Trouble for Billy Clyde?
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Reading this makes me so thankful that we've got a class-act human being leading our MBB program. We'll probably have some down years on the court under CFH, like with any other coach, but I have absolutely no worries whatsoever that anyone will ever have to read trash like this about him.
...because he's so successful that other teams hire him away. Kentucky is the only team that didn't want him anymore.
Don't get me wrong the guy is probably a complete **** and I've read things about him that lend to that. But, I wonder if kids a couple of decades ago would have put up with his crap and have been better for it in the long run. (I do recognize there comes a point where enough is enough and that could be the case here.)
Tex Tech and Billy Gillispie problems?
Mutiny at Texas Tech? Coach Billy Gillispie draws complaints - ESPN
Doesn't sound good.
Mutiny at Texas Tech? Coach Billy Gillispie draws complaints - ESPN
Doesn't sound good.
Re: Tex Tech and Billy Gillispie problems?
Billy's problems sound a lot like the problems LE had while at ISU. A great X's & O's guy and he knows the game. But man was he hard on players. Probably a similar drinking problem too.
Billy's problems sound a lot like the problems LE had while at ISU. A great X's & O's guy and he knows the game. But man was he hard on players. Probably a similar drinking problem too.
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Re: Tex Tech and Billy Gillispie problems?
So I'm curious: do you post here knowing that this will be merged with the other Billy G thread, or did you just not read the post above yours?
So I'm curious: do you post here knowing that this will be merged with the other Billy G thread, or did you just not read the post above yours?
I'm afraid Gillispie will be dismissed as coach very soon..I met him while I was living in El Paso Texas a while back. Not a bad guy was my reaction.
He had success as coach for Texas A&M and UTEP. Not trying to make excuses for the guy, but he has had some rough times.... Mother died of cancer in 2011, and issues with alcohol.
I don't think he is a bad person, nor a bad coach. Maybe the practices were excessive in length, and maybe he was hard on the players. But maybe that is what they need!! Kids now a days have this "sense of entitlement, where the think every thing is just given to them... Different generation I guess! What they don't realize is that hard work and sacrafices pays off every time.
I am in Coach Gillispies corner in this one. Unfortunately I feel he will pay the ultimate price and loose his job.
He had success as coach for Texas A&M and UTEP. Not trying to make excuses for the guy, but he has had some rough times.... Mother died of cancer in 2011, and issues with alcohol.
I don't think he is a bad person, nor a bad coach. Maybe the practices were excessive in length, and maybe he was hard on the players. But maybe that is what they need!! Kids now a days have this "sense of entitlement, where the think every thing is just given to them... Different generation I guess! What they don't realize is that hard work and sacrafices pays off every time.
I am in Coach Gillispies corner in this one. Unfortunately I feel he will pay the ultimate price and loose his job.
You shouldn't be embarrassed.
First, it was during one of the bleakest periods of Iowa State athletics any of us hope to ever see again. Mac was in over his head, and JP in an effort to save money, gave him a bad contract.
Billy Clyde was tremedous at UTEP, and A$M. He was a bad fit at UK. But that doesn't mean that the guy forgot everything that knew that made him successful. Plus you had Gary Thompson singing his praises, and that has always carried a lot of weight within the Iowa State basketball program.
The guy has a lot of demons, and it is fairly obvious that he has not hit rock bottom yet. In retrospect, it is good we avoided that disaster. But, when people were trying to figure out how to get rid of Mac, it was a nice diversion.
Let's not forget that BCG coached at UTEP, which while a strong mid major, is still not a power 6 job. Plus, you have to recruit a special kind of kid that is able to live in ElPaso.
Then he took over an A$M team that had gone winless the year before. He won some games early, that gave the kids some belief. Plus, his best player, Acie Law, totally bought into what he was doing.
As we saw with Fizer in 2000, when your best player is totally on board with what the coach is doing, it makes the others go along. It also gives the coach some leeway to be a ****, as we saw with LE, and now with Billy Clyde.
There's tough love and then there is breaking the rules to get there. I'm guessing that most schools practice more than they should. But I'm guessing few have 8 hour practices. I'm also guessing that most schools have players that respect their coach enough not to rat them out.
Let's not forget that people not on the team were very turned off by Billy G. The long time basketball secretary resignd a few months after he was hired. I believe an assistant coach left. Let's not assume that the kids aren't willing to put in the hard work.
Frankly, what those players describe makes it sound like Billy hasn't been able to beat the alcholism.
Re: Tex Tech and Billy Gillispie problems?
DistrictCyclone, When I posted there were 2 threads. I felt no need to read the second. When this thread got merged, my post got put in line behind the other threads.
DistrictCyclone, When I posted there were 2 threads. I felt no need to read the second. When this thread got merged, my post got put in line behind the other threads.
Man... we dodged a bullet... or bullet might not be fitting... more like dodging a nuclear detonation.
Good grief. Even if only half of those allegations are true it seems they'll have no problem sending him packing.
