Premature as BG will succeed in the right spot (Houston or Texas Tech), but it is nice to see who the real genius is.
The Link
"4. Billy Gillispie
Mistaken identity: College hoops' Winston Wolf.
Genius credentials: Established reputation as turnaround artist by coaching UTEP to an 18-win improvement in 2003-04 and Texas A&M to a 14-win jump in 2004-05; two seasons later, Gillispie took the Aggies to a top-10 regular-season ranking and a one-point loss to Memphis in the Sweet 16.
Genius moment: Prowled sideline for UTEP's victory over the Harlem Globetrotters -- not the confetti 'n' shorts-tugging showmen Trotters, the competitive squad -- the Globies' first loss in 289 games.
Genius reconsidered: Hired to coach Kentucky -- in essence, being elected president of college basketball -- in 2007, Gillispie lost his first game, at home, to Gardner-Webb. By 16 points. A first-round NCAA loss followed, and in his second year, Gillispie oversaw a home defeat to VMI and a berth in the NIT … which the Wildcats didn't even win.
De-Genius moment: After Kentucky fired Gillispie, it was revealed that the coach had never actually signed his formal contract with the school. Oops.
The real genius: Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes, who's smart enough to realize there's more sanity and less hassle coaching at a school and in a state where fans treat college football with the same do-or-die impatience Kentucky fans reserve for hoops."
The Link
"4. Billy Gillispie
Mistaken identity: College hoops' Winston Wolf.
Genius credentials: Established reputation as turnaround artist by coaching UTEP to an 18-win improvement in 2003-04 and Texas A&M to a 14-win jump in 2004-05; two seasons later, Gillispie took the Aggies to a top-10 regular-season ranking and a one-point loss to Memphis in the Sweet 16.
Genius moment: Prowled sideline for UTEP's victory over the Harlem Globetrotters -- not the confetti 'n' shorts-tugging showmen Trotters, the competitive squad -- the Globies' first loss in 289 games.
Genius reconsidered: Hired to coach Kentucky -- in essence, being elected president of college basketball -- in 2007, Gillispie lost his first game, at home, to Gardner-Webb. By 16 points. A first-round NCAA loss followed, and in his second year, Gillispie oversaw a home defeat to VMI and a berth in the NIT … which the Wildcats didn't even win.
De-Genius moment: After Kentucky fired Gillispie, it was revealed that the coach had never actually signed his formal contract with the school. Oops.
The real genius: Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes, who's smart enough to realize there's more sanity and less hassle coaching at a school and in a state where fans treat college football with the same do-or-die impatience Kentucky fans reserve for hoops."
