Rick Pitino

[jibsey]

People either have short memories or just don’t care and based on what we see daily in the world I think it’s the latter.
University of Hawaii his program had 8 program violations.
Louisville he had sex “very briefly” in an empty Italian restaurant followed by the woman trying to shake him down.
Escorts supposedly hired by his staff for his players to have sex with and he didn’t know anything at all about and years later was “cleared”. The boss was in the dark?
NCAA National Championship title stripped from Louisville and banners taken down.
In his words “I deserved to be fired by Louisville”.
He’s a great coach and motivator and that was good enough for the religious clergy at the top of St. John’s if he could win again, and he has.

 

[superjohn]

Do you measure the amount in pounds or kilos?

Probably not.

You already got 25 Likes for calling him "unbelievable," and implying that you have a personal Mount Rushmore, before claiming that Pitino has guys running through walls.

Your breathless hyperbole opened the door for several other posters to describe his coaching results as insane, as though that's a good thing. Is there something insufficient about describing him as an excellent coach?

Isn't it bad enough that your avatar is a superhero sitting on a toilet?

At what point do you stop? Heal yourself.

Just so everyone on the board knows, this sad Hans guy once asked for my personal phone number on this website. It was creepy as hell but I felt badly for him at the time. It's totally unsurprising he would send this message at 3 in the morning.

If anyone was wondering Tom gave me the avatar and asked if I was cool with it. I thought it was funny from Tom and of course said yes. My handle is in honor of CT and Nets hoop legend Super John Williamson, I don't see myself as an avenging super hero who takes dumps.

 

[FreeKlaiber]

One thing he does that I think is cool is that he uses a portable P.A. system (similar to a bullhorn, but more hightech) in practice so every player can hear him without having to yell. Would love to have been an AC, or even a manager, on one of his teams to learn his mehods.

of all the coaching clinics I went to, I got (and utilized) much more from Pitino's and Pete Carrill's respective camps than all the others by far.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Just so everyone on the board knows, this sad Hans guy once asked for my personal phone number on this website. It was creepy as hell but I felt badly for him at the time. It's totally unsurprising he would send this message at 3 in the morning.

If anyone was wondering Tom gave me the avatar and asked if I was cool with it. I thought it was funny from Tom and of course said yes. My handle is in honor of CT and Nets hoop legend Super John Williamson, I don't see myself as an avenging super hero who takes dumps.

Nice to hear the back story on Tom gifting you with your avatar. Do you think you do the memory of Jiggy proud with your overblown posts?

Yep, when I sent a private message a decade or so to give you an opportunity to talk through your psycho-spiritual confusions, you showed no interest. I expect you to continue your bent toward exaggeration, gossip, and hot topics; it's a long tail side-effect, and some gravitate to it whether they understand why or not. I'll continue to periodically suggest there's a way out.

As to my overnight post, it fit a timed overnight medication interval. Why that wouldn't surprise you hints toward juicy speculation that runs both on brand and off point. Dish gonna dish.

 

[Zonepress]

Just so everyone on the board knows, this sad Hans guy once asked for my personal phone number on this website. It was creepy as hell but I felt badly for him at the time. It's totally unsurprising he would send this message at 3 in the morning.

If anyone was wondering Tom gave me the avatar and asked if I was cool with it. I thought it was funny from Tom and of course said yes. My handle is in honor of CT and Nets hoop legend Super John Williamson, I don't see myself as an avenging super hero who takes dumps.

For what it’s worth I find your posts to be
Among the most astute!
Aaah Super John
It’s 55 years and still can’t believe his WC lost
In the semi finals to Bpt Central lol

 

[uconnyankee]

No matter how anyone spin it, the guy can flat out coach. The turn around job he did at St Johns is unbelievable. That team will be tough out in the tournament.

Bobby Petrino can coach too.
Doesn’t mean he’s not a sleeze.

 

[brihman]

Iona was a 13 seed in the 2023 tournament, if that's what you're referring to. Not a 13 seed.

Yeah, we had the analytics of a 1 seed even heading into the NCAA tournament, but we only got a 4 seed because of all the close losses. (Combined with a perception that we had declined over the year and weren't the same team we were in December.)

Valid point. I stand corrected.

 

[DoctorWho85]

Pitino has been successful at every level he coached including the NBA. He will go down as one of the best of all time easily

 

[JBK]

That’s not the point. Clearly it’s ok. The point is the rebuild anywhere with some huge donor can happen over night. I am not saying what Rick is doing is wrong, I am saying it’s less impressive than it used to be.

Agreed.

