Rick’s Targets

Larry Wright said:
See, that is what I was worried about right there. Rick will adjust and whoever he gets they will be well coached. But yes cutting everyone loose was a mistake! He thought I can do better, I am Rick Pitino. But the suck of ST John’s seems to be more powerful than a HOF coach.
We will be as good as we possibly can be but first year May be rough.
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That must have been one hell of a piss. Kohler or Toto?
 
newsman13 said:
I slept with between 25 and 30 women in my time. If I had a big ego I'd say there are plenty of 20 and 30 something hotties lined up ready and willing to have a good time with me any day now.. The reality is those days are long gone. Then, again, I don't have Rick's ego.

Anyone who follows college basketball...and top professionals...will tell you there's no one in America who can out coach Rick. He's the best in the business. He won't forget how to coach. He won't forget how to be driven. He'll always be relentless.

The problem is his ego got out of hand. No one, anywhere, in any business, would get rid of virtually every one of their employees with no one waiting in the wings to replace them. Rick made a huge mistake. He's not infallible as many posters who worship at his feet believe. Rick will bring in good players...not great players...and he'll work them to a point where he'll probably make the dance next season. Virtually all of you know he could have done it with our guys. Instead, he hurt them and he rattled his new fan base. He doesn't realize young, hot ball players aren't lining up for him, anymore. Ships sail. You have to learn your limitations.

Right now, swallow your pride and reach out to our guys and humbly ask them to return.
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I agree with most of this post, but have to say I’m surprised by the extent of Pitino’s initial struggles on the recruiting trail. I do think with success (not to mention improvements with our facilities) recruiting will get easier. That’s why I was so keen on keeping our core players and being selective in the portal this year. Enjoy success next year and recruiting gets a whole lot easier.
 
19854ever said:
Getting this thread back on track, has Coach Pitino landed any transfers yet officially? Outside of Joel Soriano who will be the other 4 starters next season ?
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you, me, and 2 'whoever's'. Gotta laugh.
 
stjohnnie75 said:
BS. Every coach before Pitino has been able to bring in talent. Maybe not a full team in one cycle but that also falls at the feet of Pitino.

He still has time but enough with the excuses.
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Not to mention, who is the person(s) telling him that? A few of those dumbasses on Twitter?

Like you, I call BS. I still believe in Pitino's pedigree, to go along with the NIL, will bring us some good times.
 
newsman13 said:
I slept with between 25 and 30 women in my time. If I had a big ego I'd say there are plenty of 20 and 30 something hotties lined up ready and willing to have a good time with me any day now.. The reality is those days are long gone. Then, again, I don't have Rick's ego.

Anyone who follows college basketball...and top professionals...will tell you there's no one in America who can out coach Rick. He's the best in the business. He won't forget how to coach. He won't forget how to be driven. He'll always be relentless.

The problem is his ego got out of hand. No one, anywhere, in any business, would get rid of virtually every one of their employees with no one waiting in the wings to replace them. Rick made a huge mistake. He's not infallible as many posters who worship at his feet believe. Rick will bring in good players...not great players...and he'll work them to a point where he'll probably make the dance next season. Virtually all of you know he could have done it with our guys. Instead, he hurt them and he rattled his new fan base. He doesn't realize young, hot ball players aren't lining up for him, anymore. Ships sail. You have to learn your limitations.

Right now, swallow your pride and reach out to our guys and humbly ask them to return.
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Certainly good points all … But , you have forgotten to mention that it wasn’t only on Court BB issues that Rick was dealing with last years team . We all knew there was a great deal of dysfunction going on with Curbelo , Pinzon ,etc . And, if you recall also there were Classroom issues that both , Fr Shanley and Rick alluded to in their pressers . Those are equally serious issues and not just BB related . It would be fool hardy to invite back players who may or may not have off Court issues with the University . None of us know these things and we shouldn’t know them .
They are person specific and not for public Airing . So , for some of those players , it wasn’t just BB that Pitino was alluding to . Invite back players from a 8 th place , dysfunctional team ? Why would any Coach do that .
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
Certainly good points all … But , you have forgotten to mention that it wasn’t only on Court BB issues that Rick was dealing with last years team . We all knew there was a great deal of dysfunction going on with Curbelo , Pinzon ,etc . And, if you recall also there were Classroom issues that both , Fr Shanley and Rick alluded to in their pressers . Those are equally serious issues and not just BB related . It would be fool hardy to invite back players who may or may not have off Court issues with the University . None of us know these things and we shouldn’t know them .
They are person specific and not for public Airing . So , for some of those players , it wasn’t just BB that Pitino was alluding to . Invite back players from a 8 th place , dysfunctional team ? Why would any Coach do that .
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Of course I have no inside info but the class room issues strike me as a pretext to justify Anderson’s “for cause” termination.

