OK, so the night I had tonight was what one might consider amazing.
I was hanging out at the girl's house I was currently seeing and got a text message from my sister saying "Dude, Billy Gillispie is at Poag Mahones". (Poag Mahones is an irish bar in Fort Worth that I "frequent", just off 7th street by Montgomery Plaza.)
Well I told the girl (a TCU grad who has no clue who BCG is) the deal, and although annoyed, she let me go check it out. I get there around 1:15 and there are literally 7 people at this pub. Me, The Shank Ag's sister, The Shank Ag's sisters best friend, two guys that work there but were off for the night, a bartender, and BCG. I go introduce myself to Billy. He has gained a little weight so I asked him a few questions, just to make sure it was really him. They are as follows:
Me: So what is Chris doing now that y'all have left Kentucky?
BCG: Chris?
Me: Walker
BCG: Oh Chris, he is lined up for another computer job.
Me: Yea, I knew he had a job lined up at IBM before he went with you to Kentucky.
BCG: Chris wanted to coach right after he graduated, but I told him No. Then after I made the move, he told me again so I let him.
Me: Oh thats cool.
BCG: Yea, apparently when he graduated he was one of the top computer people in the world.
Me: Oh yea, thats cool. (I had no clue what he was talking about... do they rank computer ability?)
BCG: Yea, he got married to a Kentucky girl while we were up there.
Second question
Me: So what about Logan?
BCG: Logan Lee? I just talked to him last night. He's doing good, looking for a job right now. He got married a while back.
Me: Oh thats cool.
I knew it was legit after talking to him for 5 seconds, but this made it absolutely positive. Who knows Logan Lee if they didn't coach him.
So Coach G asks if we want to play pool, losers buy the next round. So I was teamed with one of the off duty guys that works there, and BCG was with the other off duty guy. To make a long story short, his partner broke, I cleared out a couple stripes, then Billy clears all solids and barely misses on the 8. My partner makes a ball, Billys partner has no shot and misses, I make one more, and Billy calls a double bank shot on the 8 and makes it.
Now I am no pool player so I ask if he wants to throw darts (playing cricket). He says sure and proceeds to call me and my partner from pool "half of a man" for losing so bad in pool. Well i AM pretty good at darts. Billy teams up with The Shank Ag Sister, and I am teamed up with my pool partner (who also is pretty damn good at darts). Low and behold, I got my payback in pool and Billy proceeds to buy 3 rounds for all of us. After I hit the final bulls eye, and BCG and my sister still hadnt hit one, I said "this is like Gardner Webb all over again". I was scared ****less at the words that came spewing out of my mouth, but he dies laughing.
Its 2:20 and our bartender friend said he'd keep the bar open for us while he cleaned up (it probably helps that I/my sister are there at least twice a week).
We end up calling a good friend of ours that is amazing at pool. He plays Billy twice, and both times ends up scratching on his 8 ball shot. Billy talks **** throughout the whole ordeal, and even trys to put money on shots. I am having the time of my life.
I ended up telling Billy what I had done (leaving a girls house to come see him) and he is in awe. He tells me his life in now complete that a guy would leave a girl to come see him and gives me a big hug. We end up leaving the bar about 2:50.
Apparently BCG was in town having a dinner/meeting at Del Friscos steakhouse (and commented how the bartender had a huge rack). I talked to him about games, Acie's move to Golden State, what his plans are (he is going to look for a new gig in April were his exact words.) I asked him how he found our hole in the wall bar and he said "I was just driving around and saw a irish pub and new that was going to be a fun place"
Well pictures will be uploaded tomorrow when my sis puts them on facebook, but I just had to share. I spent 2 hours at a hole in the wall pub with the man who was my idol for 3 years. He got in some shots, and I fired my Gardner Webb reference in, and it was an amazing time.
So for those that dont want to read this whole post, the short version. Text from sister that billy is at the hole in the wall FW bar we frequent, I show up, billy kicks my ass at pool, I kick his in darts, he buys me and my friends drinks, we all have fun till about 245.
