From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Kentuckians will probably never really understand what inspired University of Kentucky athletics director Mitch Barnhart to hire Billy Gillispie as the men’s basketball coach. But we do know what it cost to undo that decision: about $3.25 million in go-away money that includes $265,000 to cover the former coach’s legal bills. Throw in about $4.7 million more in paychecks for two uninspiring seasons, and Courier-Journal sports columnist Rick Bozich estimates that Mr. Gillispie earned about $192,500 per win.
… [T]his bungled episode cost $8 million or more. That’s a lot of money, and whatever the source, it is not now available for other, better purposes. In a poor state beset by economic problems, wasting resources on that scale is appalling…
April 12th, 2010 at 4:36PM
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