BCG drawing complaints from players

[NT03]

http://m.espn.go.com/ncb/story?storyId=8321914

[Harry]

Frankly this scares me because Texas Tech is to Benford as LSU was to Johnny Jones. Get well soon Coach G!

[UNTFan23]

"Billy isn't an alcoholic," Lucas said after Gillispie completed the program. "He was just making some bad choices."

Because alcoholics go to meetings.

[Green Dozer]

http://m.espn.go.com...storyId=8321914

And we thought we had problems with 1 player not wanting to come here in Odoh, and another Norris leaving.

[Green Dozer]

Frankly this scares me because Texas Tech is to Benford as LSU was to Johnny Jones. Get well soon Coach G!

I think Benford is smart enough to know that Tech is no dream job, and it would not be the best move on a lot of levels. Johnny has been part of some past glory, while there has been no glory at Tech.

[KoldBeer]

This story has blown up today. Reports of multiple practices over 4 hours per day. This is from a CBS story and it makes it sound like he might be in trouble:

Gillispie and Red Raiders athletic director Kirby Hocutt did not immediately respond to calls from CBSSports.com. A source close to Gillispie told CBSSports.com's Gary Parrish early Friday that "this is very, very serious" when asked whether Gillispie's job is in danger.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/19996223/extexas-tech-players-gillispie-broke-ncaa-practicelength-rules

[foutsrouts]

Scary as Hell and was one of my fears from the get-go. Someone tell 'em Fran's available.

[UNT90]

Fear not, Mean Green fans. Benford isn't a big enough name for TTech.

See: BCG

[foutsrouts]

Fear not, Mean Green fans. Benford isn't a big enough name for TTech.

See: BCG

But he may be after this year. Let us hope they don't go with an assistant as an interim for this season if he's dumped. Unfortunately, at this point there is a strong probability of that happening.

[Green Crazy]

Who do they have that might want to transfer closer to home? The only one I know of is todderick gotcher (sp?) cj's old teammate from lakeview hs.

[Harry]

Who do they have that might want to transfer closer to home? The only one I know of is todderick gotcher (sp?) cj's old teammate from lakeview hs.

I seem to recall that they signed the teammate of PJ Sparks from Houston?? Not sure about that though.

[UNTstormchaser]

If we have a great year like we all expect, Benford will have much stronger suitors than Tech anyways. I wouldn't worry yet.

[NT03]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/20052645/more-trouble-for-gillispie-as-allegations-of-mistreatment-surface

[H-towngreen]

See you later billy boy

[Stix]

Just... wow.

Fifteen players have already left the program prematurely since he took over in March of 2011, with the most recent being highly regarded recruit Wannah Bail, a native of the Bahamas who didn't return after the first summer school session.

Wannah Bail? He did! (good for him)

[Harry]

Billy may be sleeping with the fishes after this. Wow is right.

[Cooley]

From Bob Knight, Pat Knight and now BGC. Wow!

Anyway, I'd gladly take the Tolbert kid from Ft Worth.

[golfingomez]

What the? Did Gillespie just go crazy? How has something like this not popped up at previous stops?

[All About UNT]

Just... wow.

Wannah Bail? He did! (good for him)

Lol yeah thought of that line as well

[foutsrouts]

^{And who was his roommate at Ranger? These things tend to stick around and catch up with ya eventually. Hope he pulls through.}

[greenminer]

What the? Did Gillespie just go crazy? How has something like this not popped up at previous stops?

I'm pretty sure I read similar things at Kentucky. But this is much more revealing.

I was such a homer for him after what he did in El Paso. But he's such a mess since then. He needs to chill out. I hope Harry's right.

[CMJ]

I remember reading about the brutality he threw at his first couple of teams at Texas A&M as well. It appears to be worse now, but I think the A&M culture allowed him to get away with more than he should have at the time. All sorts of stories back then about a mini-Juction Boys type of thing. Might be the reason why it seemingly got worse at Kentucky and Tech.