Mike Casey is considered one of the greatest players to ever wear a UK uniform.  Many fans will tell you that UK would have probably won another NCAA Championship had Casey not broken his leg in a motorcycle accident.

Casey averaged 50% shooting from the field and people can only imagine what kind of points he would have had if the 3-point line existed when he played.

When he speaks about UK basketball people tend to listen and recently he spoke about Billy Gillispie to a website called "Sea of Blue" and it has to be one of the strongest comments about the new coach which is what many in Lexington have been asking themselves for most of this season.

Casey -- "First of all, I think he's in over his head.  I think he has no clue as to what's going on in the game." 

"I just don't think he knows what it means to coach at UK.  I hate to say it, but a change has to be made, and soon, or we're going to lose what UK is all about.  Ask (Richie) Farmer, or (John) Pelphrey, or (Deron) Feldhaus what it means to play at Kentucky.  Ask them what that "Kentucky" across their chests means.  Somehow we've let that go.  If we lost we came out fightin' mad; we weren't going to lose two in a row.  It's beyond me why (Mitch) Barnhart and (Lee) Todd put up with it."

The only thing that I can say in Billy's defense is that kids don't care about the great traditions of UK, UCLA, Kansas...they care more about their own legacy and how they can get the the NBA with as little time spent in college but with that said if Gillispie continues to be subborn to the point that he isn't willing to adjust to the game then his stay in Wildcat Blue may be shorter than he thinks.

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