Pitino - Love/Hate Thread
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Spocky Ramone
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You get the pain!Knight post=454053 said:
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beast of the east
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Calhoun was coaching somewhere. Rollie coached into his 80s. Some guys have it their blood.
MainMan post=454047 said:
I thought that was the Knicks. Then it was Kentucky. Then the Celtics. He couldn't sell Louisville as his dream job after being at Kentucky where in that state, Louisville will always be No. 2 to Kentucky and leaving that job for the Celtics.
OK I get it but the Celtics are an iconic franchise in the NBA and Dave Gavitt a close friend from his BE/Providence days offered him the job. And a ton of money. He does not have anything to apologize for with Kentucky. He returned that program to glory (from the toilet) and actually at the time he left the UK program supplanted Duke as the best program in the country. He left a Rolls Royce in Lexington.
Leaving the Celtics was not exactly a hard thing since he was being run out of town. Not exactly him "voluntarily" leaving.
And obviously he did not leave Louisville voluntarily and he spent 16 years at Louisville, that is hardly Larry Brown-esque. Also if he was not fired from Louisville (something he brought on himself no doubt) do you really think he would have left? He loved it there, great program and horse racing. Just because they are not number 1 in Kentucky does not change the fact they are a top 10 job and the UL basketball generates more revenue then any basketball program in the country.
SJU85 post=454069
I thought that was the Knicks. Then it was Kentucky. Then the Celtics. He couldn't sell Louisville as his dream job after being at Kentucky where in that state, Louisville will always be No. 2 to Kentucky and leaving that job for the Celtics.
Leaving the Celtics was not exactly a hard thing since he was being run out of town. Not exactly him "voluntarily" leaving.
And obviously he did not leave Louisville voluntarily and he spent 16 years at Louisville, that is hardly Larry Brown-esque. Also if he was not fired from Louisville (something he brought on himself no doubt) do you really think he would have left? He loved it there, great program and horse racing. Just because they are not number 1 in Kentucky does not change the fact they are a top 10 job and the UL basketball generates more revenue then any basketball program in the country.
SJU85 post=454069
I thought that was the Knicks. Then it was Kentucky. Then the Celtics. He couldn't sell Louisville as his dream job after being at Kentucky where in that state, Louisville will always be No. 2 to Kentucky and leaving that job for the Celtics.
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Since Pitino has been mentioned on numerous threads by many posters, I felt that he deserved his own thread.
Let's get real, Rick Pitino will never be the Head Coach at St Johns. Now, I realize that some posters are so enamored of Pitino that they just can't stop singing his praises and would do anything to have him as their coach. The solution to this dilemma is very simple, become Iona fans.
Good night.
Let's get real, Rick Pitino will never be the Head Coach at St Johns. Now, I realize that some posters are so enamored of Pitino that they just can't stop singing his praises and would do anything to have him as their coach. The solution to this dilemma is very simple, become Iona fans.
Good night.
Never said Louisville wasn't a top job but it is not Kentucky even if in terms of revenue they are No. 1 and Kentucky is No. 2. I didn't call him Larry Brown either (I remember a Sports Illustrated article on Larry back in the mid to late 80's and the article's title was something like "Where Are You Going to Be Next Year Larry?" Every time I hear his name, I think about that article.fordham96 post=454074 said:
The quote I responded to was "I take Pitino at his word when he says his next job is his dream job.", hence my point that those jobs I mentioned were supposed to be his dream jobs. It has nothing to do with how or why he left. And yes if he hadn't screwed up off the court, he would still be a the Ville but he did.
beast of the east
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Quite frankly, consider the following:SJU85 post=455087 said:
1) Say you are the parent of a 17 year old high school kid recruited by Pitino, and that he made his official visit. How would you react if you discovered that Pitino and his staff hired prostitutes to help convince the kid to go to that school. How outraged would you feel if the kid admitted being ashamed, but the peer pressure of the circumstances caused him to go along with it.
a. prostitution is a criminal offense in virtually every state in the US.
b. transporting a minor across state lines for participation in a sexual performance is a serious crime in all states
c. even if age of consent does not apply in Kentucky (16) it would apply to your home state, some of which are 18. The charge would be statutory rape
d. imagine if the kid contracted HIV
e. imagine if the hooker got pregnant and decided a 5 star recruit who gets paid has a decent amount of money.
2) The restaurant thing would be considered a criminal offense in every state. There are a number of charges, most of them under the category of public lewd and lascivious behavior.
3) The paying of players resulted in the NCAA stripping Louisville of both the 2013 national championship and 2011 Final Four appearrance. among other sanctions. ([URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/02/20/louisville-basketball-will-vacate-2013-national-championship-as-ncaa-upholds-ruling/[/URL]]Louisville basketball will vacate 2013 national title as NCAA upholds ruling - The Washington Post[/url])
Now add that all up, and : 1) SJU and just about every other major program will never hire Pitino
2) Pitino would know that no illegal activity would be tolerated at SJU and that he would be under the microscope and questioned all the time. A leopard doesn't change its spots. Where he is suits him fine, far enough away from scrutiny.
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Panther's comment is the absolute best. For fans of Pitino (and I don't count Beast among them), go root for Iona.
It's a college, right, not a major University in one of the biggest cities in the world. We don't need a 70 year old coach, who has 800 wins if you don't count the ones they vacated. I will take Looie any day with his 500+ wins, none vacated. And his Jersey hanging in the rafters of MSG.
Rick can play in his little sandbox, a one bid league.
Though in this day and age, with scruples being what they are, after Rick signs his lifetime contract with that little school in New Rochelle, I can see a school like UNLV taking a shot at returning him to big time basketball.
It's a college, right, not a major University in one of the biggest cities in the world. We don't need a 70 year old coach, who has 800 wins if you don't count the ones they vacated. I will take Looie any day with his 500+ wins, none vacated. And his Jersey hanging in the rafters of MSG.
Rick can play in his little sandbox, a one bid league.
Though in this day and age, with scruples being what they are, after Rick signs his lifetime contract with that little school in New Rochelle, I can see a school like UNLV taking a shot at returning him to big time basketball.