Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 WXOS is reporting that Billy Donovan is resigning from Florida to take the vacant Kentucky job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Hoops Insider Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 The same Billy Donovan that took the Orlando Magic job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 The same Billy Donovan that took the Orlando Magic job?Just saying what I've heard. I'll wait until announcements are official to comment further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillikenReport Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Just saying what I've heard. I'll wait until announcements are official to comment further. Donovan has already issued a statement, according to ESPN, that's he's staying at Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Donovan has already issued a statement, according to ESPN, that's he's staying at Florida.Good move. I guess WXOS jumped the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL Hoops Insider Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 But the point about Cal and UK was that he's got some of the top prospects committed who haven't signed yet, so if they wanted to they could follow him to Lexington. Of course an unsigned player can sign with whomever they want, that goes without saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidlee Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I just went to catspause.com and they had just under 25,000 people online. Wow!!! they take there BB serious down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluSignGuy Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 I just went to catspause.com and they had just under 25,000 people online. Wow!!! they take there BB serious down there. I feel for their servers (but they are on Rivals, so they are okay) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 I just went to catspause.com and they had just under 25,000 people online. Wow!!! they take there BB serious down there. In KY all you got is basketball, horse races, and pickup trucks. They sure as hell don't spend anytime at the dentist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 In KY all you got is basketball, horse races, and pickup trucks. They sure as hell don't spend anytime at the dentist. I recall some years ago when I was working in northeast Tennessee (near Knoxville) and I was driving near Harlan, Kentucky. Probably one of the poorest and most depressed areas of rural America. I stopped at this gas station to gas up and use the rest room. They had this poster of the Kentucky team (this was back in the Pitino days) that took up the whole wall of the back of the gas station. It was easily the size of 12ft. by 7ft. You knew right away 'this was cat country'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Playing time will become even more difficult to come by for Harrellson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Playing time will become even more difficult to come by for Harrellson. -isn't there a 5 year "clock" that starts ticking when you enter an ncaa school that says you have to complete your eligibility before the clock hits zero? -exceptions being medical redshirt and i guess mormon missions and maybe some others -so let's say for the moment josh wants to xfer out of uk, since he never enrolled at WILL did his clock start ticking when he enrolled at uk? -or is my understanding way off here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillikenReport Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 -isn't there a 5 year "clock" that starts ticking when you enter an ncaa school that says you have to complete your eligibility before the clock hits zero? -exceptions being medical redshirt and i guess mormon missions and maybe some others -so let's say for the moment josh wants to xfer out of uk, since he never enrolled at WILL did his clock start ticking when he enrolled at uk? -or is my understanding way off here? My understanding is if Harrellson were to transfer right now, he would sit out a year and then have two years of eligibility remaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quality Is Job 1 Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 -isn't there a 5 year "clock" that starts ticking when you enter an ncaa school that says you have to complete your eligibility before the clock hits zero? -exceptions being medical redshirt and i guess mormon missions and maybe some others -so let's say for the moment josh wants to xfer out of uk, since he never enrolled at WILL did his clock start ticking when he enrolled at uk? -or is my understanding way off here? Harrellson spent his freshman season in juco and his sophomore season at Kentucky. He has yet to use his redshirt year, so he should be all right if he were to transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjray Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Seriously, if I'm Harrellson, I'm nervous right now. How many of Cal's current Memphis players will want to join him at Kentucky? Additionally, Cal has 2 unsigned recruits that he can also take with him. And I venture that Cal stands a good chance to hold on to all of Billy G.'s recruits. They signed with Kentucky, not Bill G. There is going to be a big crush for schollies at Kentucky and when Calipari looks down the roster at who to jettison, there will be Harrellson's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillikenReport Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Seriously, if I'm Harrellson, I'm nervous right now. How many of Cal's current Memphis players will want to join him at Kentucky? Additionally, Cal has 2 unsigned recruits that he can also take with him. And I venture that Cal stands a good chance to hold on to all of Billy G.'s recruits. They signed with Kentucky, not Bill G. There is going to be a big crush for schollies at Kentucky and when Calipari looks down the roster at who to jettison, there will be Harrellson's name. Cal can't take his current Memphis players with him. If they choose to transfer, the school can make it conditional so that they can't go to UK. But even if they were allowed to, they would have to transfer there and sit out a year. Harrellson could be out of the mix next year if PF-C Daniel Orton follows through on his commitment to UK and then