This guy deserves his own thread. And it's a shame that a thread dedicated to his coaching greatness has not survived. Bill Self protoge. only 46 years of age.




his record is great. don't have time to look it up right now, cause i'm at work.

discuss

4/14/2006 3:03:44 PM

50 PPG!!!

4/14/2006 3:04:51 PM

lock

spell his fucking name right

^he adapts to what works

80ppg at utep

[Edited on April 14, 2006 at 3:05 PM. Reason : ]

4/14/2006 3:05:22 PM

so i fucked up his name by ah letter

Billy Gillispie

http://www.aggieathletics.com/coaches.php?SID=MBB&CID=147

[Edited on April 14, 2006 at 3:08 PM. Reason : link]

4/14/2006 3:07:39 PM

9one9 for sports talk mod

4/14/2006 3:19:58 PM

Quote :

"50 PPG!!!"

"I'm an idiot because I haven't seen 8 million posts on other topics that talk about how Gillispie ran a fast-paced, high scoring offense at UTEP when he had the personnel to do so...but couldn't do this at A&M because he inherited an 0-16 Big 12 team that couldn't run with other teams in the conference!!!!!"

4/14/2006 3:31:41 PM

ok, time to officially quit sports talk until we find a new coach

goodbye tww!

4/14/2006 3:39:11 PM

top 10 preseason next year

how bout that

4/14/2006 3:50:09 PM

why do we want coaches who just took over their programs within the past 2-3 years?

don't we want someone who is somewhat established at a school? someone, perhaps, with a reputation.

4/14/2006 3:50:58 PM

Most coaches who have established programs don't want to leave them to come here.

4/14/2006 3:52:09 PM

Billy G is the man for me (no homo)

4/14/2006 3:54:33 PM

Quote :

"don't we want someone who is somewhat established at a school? someone, perhaps, with a reputation."

Quote :

"Most coaches who have established programs don't want to leave them to come here."

exactly. the more established they are, the less likely they will be to leave. plus i want someone that could potentially be a great long term hire. i don't want to hire someone for 3 years just to turn around and go after somebody else. i want to be consistant.

4/14/2006 3:56:47 PM

so we want a guy who will have coached 3 different teams since 2004

4/14/2006 3:58:43 PM

If they've done well...why not?

4/14/2006 3:59:22 PM

good point

4/14/2006 4:00:32 PM

i just made a thread titled almost exactly the same two days ago and it got locked, beardawg is racist against ewoks

4/14/2006 4:04:16 PM

ive been on this guys nuts since day 1

i will be thrilled if we get gillispie

4/14/2006 4:12:46 PM

[gay]

4/14/2006 5:14:49 PM

what can i say, i love the feeling of a man's scrotum

4/14/2006 5:19:49 PM

yeah i dont blame you they're nice.

4/14/2006 5:30:17 PM

@UTEP (2003-2004), 2nd Year as a Head Coach: 24-8

@TX A&M (2004-2005): 21-10

@TX A&M (2005-2006), 4th Year as a Head Coach: 22-9 (edged Texas at home)

4/14/2006 6:20:56 PM

the N&O is reporting that he's been suspiciously "not returning calls" to the media lately....

4/15/2006 7:22:47 AM

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

4/15/2006 9:36:17 AM

another young unproven coach from a school that's not that good




GREAT IDEA LETS BRING'EM IN.




FIRE BILLY

4/15/2006 9:36:53 AM

You guys are dumb. He turned around a shitty program in the Big 12...that's a major conference...not a midmajor.

Billy's our best possible hire right now.

4/15/2006 9:42:15 AM

that's pretty sad if he's the best remaining candidate

God help our program

4/15/2006 9:47:58 AM

stop bitching

4/15/2006 10:00:23 AM

the Gillispie Sunshine Squad

4/15/2006 10:07:16 AM

gillispie is easily our best remaining option.

i have a feeling its going to come down to either him or F. Haith.

which is kinda sad, but whateryagonnado?

