define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); Comments on: Billy Gillispie Busted Outside Lexington http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/27/billy-gillispie-busted-outside-lexington/ The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 By: jtruman37 http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/27/billy-gillispie-busted-outside-lexington/comment-page-1/#comment-13890 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:14:39 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11117#comment-13890 I think you can feel sorry for Gillispie. More so than Pitino, anyway. Calipari continues to slide. Amazing. Remember when the Derrick Rose thing was a story? Johnny Clam Chowder slips out of Amherst for a pro job just before a scandal breaks. He slides out of Memphis, for the Kentucky job (& a boatload of money), just before a scandal breaks, in Memphis. He makes the headlines, his image gets dragged through the mud, & days later Pitino adds fuel to his fire & Gillispie gets nabbed for another DUI.

Pitino is an ego maniac. He had it bad, but made it so much worse w/ his “press conference” the other day. Like a diva. Invoking Ted Kennedy & the flailing economy, just awful. Pitino was never the story he made himself out to be. Now the story is, in addition to his adultery, how big of a story Rick Pitino believes he is. Which is just as embarrassing as the story itself.

Gillispie’s latest DUI is, first of all, a bad thing. DUI just sucks. More than likely most people have done it. Most people have made it home. But bad/stupid things happen too & people get hurt. & ultimately it’s a preventable situation, so it is certainly a big deal. That Gillispie is a repeat offender makes it worse, obviously. But you can still feel bad for Gillispie b/c the guy is in trouble.

The other coaches in Kentucky are either uncomfortable, or solely responsible for their troubles. Gillispie has lost a lot. His record at Kentucky wasn’t awful. He didn’t FAIL at his job. He just wasn’t right for Kentucky. & he was wrong for Kentucky at a very wrong time for the program. Kentucky needed a big name. Cal is that name. Gillispie gets bounced, w/ no confidence, loses out on a ton of money he thought he was going to earn, & he’s in a tailspin. Empathy for Gillispie is allowed. It’s tough to watch a guy go down, when he hasn’t really “earned” it. Easy on the DUI’s though, Billy, that’s no good. But good luck w/ the other stuff.

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By: zhayes9 http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/27/billy-gillispie-busted-outside-lexington/comment-page-1/#comment-13865 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:25:05 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11117#comment-13865 That was me up there, BTW.

Talk about a broken man. I almost feel sorry for him.

Almost.

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By: rtmsf http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/27/billy-gillispie-busted-outside-lexington/comment-page-1/#comment-13858 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:20:32 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11117#comment-13858 In reply to Zach.

After smoking a pound of weed in the alleyway behind the restaurant.

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By: Real Fake Sports http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/27/billy-gillispie-busted-outside-lexington/comment-page-1/#comment-13856 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:45:57 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11117#comment-13856 […]With the reports involving Rick Pitino, John Calipari and Billy Gillispie, this news rocked the basketball hotbed of Kentucky.
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BREAKING NEWS: One Kentucky Basketball Coach Didn’t Get Arrested, Cheat on His Wife, or Violate NCAA Rules Last Night

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By: Zach http://rushthecourt.net/2009/08/27/billy-gillispie-busted-outside-lexington/comment-page-1/#comment-13846 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:46:56 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=11117#comment-13846 Looks to me he was driving back from Old Country Buffet. Talk about letting yourself go.

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