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Pitino Pissed

my2cents said:
Pitino is past his prime and that type of "motivation" may have worked in the 90's , but not now.
Speaking that way about his players, his facilities will not help his recruiting.
St. John's is a relic of the past, like Old Dominion's women's basketball and will not be relevant for a long time, if ever.
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This my view. Oh maybe they get to the tournament now and again as a12. But they have just been nothing for too long. And the days of Looie telling kids, “Youse come to St Johns and stay home and eat Mom’s cooking,“ are long past.
 
willie99 said:
He's pushing buttons, with an element of truth. If this doesn't get their attention, nothing will.

I remember the GOAT telling Charlie V he's the most overrated player he ever coached. That he can't play professional basketball in Timbuktu. Chaz morphed into a lottery pick

I think Geno has said this person or that person can't guard a chair. Or maybe can't defend their own shadow

On the surface it doesn't look good. Let’s see where it goes from here. If his team quits, then he has a big problem

And yes, Alleyne must be like WTF. He went from the pinnacle to what's shaping up as a lost season
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Nah this ain’t it at all and I love some tough love. You want to bash the facilities and NIL in the press that’s fine. Say that you’re not tough enough and soft as a team that’s fine too. But to point out specific players weaknesses to the media is wild and uncalled for. It’s not motivation to say some are weak laterally because that is something they can’t just fix. Saying they can’t dribble isn’t motivation.

Also how is this motivation to say they lost with how they recruited and they didn’t use the portal properly when half the team is portal players. That’s such an insult. It’s not motivation that’s a man acting like a baby because he can’t back up all the junk he talked.
 
Once again, Shaheen Holloway for B.E. coach of the year...Thanks for bringing this out of Rick! ;)
 
B1GEast said:
Wow, that's just unfortunate for those young men.

That guy is all about himself. I imagine that transfer portal will be active when the year's over.

I wouldn't play for that guy.
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This is the worst reaction to losing I've ever seen from a coach. I wouldn't want him as my school's coach after this reaction. He crossed a number of lines. He went after his players, by name, and not about their effort. He literally just said they aren't good enough. That's brutal. He also crapped on the school and its facilities. This has been said, above, but this is very different than a coach calling out a player's effort to motivate him. Couple this with Rick running off a bunch of guys that are doing great, elsewhere, and he has nobody to blame but himself. And, if this is the fault of his assistants, then blame them, not the players.

If I'm a coach going up against Pitino in a recruiting battle, I'm coming up with a dossier that shows how he ran out a bunch of good players that had been in the program for years, then brought in a bunch of "hired guns" who he now feels weren't as good as he thought so he publicly sold them out. That's two years of players that were told they aren't good enough. At some point it's not the players, Rick, it's you. No way I let my kid play at St. John's, for Rick Pitino, over a long list of coaches that don't go out of their way to hurt their players yet still have as much NIL available.
 
Pitino not being able to convince Walter Clayton Jr to come with him from Iona - which resulted in him having to get Dingle - really hurt them. That Clayton kid is really really good. Dingle is not a high level caliber player.
 
I read the thread title earlier today before I had my coffee and wondered, what did he piss on? Is this the latest scandal?
 
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huskymedic said:


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The knew exactly what he signed up for. He’s blasting the players’ shortcomings. That’s rich. He is the one to blame as he signed players with physical limitations. Give me a break.
 
It would be hilarious if their guards came out playing like Stanley next game

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The definition of a great coach is one who gets lesser talent to overachieve... I guess Pitino can only exceed with great talent.....like every coach anywhere. When things go wrong it's because the kids suck, assistants are poor talent evaluators (even though as head coach he makes the call), the facilities stink etc. Real accountability, Rick.
 
dennismenace said:
Iona spotlight not big enough for Rick. SJ team not responsive enough for Rick. Um, where can I go next year where my ego can fit.
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How about Kentucky? It appears the squid is on the barbee.
 
dennismenace said:
Yes. I thought I was seeing things. He told about 90% of the existing SJ players to just go into the portal before he even got there because they were not going to measure up to his standards!!!
Worst of all is he is critical of their ability rather than their performance. Mostly, that's on him. He picked them except for Soriano and a few others. Lack of speed? How did he tell Posh Alexander to hit the road?

Sounds as if he is having a psychotic breakdown. Is he setting the stage for quitting or is he telling everyone to leave again? Whew!

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In a world of constant change it's good to know some things stay the same.

Slick Rick has not lost his ability to eject things too quickly.
 
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Pitino should’ve paid more attention when Coach K and Jay Wright retired. He’s old guard……not equipped to prosper in this new age of college athletics. Ed Cooley THINKS he’s a member of the old guard, but he’s not. He’s a pretender. These 2 hires, which were supposed to bolster the Big East will ultimately back fire.
 
Candyman said:
Nah this ain’t it at all and I love some tough love. You want to bash the facilities and NIL in the press that’s fine. Say that you’re not tough enough and soft as a team that’s fine too. But to point out specific players weaknesses to the media is wild and uncalled for. It’s not motivation to say some are weak laterally because that is something they can’t just fix. Saying they can’t dribble isn’t motivation.

Also how is this motivation to say they lost with how they recruited and they didn’t use the portal properly when half the team is portal players. That’s such an insult. It’s not motivation that’s a man acting like a baby because he can’t back up all the junk he talked.
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I agree with you. Even the Post wouldn’t report the names
 
dennismenace said:
How did he tell Posh Alexander to hit the road?
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I don't follow Posh except when he plays us. But I think the guy is a player. It made no sense to send him packing. Compare and contrast to when Dan Hurley got here and many agreed that his failure to run guys off was "a sign of weakness".
 
UCTitleTown said:
The definition of a great coach is one who gets lesser talent to overachieve... I guess Pitino can only exceed with great talent
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He went to a Final Four when his best player was Billy Donovan.
 
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Lost in all of this so far (not mentioned in this thread yet) is one of our own - Taliek - is in the "we" group Rick is blaming for all their failures.

Given that we probably lose one or both of Kimani & Luke after this year, I'd be all for Slick Rick letting go of some of his "bad" assistants as fall guys...I'm sure Hurley would hire him back as an assistant here fairly quickly. I'd support that move 100%.
 
Ironic that Rick is putting fuel on the dumpster fire of his own creation. Players bought what he was selling.
 
RichCTBB said:
Pitino should’ve paid more attention when Coach K and Jay Wright retired. He’s old guard……not equipped to prosper in this new age of college athletics. Ed Cooley THINKS he’s a member of the old guard, but he’s not. He’s a pretender. These 2 hires, which were supposed to bolster the Big East will ultimately back fire.
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JustbrewitMan said:
Lost in all of this so far (not mentioned in this thread yet) is one of our own - Taliek - is in the "we" group Rick is blaming for all their failures.

Given that we probably lose one or both of Kimani & Luke after this year, I'd be all for Slick Rick letting go of some of his "bad" assistants as fall guys...I'm sure Hurley would hire him back as an assistant here fairly quickly. I'd support that move 100%.
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