I was hanging out at the girl's house I was currently seeing and got a text message from my sister saying "Dude, Billy Gillispie is at Poag Mahones". (Poag Mahones is an irish bar in Fort Worth that I "frequent", just off 7th street by Montgomery Plaza.)
Well I told the girl (a TCU grad who has no clue who BCG is) the deal, and although annoyed, she let me go check it out. I get there around 1:15 and there are literally 7 people at this pub. Me, The Shank Ag's sister, The Shank Ag's sisters best friend, two guys that work there but were off for the night, a bartender, and BCG. I go introduce myself to Billy. He has gained a little weight so I asked him a few questions, just to make sure it was really him. They are as follows:
Me: So what is Chris doing now that y'all have left Kentucky?
BCG: Chris?
Me: Walker
BCG: Oh Chris, he is lined up for another computer job.
Me: Yea, I knew he had a job lined up at IBM before he went with you to Kentucky.
BCG: Chris wanted to coach right after he graduated, but I told him No. Then after I made the move, he told me again so I let him.
Me: Oh thats cool.
BCG: Yea, apparently when he graduated he was one of the top computer people in the world.
Me: Oh yea, thats cool. (I had no clue what he was talking about... do they rank computer ability?)
BCG: Yea, he got married to a Kentucky girl while we were up there.
Second question
Me: So what about Logan?
BCG: Logan Lee? I just talked to him last night. He's doing good, looking for a job right now. He got married a while back.
Me: Oh thats cool.
I knew it was legit after talking to him for 5 seconds, but this made it absolutely positive. Who knows Logan Lee if they didn't coach him.
So Coach G asks if we want to play pool, losers buy the next round. So I was teamed with one of the off duty guys that works there, and BCG was with the other off duty guy. To make a long story short, his partner broke, I cleared out a couple stripes, then Billy clears all solids and barely misses on the 8. My partner makes a ball, Billys partner has no shot and misses, I make one more, and Billy calls a double bank shot on the 8 and makes it.
Now I am no pool player so I ask if he wants to throw darts (playing cricket). He says sure and proceeds to call me and my partner from pool "half of a man" for losing so bad in pool. Well i AM pretty good at darts. Billy teams up with The Shank Ag Sister, and I am teamed up with my pool partner (who also is pretty damn good at darts). Low and behold, I got my payback in pool and Billy proceeds to buy 3 rounds for all of us. After I hit the final bulls eye, and BCG and my sister still hadnt hit one, I said "this is like Gardner Webb all over again". I was scared ****less at the words that came spewing out of my mouth, but he dies laughing.
Its 2:20 and our bartender friend said he'd keep the bar open for us while he cleaned up (it probably helps that I/my sister are there at least twice a week).
We end up calling a good friend of ours that is amazing at pool. He plays Billy twice, and both times ends up scratching on his 8 ball shot. Billy talks **** throughout the whole ordeal, and even trys to put money on shots. I am having the time of my life.
I ended up telling Billy what I had done (leaving a girls house to come see him) and he is in awe. He tells me his life in now complete that a guy would leave a girl to come see him and gives me a big hug. We end up leaving the bar about 2:50.
Apparently BCG was in town having a dinner/meeting at Del Friscos steakhouse (and commented how the bartender had a huge rack). I talked to him about games, Acie's move to Golden State, what his plans are (he is going to look for a new gig in April were his exact words.) I asked him how he found our hole in the wall bar and he said "I was just driving around and saw a irish pub and new that was going to be a fun place"
Well pictures will be uploaded tomorrow when my sis puts them on facebook, but I just had to share. I spent 2 hours at a hole in the wall pub with the man who was my idol for 3 years. He got in some shots, and I fired my Gardner Webb reference in, and it was an amazing time.
So for those that dont want to read this whole post, the short version. Text from sister that billy is at the hole in the wall FW bar we frequent, I show up, billy kicks my ass at pool, I kick his in darts, he buys me and my friends drinks, we all have fun till about 245.
