deeoriginal1

I saved this link and went back in time reading it just now.............FINALLY I see a post I agree with. 

Jody Meeks Owed Kentucky Nothing.  Kentucky fans owe him nothing but RESPECT and THANKS.

How do you like the boys from Alabama?  When I first discovered this link I had just watched Bledsoe's team beat Cousins' in the 5A state Semi Finals.  TREVOR LACEY'S team, Butler HS, out of Huntsville, AL beat Bledsoe's in the Final......THAT'S WHO IS NEXT.  Coach Cal is on him.  You probably never read this.................

There is a lot of fence-mending that has to be done for Jodie Meeks to stay at Kentucky, Curio.

If John Calipari can get in Jodie's ear and have a few heart-to-hearts to gain Jodie's confidence in him... maybe... just maybe... Jodie will stay.

But ready or not, Jodie would get snatched-up in the NBA Draft... in a heartbeat.

Jodie is a big-time scorer... who plays both ends of the floor extremely well...

At 6'4", Jodie is fit, fast and quick...  No disciplinary problems...  No big ego...  No personal problems (like substance abuse, baby-mama drama, nightclubbing, criminal behavior, etc.) to distract his attention from basketball.

Jodie's upside is through the roof.  His downside is negligible.

NBA teams like Dallas, Phoenix, Golden State and Miami would gobble Jodie Meeks up... like Skittles.

Although I'd like to see Jodie finish what he started at Kentucky... I don't believe Jodie owes Kentucky anything.

In his time at Kentucky... Jodie was mentally and physically prepared, loyal, honorable, motivated and productive... and performed with great distinction on the highest level of competition... shining a brilliant spotlight on the Kentucky basketball program... even amid some of its darkest days.

In return... Jodie was given the opportunity to perform on a large stage for a legendary program.  But he was also abandoned by his original coach and abused by his last coach... for no apparent reason... for nothing that he did wrong.

Billy Gillispie broke Jodie's spirit... and his teammates turning their backs on him broke his heart.

So, how do you heal that, Curio?

Answer that... and you'll be on the inside track to keeping Jodie Meeks in Kentucky blue... in my opinion.  Because I think that's really where he wants to be.

He put his name in the NBA draft. Imo I don't belive he is ready. On Espn they were saying that he should stay another year and develop more. I really don't think it would be in his best interests to leave UK. We ended up getting Demarcus Cousins and more than likey the number 1 prospect over all. Sooo... We will go way farther this upcoming season than last.

 

 

No... I don't think so, Curio.

If Jodie Meeks even gets a sniff from the NBA, he's gone.

You see, Curio... Jodie is so humble, I don't think he even believes that the NBA wants him.

But he will soon find out that the NBA not only wants him... they'll take him in the top 10 picks.

It's nothing against John Calipari.  But the damage is already done.

Jodie had one of the most phenomenal seasons of his young life... only to have it overshadowed by a coach who despised him and his individual recognition and teammates who later turn their backs on him.

Add to this equation that an NCAA title run isn't likely to happen in his senior year... according to all of the sports pundits.  And factor in the fact that Jodie only needs one semester to get his degree from Kentucky.

Why should he stay?

But we'll see.

John Calipari!

We should pick up next year.

Is Jody going to stay?

 

 

 I would love to see Bobby Knight at Uk. He is a little crazy sometimes, but I think he can handle it. You are defiantely correct. He is one of the smartest coaches of all time. He could be the next Adolf Rupp!! :)

Hey, danvillecat... you made my day today when you reported that Kentucky is busy negotiating Billy Gillispie's rusty-dusty right out of the door.  Hot-diggetty-dog!

Now is not the time for the UK Athletic Department to try and save face...  They made a disastrous mistake by hiring a known drunk with a short resumé...  And they have to fix it.

During Kentucky's N.I.T. game against UNLV (Derrick Jasper's new team) tonight, the game analysts openly discussed the Gillispie deal.  They stated that Gillispie has not signed a contract with Kentucky... but a Memorandum of Understanding.  They also stated that that Understanding guaranteed Gillispie $1.5-million per year for the four years remaining in his contract.