4/15/2006 1:38:15 PM

let's get this guy here

4/15/2006 4:10:50 PM

Gillispie doesn't stick around long enough for me to like him. Bring in Haith.

4/15/2006 4:19:32 PM

Quote :

"the N&O is reporting that he's been suspiciously "not returning calls" to the media lately...."

Yeah and the A&M AD isnt returning calls either....
Most likely reworking his contract there and using our attention for another fatty raise.

DAMN UNC and DAMN DUKE. DAMN the spineless coaches that have used us for raises.

Billy G is the LAST coach I will be excited for us to get...

4/15/2006 4:24:58 PM

TAMU has pockets just as deep as Texas. Won't out bid them. Also, Gillispie is a complete Texas boy. I don't see him leaving.

Bring on Haith.

4/15/2006 4:26:44 PM

^ This is true


The only reason I think we can get him is he says he "Wants to coach somewhere where he can compete for national championships"


Voila. The ACC is calling your name.

That said, A&M can outbid us (But would they for BBall?) and he is a Texas guy at heart. Still, look at our facilities/conference/tradition compared to thiers

4/15/2006 4:28:54 PM

Didn't the TAMU AD say he wouldn't match 2 million? I hope we don't pay him that, but it definitely seems like they won't try to keep him unconditionally.

4/15/2006 4:32:10 PM

^ I think you're talking about LSU regarding John Brady

And if we offer Brady anything, I'm going to kick someone's ass.

(LSU could outbid us too if they wanted. That mention was a "Hey, come hire this guy" and nothing more from the LSU administration. The fans have wanted Brady gone for years. You know you suck if you're getting run out of town at a football school )



[Edited on April 15, 2006 at 4:35 PM. Reason : ]

4/15/2006 4:33:33 PM

Quote :

"Yeah and the A&M AD isnt returning calls either.... Most likely reworking his contract there and using our attention for another fatty raise."

that or it's easter weekend. . .

4/15/2006 4:45:32 PM

BTW....it's looking like Gillispie is off the list.

Fuck.

4/17/2006 12:07:26 AM

4/17/2006 12:09:47 AM

thats ok, we still have two great coaches on the list...PJ and Lon Kruger

4/17/2006 12:15:46 AM

No soup for you. NEXT!

4/17/2006 12:19:41 AM

Texas A&M can outbid us? I mean, I'm sure they HAVE a lot of money, but it isn't the school paying for the majority of a coach, it is the alumni.

Do the alumni at A&M care about basketball at all?

4/17/2006 12:33:36 AM

They could probably match our bids if they want to.

However, I think it has more to do with Gillispie just wanting to stay in Texas. I also don't know how hard we tried...but I do know that we talked to him.

4/17/2006 12:58:36 AM

im not sure what i missed, but why does it look like gillispie is off the list?

4/17/2006 1:22:33 AM

Don't question my knowledge.....

4/17/2006 8:10:53 AM

can you say "Princeton Offense?"

My only gripe was with the offense, and Gillispie runs the same shit. Please no!

4/17/2006 8:36:12 AM

And you're dumb. Because he doesn't run that offense. And he only ran a grind-it-out offense because he was limited with his players. He only had one of the highest scoring offenses in the country when he coached at UTEP.

So STFU b/c you don't know what you're talking about. But it doesn't matter, b/c he's not coming here anyways.

4/17/2006 9:07:57 AM

are we ever going to get a coach?

4/17/2006 9:10:00 AM

It is normal for the coaching search to take two weeks or so, even Roy Williams wasn't announced the head coach at UNC untill about two weeks after Doh's departure. It is abnormal for a coach to be announced within a week of the search.

4/17/2006 9:16:35 AM

^^No.

Atsur will become the first everly player/coach in NCAA history.

4/17/2006 9:19:24 AM