BBL: Reaction to Jodie Meeks moving on
June 16th, 2009 ║ Posted By: MrSEC.com ║ Permalink
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Big Blue Links for Tuesday:
- Jerry Tipton of the Herald-Leader talks to Jodie Meeks about his decision to stay in the draft.
- My column saying that Jodie was right to follow his heart.
- Tipton’s blog talks to Jay Bilas, who says a third coach in four years may have pushed Meeks to the NBA.
- Rick Bozich of the C-J writes that UK can still flourish even with Meeks gone.
- Bozich also has ESPN’s Fran Fraschilla endorsing Meeks’ decision.
- Brett Dawson of the C-J reports on Meeks’ decision.
- Eric Crawford of the C-J blogs that Meeks was probably wise to stay in the draft.
- Tom Leach writes Godspeed to Jodie Meeks.
- Larry Vaught of the Danville Advocate-Messenger writes that Meeks’ decision is not a real surprise.
- Mike DeCourcy of the Sporting News writes that Kentucky fans are losers for Meeks’ departure.
- Jeff Goodman of Fox Sports writes that Kentucky is still a winner, because Patrick Patterson is staying in school.
- Gary Parrish of CBS Sportsline moves Kansas up to No. 1 and drops Kentucky to No. 2 after the Meeks news.
- Sekou Smith of the AJC reports on the Norcross product turning pro.
- Steve Moss of WKYT looks at the pros and cons of the Meeks decision.
- Bluegrass State Basketball looks at what UK could do with the open scholarship.
- Kentucky Sports Radio wants to bring back Michael Porter.
- At Rivals, Eamonn Brennan writes that Kentucky now goes from buzzsaw to merely good.
- A Sea of Blue looks at what losing Meeks means to UK.
- Wildcatblueinaseaoforange looks at who will shoot the 3.
- Big Blue Sports Report says John Calipari missed out on his biggest recruit — Meeks. (Hat tip to Spam’s Wildcat Page.)
- Inner Circle says see you later, Jodie.
- Straitpinkie says it’s been real.
- In case you missed it, ex-UK assistant Jeremy Cox has been hired at South Florida.