If the issues were so serious, how is it that all the players are still eligible? Why did Pitino invite Storr and Posh to return if they contributed to dysfunction or were not meeting academic standards?
 
SLYFOXX1968 said:
Certainly good points all … But , you have forgotten to mention that it wasn’t only on Court BB issues that Rick was dealing with last years team . We all knew there was a great deal of dysfunction going on with Curbelo , Pinzon ,etc . And, if you recall also there were Classroom issues that both , Fr Shanley and Rick alluded to in their pressers . Those are equally serious issues and not just BB related . It would be fool hardy to invite back players who may or may not have off Court issues with the University . None of us know these things and we shouldn’t know them .
They are person specific and not for public Airing . So , for some of those players , it wasn’t just BB that Pitino was alluding to . Invite back players from a 8 th place , dysfunctional team ? Why would any Coach do that .
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You say "We all knew there was a great deal of dysfunction" Maybe with Curbelo and Pinzon...no one knows anything about the others. Classroom issues? I don't know. Do you? This is like the "are you still beating your wife?" question you'd like to ask as a reporter...but there's a presumption there.
 
tnice said:
In other news, I have reached out to Margot Robbie to see if she'd like to go on a date.
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Hey gotta go for it. We can offer a starting spot at PF in the Big East under Rick Pitino’s tutelage. It will certainly appeal to some top players. As I said in another thread, we land one or two better players and things will start falling into place.
 
tnice said:
In other news, I have reached out to Margot Robbie to see if she'd like to go on a date.
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You should reach out to a so-so Iona cheerleader just in case her NIL is too high. I’d that doesn’t work out, get the poster Marco Baldi in for a visit.
 
I am eager to get a roster together just as much as everyone else is, BUT SLOW DOWN on the we cant recruit here stuff. I for one wanted clayton yes but take a deep breath and let the roster shape together before going overboard here. I really hope these recruits and transfers do not read social media and this site because I wouldn't want to play for some of you "fans".
 
“Recruiting to St. John’s will be tough”

Considering we haven’t won an NCAA tournament game in 22 years, color me shocked we have problems with recruiting. Shocked, I tell ya!

And if anyone brings up Lavin, Mullin, anyone since Fran, I don’t care. Again, for the people in the back…WE HAVEN’T WON A TOURNAMENT GAME IN 22 YEARS. None of those prized recruits won a NCAA game.

A name like Pitino, not even necessarily him, just his name, is probably our last chance.
 
newsman13 said:
I slept with between 25 and 30 women in my time. If I had a big ego I'd say there are plenty of 20 and 30 something hotties lined up ready and willing to have a good time with me any day now.. The reality is those days are long gone. Then, again, I don't have Rick's ego.

Anyone who follows college basketball...and top professionals...will tell you there's no one in America who can out coach Rick. He's the best in the business. He won't forget how to coach. He won't forget how to be driven. He'll always be relentless.

The problem is his ego got out of hand. No one, anywhere, in any business, would get rid of virtually every one of their employees with no one waiting in the wings to replace them. Rick made a huge mistake. He's not infallible as many posters who worship at his feet believe. Rick will bring in good players...not great players...and he'll work them to a point where he'll probably make the dance next season. Virtually all of you know he could have done it with our guys. Instead, he hurt them and he rattled his new fan base. He doesn't realize young, hot ball players aren't lining up for him, anymore. Ships sail. You have to learn your limitations.

Right now, swallow your pride and reach out to our guys and humbly ask them to return.
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I have no idea, but speculate that the feedback he received in regard to existing players was poor. In my opinion that is why he cleaned house. It is only an opinion as I have no knowledge of why he cut them all loose. That is why he only mentioned Soriano and Traore at his press conference. I am not blindly following him but trust he will get us in a position to compete and get the program stronger than it has been in the last 30 years.
 
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