Florida can have their Billy!
How can you not like what you hear from the new captain of the Wildcat ship? Our Billy (Billy G.) sounds very exciting and maybe just what Kentucky fans are looking for — a true basketball junkie!! How can you not like his passion for the game and his enthusiasm for wanting to be at UK!! Of course he has not won his first game yet, but I can tell he is going to be a crowd favorite or until he has a bad loss or bad recruiting year!! Lets hope this does not happen and lets hope his recruiting ways continue at UK.
Jai Lucas
I do think we have a great chance of getting Jai Lucas now, especially the way Billy G. handled Acie Law. I think Lucas can see himself being another Acie Law. Lets keep our fingers crossed.
Patrick Patterson
I don’t think we have a very good chance at him, I think he is Billy D. bound! Lets hope Billy G. can persuade him to come this way.
What he expects!
I really like what he says his teams must do. Play hard, Play smart and Play together. That is simple but very true to any successful team. I have heard that if you do not play hard for him you won’t get a smell, which is the way it should be. Ramel Bradley could really use the second part of playing smart, he does not always make the best decisions but does play hard. I think Joe Crawford may be in for a rude awakening, I don’t think he played hard all the time or he would just disappear. I think Jodie Meeks will excel in his style as will Jasper. I just hope he can pull in a couple good recruits even if he has to go the JUCO route.
Tubby, Pitino and Donovan
Now that we have a new coach, and one that will not ever be outworked by anyone, let’s give Tubby, Rick and Billy D. a rest. Let’s remember the good things that Tubby and Rick did for the UK program and let Billy coach at Florida and make him wish he had taken a serious look at this job. I just hate hearing these call in shows still bashing Tubby or still wanting Pitino or Donavan. The first bad loss UK has next year, I am sure it will be Tubbys fault on all the call in shows. Wish him luck at Minnesota and thank him for the class he brought to the program. Get behind Billy G. in good wins and also in bad losses, which I think we will have next year. Be a true fan and stick with the team and the coach thru good and bad times.
I have been a huge fan of Tubby, but he is gone and it is time to move on and I really like the hire in Billy G. The next few years of UK basketball may be very interesting and exciting!!
Until next week, Go Cats!!
Chris, I share your excitement about our new coach at UK. As I have noted in some previous replies I was always a Tubby fan. I also hope people will finally give our past and some peoples hopeful coaches a rest. Rick is gone and don’t want to come back (he says), Billy D. is bigger than UK as you would know if you ever met him and has passed up his chance, Tubby made enough mistakes and took enough abuse that he left. Let’s get behind Billy G. and support him to get our program back to where it should be. I hope people will realize that in these times you will not have a championship program every year. Give Billy G. a chance to get into recruiting for us and running the program. Let’s realize that we might well have a year or two to get everything going in the right direction. I said when Tubby left that Billy Gillispie was the guy I wanted, now let’s all get behind him and let him know how real Kentucky fans support their coaches.
I think Jai and Patrick are Florida bound. I do like the fact that Billy G has hit the recuiting trail hard. I’d love to get Jai but I dont see it.