Former Kentucky assistant coach Kenny Payne says the controversial video of Eric Wood and Chris Mack that surfaced over the weekend was obviously done as a joke between friends.
Payne says Wood is a good friend and he and Mack made the video to rib Payne a little after Louisville defeated Kentucky in December.
Check out his comments to WDRB:
“Eric doesn’t deserve any grief for this,” Payne said in a telephone interview Sunday afternoon. “It was a joke.
“Eric is a friend of mine and he was just having fun. He and Chris were happy that Louisville won the game (against UK on Dec. 26). Eric was just teasing me.”
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Payne added that he did not leak the video to Kentucky Sports Radio and has no idea how it ended up going public:
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“I have no idea (how it became public),” Payne said. “It was obviously done as a joke. You’d have to be blind not to realize that.
“Kentucky basketball is the most prestigious and successful college basketball program in the country,” he added. “I was blessed to be a part of it for a decade. More than that, I was blessed to work for Coach Cal, a Hall of Famer who is a great friend and mentor. In no way would I ever think that Kentucky’s success was because of me.
“It was never about me when I was at Kentucky. I was the one blessed with the opportunity to work with the coaches and the players there. That was just Eric trying to have fun with me.”
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