BB program still trying to dig itself from the grave. All the while this fanbase supported this clown . Whom constantly now all of sudden loves social media. Throwing out his love for the Big Blue sports . ..Gonna be at the FB game on the sidelines . Matty Bangs says gonna be a bigger surprise for Midnite madness HMM!!!!
Do you guys still Love Ricky P?
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Very good coach for us for many years. Won and also lost us a natty, all while apparently going through a mid-life crisis.
He was at UK before we hired him, so I long ago lost the ability to be shocked or dismayed when he associates with or praises our archrival.
Don’t really care what he does, unless we need to try to beat his St John’s team on the court.
He was at UK before we hired him, so I long ago lost the ability to be shocked or dismayed when he associates with or praises our archrival.
Don’t really care what he does, unless we need to try to beat his St John’s team on the court.
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According to Adam Zagoria, former Louisville and Kentucky basketball coach Rick Pitino will attend the Vanderbilt-Kentucky football game on Saturday night. New Kentucky head coach Mark Pope also mentioned that Pitino plans to attend the Wildcats’ practice.
“He kind of asked me, but really he just told me he was coming to practice,” Pope said.
Earlier this year, Pitino also contributed to Kentucky football’s NIL initiative.
He’s trolling because Pat Kelsey got the job and Ricky Jr. didn’t.
He gave us a lot of great basketball, fun moments and memories. For that, I thank him. The other stuff wasn't great. I wish him no ill will.
Pitino won a lot of basketball games while he was here. Final Fours, Championship. He also exercised bad judgement. Porcini's, hiring Andre McGee, "Coach-2".
I think ultimately it's a case of a guy who got too old to properly manage a big time college program. He's lucky he's getting an opportunity to redeem his reputation through winning - a grotesque cleansing but that's sports for you.
His narcissistic love bombing of UK fans is funny. Giving NIL to UK football is something that's technically legal, but morally suspect. That's Pitino's calling card.
The guy is and was a mixed bag. Good luck to him I guess.
I think ultimately it's a case of a guy who got too old to properly manage a big time college program. He's lucky he's getting an opportunity to redeem his reputation through winning - a grotesque cleansing but that's sports for you.
His narcissistic love bombing of UK fans is funny. Giving NIL to UK football is something that's technically legal, but morally suspect. That's Pitino's calling card.
The guy is and was a mixed bag. Good luck to him I guess.
For all the good he did the disaster that followed his actions and inactions was much worse. Wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire but then never think about him anymore unless someone on here brings him up.
I appreciated him while he was here but cannot say I ever loved him. We were there b4 him and will be there again w/o him.
It sounds like he needs to focus on HIS St. John’s team instead of THEIR uk team
He didn't allow it. Those parties were being hidden from him and everyone else, including other players.
I gave Slick Rick forgiveness time after time after time. You can only be spit in the face so many times. F-off Slick Rick, run to the fanbase that mocked you, threatened you, and trashed your family. You deserve each other.
Deener has had enough? Just now? That should tell you plenty about Deener. He is a corporate polisher of staffs and can't offend even the other schools fans.
We all knew Pitino was a UK homer when he was hired here. Most of us was shocked when Jurich announced he was seeking Pitino for the job. I wasn't that keen on the idea just because he had coached UK, but I knew UofL needed what he would bring after the end of the Crum era.
And he did exactly what we all wanted. We played a fast and fun style, and got back to elite 8's, final 4's and a national title. The program had pizazz again and I personally didn't care anymore that he coached at UK.
Everything was grand until Andre McGee. Before that dipshit, the program under Pitino had no NCAA infractions while programs all around the game did. However, as we again all know, Pitino, having just won his 2nd title and being selected for the Hall of Fame, he let his guard down and delegated and trusted in his former players a bit naively.
Most Cards fans I know believe what Luke Hancock says about the scandal, which is that those people on the team that knew of the parties, didn't want to bring the wrath of Pitino and jeopardize the teams championship chances. Everything in Pitino's past suggested he would never allow major infractions.
However, the sordid details of the parties and the media backlash was to forever change the perception of Pitino from not only fans but of his peers in the world of college basketball. He continued on coaching despite being double crossed by the people hired to mitigate any sanctions and he soon discovered he was going to be scrutinized for every little thing until eventually the FBI of all people, used his notoriety to push it's probe into college basketball malfeasance.
UofL, for whatever reason and there's several opinions, decided to rid both Pitino and Jurich despite knowing that Pitino was not one of the coaches the FBI had the goods on. And everything after that is what led Pitino to his disdain for the UofL basketball program today. He also probably was disappointed in the amount of Cards fans who voice their hatred of him.
So it's a natural thing for him to go back to being a UK homer, especially after Mark Pope was hired.
I believe Pitino one day hopes to be back in the Cards good graces, but if it doesn't happen, so be it. The fact is Louisville needed him more than he needed UofL, and I think we all have to admit had Jurich hired someone else, this stretch of okay to bad basketball would have started a lot sooner than it did.
And he did exactly what we all wanted. We played a fast and fun style, and got back to elite 8's, final 4's and a national title. The program had pizazz again and I personally didn't care anymore that he coached at UK.
Everything was grand until Andre McGee. Before that dipshit, the program under Pitino had no NCAA infractions while programs all around the game did. However, as we again all know, Pitino, having just won his 2nd title and being selected for the Hall of Fame, he let his guard down and delegated and trusted in his former players a bit naively.
Most Cards fans I know believe what Luke Hancock says about the scandal, which is that those people on the team that knew of the parties, didn't want to bring the wrath of Pitino and jeopardize the teams championship chances. Everything in Pitino's past suggested he would never allow major infractions.
However, the sordid details of the parties and the media backlash was to forever change the perception of Pitino from not only fans but of his peers in the world of college basketball. He continued on coaching despite being double crossed by the people hired to mitigate any sanctions and he soon discovered he was going to be scrutinized for every little thing until eventually the FBI of all people, used his notoriety to push it's probe into college basketball malfeasance.
UofL, for whatever reason and there's several opinions, decided to rid both Pitino and Jurich despite knowing that Pitino was not one of the coaches the FBI had the goods on. And everything after that is what led Pitino to his disdain for the UofL basketball program today. He also probably was disappointed in the amount of Cards fans who voice their hatred of him.
So it's a natural thing for him to go back to being a UK homer, especially after Mark Pope was hired.
I believe Pitino one day hopes to be back in the Cards good graces, but if it doesn't happen, so be it. The fact is Louisville needed him more than he needed UofL, and I think we all have to admit had Jurich hired someone else, this stretch of okay to bad basketball would have started a lot sooner than it did.
