"Hi. My name is Jerry. I hate your team."Jerry Tipton is pissed off that he went to the NCAA hearings today and didn't find out any dirt on your coach or team. What I'm gathering from his commentary is that he feels like if something fishy is going on in your vicinity, you should know. Or possibly go on probation. He asked Len Elmore about it today just to get his fix:
As a former All-America player for Maryland and then a longtime college basketball commentator, Elmore knows the ways of big-time athletics.
"You can't tell me that coaches don't have control over situations that have a direct impact" on an incoming player and the program, he said. " ... I'd really be surprised if there wasn't at least some inkling. Coaches have intuition. They've been around. Many of them have been around a long, long time. They know what the proper path to recruiting and admission of a student-athlete would be all about. And they also probably would be able to smell something that wasn't right."
These are strong words from Tipton and Elmore. Having said that, if I decided to pull the wool over on the SAT officials, I could've had someone take the test for me, and if I got caught, I could throw all of the blame to the Head of Finance at the University of Kentucky.
In conclusion, Len Elmore and Jerry Tipton hate Finance professors.
I'm surprised Tipton can venture outdoors without an armed escort. He's in this for Tipton period. He's dying for his big moment where he can advance himself by tearing down the team he leeches on every day. He's the lowest. He wants Dick Vitale's job as "National UK Basher". You going to warn coaches to stay away too Tipton? Someone should warn them about you.
ReplyDeleteHe had to be pissed off yesterday when there were no juicy details.
ReplyDeleteNot yet anyways. He'll find them if they exist.
I saw a blog comment recently that claimed that Jimmy Hoffa was buried in the back yard of Calipari's new Lexington home. If Tipton finds out he will be digging up the back yard while Calipari is out of town...like Tom Hanks in the Burbs. How does a guy who so obviously loathes anything good about UK basketball stay on as the "beat reporter"? Obviously the Herald Leader doesn't really have a good relationship with UK either. The time for Tipton to move on is long over due. If I had Calipari's salary, first thing I would do Monday morning is pay whoever and whatever it takes to get rid of the whole sportswriter staff at the Herald. They helped run Tubby Smith out of town and now are trying to soil Calipari before the guy even coaches a game at UK. Shame on Tipton. Move to Durham...please!
ReplyDeletecouldn't have said it any better.
ReplyDeleteThey could call him "Bull Durham" and maybe give him a middle name too!
ReplyDeleteTipton has been anti-UK for decades. That's no surprise. It sells papers, though I don't know how he sleeps at night.
ReplyDeleteThe Len Elmore comment that "coaches have intuition" is just more smoke. They have to write or say something-- it's their job-- and when they have no facts they just make crap up.
Len Elmore should stick with corruption he actually knows about-- like Lefty Drisell and Len Bias.