 

[superjohn]

For what it’s worth I find your posts to be
Among the most astute!
Aaah Super John
It’s 55 years and still can’t believe his WC lost
In the semi finals to Bpt Central lol

Thank you, I'm a big fan of your posts too.

 

[Viet Vet]

This is true, but that doesn't make it less annoying. What's even more annoying is that I will be forced to root for them once we are eliminated from the NCAA tournament, which, tonight, seems pretty likely it will happen.

Not me. I will never root for the "best team NIL can buy", coached by the "come to Louisville, we have escorts and bribes at your disposal" pretty boy.

 

[CL82]

Not me. I will never root for the "best team NIL can buy", coached by the "come to Louisville, we have escorts and bribes at your disposal" pretty boy.

I hear you, but we need money and success in the NCAA tournament by any member of the conference gives us a share of NCAA credits.

 

[Marat]

Rumor is his son takes over

I read that also.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

What a concept.

Teaching your players how to play basketball and take the shots they are capable of making

Instead of teaching them an offense and telling them to take analytically smart shots. I didn’t know old school coaching still worked and thought it was obsolete.

That is refreshing to see, honestly. Michigan State, Yale and New Mexico (Pitino!) are other teams that come to mind that eschew the three-point shot as automatically a better shot than a three-pointer.

During the game, I was sitting near a UConn fan and he kept saying aloud: has a team ever made more mid-range jumpers than this team?

 

[Hey Adrien!]

This is true, but that doesn't make it less annoying. What's even more annoying is that I will be forced to root for them once we are eliminated from the NCAA tournament, which, tonight, seems pretty likely it will happen.

I hear ya. As much as I can’t stand Pitino, coach-aside, I like this team and the style they play.

 

[Huskyforlife]

i think the difference in the callouts is that Pitino didn’t spend an offseason writing checks with his mouth that his team couldn’t cash and he wasn’t comparing them to other teams/people when calling them soft.

The content isn’t literally the same, but the point both coaches made are. They wanted fans to understand they’re frustrated with their teams fight/toughness. Does it even matter if Hurley thought his team was a contender during the off season?

 

[jibsey]

St. John’s and his crew are riding this upsurge in the polls. Who have they beaten that is really very good? Creighton, Marquette and UConn are not good.

 

[RuffRuff]

I read that also.

Would be wild if little Pitino acts like a minor league system and sends Donovan Dent to him this year to fill the Kadari void. The kid is really good and only a junior.

 

[superjohn]

St. John’s and his crew are riding this upsurge in the polls. Who have they beaten that is really very good? Creighton, Marquette and UConn are not good.

They're 24-4, a few teams in front of them lost. Where would you like them to be ranked?

 

[djct1999]

i think the difference in the callouts is that Pitino didn’t spend an offseason writing checks with his mouth that his team couldn’t cash and he wasn’t comparing them to other teams/people when calling them soft.

That’s how you want to see it. Pitino came into this year with the lone pressure of making the tourney. Hurley was going for a three peat following the most dominant two year run maybe ever. If Pitino was writing checks, Danny was using a black Amex. Better yet, he he season isn’t over. St.
John’s had a good regular season. Let’s see how it plays out.

 

[RuffRuff]

They're 24-4, a few teams in front of them lost. Where would you like them to be ranked?

And you can also rank teams based on how well they show - and StJ looks really good right now. Their 4 combined losses by 7 points. Also teams after about 6 in the AP poll are pretty interchangeable, those in the top 6 will be given benefit of the doubt given lot's of quality wins. Also a very new roster this year, took Pitino a bit to get them conditioned up and clicking. I've never seen Kadari this fit.

 

[Kemba15]

That’s how you want to see it. Pitino came into this year with the lone pressure of making the tourney. Hurley was going for a three peat following the most dominant two year run maybe ever. If Pitino was writing checks, Danny was using a black Amex. Better yet, he he season isn’t over. St.
John’s had a good regular season. Let’s see how it plays out.

If St John’s underachieves in the tournament I’d love to see if the people who get on Hurley for his “mess” of a season despite winning the last 2 titles in runaway fashion will have that same energy for Slick Rick.

 

[RuffRuff]

If they underachieve in the tournament I’d love to see if the people who get on Hurley for his “mess” of a season despite winning the last 2 titles in runaway fashion will have that same energy for Slick Rick.

National media has literally written this team off. I’m not sure there is much of an expectation for any tourney noise out of this team. Which is a nice position to play out of honestly. Kinda why I like the idea of flaming out of the BE tourney, resting and going all in on one last run.