Barnhart began frequently bumping heads, almost exclusively over the inability of Gillispie to accept the secondary parts of the UK job. Within his first two months, he refused various meetings with influential alumni, cancelled a 60 year tradition of the Kentucky coach speaking at the Lexington Rotary Club, refused mutiple requests to do “program building” appearances at various in-state events and generally balked at doing all things that were not basketball related. He showed from the very beginning that he was here to do one thing and one thing only, and that was coach basketball….a job description that unfortunately does not work in Lexington.
In addition, Gillispie turned off many around the UK athletics office with his attitude and style. I have spoken with numerous UK employees who talked about the tension that all felt with Gillispie in the building. Whereas most who work for UK are part of a family atmosphere, there was a sense that Gillispie was rocking the cradle on how things were done. This led to a situation in which Gillispie had very FEW supporters among influential administrators, boosters and staff. All wanted Kentucky to win, but when losses mounted, there were few willing to go to bat for an individual that they had no particular fondness for. That lack of support, which began from Gillispie’s early days here made it much easier to make a change that very few would passionately disagree with.
(2) Derrick Jasper:
It cannot be overstated the impact that the Derrick Jasper situation had on the UK program. Derrick Jasper was a player loved by his teammates and all of those around the program. Jasper is a great kid and the type of player that helps a team both on and off the court. Derrick came to Kentucky for Tubby Smith, and was skeptical of staying in Lexington when a change in leadership occurred. But Gillispie sold Derrick on the idea of being the cornerstone of the new program, and Jasper decided to stay. However from the very beginning, the marriage was doomed to failure. Derrick is a very soft-spoken, mild-mannered kid who doesnt take over criticism well (much like Jodie Meeks). Gillispie’s style of coaching, which includes tremendous criticism and pitches to a player’s manhood destroyed Jasper’s confidence and made him very uncomfortable in practice and games.
Jasper was also of course dealing with his injury that continued to linger. Derrick did not want to return to the court, but after a trainer gave the opinion that he could, Jasper found himself playing again. I have never gotten a clear story on how Jasper ended up on the court (some say Gillispie pressured him into playing, some say that Jasper felt he had to when given the clearance from the trainer), but what is clear is that Derrick regretted his decision to come back. After returning, those close to Derrick have told me that Gillispie challenged the young man a great deal on his “toughness” and if he was going to keep “letting his injury be an excuse.” The treatment turned Jasper off and he made the decision to transfer….thus taking away Kentucky’s best point guard prospect and, potentially even more importantly, a teammate that was well-liked. This team with Jasper on it is a different basketball team, but Gillispie only has himself to blame for Derrick’s departure.
(3) The Media Problems:
For a long time, Gillispie’s prickliness with the media has been known. Since early in his tenure, his decision to mock a question or belittle and individual for saying something he disagreed with (usually with a smirk on his face) was known to all that covered him. Usually he would apologize after such a comment (as he did with me), but no one in the media had a “warm and fuzzy” relationship with him. And then came what I believe was the turning point for the perception of Gillispie, the Jeanine Edwards interviews. What happened in those interviews has been dealt with ad nauseum but three things happened as a result of those interviews.
First, for the first time since Gillispie had arrived, some in the public started to wonder if their beloved coach was actually a jerk. I have heard countless people, particularly women, ask if he was like that normally and question whether that public face should be the coach of the UK basketball program. Second, many in the media thought he crossed the line and it became the cause of the day to blast Gillispie and his attitude when the losing started. Most knew Edwards as a sweet, harmless reporter and seeing her treated poorly led the media to sense blood and begin questioning his attitude at other occasions. And third, it became a direct slap in the face for the Administration. After the first Edwards interview, the administration asked Gillispie to apologize and be careful what he did in the future. He did apologize, but then one week later at the Florida game, he was once again rude, an action that my sources around UK say INFURIATED Mitch and Lee Todd. The thought went that if knowing people were watching and that he needed to be on his best behavior, he STILL couldnt be polite, what hope was there for the future?
Even after all of those Jeanine Edwards issues, Gillispie then made another mistake that older UK fans still bring up to me all the time…..he was perceived as being rude to Tom Leach. Leach, who is one of the nicest men I know, was accused by Gillispie of trying to get him to “turn on his players” just days after Gillispie threw Perry Stevenson under the bus like none other in a post game press conference. Many fans who heard that, which include a lot of the most influential and wealthy UK fans who listen to Tom on their drive home from Rupp, felt that he had crossed the line with someone they consider like family, the UK play by play announcer. Even when Leach said he took no offense (a classy move on his part), the damage was done and the reputation of Billy Gillispie as a jerk stuck for many in the Big Blue Nation. Win and be a jerk and people may forgive you….go to the NIT and be a jerk, and it is time for a change.
