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Sometimes you see something coming and ask yourself, “they wont really do that will they?” That really has been USC basketball recently, who took another step towards trainwreck status by hiring former Vol failure Kevin O’Neill. After showing that it had very little in the way of judgment in hiring Tim Floyd and allowing “instant probation” OJ Mayo to come join the program, the Trojans stepped it up to another degree. It went and hired a coach that (a) failed at UT, (b) is liked by no one and (c) single-handedly nearly ruined Arizona basketball in one season. Welcome ladies and gentlemen, KEVIN O’NEILL to USC! Oh and Billy Clyde….USC just picked Kevin O’Neill over you…get comfortable.
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Bill Keightley Report : Never to be forgotten.
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June 20th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
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June 20th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
How did he nearly ruin Arizona, he took them to the tournament after being named head coach weeks before the season, and they hadn’t made the tournament the year before i don’t believe?
June 20th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Arizona hasn’t missed the tourney in forever. O’Neill only got the UT job because Marquette beat UK in the tourney way back when.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
3- Yeah my mistake, he still made the tournament on a few week notification that he was going to be the head coach.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Wow… Gillispie –> Pwned!
June 20th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Matt, this is the best post ever. I love it when you come through like that. Great stuff that will be picked up by media’s everywhere.
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P.S. Billy Clyde sux. And I was right all season…but I got banned 2X by ASoB. Thax Tru.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
This is a re-post from earlier, but I want to make sure everyone sees it and goes to vote. Scroll down a little, the poll is right next to where he talks about Kansas. The poll is titled “Who deserves the #1 pre-season ranking next season” Everybody go vote. It is very very close between UK and Kansas. UK has 41% and Kansas has 40%. Only around 20,000 people have voted and I know BBN could push it a lot higher.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9688072/Updated-preseason-top-25-fo r-200
June 20th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Damn I did it again, I put the wrong numbers in there. UK has 40% and Kansas has 41%. We are behind, go vote everyone.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Who in the hell cares about a preseason poll? Let’s see who raises the trophy at the end of the year. Polls are meaningless, especially when our entire fanbase votes for it.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Billy Clyde would have been a much better hire than Bozo O`Neill. He really makes me think of Bozo the clown every time I see him, I think it has something to do with his hair. lol
USC must not want their basketball program to excel at all hiring O`Neill, the only success that I ever remember him having is when he was at Marquette and he beat UK in the NCAA Tourney. After that its been failure after failure, and I am surprised that he can still land a head coaching job at all.
He must able to talk a great line of bullsh!t.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
9) Now you are a true blue UK fan, not. I’m not saying that preseason polls mean anything, it’s a poll and it would be nice if everyone went to vote so true blue UK wins, dumb a$$
June 20th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
People post links to polls all the time, it’s a fan thing, that I guess you can’t understand
June 20th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
12 comment was meant for 9
June 20th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
I think BCG would have been a worse hire. I hope he never coaches again unles its Jr Pro.
June 20th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Well I got my vote in! I will vote for UK on any pole just because the competitions fans are voting for the other teams and I don`t want the other fanbases to think that they are superior to us (even if it is a meaningless pole). lol
Its a fan thing and its all in fun
June 20th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
15) Perfectly said. Glad you voted!
June 20th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
UPDATE: UK and Kansas are now tied at 41% on the poll
June 20th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
14)I dont know if I agree with this hire for USC but I completely agree that BCG would have been a disaster.
June 20th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Clyde won’t get another Head Coaching job for years, at least not in D 1. He’ll have to suck his way into an assistants job somewhere. No A.D. with half a brain will hire him to run a program.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
They hired the 2nd worst possible. Gillispie was the worst.
June 20th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
What a freaking joke of a coach, besides BCG
June 20th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
Matt, O’Neil didn’t fail at UT. He quit. Recruited like a mofo, and left Jerry Green with a ton of talent.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
UT=fail period
June 20th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
What is really killing BCG’s chance of getting another job is his:
1. Reluctance to sign a contract with UK
This wasn’t any contract either. This was an huge promotion job. And he played it like he was only moving sideways in his career.
Then when he’s pushed out forfailing to meet his job rseponsibilities (and trust me, the media can act like BCG was pushed out because he went to the NIT, but the AD’s around the country will see through that. They will contact Barnfart and get the scoup –> “That’s not in my job responsibilities”).
What do you think a smaller school considering dealing with him will think? As you know he won’t shelve his ego. Hell, he might even walk into it with the mindframe that he’s moving down the ladder in his career, giving them even less respect than he gave UK.
June 20th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Oh and UT = Fail
June 20th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Nice post Matt.