[More Cowbell]

Here's my expectation: UK fans will set their expectations too high; when those expectations aren't realized they'll start screaming to send the new coach back to the Lone Star Republic.

You're right about that. Expectations will be too high in many fans minds right away and continue to be outrageous. But that will never change and any coach that takes the job at UK from now on will know that I guess. But I think Coach Gillispie is ready for the pressure.

I will actually disagree with both of you. While UK fans always have high hopes for the basketball team, I think the expectations will be tempered somewhat this year. The last couple of years have been fairly disappointing, and I think most fans realize that the team Billy Clyde inherited is not one that should be expected to win an SEC championship or go to the Final Four. UK will have only 2 scholarship players above sophomore level this year, and those two remaining members of the vaunted recruiting class of 2004 (Crawford and Bradley) have underachieved so far in their UK careers.

I think the fans are so giddy about the high-level recruits that Gillespie has landed, that he will likely have one season, maybe two, as a 'honeymoon ' period. After that, well, we had better be playing on the last weekend of the season!