Blech, it should have been expected with him coming here and leaving UTEP like he did. That doesn't make it any easier, though.I'm not a huge fan of Bill Byrne, first of all. There hasn't been much talk of him here at A&M, but you just have to be disappointed if you like men's sports. We've done well at quite a few sports, but not great. We're always right behind somebody, and it's getting old. Now he's lost Gillispie (perhaps not his fault, but still).As far as Gillispie goes, I think it sucks that we lost him. It will be hard to replace him, but not impossible. We have great new facilities, great new players coming in, and a great home crowd. The key will be to find someone with the balls to take us to the next level (it obviously wasn't Gillispie). I think Billy will have a tough time at Kentucky, though. As someone in our newspaper said, .729 isn't good enough in Kentucky (to be realistic though, he will get better recruiting at UK).
Its a solid hire by Kentucky, and its too bad for aTm. As a midwest basketball fan I'm a little happy Kentucky didn't snag Tom Crean at Marquette. Justice, who do you think A&M will hire now?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (joemagoo362 @ Apr 6 2007, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Justice, who do you think A&M will hire now?</div>No freakin clue. Everyone was so hyped up on getting BG back, that I don't think anyone was thinking about other possibilities (at least, I wasn't). I'll update y'all if I hear anything though.
I'm shocked by this. I really am. Great hiring for UK. I mean, A&M made huge strides this year, and now he's gone. Wow.
He deserves this job, he is a really nice guy and has worked real hard to get this awesome job. Congrats coach Gillespie! :happy0144:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MaRdYC26 @ Apr 6 2007, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm shocked by this. I really am. Great hiring for UK. I mean, A&M made huge strides this year, and now he's gone. Wow.</div> How is it shocking at all?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Apr 7 2007, 02:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How is it shocking at all?</div>I guess it could be construed as shocking due to the fact that he was only here for a few years, took us to the sweet sixteen, then just left. Like I said though, it is to be expected. He's had something like 11 jobs in 20 years.