Danvillecat... $6-million is a small price to pay to remove this cancerous character from the Kentucky ranks.

As for Patrick Patterson, danvillecat... it's my position that Tubby Smith recruited Patrick Patterson for the Wildcats and put him on the hook to attend Kentucky.  Billy Gillispie was hired in such a haste... in an attempt to prevent Patrick from wiggling off of the hook.

This was reported by the Insider on ESPN.com on Feb. 27, 2007:

Heralded prospect Patrick Patterson, one of the most highly coveted recruits in UK basketball history, told the Herald-Leader that Kentucky coach Tubby Smith was the "main reason" he was considering Kentucky. If UK were to dismiss Smith as coach, "I'd be very disappointed," Patterson said. "It'd affect my decision." Asked whether he'd scratch Kentucky from his list of six schools, Patterson said, "Probably." Patterson, a 6-foot-8 power forward and McDonald's All-American from Huntington, W.Va., plans to narrow his list of schools to three by mid-March. He's also considering Duke, Florida, West Virginia, Wake Forest and Virginia. He plans to make his college choice April 3.

 

And the Insider on ESPN.com followed-up with this on March 23, 2007 (the day Coach Tubby Smith resigned from his post at Kentucky):

Patrick Patterson's college decision hinged greatly upon Tubby Smith coaching Kentucky next season, his high school coach, Lloyd McGuffin, told the Kentucky Kernel. "Big, a real big factor," McGuffin said in response to Smith's influence on Patterson's decision. The coach went on to say the McDonald's All-American was nearing a choice before the news of Smith's departure came about.

 

Local sportscasters caught up with Patrick Patterson (who was in town for a game) to ask him how Tubby's departure would influence his decision to attend Kentucky.  He stated that he would have to wait to see who Kentucky hired to replace Tubby before he could respond to their questions.

On March 27, 2007, the Insider reported:

Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart left a message for Patrick Patterson's family concerning the schools search for a new head coach, the star recruits mother tells the Kentucky Post. "The message the athletic director left was wait and see what happens with UK," Tywanna Patterson said.

 

And on April 4, 2007, they reported:

Star recruit Patrick Patterson will wait and see who the University of Kentucky hires as its coach before he makes his final decision, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. The Parade All-American still counts the Wildcats along with Duke, West Virginia, Florida, Virginia and Wake Forest as his finalsts.

Kentucky hired Gillispie on April 6, 2007.  Need I say more than that?

Patrick held off signing his Letter of Intent until the last possible day, May 16, 2007... when he expressed his approval of Kentucky's choice to replace Tubby (Gillispie) and decided to sign with Kentucky.

Danvillecat... I'm only too sorry that I can't pass you some ammo in this regard, but I clearly misspoke regarding the actual signing timeline of Patrick's Letter of Intent.

Yeah, Curio... Jodie Meeks is my cousin.  But the only photos I was able to get out of the UK Athletic Department was a team photo when Jodie was a freshman -- wearing a different jersey number (#20) and an autographed photo of Tubby Smith.

Now, by comparison, the Western Kentucky Athletic Department flooded us with posters, programs and schedules featuring photos of our other cousin, A.J. Slaughter (the MVP of the Sun Belt Conference tournament this year for the Hilltoppers).

And Curio... I would like to see The General, Bobby Knight, take over the helm at Kentucky.  He's the winningest male coach in college basketball... behind Coach Pat Summitt with the Tennessee Lady Vols.  And coming out of the fanatic fan environment at Indiana, Bobby is better equipped to handle the same type of fanbase at Kentucky.  And besides...the old fart knows his basketball.

deeoriginal,

 

I stumbled across your posts while looking for information on billy clyde. I share your disdain for the arrogant drunk. I have argued on several bulletin boards that the man is an idiot, my main problem with him has been his overtraining of the team and his complete lack of strategy.

I have one request i'd like to ask of you. Earlier you made the claim that Patterson had actually signed a letter of intent while Tubby was there. I can't seem to find any sources on that. Do you have something that I could refer to with that information? One of the main arguments of Clyde's supporters is that he recruited Patterson. I'd like to have more ammunition when I take them on.

