Pat Forde names BCG SEC coach of the year

[Eagle'01]

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=3275815&sportCat=ncb

 

Also names other coaches and players of the year.

[RockPride]

Remember where Forde lives...

[98NCCalum]

Wow, a Kentucky writer votes BCG coach of the year, shocker.

 

All my loyalties aside, what has he done to warrant it?

 

Hasn't he, if anything, not lived up to expectations, underachieved for a good portion of the season, and alienated his players?

 

The talent may not have been elite but they are not horrible!

[bugatti]

Remember where Forde lives...

And just a few lines laters says...

 

"Minutes Moment of the Year: Gardner-Webb (22) houses Kentucky in Rupp Arena 84-68. And it wasn't even that close."

 

From the way the season started to this point, UK has made a 180, which is a sign of great coaching... he has a legit point, I guess.

[bugatti]

Wow, a Kentucky writer votes BCG coach of the year, shocker.

 

All my loyalties aside, what has he done to warrant it?

 

Hasn't he, if anything, not lived up to expectations, underachieved for a good portion of the season, and alienated his players?

 

The talent may not have been elite but they are not horrible!

 

Explain?

[Eagle'01]

Wow, a Kentucky writer votes BCG coach of the year, shocker.

 

All my loyalties aside, what has he done to warrant it?

 

Hasn't he, if anything, not lived up to expectations, underachieved for a good portion of the season, and alienated his players?

 

The talent may not have been elite but they are not horrible!

 

I think if you are looking at the SEC portion of the schedule only that he would be right up there along with Bruce Pearl. I'm not kidding myself, the out of conference games we were terrible and I didn't know how long BCG would be around but we have turned it around.

[98NCCalum]

Explain?

It's no secret that the players don't like him.

[bugatti]

It's no secret that the players don't like him.

I am not buying that.

 

At the start of the season, getting adjusted, maybe not the best of times, but the response to Gillisipie has been amazing the past few weeks.

[98NCCalum]

Ok.

[LRCW]

It's no secret that the players don't like him.

 

 

I think Coach G is very similar in coaching style to Bobby Knight. The players appreciate him much more after graduating.

[halfback20]

Wow, a Kentucky writer votes BCG coach of the year, shocker.

 

All my loyalties aside, what has he done to warrant it?

 

Hasn't he, if anything, not lived up to expectations, underachieved for a good portion of the season, and alienated his players?

 

The talent may not have been elite but they are not horrible!

 

How can you have high expectations with the injuries UK has suffered through? Jasper missed significant time, Meeks has missed significant time, Patterson is now out for the year....

[halfback20]

I am not buying that.

 

At the start of the season, getting adjusted, maybe not the best of times, but the response to Gillisipie has been amazing the past few weeks.

 

:thumb: They seem to be playing their butts off...

[threetimelover]

It's no secret that the players don't like him.

 

I'm not seeing that at all. It looks and sounds to me that most of the team would throw themselves under the figurative bus for their coach. Harris' interview after the game the other day was proof of that.

[mobaar]

All my loyalties aside, what has he done to warrant it?

 

Better SEC record than the previous two years.

Beat two ranked teams (something UK didn't do even once last year)

Beat Vandy (something UK hadn't done in 2 years)

 

He also still has a shot of Florida, who UK hasn't beaten in 4(?) years at this point.

 

And he did all of that while fighting huge injuries.

[02Ram54]

Better SEC record than the previous two years.

Beat two ranked teams (something UK didn't do even once last year)

Beat Vandy (something UK hadn't done in 2 years)

 

He also still has a shot of Florida, who UK hasn't beaten in 4(?) years at this point.

 

And he did all of that while fighting huge injuries.

The SEC is way down from the previous two years.

He might have beat Vandy, but when was the last time UK got stomped into the mud by Vandy?

 

Injuries are part of the game... I don't think UK fans have been handing out much sympathy the past few years for Louisville when the Cards had the injury bug.

 

 

For the record, Pat Forde is one of the biggest homers in sports. I've even started threads about how (overly) complimentary he is of Louisville.