So coach Gillispie yanked Kentucky point guard DeAndre Liggins from play after he turned the ball over during the game against Kansas State. That totally made him look like a chump in front of his mom and homies. Liggins was so pissed off that when Gillispie told him to get back in, Liggins basically told the coach to go fuck himself and sat out.
Liggins, who has shared the point guard position with junior Michael Porter, was pulled from the Kansas State game after playing two minutes and committing a costly turnover. He refused to re-enter the court minutes later when Gillispie called him up.
So how did the coach deal with that level of insubordination?
He made him play nearly 30 minutes straight the next game against West Virginia.
Coach Gillispie "claims" that it would have been easy to bench him but that would not have dealt with the situation. Observe...
"The easiest thing for him to do was to not play on Saturday," Gillispie said. "It showed a great deal of toughness, a great deal of caring and a great deal of remorse by playing. It would have been easier for him to say 'I'm not playing today.'"
Ummmm, ok. If you say so. Another example of this type of thinking would be if some dude slept with your girl, you should take him out to dinner at a fancy steakhouse. Tell him good job. Kinda like that?
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