Memphis commit (but not signed) PF-C D. Cousins follows Cal to UK. If Patterson sticks around for another year, Harrellson could have as many as four guys ahead of him in the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbofive Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Cal can't take his current Memphis players with him. If they choose to transfer, the school can make it conditional so that they can't go to UK. But even if they were allowed to, they would have to transfer there and sit out a year. Harrellson could be out of the mix next year if PF-C Daniel Orton follows through on his commitment to UK and then Memphis commit (but not signed) PF-C D. Cousins follows Cal to UK. If Patterson sticks around for another year, Harrellson could have as many as four guys ahead of him in the post. He'll just have that much more time to flunk out of school and contract venereal diseases. No boo hoos from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjray Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Cal can't take his current Memphis players with him. If they choose to transfer, the school can make it conditional so that they can't go to UK. But even if they were allowed to, they would have to transfer there and sit out a year. Harrellson could be out of the mix next year if PF-C Daniel Orton follows through on his commitment to UK and then Memphis commit (but not signed) PF-C D. Cousins follows Cal to UK. If Patterson sticks around for another year, Harrellson could have as many as four guys ahead of him in the post. Yes, the transferring players would have to sit out a year ... but one or two of the current Memphis players might do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Cal can't take his current Memphis players with him. If they choose to transfer, the school can make it conditional so that they can't go to UK. But even if they were allowed to, they would have to transfer there and sit out a year. Harrellson could be out of the mix next year if PF-C Daniel Orton follows through on his commitment to UK and then Memphis commit (but not signed) PF-C D. Cousins follows Cal to UK. If Patterson sticks around for another year, Harrellson could have as many as four guys ahead of him in the post. Yesterday I heard Andy katz on ESPN saying that even without the coaching change Kentucky was going to have a scholarship squeeze as they had 2 more commitments then they did scholarships available. There was already an expectation that some guys were going to leave and or go to the NBA. Its really hard to see how JH fits in with the new Kentucky program. He will likely be the posterchild of local kids trying to reach too "big-time" in their school, much more so than a guy like Stemmler who played about 20 minutes a game for a damn good IU team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Yesterday I heard Andy katz on ESPN saying that even without the coaching change Kentucky was going to have a scholarship squeeze as they had 2 more commitments then they did scholarships available. There was already an expectation that some guys were going to leave and or go to the NBA. Its really hard to see how JH fits in with the new Kentucky program. He will likely be the posterchild of local kids trying to reach too "big-time" in their school, much more so than a guy like Stemmler who played about 20 minutes a game for a damn good IU team. -imo josh did kind of get screwed by his coach getting fired after winning 20 games.....oh wait, that happened some place else that we are familiar with a couple of years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 -imo josh did kind of get screwed by his coach getting fired after winning 20 games.....oh wait, that happened some place else that we are familiar with a couple of years ago You have to make the Big Dance, noone cares about 20 wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 You have to make the Big Dance, noone cares about 20 wins.And you have to recruit players that will get you to the big dance. No tears for UB, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Yesterday I heard Andy katz on ESPN saying that even without the coaching change Kentucky was going to have a scholarship squeeze as they had 2 more commitments then they did scholarships available. There was already an expectation that some guys were going to leave and or go to the NBA. Its really hard to see how JH fits in with the new Kentucky program. He will likely be the posterchild of local kids trying to reach too "big-time" in their school, much more so than a guy like Stemmler who played about 20 minutes a game for a damn good IU team. I doubt Memphis kids will transfer. Or that Calipari will even try and get them to do that. Even he's not that low. However, the two unsigned kids, they'll be in blue uniforms next year with Kentucky on the front. JH just slid further down the pine. If as reported KY is two scholies over the limit, guess who gets asked to leave. Hope JH's parents have a lot of cash because JH is going to be buying his own beers, pizza and wings if he stays at KY. Evans already announced he's going NBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BillikenReport Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Just read a story on KentuckySportsReport.com about the Wildcats' post players for next season. The story lists Patrick Patterson, junior transfer Matt Pilgrim and incoming freshmen DeMarcus Cousins and Daniel Orton as the top four for the two frontcourt spots, with Perry Stevenson, Josh Harrellson and A.J. Stewart in the next group. Harrellson could be in for a long season, even though Kentucky could make a run at an NCAA title. He looks like he'll just be a practice body there this year, but maybe he'll play some minutes as a senior after Patterson, Cousins, Orton and Stevenson all move on. In the future, Harrellson will be a cautionary tale for local kids. He could have started for three years at SLU, played 25-30 minutes per game and established himself as a legitimate professional prospect overseas. Instead he'll sit the bench for three years at Kentucky after buying talk of significant playing time from Billy Gillespie and John Calipari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 karma. you reap what you sow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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