Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!
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Former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart once said “I know it when I see it,” when asked in 1964 to describe his test for obscenity. Paraphrasing Stewart, I know classlessness when I see it, and Pitino was the essence of the word Sunday.
Some will shrug and say it’s part of the Pitino Experience, pointing out that he has displayed this type of behavior during the formative stages of each of his coaching stops. Maybe so, but that should not give him cover from being called out for publicly shaming individual players whose deficiencies were known to him before he signed them, which he acknowledged Sunday.
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But openly criticizing Soriano, Ledlum, Conway and Traore for their lack of lateral quickness is not going to produce a sudden and dramatic improvement in their physical abilities. Sometimes we are what we are, and no amount of training or public shaming is going to change that.
Former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart once said “I know it when I see it,” when asked in 1964 to describe his test for obscenity. Paraphrasing Stewart, I know classlessness when I see it, and Pitino was the essence of the word Sunday.
Some will shrug and say it’s part of the Pitino Experience, pointing out that he has displayed this type of behavior during the formative stages of each of his coaching stops. Maybe so, but that should not give him cover from being called out for publicly shaming individual players whose deficiencies were known to him before he signed them, which he acknowledged Sunday.
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But openly criticizing Soriano, Ledlum, Conway and Traore for their lack of lateral quickness is not going to produce a sudden and dramatic improvement in their physical abilities. Sometimes we are what we are, and no amount of training or public shaming is going to change that.
Redenbacher
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He's also not used to losing. You have to go back almost 20 years since he had a losing record in conference play.
He wouldn't screenshot what he supposedly saw and read.
Not exactly like fighting in a foxhole, suck it up Rick & coach your team. Most of us are
quite happy we have Rick and realize he is human. However, I am not in the “Never Criticize Rick Club” that rationalizes his behavior.
Redenbacher
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For sure. His press conference remarks went way over the top.
L J S A
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Rick telling sju fans he had no fun this season kinda funny. We are....I hope he was happy with the money. Kinda like ukraine fighting russia with no bullits and the guys who gottem went on vacation. Now thats nasty.
No it won't improve but hopefully make the smarter in the sense of not committing to one side.
SJU Center Court
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Perfect analysis.
Strongly agree that he should talk to the players privately but I would be pleasantly surprised if he did.
Weak stuff from yelbeez, if you’re reading this either share what you saw or admit you were pushing misinformation
SJU Center Court
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Seth 100% correct on ALL points.
Pitino reading everything everyone's saying, taking notes, collecting names, and then next season settling all family business.
Rick to Matt A if we are still bad next year
That's what I think.
Frederico "Fredo" PitinoPitino reading everything everyone's saying, taking notes, collecting names, and then next season settling all family business.
From Zach
Just caught up with Rick Pitino.
"I think I'm maximizing everything we can possibly maximize, But that hasn't been enough, so we're still still losing. That's on me. I take losing very personally, I take losing to heart, I take losing to bed. It eats at me."
"I think we all can get better. I can get better. Everything can get better. But there's no question about it, we could've won games that we lost. We've been competitive. I don't give myself high grades at all because we're losing."
Just caught up with Rick Pitino.
"I think I'm maximizing everything we can possibly maximize, But that hasn't been enough, so we're still still losing. That's on me. I take losing very personally, I take losing to heart, I take losing to bed. It eats at me."
"I think we all can get better. I can get better. Everything can get better. But there's no question about it, we could've won games that we lost. We've been competitive. I don't give myself high grades at all because we're losing."
