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This is from an article when he was arrested in 2009: Ex-Kentucky Wildcats coach Billy Gillispie arrested for DUI - ESPN
While he may have a fourth, I can't find anything substantiating that claim.
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This is from an article when he was arrested in 2009: Ex-Kentucky Wildcats coach Billy Gillispie arrested for DUI - ESPN
The latter may be an understatment, but I don't think the former is an exageration AT ALL. Based on the home attendance numbers the last few games of this season, I think we have a pretty good idea what it's going to look like next year if Mac is back and it ain't gonna be pretty.
As the AD, ISU's next coaching hire, if GMac is replaced, must be for the long term. The next hire must be someone that will be around for awhile to bring stability. BG doesn't bring that. If he has success in the short-term, he's gone because he's proven that he wants higher profile jobs. If he embarrasses the department, he's gone. If he doesn't have success in the short-term, he's gone because apparently that's what the fan base wants. Someone to win right now. The next coach needs to win in the short-term but be willing to stay for the long-term. BG does not fit the profile.
I don't want BG here. His coaching ethics are questionable and I wouldn't put it past him to pull a Chizik on us and take the first better job that comes up. How this thread ever got this long is mind boggling really.
I just want the claims on here to reflect the truth. Does it matter if he had 3 or 4? Not really. But I can guarandamntee you that if people were on here saying he had 2 DUIs, the people against Billy G as a prospective coach would be hollering that it was more than that.
DUIs:
Floyd - 0
Gillispie - 4
I can forgive or forget all the other stuff if he's "cleaned it up", but 4 DUIs is absolutely unacceptable for me. He's just damn lucky he didn't kill himself or someone else.
I think you misunderstood my post. I was taking a "shot" at any potential posters here that think Floyd is irrehensible, yet would welcome Gillispie here. (I agree that Gillispie's "baggage" >>>> Floyd's "baggage")
The only factual thing Floyd has done to ISU's dismay was leave ISU for the Chicago Bulls, when at the time of his departure he thought he would of been coaching Jordan and Pippen. Nevermind the HUGE raise.
The OJ Mayo stuff is just an accusation. One that I personally believe is hogwash.
You are right.
As close as I can tell, the 4 came from these posts, with no attribution or claims of certainty.
Current coaching staff has ruined ISU MBB.
Looking for any form of hope will lead you in strange places.
BG's short term success would spring-board us back to relevance, meaning if he would leave he would leave us in a position to hire a better coach due to a more diserable coaching position.
Also, to say that the fans want short term success is overreaching. I don't think the fans would be calling for McDermott's head if he had shown any sign of progress. 4 years may not be enough to build a contender, but after 4 years you should be able to at least field a competitive team. He hasn't even come close to doing that.
Hiring a coach is risky no matter the state of the program. You don't hire someone just so you can go through the hiring process again in two or three years. Every hire increases the risk of failure.
And he calls me out for crap like that? Just more comic relief from bawbie. :biglaugh:
Okay you sir/ma'am have GOT to get a grip, we have got to be the WORST condition we've been in since the canning of LE WM, 10 years and look where we're at, keep in mind we won back to back big 12 titles, now where are we? 11th in the Big 12. 11th!!! my god you must like meritocracy, hell we should keep GM til his contract is up we'll be AWESOME by then.
Unless you want ISU to stay in the bottom of the big 12 and continue to get the **** kicked out of us, by all means keep GMac, but if you want to get a new coach that is a proven winner and can turn a program around, then bring in BG.
Okay you sir/ma'am have GOT to get a grip, we have got to be the WORST condition we've been in since the canning of LE WM, 10 years and look where we're at, keep in mind we won back to back big 12 titles, now where are we? 11th in the Big 12. 11th!!! my god you must like meritocracy, hell we should keep GM til his contract is up we'll be AWESOME by then.
Unless you want ISU to stay in the bottom of the big 12 and continue to get the **** kicked out of us, by all means keep GMac, but if you want to get a new coach that is a proven winner and can turn a program around, then bring in BG.
What the ****?
My post had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH KEEPING McDermott!
Good grief, try reading before posting.
on previous pages, you've stated you want to keep GMac, which i'm not getting right about now, i do believe you change your mind about the situation every other day, i'm not attacking, but who would you like besides BG?
Davis? wouldn't bother me so much
Here is a hint, maybe, just maybe, the teams we face are playing down to our level? I seriously doubt we get the best effort out of many teams. Most the times they probably just expect to show up, mess around, go on a nice 10 to 12 point run in the second half without a timeout by McD, and then coast to a victory. It is almost formulaic in how teams beat us, I wonder why?
But with no credit to our team or coaching staff in any of those cases? Come on. I don't think Mac will get it done here but to say that the team or he himself had nothing to do with any of those teams not playing their best is unreasonable.
Yea, Missouri had very poor shooting games against us. Twice.
Drove me nuts last night when they were bricking wide open threes at the beginning of the 2nd half but we couldn't build a lead.
