Billy Gillispie is out as the head coach of the University of Kentucky. That's right, the "savior" of UK basketball didn't make it to a third season. I lived in the Lexington area when Tubby Smith was fired, and people all over the place were calling for his firing for a few years before it actually happened. The year he got fired, Texas A&M just so happened to have a good season, and Gillispie left on the first train out of College Station for the bluegrass.
This season, Kentucky missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1991. Meanwhile, Tubby has helped to build the program at Minnesota and they reached the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2004-2005.
They say the grass is always greener on the other side, but I have a feeling that Kentucky fans are finding that it is just a little bluer.
2 comments:
Nice ending...but cheesy!
Joseph! Don't be jealous because you aren't the literary craftsman that I am! It's a gift.
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