I think that is right. I was born in 75 and know Gullett played for the Reds but my memory is of him as the pitching coach for the Reds in the 80s/early 90s I think.
I just looked. He played for the Reds from 70 - 76 and was pitching coach from 93-05.
I think more disturbing was the fact that he thought people would know Pat Riley for his NBA coaching accomplishments not his time at UK because if I recall correctly he said Pat was the 6th man on the Rupps Runts team. I mean Riley just averaged 22 PPG, was SEC POY, 3rd team All American, 1st Team All SEC and the NCAA all final four team.
He is right and wrong at the same time. Pat was a star on that KY team so he was wrong about that. He is however correct that Riley is more known for his time in the NBA as the coach for the Showtime Lakers as well as his time as an executive. Pick random people on the street and ask them about Pat Riley. Anywhere other than Lexington, I would bet all would say something about what he has done in the NBA.I think more disturbing was the fact that he thought people would know Pat Riley for his NBA coaching accomplishments not his time at UK because if I recall correctly he said Pat was the 6th man on the Rupps Runts team. I mean Riley just averaged 22 PPG, was SEC POY, 3rd team All American, 1st Team All SEC and the NCAA all final four team.
I think more disturbing was the fact that he thought people would know Pat Riley for his NBA coaching accomplishments not his time at UK because if I recall correctly he said Pat was the 6th man on the Rupps Runts team. I mean Riley just averaged 22 PPG, was SEC POY, 3rd team All American, 1st Team All SEC and the NCAA all final four team.
Oh I am not disagreeing that he would be known more for his accomplishments with the Lakers by most people. I am saying a guy who covers UK sports for a living thought Pat Riley was a 6th man at UK.
But do you cover UK sports for a living?
Covering UK in 2024 doesn't mean you have to know the exact details of all of UK history. I'd bet that other than Oscar Combs and maybe Larry Vaught, there are plenty of journalists that don't know the ins and outs of UK history especially the history of those that played over a decade before the journalist was born.
I have been a Reds fan for as long as I can remember being born in 1975 in northern KY. The only reason I know about Don Gullett is because he was pitching coach for him in the 90s. Had he not been the pitching coach then, I don't think I would know about him especially if I had only been a fan for a few years. Don Gullett isn't that big of a name. Let's not act like he was Johnny Bench.
If I recall correctly from the show last week he was talking about things about UK basketball that every UK fan should know and mentioned they should know about Rupps Runts. One of the other guys mentioned Riley and he commented that he wasn't sure they would know that Riley was a Rupps Runt since he is better known for his time in LA and Miami and was just a 6th man on the Runts team.
He was talking about the team in general not that you should know about every little detail. I know Rupp Runts and could name a handful of players on that team but couldn't tell you if Riley was a starter or not. Covering a team as a journalist doesn't mean you should know every little detail about every team. As with most thing Matt Jones, something that should have just been let go is made into a much bigger issue on this board.
Yeah why should he need to know that the best player, who was an all American on one of UK's most beloved teams, was a starter not a 6th man. I mean maybe he thought because Cal brought 2 lottery picks off the bench that all coaches do that kind of stuff.
In the grand scheme of things, none of that matters. Riley was member of Rupps Runts. I bet you could ask multiple people at the UK game tonight, and they couldn't tell you any of that about Riley other than he played for that team. We have the luxury of being able to find any recent game online and watching those teams to learn about the players. Very few of the older games are available so we don't have the same luxury with them. Throw Matt Jones name out and molehills become mountains just so people can use it as an excuse to rip on him.Yeah why should he need to know that the best player, who was an all American on one of UK's most beloved teams, was a starter not a 6th man. I mean maybe he thought because Cal brought 2 lottery picks off the bench that all coaches do that kind of stuff.
They've admitted several times it's an act. He's said in the past he's taken cues from Howard Stern's show, which is to say Matt = Stern and Ryan = Gary. Gary has gotten beaten up on Stern for decades yet he's still there, loyal and a friend to Howard's. Why? Because it's an act to entertain fans. There's a reason they've had the same group at KSR for several years and it's probably not because of money because I don't think you make a killing being a co-host or a producer of a local AM radio show. If you're a regular listener, you'll notice they all beat up on each other, because they're friends and that's what you do with friends, you bust each others balls. They just do it on air.
This is the right answer. People take the things that are said and done on that show WAY too seriously. If you ever go to a live show, you will see him just absolutely railing Ryan on the air, then as soon as they go to commercial break, they are laughing and cutting up.
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Many players from that era are still gracious enough to sign. He signed 2 for me a few years ago.
You fixed it for yourself but you prove that his haters lose their mind when his name is mentioned.
I merely posted the rest of the story while the initial post only told a skewed version without all the facts. I would think an attorney would promote the sharing of all the facts.
No but most reputable attorneys acknowledge that determinations should only be made when all the data is available. You know discovery and all. Are you admitting you aren’t a reputable attorney?
It is quite likely that TCurtis75 is one of Matt's burner accounts.ROFL!!
As a fun exercise, search the word “Jones” for your posts about Matt. You are like a moth to the flame when it comes to any perception that Matt is being criticized.
You get points for consistency. And, I really don’t want you to stop.
