Billy Clyde, Todd Wright, & Ty Lawson
by Scipio Tex on Mar 18, 2009 12:31 PM CDT
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Dude, I can get you a toe
If Ty Lawson isn't healthy, the Elite 8 is UNC's best aspiration. For all of the media's Tyler Hansborough love, he isn't the best player on Carolina's basketball team. Without Ty Lawson pushing the break, D'ing up, and dropping 15 points with 8 dimes, UNC is ripe for upset at the hands of whoever emerges from the Syracuse-Arizona St Sweet 16 battle.
I also don't like hearing "toe" as the culprit, unless it is preceded by the word "camel" and "5:30 pm Happy Hour at Outback." I'd rather hear "ankle", "upper pancreas", or "cloaca." My Louisville-North Carolina final may need to be revisited. Toes heal about as capably as Paula Abdul's psyche.
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Some believe that Billy Clyde Gillispie is done at Kentucky. Needless to say, BCG's time at Kentucky has been tumultuous and the humiliation of a NIT bid is something Kentucky fans can barely countenance. This is the football equivalent of Texas playing Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl. Or Iowa State losing a non-conference game to Austin Westlake.
As for this:
From the outsider’s perspective, the only true qualification that Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie seemed to have was that he was whiter than Tubby Smith.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ALL KENTUCKIANS ARE RACISTS! DANIEL BOONE SEARCHED OUT PATHWAYS WEST BECAUSE A BLACK FAMILY MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD!
That's such a lazy, pre-packaged East Coast media byte. I'm shocked it wasn't penned by Mike Lupica.
Except for this pesky fact: presumably one cannot fire a black coach without having first hired a black coach. It's not like Tubby rode into Rock Ridge unannounced, the warning cries of a Lexington drunken frontiersman drowned out by church bells. Tubby wasn't annointed head coach at Kentucky by a Reconstruction era good works program post-civil war. He was interviewed, assessed, and hired...BY RACIST CRACKERS!
Tubby was pressured out because the program - and its lifeblood, recruiting - significantly degraded under his tenure. If you're not going to Final 4s, Kentucky fans will call you a moving van. That's how they roll in the Blue Grass State.
As for our friend BCG, the rumors about Billy Clyde's personal conduct are so outrageous and pervasive (one of the best: Alex Legion transferred because he found out that Billy Clyde was nailing his girlfriend) that if even half of them are true, you'll be able to understand why Billy Clyde still hasn't signed his UK contract. Moral turpitude clauses are pesky things.
This will all end badly. Matt Doherty but with far more venom.
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Finally, Todd Wright.
A nice article on our not-so-secret weapon. My biggest concern with Wright is that he may represent an unsustainable advantage. As his acolytes are hired across the country and his methods become the dominant dogma, I'm curious if we'll see some of our competitive advantage eroded.
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You have failed to achieve, even in the modest task that was your charge. This is a more quote-appropriate image:
by BrickHorn on Mar 18, 2009 12:55 PM CDT reply actions
hell of an article on Wright. $220k is some pretty nice change for a basketball strength coach
by dick on Mar 18, 2009 1:21 PM CDT reply actions
Just 2008-09 yearly salary—not even thinking of signing bonuses, etc., for a few guys who owe Todd more than a Christmas card:
Aldridge: $4,631,400
Augustin: $2,208,960
Durant: $4,484,040
Evans: $2,500,000
Ford: $8,000,000
Gibson: $3,700,000
Ivey: “ONLY” $854,957
Mihm: $2,500,000
by Callkevin on Mar 18, 2009 2:11 PM CDT reply actions
My exact thought on the Todd disciples as they branch out across America.
I emailed Todd several years ago to get some tips on off season training for my young son who has some game. Not only did he respond but he gave me his phone number to call him so we could chat.
by 8straight on Mar 18, 2009 3:11 PM CDT reply actions
What’s Wright really done?
That’s hard to tell, but when recruits constantly list your strength and conditioning coach as a reason they came to play basketball, does it really matter?
by The General on Mar 18, 2009 3:17 PM CDT reply actions
The biggest thing? Earn Rick Barnes’s trust. I heard RB talk once about how Wright suggested he end practice, so he did it.
by Bob in Houston on Mar 18, 2009 3:36 PM CDT reply actions
“The biggest thing? Earn Rick Barnes’s trust”
I hope that TW continues to whisper sweet nothings in master Blaster ear, thinks like.
Positive reinforsement does a hell of alot for a players confidence, more then ripping their nuts off.
Allowing a player to make a mistake and not sending him to the outhouse for 2 weeks.
Wright has the trust of the players on a high level.
RB listen to the hulk in the weight room.
by SkymonkeyHorn on Mar 18, 2009 8:09 PM CDT reply actions
Rabid-angry-canine-spaniels = me.
Damn..
Has Todd ever hosted a clinic to help corpulent white women become porkable? Thought not. Scoreboard me!
by Mad Dog on Mar 18, 2009 8:34 PM CDT reply actions
What you are talking about is not a clinic but happy hour.
by Son of Mad Dog on Mar 19, 2009 7:03 AM CDT reply actions
…and now for something completely different:
(fair warning to lovers of the english language)
by dasmithjones on Mar 19, 2009 11:35 AM CDT reply actions
I’m glad the U.S. House is dealing with the important matters of the day. Seeing that we have representatives as astute and informed as Ms. Brown helps explain how Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosi have garnered so much power within that body.
by DBH on Mar 19, 2009 1:03 PM CDT reply actions
I have to agree. This past season was one of my best corching jobs. But I couldn’t have done it without Percey Harvey or one of the best defense plays ever.
by Corch Urban Meyers on Mar 20, 2009 12:11 PM CDT reply actions
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