06-06-2009, 03:05 AM
says he will not coach this upcoming season. here is what he said to Andy Kats per KSR
The Worldwide Leaderâs own Andy Katz spoke with Billy Clyde, and our departed coach had some interesting things to say concerning, well, everything. Hereâs some highlights:
On Calipari and recruiting:
âIâm happy for those guys. I hope they can get every single person they can, and they will, in my opinion.â
Gillispie said Calipari is âthe perfect fit. Heâs a great recruiter and a great coach. I think itâs awesome, and Iâm pulling for them.â
On Patrick Patterson:
âHeâd been saying all along that heâs going to come back to school,â said Gillispie, who pulled off a recruiting coup when he landed Patterson two years ago away from Florida and Duke. âHe loves it there. Heâs had a great experience, and itâs a great place to go to school. Education is important to him. He could graduate in three years. Iâm not surprised he did that.â
On Jodie Meeks sharing the backcourt with star freshman John Wall:
âJodie will be great no matter what,â Gillispie said. âHe had one of the best years in college basketball, and that was coming off an injury-plagued season. He was fantastic. It looks like theyâll have great personnel in all the spots, and that will help him.â
On his lawsuit against his former employer:
[Crickets]
On his time at Kentucky:
Gillispie said he has no regrets about anything that happened at Kentucky. âIâm proud of everything we did on and off the court,â he said.
Katz also said that Gillispie flirted with the Washington State job (but it wouldnât go home with him), and that he definitely wants to be a head coach for the 2010-11 season. In the meantime, Clyde will be touring NFL training camps, college football practices and NBA practices to âstudy how other people do it and continue to get better.â Heâll also spend time watching college basketball practices, including but not limited to his old pal Bill Selfâs squad at Kansas. (Read an unrelated story about a random dude and Bill Self here.)
So, there you have it. Our old coach is doinâ just fine down in Graford. I, for one, canât wait for him to get another job somewhere very very very soon. The college basketball world just ainât tough enough without him.
The Worldwide Leaderâs own Andy Katz spoke with Billy Clyde, and our departed coach had some interesting things to say concerning, well, everything. Hereâs some highlights:
On Calipari and recruiting:
âIâm happy for those guys. I hope they can get every single person they can, and they will, in my opinion.â
Gillispie said Calipari is âthe perfect fit. Heâs a great recruiter and a great coach. I think itâs awesome, and Iâm pulling for them.â
On Patrick Patterson:
âHeâd been saying all along that heâs going to come back to school,â said Gillispie, who pulled off a recruiting coup when he landed Patterson two years ago away from Florida and Duke. âHe loves it there. Heâs had a great experience, and itâs a great place to go to school. Education is important to him. He could graduate in three years. Iâm not surprised he did that.â
On Jodie Meeks sharing the backcourt with star freshman John Wall:
âJodie will be great no matter what,â Gillispie said. âHe had one of the best years in college basketball, and that was coming off an injury-plagued season. He was fantastic. It looks like theyâll have great personnel in all the spots, and that will help him.â
On his lawsuit against his former employer:
[Crickets]
On his time at Kentucky:
Gillispie said he has no regrets about anything that happened at Kentucky. âIâm proud of everything we did on and off the court,â he said.
Katz also said that Gillispie flirted with the Washington State job (but it wouldnât go home with him), and that he definitely wants to be a head coach for the 2010-11 season. In the meantime, Clyde will be touring NFL training camps, college football practices and NBA practices to âstudy how other people do it and continue to get better.â Heâll also spend time watching college basketball practices, including but not limited to his old pal Bill Selfâs squad at Kansas. (Read an unrelated story about a random dude and Bill Self here.)
So, there you have it. Our old coach is doinâ just fine down in Graford. I, for one, canât wait for him to get another job somewhere very very very soon. The college basketball world just ainât tough enough without him.