gopheraschells
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wow..kentucky fans won't be described as patient
My guess would be Calipari, based on the timing.
Ironically, Orestes Meeks lamented the lack of a relationship with Gillispie. The former UK coach had often spoke of the importance of building relationships.
But Gillispie did not call the elder Meeks when his son set a UK record with 54 points against Tennessee.
"I got calls from every coach he ever had: baseball, basketball, all of them," the elder Meeks said. "Except his current coach. His current coach never called. That said a lot to me."
Earlier this year, Barnhart spoke of Gillispie needing to make "adjustments." But during the Southeastern Conference Tournament, Gillispie would not acknowledge that the UK job contained a public component.
In his second season, Gillispie did make more of an effort to embrace the public. After snubbing the Lexington Rotary Club in 2007, thus ending a tradition of UK coaches speaking to the club that dated back to at least the 1950s, Gillispie appeared before this season.
But it was too little, too late to save his job.
"When you start placing blame, tell them that when a ship misses the harbor, do they blame the harbor?" Orestes Meeks said. "I don't think it's anybody's fault but his own."
I guess this means they'll stop blaming Tubby? From now on it's all Gillispie's fault.
20,000 on CP? Unbelievable....