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Pitino is definitely going somewhere. He wants to go out from a major program. Georgetown and St. John’s both religious based schools would hire him after the last fiasco? Are all the nuns and priests just for show?
 
Georgetown: Prestigious academic institution, terrible basketball school. The 1980s and 90s were a LONG time ago.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
Stuff like this is temporary. We were forgotten trash in the American for years, now we’re back like we never left. Program deaths last as long as poor leadership resides over them. The biggest brands just have the easiest time attracting leaders and talent.
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Right, aside from winning a national title.
 
UCTitleTown said:
Georgetown: Prestigious academic institution, terrible basketball school. The 1980s and 90s were a LONG time ago.
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It was and the brand his holding onto the 80s and 90s for dear life
 
I don't get the Pitino talk. The guy will be 71 at the start of next season so I doubt he'll want to take on a full rebuild like this. St. John's definitely seems like the better option for him as they're already decent enough for him to build something much more quickly than at GTown.
 
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I’d be stunned if Pitino isn’t back in the Big East in the next few months. Say what you will of him and his mistakes, the guy is a hell of a basketball coach and i have no doubt he wants to come full circle and finish in the Big East.
And he’s done a damn good job wherever he goes. He’s probably watching this tourney and licking his chops he could be at MSG a year from now.
 
Pitino is too old.

The obvious aside, Chris Beard is by far and away the best coaching candidate available for ANY job if you want to win.
 
I thought after that "magical" (or whatever you want to call it) run to the BET championship (but before the Colorado game) in 2020-2021 he'd right the ship but they have been absolutely lousy the past two years.
 
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Gtown had an incredible run with Ewing as a player. That is
35-40 years old.

Outside of that 4 year run, Gtown is normally nationally irrelevant.

It's dead as a basketball school. There isn't an alumnus under age 50 who knows what it is like to root for a relevant team.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Gtown had an incredible run with Ewing as a player. That is
35-40 years old.

Outside of that 4 year run, Gtown is normally nationally irrelevant.

It's dead as a basketball school. There isn't an alumnus under age 50 who knows what it is like to root for a relevant team.
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Did you completely forget the 90's? Mourning? Mutombo? Iverson? They also were in the final four in 2007.

So in your opinion we live in a world where Gonzaga can be a top program coming from some obscure west coast conference but Georgetown can never be a winning program again in the Big East?

Pitino would have Georgetown in the top half of the Big East next year.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Did you completely forget the 90's? Mourning? Mutombo? Iverson? They also were in the final four in 2007.

So in your opinion we live in a world where Gonzaga can be a top program coming from some obscure west coast conference but Georgetown can never be a winning program again in the Big East?

Pitino would have Georgetown in the top half of the Big East next year.
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Over a 35 year period, making one Final Four in 2007, meets the definition of normally nationally irrelevant.

And no, Pitino wouldn't have Gtown in the top 5 of the BE next season.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Over a 35 year period, making one Final Four in 2007, meets the definition of normally nationally irrelevant.

And no, Pitino wouldn't have Gtown in the top 5 of the BE next season.
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Cooley slapped together a bunch of transfers into a top 5 Big East team this year. Miller also turned around Xavier in one season.

The idea that Georgetown can never be a winning program again is asinine. Houston is currently ranked #1 and they were in far worse shape 10 years ago.
 
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Mr. Wonderful said:
Four of their 5 starters and their 6th man (Breed) returned from last year. What are you talking about?
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Providence 2022/23 season preview:

"Eight players, including all five starters, have departed, leaving a crisis of experience. Gone are 6’10 post stalwart Nate Watson (13.3/5.2), backcourt finisher Al Durham (13.6/3,4), sharpshooter AJ Reeves (9.9/2.8), do-everything forward Noah Horchler (9.9/8.5), and defensive maestro Justin Minaya (6.5/5.5)."
 
metsfan2323 said:
Cooley slapped together a bunch of transfers into a top 5 Big East team this year. Miller also turned around Xavier in one season.

The idea that Georgetown can never be a winning program again is asinine. Houston is currently ranked #1 and they were in far worse shape 10 years ago.
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Georgetown can win again. But not with Cooley, and he wouldn’t piss all over PC by taking the job anyway. DC is a hellscape, he’s living where he wants to.

Georgetown needs to do what it has needed to so since Thompson, find a younger coach that has won at lower tier schools. The guy at Charleston, Kelsey, won at Winthrop and now has 31 wins in his second season at C of C. There are others but that’s the type of coach they need, not a retread.
 
jibsey said:
Pitino is definitely going somewhere. He wants to go out from a major program. Georgetown and St. John’s both religious based schools would hire him after the last fiasco? Are all the nuns and priests just for show?
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Isn’t forgiveness a central theme for Catholics? Lol
 
Chin Diesel said:
Gtown had an incredible run with Ewing as a player. That is
35-40 years old.

Outside of that 4 year run, Gtown is normally nationally irrelevant.

It's dead as a basketball school. There isn't an alumnus under age 50 who knows what it is like to root for a relevant team.
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what a crazy take.
 
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