(4) PLAYER RELATIONSHIPS
While all of the above are very important, the most significant factor in the downfall of Billy Gillispie was his relationship with the players. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that with only a couple of exceptions, the players simply did not like their coach at all. With a group of young men who were extremely tight as a group, every slight and verbal assault on a teammate became an assault on them and over time, the players simply had no affection for the man in charge. Over the course of a season, countless acts occurred that ruined team chemistry and individual confidence. I am sure there are many more than this, but just a few that I know for certain:
— Coach told Jodie Meeks in a number of games to stop shooting and decried him for his selfishness, even during his 54 point performance in Knoxville. He told Meeks he should quit on a number of occasions and even threatened to kick him off the team in his last game ever, in South Bend during the NIT.
— At halftime of one game, he forced a player to sit in a bathroom stall with the door closed during the entire break because he said he couldnt stand to look at him.
— On more than one occasion, when a young player went into his office to ask for advice on how he could get better, he returned from the office having been berated by the coach and crying as he returned to Wildcat Lodge.
— On one road trip, a player who had been injured but was deemed to be too “soft” by the Coach was told to walk to the hotel from the arena, and only after teammates said that they would be get off the bus and walk with him, was he allowed back on.
— On another road trip, a player who felt the criticism was so strong that he locked himself in a room crying, while the team bus waited outside.
These are just a few of the countless incidents, which in total made the team a gloomy group. Some individuals could handle the criticism and some were not targeted with nearly the same amount of vigor. But the totality of the criticism piled up and led to a team that was tight, afraid to make any mistake and left with no feelings of positivity to their coach. Had Gillispie returned, it is not an exaggeration to say that six to seven players may have left….including names that UK simply could not afford to lose. While no one has ever said this to me officially, the thought of that type of mass player exodus likely would have meant another year of mediocrity or worse next year….which means Gillispie would have been in hot water AGAIN. He simply could not have survived that.
On this site, we hinted at such issues during the year, but out of respect for the players and the team still playing, did not go into detail. But the evidence was there. Remember Dusty Mills and his comments to Jerry Tipton about the way he was treated? Derrick Jasper took heat for going to UNLV and was called a host of names by UK fans for his lack of toughness. Former players who were privy to a lot of those issues such as Kenny Walker, Bobby Perry and the unnamed Jeff Goodman source were LAMBASTED on message boards for speaking out about these very issues. What that showcased to me is that while we say we want to know everything about our program, we do not want to know bad news. Mitch and Lee knew about this and much, much more I am sure. Many fans, while ignoring the info they had been given and blaming the messenger, and not knowing a great deal of the other parts of the situation, nevertheless criticized those making the call. Hopefully that will be a situation that we attempt not to repeat going forward.
(5) The Final Straw:
At the SEC Tournament, I wrote on a live blog that “Billy’s commment about not being an ambassador may be the final straw.” In hindsight, I am even more confident that was the case. After the Ole Miss game, when Billy said he had “not signed on to” be am ambassador for the program, just days after Mitch Barnhart had publically made it clear that was part of the job description….well that was lights out for Billy Clyde. I spoke with someone who was around Lee Todd when he found about this quote and said he was “beyond upset” when he heard it. For a guy who was already on the brink to express that level of cluelessness as to what this job entails….well it meant he likely had to go.
FINAL
I believe this decision has been made for ten days or so and was just finalized and made public yesterday. It is a shame that it had to occur as there are parts of Gillispie’s personality, particularly his passion for the game, that could have been great here in Lexington. But at the end of the day, when your view on the program is different than the administation and when your relationship with players is as it was, it will be hard to succeed.….especially when you arent winning. Jodie Meeks came out this morning in the student newspaper and said that he respected Gillispie but that this was a “good decision.” After following this team for two years, interacting with nearly everyone involved in the program and seeing what I have seen, I think Jodie’s words are spot on. Gillispie is a good Coach and I think he will have success, but he cooked his own goose here. Kentucky needs a Coach who embraces the enormity of the program and succeeds at every facet of it, that was not Billy and the time for change had come
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May 29th, 2009 at 12:54 am
A short video on BCG’s Memorandum of Misunderstanding….
