I think we can say this.
We all got a raw deal in 2017. All of us. Rick, Tom, the fans, the players, and even people like Vince Tyra who had to come in and be the face of it. On top of that, we had to watch our football coach quit on our fans and players and embarrass our school and then pay him $14 million to leave. We watched a board look like idiots.
I miss Rick Pitino. I miss those full court press. I miss guys like Larry O, Cisco, Taquan, T-Will(the player), E5, Edgar Sosa, Siva, Gourgi, Russ, Don and those players. I miss the Big East games where we ran top teams out and came into the ACC with fire. I miss tournament time when we peaked. I miss the energy. I miss it all.
But I'll also say, he's 71 and he'd likely be heading towards retirement. We'd have to be moving on some time, but we can't go back. We need to move on, but embrace what was great about the past and move forward.
Rick is like us, he's mad. He feels betrayed and I understand because we all feel that way. It sucks. There is not a right way to do it because it was so unfair to everyone involved.
Rick himself feels like he should've gotten that send off. To have that final game and go in the rafters. To be the local legend like Denny and attend games. But instead, he was fired and told to just get out. Now the firing was because of assistants he hired, not fully innocent, but I can see how he felt giving 17 years of his life to our city and school.