As to your last comment on get the Athletic Department to boot Gillispie, I've got a good friend who is an attorney there in Lexington. The last time I talked to him he claimed the negotiations are underway. The problem is getting rid of him without making Todd and Barnhart look like fools for spending the kind of money they did on an idiot like Billy Clyde. They're going to have to buy him out. He said the lawyers were lawyering away and that was before the SEC tourney.

 

Thanks,

danvillecat

 

 

 

 

Wow you are Jodie Meek's cousin? If that is true you should hook me up with autographs of the whole team :)

 

After reading the information you have posted and the way things have turned out... Anyone now that don't agree with you is crazy. We do need to get rid of Billy and get a good coach. Who you might ask? I wouldn't mind seeing Bill D. from florida come up. He might because he hasn't made the Ncaa tourny since he the last time they won it. (I could only hope.) Unless UK wins the Nit tourny I think(hope) Billy will be gone.

 

If Billy does get the boot who do you think and would like to fill in the job?

Curio, you snatched the breath right out of my chest when I read your apology to me.

Thank you.

Two years ago... a couple of days before Coach Tubby Smith took Kentucky to the NCAA tournament in 2007... I sent him an e-mail through the UK Athletic Director.

The Kentucky fans were really down on Tubby and his players... even though he had won 22 or so games and was headed to the NCAA tournament for the 16th straight year.  Even the UK Athletic Director would not publicly give Tubby a vote of confidence... opting to hold his comments until he could re-evaluate Tubby's position at the end of the season.

My cousin, Jodie Meeks, was just a freshman... and was among the players who were being booed, cursed and called everything but a child of God... by their own fans.

In my e-mail, I told Tubby that he always managed to handle such disgusting behavior with dignity and class.  I also told him that I knew Jodie would be safe as long as he was there to protect him and the rest of the players.

Then I gave Coach Tubby Smith this advice:  "Bend, but don't let them break you."

Two weeks later, Coach Smith left Kentucky... without notice.

Why?

Because he had returned home from the NCAA tournament after losing to Kansas... only to find that some ignorant Kentucky fans had parked a moving truck across the street from his house and mounted a "For Sale" sign in his yard.

I do not fault Tubby for what he did next... or how he did it.

He basically told those obnoxious, ungrateful Kentucky fans and the UK Athletic Director to kiss his rusty-dusty.

This sent Kentucky into a scramble for a coach... before it lost it's primo recruit, Patrick Patterson.

They couldn't lure Billy Donovan away from Florida.  So, they settled for Billy Gillispie... despite the fact that he had only coached in the college ranks for 5 years... and also despite the fact that he was an alcoholic.

Billy Gillispie's claim to fame was that he had turned two losing programs (at UTEP and Texas A&M) into winning programs.

Billy Gillispie's biggest mistake at Kentucky, however, was his failure to realize that Kentucky was not a LOSING program.

Gillispie totally dismantled a WINNING 
;program...

And this is what Wildcat fans are left with... a weak schedule... dreadful RPI and Strength of Schedule rankings... two frustrated All-Americans... on a confused and disgruntled team... headed for the N.I.T.... for the first time since 1979.

And let's not even discuss the abusive behavior Gillispie has rained down on his players... benching key players to humiliate them... and suiting-up and playing injured players.

Gillispie even made one of his players sit on the toilet in the locker room during a game this year for an entire half... assigning someone to remain in the locker room with this player to ensure that he didn't get up from the toilet.

How would that make you feel, Curio?  Humiliated?

This is why I took it upon myself to campaign for Gillispie's removal.

Tubby was no longer there to protect Jodie and the rest of his teammates.

I had to.

I didn't have to make up this information... because these things actually happened.

What I had to do is bring it to the attention of real, true-blue Kentucky fans like you.

Billy Clyde Gillispie must go!

Kentucky basketball needs to be pulled out of the gutter and placed back on its pedestal...

And only the Kentucky-faithful can make that happen... by pressuring the UK Athletic Department to boot Gillispie out of the door... and to hire a real coach to lead the Wildcats.