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090529005955214
May 29th, 2009 at 1:00 am
could you write some more that story was too short
May 29th, 2009 at 1:06 am
Gillispie makes me sick and the Jasper thing still tears me up…I really liked Jasper.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:13 am
I hope that Billy gets another job. I think a good place to start would be if he replaced that old dude in the Dos Equis (XX) commercials. He’s already an old dude that hangs out in bars and finds his way amongst semi-hot chicks. His duties would only include drinking and saying things like:
“The after party is the one you want to attend.”
“Stay thirsty my friend.”
“I only take pictures with hot chicks, p*$$y!”
That would be a really, really, really good situation for everyone involved, or whatever.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Really, Matt? I checked this site about twenty times today to get a succinct run-down of the lawsuit situation, something I thought this blog would excel at, and I end up with a reposting of why BCG got fired (albeit a very insightful and accurate post of why BCG got fired, and what went down). All that I understand, but what I’m interested in is what things are going to look like going forward from here. I know that you’ve probably had a crazy two days and all, but I can’t help but feel let down. I see all the links to your media appearances, etc, but I (personally) don’t come to KSR to listen to the radio, or to watch tv. I come here for the insight this group of writers have into the goings-on at UK, and the intellegent, even-handed views of current situations in the UK basketball nation. Just one KSR fan making his voice heard.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Hey matt, I believe that the Big Blue Nation should file a class action law suit against Billy G. for pain and suffering. It was definitely painful to watch the games during his tenure as coach.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:19 am
This link should work without having to register to the site….
BCG’s Memorandum of Misunderstanding Video…
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090529013234792
May 29th, 2009 at 1:20 am
my the owner of the restaurant that i work at is friends with the owner of a restaurant that gillispie frequented, he was told of multiple occasions of gillispie getting drunk beyond comprehension and causing a scene and being forced to leave, by cab, or cops giving him a ride home. now, this is by all accounts on of those friend of a friend storys but i am told the owner of that restaurant was close to banning gillispie from ever coming back.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:21 am
the owner of the restaurant****
May 29th, 2009 at 1:21 am
“they would be get off the bus and walk”
/just sayin
May 29th, 2009 at 1:23 am
7….that wasnt funny….
May 29th, 2009 at 1:26 am
1/7-
There are several funnier videos at http://www.secretariat3000.blogspot.com (although the older posts are funnier than the newer ones…especially the Calipari-Pitino one and they Tubby-UVA one)
May 29th, 2009 at 1:26 am
I think therefore I am, but if I think not, am I pat forde
May 29th, 2009 at 1:27 am
11….At least it wasn’t a RickRoll….
May 29th, 2009 at 1:29 am
9 - Billy, like many people I know, is just a man who finds himself in a difficult relationship. Everyone knows that BOURBON wears the pants in that family.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:29 am
I am just glad that Billy G didn’t have a twitter account. We would have been getting updates on how much he paid for his bourban and coke, and how he was talking to semi hot girls at the bars.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:33 am
14….lol a rickroll would have atleast made me laugh
May 29th, 2009 at 1:35 am
Hey. It was my first video & done in 15′ at 1 in the morning…..LOL
May 29th, 2009 at 1:37 am
18..lol thats not an excuse. im just out of the oven baked and i still didnt giggle.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:41 am
19- Could you please pass the brownies?
May 29th, 2009 at 1:43 am
man….i love this, my computer is hooked up to a projector that i use as my monitor at night. its like 108 inches across and its an hd projector that supports 720p programming, so come uk basketball season my setup is gonna own everyones. OH and i have a 5.1 theater surround sound system that is hooked up to everything that i have including the cable box which btw is hooked up to the projector as well, and insight offers free HD programming…..if anyone wants to come over, hit me up
May 29th, 2009 at 1:44 am
lol makin brownies takes too long man
May 29th, 2009 at 1:44 am
dont do drugs kids.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:51 am
22- Little Debbie makes some fine brownies, lol.
May 29th, 2009 at 1:51 am
This kid looks just like Jodie.
http://kentucky.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=84661&Sport=2
May 29th, 2009 at 1:55 am
The first time Gillispie read this post in March he called KSR headquarters….
“Do you think you can whip me, Lawdog??? Do you?!? All I ever wanted is my 6 million, poptarts, and that sweet KY bourbon…all I got was whipped and literally ran out of town. You oughtta know we don’t have bloggers in Texas!”
