Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!

For those of you who hate coaches who are constantly whining and complaining to the referees all the time and feel it is not part of the game or cheating, here’s a quote from Rick Pitino from an article in the 1/14/24 edition of Newsday:

”“I don’t yell at officials during the game. I’ve always thought — and this is going to sound absolutely berserk — but I think it’s a form of cheating,” Pitino said. “When you’re trying to get calls on every play and cursing at the referees and inciting the crowd, you’re trying to get calls, and I don’t believe in that.”
 
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There’s a huge difference to me between whining all game/pulling a Hurley vs calling out 2 huge missed calls in the last minute that directly impacted the outcome.

I don’t remember anyone criticizing the calls during the seton hall screw job. I will never forget the blatant missed call at the end

Those 3 missed calls being called out or referenced were borderline criminal to me.
 
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SJU85 said:
For those of you who hate coaches who are constantly whining and complaining to the referees all the time and feel it is not part of the game or cheating, here’s a quote from Rick Pitino from an article in the 1/14/24 edition of Newsday:

”“I don’t yell at officials during the game. I’ve always thought — and this is going to sound absolutely berserk — but I think it’s a form of cheating,” Pitino said. “When you’re trying to get calls on every play and cursing at the referees and inciting the crowd, you’re trying to get calls, and I don’t believe in that.”
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again (and I need to come up with a new analogy, since this won't be the case for much longer):

Working the refs effectively, has to be like swiping your Metrocard at the Subway station. When you swipe your card too quickly, the machine doesn't take it. When you swipe your Metrocard too slowly, the machine doesn't take it. You have to do it at just the right speed.

So, while going ballistic is ineffective usually, so too is just standing there, and saying little or nothing to the refs. We saw Norm get walked over for six years by not doing that (specifically on 50/50 calls like out of bounds, or block/charge - the refs usually get an argument either way on that, but I think, in the back of their minds, they knew they got a free "no argument" if they ruled against us on those).

You have to give them one or two good screams/voice raises per game, without cursing, IMO.
 
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Any word on how CRP is feeling? I may not be a fan, but Covid can be tough on anyone at any age. And goodness knows, trying to win at St John's isn't a restful, low stress environment. Here's hoping for a quick and full recovery. Get well soon Coach!
 
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