Billy Donovan is really MAD about the UK All Access show

[ColonelSteve]

Comments during todays media day about that...read that...then read what Jay Bilas is saying on Twitter below it

“I don’t know. I would not there to be anything — I wouldn’t say I would do it or wouldn’t do it — I wouldn’t want the disruption of our guys knowing there is something going on right now and how that would impact what we need to get done. And I think every coach is different on how they would want to handle it, I don’t have any feelings one way or another
“I do think if you are using it as a recruiting tool, I don’t think that’s right. If you are using it in a way to maybe help young young players out there, to see what a college practice, college environment is like … I did an all-acess show for coaches to buy so to speak, drills, practices those kind of things.
“Whatever your philosophy is, we’re always selling our programs in one way or other, whether it’s all-access, whether it’s DVDs, whether it’s media days, we’re always selling our programs. For me if was doing something that like, I would want it to be done in a way to represent how we do things at Florida.
“I wouldn’t do it as a recruiting tool because you are in practice with players who are in our program right now, you are practicing with your guys. I think it could be used as a recruiting tool . . .
“I haven’t even seen the Kentucky all-access so I don’t know anything about it. I don’t even know. In all those things, if you are trying to recruit through that, and kids are in the middle of practice playing, I think practice should be for practice.

“I don’t know if I want our kids’ days to be interrupted like that because I wanted to necessarily maybe go out and promote the program. I think that’s our job as a coach. No, I haven’t seen it, so I don’t know what it is, but I wouldn’t want our guys to deal with cameras in their dorms. That’s just me. I want our guys to focus on being normal college students. But at the same point, maybe it’s good exposure for those guys. Maybe it’s exposure that will help them later in life. But I would be sensitive to that.”

Jay Bilas ‏@JayBilas

Breaking News: Kentucky formally accused of unfair advantages for excessive exposure gained in the NBA Draft Lottery.

Jay Bilas ‏@JayBilas

Is UK All-Access unfair? No. Unfair for Coach K to coach Olympics? No. Unfair for IU to have a full practice on ESPN? No. It's just sports.

Jay Bilas ‏@JayBilas

By the way, does Notre Dame have an "unfair" advantage with its NBC exposure? No. Nothing "unfair" about it. Same with UK All-Access.

Jay Bilas ‏@JayBilas

Remember "Knight School" on ESPN? Was that an "unfair" advantage? No. Recruits didn't flock to Lubbock. The big shots still get them.

Jay Bilas ‏@JayBilas

Wonder why ESPN chose UK for All-Access?! Oh yeah, they're National Champions. Same for 'Bama earlier this year: http://bitly.com/cVwiUR

https://twitter.com/JayBilas

http://ukbasketball.bloginky.com/201...shows/#wgt=rss

[chroix]

and on the inside he's thinking.. why didn't I go there? It could be me.. it could be me!

[Catonahottinroof]

[KSRBEvans]

Someone needs to remind him that ESPN did an All Access of his program a couple of years ago:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...florida-gators

Problem here is Florida's All Access rated 1 segment, while UK's All Access rates a multi-week show. That's just ratings. More people want to see our program.

He had his shot to come to UK and have that. He wanted smaller. Well, this is what he gets.

[cattails]

You know Billy D has really turned into a cry baby and this is not the first time.

[ColonelSteve]

You know Billy D has really turned into a cry baby and this is not the first time.

That's what I was thinking, he's REALLY gotten bad...and so has Stallings...I think Billy D is just frustrated he can bring in the talent but just cant get back to the Final Four...they should have beaten Louisville last year in the Elite 8...but I'll take a win over Little Brother...that was fun seeing them moping around

[ColonelSteve]

Seems his whining has run off Redshirt Sophomore Cody Larson...though I doubt Billy D will miss that career 12 points he scored in Gainesville

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...Top+Stories%29

[cattails]

Now that it's over I couldn't agree more and yes Stallings is just as bad.

[catmanjack]

Billy would have never done for UK what Cal is doing.

and on the inside he's thinking.. why didn't I go there? It could be me.. it could be me!

[ColonelSteve]

Billy would have never done for UK what Cal is doing.

Exactly...he would have been just like Tubby

[CatinIL]

Perfect!!!

BTW, we need a cry baby smiley...just sayin.