[alfus21]

Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio has an interesting take on it, and it is also something Larry Vaught of Kentucky Sports Report is also saying.

I'll post what Jones had to say on Kentucky Sports Radio...
On Friday, there was a meeting between Legion, his mother and Coach Gillispie in which the possibility of a transfer was mentioned. I was told of this on Friday by a source close to the team, but the individual said that he “thought they worked it out” and everything would be fine. Then we go to Saturday, where Legion does not play well and Alex’s mother was very vocal in her criticism of the Coach and how he was using her son. I walked around the lower press area twice and heard her both times and was told by another press member that she kept it up the whole game. Then apparently Legion didnt come to practice today, and we are in our current situation.

The reason for this move has less to do about playing time than it does about the relationship between the Coach and the player. There are multiple members of this team that arent happy with the way the Coach operates and are considering a transfer. Add to that the fact that many of the parents, including one in particular, are quite vocal in wanting a change in the way that Billy Clyde operates and his coaching style. I was told by one player’s family member before the Legion news to expect “at least 2″ to be gone by the end of the semester. I was surprised however that it was Legion who was the first, as he is Billy Clyde’s guy and did not have the issue of an adjustment from one style to another.

I can't post what Vaught is saying because they have rules against posting information that premium members get to read but it says up to 4 more players could transfer before the end of the semester.

A poster on Cats Pause (deplion) who posted this a few days ago that we would see transfers is now saying the following....

I had been hearing there were five guys seriously talking transfer.

Legion was on that list, but I personally did not think he was one of those most likely to leave. A bunch of parents are also furious. One parent in particular is riling up anger in many other parents. At the same time, there are also some parents that support Coach 100%.

Anyway, I don't know if LV named names or not, but I don't want to do it because I don't want to possibly slander players who should not be on the list.

Apparently, the threat is serious enough that Mitch is going to try to get involved. The way I understand it, it will involve personal counselling with the disgruntled players, and will also involve a conversation with BCG discussing some of his coaching tactics.

I had hoped the rumors were BS, but I heard them from a lot of places. With Legion now gone and Vaught issuing an almost identical report to what I posted earlier, I am afraid it may be true.

In the end, I think we get this resolved and only lose a couple of guys to transfer, but the staff needs to get on top of this quickly or it could get really ugly. Should make for a very interesting next couple of days to say the least.