Well I figured it was time to chime in on this years Kentucky Basketball team so far.  After watching 3 games and all of them losses I must admit this isn’t the season I thought I was in for, its going to be a long year folks and at no fault to the current coach.  I still find it comical that in back to back thoughts the media will comment on how great Tubby Smith is and how the Kentucky fan base ran him out of town and then follow that thought up with how untalented this team is.  Once again I will say in college basketball the coach is responsible for recruiting and picking the players to go after so if the team stinks the coach should be held responsible.  How Teflon Tubby still manages to pull this off even after departing blows my mind we are seeing the legacy of Tubby at UK right now and no one seems willing to admit it’s not very good.  Thankfully Gillispie looks to be a good recruiter even with Legion defecting b/c the Wildcats program is going to need it to become a factor again in college basketball.  I would love to read Gillispie’s thoughts on this team I mean the ones he keeps to himself.  I imagine he’s wondering what the hell Tubby was doing for the last three years.  It’s also starting to become obvious that he’s really not a fan or interested in almost all of these players.  You can sense Gillispie weathering the storm until he gets these guys out of town and gets his own recruits in.  I for one don’t blame him for any of this, its bad basketball but it’s no different than what we’ve seen the last 2-3 years thus the reason Tubby isn’t here now.  It’s not that neither coach can seem to get through to these players it’s that Tubby recruited these guys and they are a cumulative bunch of train wrecks.  Kentucky has a long way to go but hang in there Big Blue Nation Gillispie will get them there.  Below are some random thoughts that have come to mind in the three games I’ve watched so far. Read the rest of this entry »