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Billy Gillispie is apparently going to attend A&M/UK game on Saturday
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:45 am
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:45 am
According to tweets and UK Sports radio. That ought to be interesting. Damn it would be fun to sit next to him for that game.
I had a chance to visit with BG for about 45 minutes at an event his first year (ironically it was at the Elite 8 in Austin in which UK was playing). Really interesting guy but completely obsessed with basketball to an unhealthy level. When talking to him I asked him what he liked to do outside of bball and he said, "Nothing really. I just want to coach basketball, play basketball, or watch basketball. It's why I am divorced and don't have kids."
I had a chance to visit with BG for about 45 minutes at an event his first year (ironically it was at the Elite 8 in Austin in which UK was playing). Really interesting guy but completely obsessed with basketball to an unhealthy level. When talking to him I asked him what he liked to do outside of bball and he said, "Nothing really. I just want to coach basketball, play basketball, or watch basketball. It's why I am divorced and don't have kids."
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Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:45 am to aggressor
Keep that drunk hobo bastard away from my boys. 
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:47 am to aggressor
What's that old crazy drunk been up to these days? Besides being an old crazy drunk.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:47 am to aggressor
I'd take him back. Athletic dept. just needs to hire him a chauffeur and we're good to go.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:48 am to Projectpat
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I'd take him back. Athletic dept. just needs to hire him a chauffeur and we're good to go.
That. And his own clinical psychiatrist.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:49 am to Jimmie Rustler
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And his own clinical psychiatrist.
Nah, his craziness worked here.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:52 am to Projectpat
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Nah, his craziness worked here.
Why is that do you wonder?
Is it the cultish behavior that surrounds CS that helped him be successful there?
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:53 am to Jimmie Rustler
You also might not want to let him talk directly to the student athletes either. That also appears to be a flaw of his, not just drinking.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:53 am to Projectpat
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Nah, his craziness worked here.
It is encouraged in the Cult.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:56 am to Jimmie Rustler
Billy's just old school. He doesn't put up with prima donnas and grinds the crap out of his players. That's why he was great at rebuilding but not at taking over programs that already had some momentum. Honestly when he went to Kentucky I thought it might end up being the basketball version of losing Bryant to Bama. The light was shined too brightly on him there though and people didn't like the way the sausage was made and it all blew up on him.
Think of what would have happened to Bear if he pulled a Junction Boys today, he would have been sent to prison. A guy like BG or Bear needed to have complete control in order for their system to work. Unfortunately BG got frustrated and turned to the bottle too much and now the goods are just too damaged. I could still see some small program that has been terrible forever hiring him and seeing him build a winner. The guy is a brilliant basketball mind and his former players from A&M that made it through his rebuilding process think of him like a God.
Think of what would have happened to Bear if he pulled a Junction Boys today, he would have been sent to prison. A guy like BG or Bear needed to have complete control in order for their system to work. Unfortunately BG got frustrated and turned to the bottle too much and now the goods are just too damaged. I could still see some small program that has been terrible forever hiring him and seeing him build a winner. The guy is a brilliant basketball mind and his former players from A&M that made it through his rebuilding process think of him like a God.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 9:58 am to aggressor
Hanging w Rick Ross is one thing but BCG will be an entirely different level.
Manziel won't survive this one.
BAC Prediction: .341 + 210 mg Roxy
Manziel won't survive this one.
BAC Prediction: .341 + 210 mg Roxy
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:03 am to Jimmie Rustler
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Is it the cultish behavior that surrounds CS that helped him be successful there?
Probably.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:07 am to aggressor
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The guy is a brilliant basketball mind and his former players from A&M that made it through his rebuilding process think of him like a God.
As do many Aggie fans.
To say that basketball is his obsession would be an understatement, not all obsessions are healthy.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:09 am to Projectpat
As someone who's actually been 'coached' by BG (Elite A&M Camp his last year at A&M), I can say he is the best coach I've ever come across. He demands full energy, all the time. He knows that if your practice at 120% then when it comes to game time you'll have no issues. He would have done well at Tech, but his players obviously didn't want to put the work in to be the best. I welcome him to come back to A&M. 
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:12 am to aggressor
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Billy Gillispie is apparently going to attend A&M/UK game on Saturday
Its days like this that make me wish I owned a liquor store.
frick that drunk.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:14 am to aggressor
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I could still see some small program that has been terrible forever hiring him and seeing him build a winner.
Tech tried, he still failed.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:16 am to Jimmie Rustler
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Is it the cultish behavior that surrounds CS that helped him be successful there?
More specifically that one of our big cult rituals revolves around binge drinking so an Alcoholic like him can blend in:
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:24 am to aggressor
Billy Gillispie going to that game is like Fran going to the Bama A&M game.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:27 am to trickydick12
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Billy Gillispie going to that game is like Fran going to the Bama A&M game.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 10:27 am to aggressor
BCG
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