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

Great things happening to Rick;

1. MSG success w CA becoming less relevant.
2. Mega personal and team media exposure
3. In contention for BE regular season title, BE T championship and great Dance success.
4. Richard Jr cutting the mustard.
5. Not worrying about leading a team in a one bid league and having to boil his own water in some dumpy hotel in Atlantic City for MAAC T.
 
Boomer and Gio interview is worth a listen. He compared STJ facilities to Cuba, in terms of going in a time machine 25 years ago and seeing the same facilities. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

He hasn't fully said it explicitly (yet), but I get a sense he also enjoys being able to build a program with his imprint & potentially hand it off.
 
SJU85 said:
Good or bad?
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I saw them open for the James Gang, time is moving fast, it was probably over ten years ago. He still owned Cablevision, and they clearly gave away a bunch of tickets to employees. Those folks were giving huge standing ovations, but they were about ten percent of the crowd. They were okay, didn't hurt your ears or anything, but papering the crowd with people to "adore" you was the most striking thing.
 
IDRAFT said:
I saw them open for the James Gang, time is moving fast, it was probably over ten years ago. He still owned Cablevision, and they clearly gave away a bunch of tickets to employees. Those folks were giving huge standing ovations, but they were about ten percent of the crowd. They were okay, didn't hurt your ears or anything, but papering the crowd with people to "adore" you was the most striking thing.
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Is that surprising?
 
IDRAFT said:
I saw them open for the James Gang, time is moving fast, it was probably over ten years ago. He still owned Cablevision, and they clearly gave away a bunch of tickets to employees. Those folks were giving huge standing ovations, but they were about ten percent of the crowd. They were okay, didn't hurt your ears or anything, but papering the crowd with people to "adore" you was the most striking thing.
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That said, I'd be more than happy if The Sphere decides to be a large NIL sponsor next year & our guys use the Vegas trip to maximize it. :)
 
dk423 said:
Boomer and Gio interview is worth a listen. He compared STJ facilities to Cuba, in terms of going in a time machine 25 years ago and seeing the same facilities. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

He hasn't fully said it explicitly (yet), but I get a sense he also enjoys being able to build a program with his imprint & potentially hand it off.
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Just a guess, but Pitino probably did not look at the facilities as Michael Corleone trying to do business in a pre-Castro Cuba with fancy casinos.
 
GardenCity62 said:
Frank McGuire and Looie were asst coaches and SJU lucked out because of their ability and the NYC recruiting area. Frank made sixty five hundred when he left and Looie tripled his salary when he left. Lapchick was also underpaid considering his accomplishments,
After Looie retired NYC was no longer the totally dominant recruiting area it had been and the SJU selections for coaches was pretty bad. Jarvis had early success and Franchilla was successful until he realized how underpaid he was and SJU bounced him when he tried to get a better paying job.
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Carnesecca coached at St. Anne's, now Archbishop Molloy from 1950 to 1958. Jack Kaiser was baseball coach from 1956 and an assistant basketball coach from 52-58. He realized he didn't know much abour basketball and recruited Looie to become Lapchick's assistant starting in 1959.
Frank Mcguire coached St. Johns from 1947-1952. What I remember reading was that Mcguire had a sick child and had medical bills. UNC raised McGuires salary from about 5000 to about 7000. He was also baseball coach at St Johns from 1948-52. Mcguire started the parade of nyc stars to UNC and the ACC. He later coached at South carolina for about 18 years. After graduating sju in 1936, he taught and coached at xavier hs. After wwii he played some professional basketball before retirning to sju to coach baseball and basketball from 1947-52. I dont think he was ever an assistant here.

When Lapchick was hired a second time by sju in 1956 he was paid a handsome 18,000 to leave the Knicks (where he coached from 1946-55).
 
What is is this utter nonsense?

www.sportingnews.com

Indiana Hoosiers linked to Rick Pitino as head coaching candidate | Sporting News

The Indiana Hoosiers were loosely linked to Rick Pitino as a potential head coaching candidate to replace Mike Woodson.
www.sportingnews.com www.sportingnews.com

And what is this, in particular:

"Andershock shared some of the reasoning why the two sides won't come together.

"Pitino is looking at other options, and Indiana has many concerns about his past," he wrote."

Other options? Like what suit to wear for the next game?
 
fan since 65 said:
What is is this utter nonsense?

www.sportingnews.com

Indiana Hoosiers linked to Rick Pitino as head coaching candidate | Sporting News

The Indiana Hoosiers were loosely linked to Rick Pitino as a potential head coaching candidate to replace Mike Woodson.
www.sportingnews.com www.sportingnews.com

And what is this, in particular:

"Andershock shared some of the reasoning why the two sides won't come together.

"Pitino is looking at other options, and Indiana has many concerns about his past," he wrote."

Other options? Like what suit to wear for the next game?
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It's all clickbait
 
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