May 29th, 2009 at 1:56 am
I always wondered why Mitch didn’t insist that Billy sign a formal contract after his 1st season as the coach, if Mitch had reservations about Billy’s ability to do what the position required him to do. A formal contract would have been more detailed on what Billy was required to do and would have laid out what actions the university could take if Billy would have failed to do his job. I think Mitch really dropped the ball by not protecting the university from this kind of a lawsuit. A 3 page “Memorandum of Understanding” could not have been that detailed and left a lot of loopholes for Billy. I am not trying to bash Mitch because I think he learned a valuable lesson that will hopefully make him a better AD for our university.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:05 am
I thought that was why he never signed, because he said he didn’t sign on to do the other things that come with the job. That he signed on to coach and recruit. that was it
May 29th, 2009 at 2:16 am
13 - Pay no attention to Pat Forde. He is a chronic master-hater. He gets himself off on visions of UK on probation (and visions of sugar-Pitino’s in his head). We’re rollin’, they hatin’, they just tryin’ to catch us ridin’ dirty.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:18 am
Should UK sue BCG for loss of revenue because of BCG’s failure to get us to the NCAA tournament?
May 29th, 2009 at 2:21 am
So more than likely the case moves to a KY court right? Since it’s a University matter, not UKAA as BCG’s claim states. How dumb are they? He was obviously employed by the university. how can they try to spin it any other way?
May 29th, 2009 at 2:22 am
this is always fun to look at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball
May 29th, 2009 at 2:29 am
28… Mitch would have discussed with him everything about the position and what is required before he offered Billy the position. A 3 page memorandum of understanding can’t be all that detailed and is meant to be a condense overview of what the fornal contract will be. My point was that Mitch should have made every attempt to have a formal contract signed before the second season started to cover the areas that Mitch was concerned with. I know Billy said on his call in show on several occasions that they had a formal contract completed but he never signed it. Obviously the contract was made to both parties agreement and Mitch should have made it clear to Billy that he needed to sign it or If Billy has a problem with it, they needed to sit down and discuss what changes needed to be made so another formal contract could be made before Billy second season. I just don’t understand why he was allowed to coach after his first season when a formal contract was never signed with the type of money and responsibilty that was involved.
May 29th, 2009 at 2:38 am
copy
May 29th, 2009 at 2:46 am
have you all read mark story’s article? He’s such a douche.
May 29th, 2009 at 6:29 am
Billy G was a dick based on what I read in the posting. I tried to defend him but now find myself sickened by these allegations. What a total dumbass!
May 29th, 2009 at 6:56 am
i had stats with Jasper. he seemed like a complete tool - by no means a “program changer”. i guess unless the only guy behind him is porter..
anyway i think Jones exaggerates a bit on the Clyde stories.
May 29th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Mark Story, Pat Forde = enemies of the program.
May 29th, 2009 at 7:34 am
May 29th, 2009 at 7:50 am
KSR needs to have a Douche of the Year award contest where we can vote. Since it’s such a great idea and I know Matt will put it together, I’m going to go ahead and vote for Sow. I mean Saul.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:01 am
Don’t know if everyone is aware but ESPNU is showing the NBA Draft Combine today live from 10AM - Noon. They are right now showing yesterdays 3 hours of coverage.
If you miss it, or want to set your DVR, all 5 hours are repeated during the weekend, usually late at night. It’s not terribly interesting, but for those obsessing on Jodie’s every move…. it can be good background filler while you do other stuff around the house….
http://www.wildcatblueinaseaoforange.blogspot.com
May 29th, 2009 at 8:06 am
DoctorCat and others
Read the counter-suit UK filed. It is very interesting. UK produced 6 contracts over the past 2 years for BCG to sign. Each time he crossed out numerous things(you can view this too-it’s one of the exhibits.)The biggest being items “for cause” to fire him.
The important thing I noted was that the latest contract was written in February of this year. About 6 weeks before he was terminated. BCG of course crossed out a bunch of things.
This indicates to me (and no-I am not a lawyer) that there was never a “meeting of the minds”. So I vote NO CONTRACT.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:23 am
5 - Shut up - Matt does a fantastic job providing pertinent information in a timely fashion.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:25 am
perhaps D.Rose didn’t take the SAT because ‘takers’ lead lonely lives ? just sayin’
May 29th, 2009 at 8:28 am
I have been working in Africa the last few years and have been out of touch — is Tubby getting any good recruits? Is Pitino in the NBA finals going against Calipari this year? And what ever happened to that pesky freshman at Duke who wants to be a lawyer and loves Kentucky basketball???
May 29th, 2009 at 8:29 am
# 42 — where is the counter suit?
May 29th, 2009 at 8:36 am
44 - I laughed. Nice.
May 29th, 2009 at 8:50 am
And we thought Pat Forde wrote exclusively for ESPN — wrong.
