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[QUOTE="SUintheVille, post: 1450183, member: 1024"]
I liked Tubby Smith when he was at UK, but he didn't excite the fans or recruits even though he compiled a .760 winning percentage in 10 yrs (the post-season results weren't there consistently). Then Gillispie came and went quickly - nutcase. UK was longing for excitement and lured Cal to UK, and fans and program were quickly reinvigorated given his recent success (137-14 in his last 4 seasons at Memphis), whether legit or not. UK is a blue blood, and I can see recruits wanting to come quickly with the new perceived high profile coach and an aggressive AD. Was there underhanded/corrupted stuff going on? I live close to it, and just don't hear that much about it, but certainly there's rumors and people thinking surely there was (with hard opinions), and I'll just leave it at that. Ryan, you have an interesting theory about it in an above post.

I used to loathe Cal, and still am not a fan for sure, but he doesn't bother me as much now. Maybe it's perspective and better wisdom. This current year, Cal will have another really good team, but he did miss out on a number of very top recruits who went elsewhere, despite UK offers. Interesting.

I guess the moral here is, I still don't like the team down the road, I have friends who love the team down the road, it is what it is, and I'll just root for Cuse and who cares about Cal and UK.
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