Official Web Page of
Pat Forde
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Born in London, Ontario, Pat Forde now resides in Waterloo, where he writes fiction about complexity theory, the impact of emerging science on geopolitics, n-dimensional threads through history, time travel, and tales that might generally be called “civilization thrillers”.
http://www.geocities.com/canadian_sf/forde/
Note that he writes fiction — that about says it all!
May 29th, 2009 at 8:53 am
here is a link on the CJ website to read it.
http://www.courier-journal.com/assets/B2135674528.PDF
May 29th, 2009 at 9:02 am
[...] Kentucky Sports Radio gives a Gillispie Memory Refresher. [...]
May 29th, 2009 at 9:13 am
There is something emotionally wrong with BCG, he cried very easy all the time.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Firing BCG was the best decision UK made in two years. The only reason he was hired is the administration was desperate to hire a new coach and they went to an up and coming coach who they knew would not say no. When G Webb came into Rupp and built a 14-0 lead and the Cats struggled the whole game and got beat on back door lay ups time after time it was clear what ever he was teaching wasn’t working although they did play better down the stretch. Last year started off good and after the TN game the season went to hell. Alot of people on here and elsewhere claimed UK didn’t have the talent to win even with two of the best players in the country. The problem with most of the losing is how UK lost and who they lost to. The only thing BCG done in Lexington is lose and lose big with some school record breaking losses. I hope he gets his ass handed to him in this law suit and ends up penniless in some po dunk town in Texas and never ever coaches again outside of maybe high school…maybe.
May 29th, 2009 at 9:47 am
I didn’t need need to have my memory refreshed. My morning is ruined now!
May 29th, 2009 at 9:50 am
#21 “my setup is gonna own everyones”
My computer “icore7″ is also hooked to my Optoma HD80 “1080P” projector 125 inch wide screen. I have 7.1 surround with 2 subs. My projector is in a $50K+ Hand made “by me and my dad” cherry theater.
OWNT!!
Lol I kid I kid…
not about my stuff! ” I really own that sh**”
May 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am
BCG is finally gonna get what he wants - coach of the Lakers — the roster hasn’t been changed to reflect it yet - but trust me — this is news! BCG to the Laker!!!
http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/leagues/basketball-winter-2009/peewee-w est-schedule.html
May 29th, 2009 at 9:56 am
Kentucky hires in cycles: Great, pretty good, drunk.
Rupp (Great), Hall (Pretty Good), Sutton (Drunk), Pitino (Great), Tubby (Pretty Good), Gillespie (Drunk).SO NOW WE ARE BACK TO GREAT WITH CAL.
May 29th, 2009 at 10:11 am
30
Good point, i`m sure that will be brought up in court
May 29th, 2009 at 10:26 am
i am not impressed by this great commercial lawyer in Texas. Filing against the wrong parties happens, but not if time has been spent with the client to look at documents. In this case, I really doubt he has been told everything.
I also continue to wonder about his choice of venue. I can’t fathom a set of facts that would give a Texas court jurisdiction to hear a case involving the University of Kentucky and it’s coach who lived in KENTUCKY. He ( lawyer and BCG) might want it there, but i don’t see how it stays in that court - especially while he is still living in Kentucky and running the streets of lexington on the day it is filed. I suspect it will be removed to Federal court if it does stay there but i don’t think it will.
BCG probably thought he was brilliant in not signing the contract since by signing it he would have had obligations to the University. However, since the contract was anticipated by the “memo of understanding” the failure to come to an agreement about the terms of employment is grounds in and of itself to terminate the relationship. There is an entire body of law devoted to just these types of situations. without going crazy and drawing simply on old memory, I think it is safe to say that a contract is enforceable only if it has within itself all essentials of the agreement and there is valid consideration by both parties. In this case,it is clear that all the “essentials” were NOT in the document relied upon by BCG and , therefore, it can not be controlling. Even if terms can be implied into the agreement ( and i don’t know Kentucky law on this) those implied terms would have to include performance/behavior clauses which I am certain were included in every other contract ever signed by BCG. When properly applied, the law undoes “games” attempted by one party puts the parties where they should have been. Which is probably not where BCG wants to be.
I suspect , as someone else pointed out, that this is just a play in the negotiations of a settlement.
May 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
is there anyone else in the state of KY that knows UK basketball as well as matt jones. this is a great site for all the newest info and hes doin it cause he loves the school and the program. THANX MATT
May 29th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Everybody get on Matt’s “Bash Billy” bandwagon. Leads trash the UK basketball coach day and night. Hey, Matt & Co., I thought you supported the program…why all the endless bashing of Big Blue? A double standard no doubt, for you liberal trial lawyers.