Lol - so now you’re referring to yourself in the abstract? The only known stalker here is you little buddy.As someone with experience, I can attest that it’s hard working with a stalker of a former strip mall, junior college educator…
Lol - so now you’re referring to yourself in the abstract? The only known stalker here is you little buddy.As someone with experience, I can attest that it’s hard working with a stalker of a former strip mall, junior college educator…
Said the guy who googles me…Lol - so now you’re referring to yourself in the abstract? The only known stalker here is you little buddy.
A few questions…It was an atrocious hire. It does make everyone question the process. We can debate why KP was selected. I won’t go down that rabbit hole because the leadership at the University was in flux at the time. It was a perfect time for key boosters-community leaders to throw around their influence.
There was a plan there just wasn’t a plan for these results. When it comes to the basketball program the University and Athletic Department decided to play the victim. KP is managing the program like it is a victim. Leaders never play the victim. The players and program didn’t need healing they needed leaders.
Here is the question why is the leadership lacking at the University and Athletic Department only as it relates to basketball? All the other sports are thriving. If leadership is bad it is usually across the board.
Add delusions of grandeur to the mix. No need to google you - everything anyone could ever want to learn is on full display in this space.Said the guy who googles me…
I will ask you the question where is the mismanagement in the other sports? Unlike you I evaluate programs based off their on the field performance.A few questions…
Why were we still in flux nearly five years after the regime takeover?
Why do you think their mismanagement “only relates to basketball?” What did you know about the status of the primary revenue sport (football) in 2023? Maybe recency bias at work?
What have they done to improve the profile of the remaining sports? There’s close to 20 of them.
And you wanna talk about our finances?…
Who’s been in charge for those 6-7 years? Where are men’s basketball programs like Kansas and Arizona in 2024? They were in the FBI crosshairs too.I will ask you the question where is the mismanagement in the other sports? Unlike you I evaluate programs based off their on the field performance.
This is a Louisville basketball problem and has been for 6-7 years.
Yeah I don’t recall talking much about my life experiences. Nice try, stalker…Add delusions of grandeur to the mix. No need to google you - everything anyone could ever want to learn is on full display in this space.
Didn’t answer the question. What specifically has been mismanaged besides basketball? You won’t answer because they haven’t been. Coaches leave all the time you yourself have called themWho’s been in charge for those 6-7 years? Where are men’s basketball programs like Kansas and Arizona in 2024? They were in the FBI crosshairs too.
Where was the football program a little more than a year ago? Attendance was the lowest since K-rag. Football season tickets were around 30K. (Stadium capacity in 1998 was 38K.) I can list stadium operating revenues as further evidence.
Men’s basketball was already in the dirt, and football was headed that way. In the latter case, the current Cincy coach bailed us out.
Which U of L sport under the leadership of a coach hired since 2017 is killing it like a Walz or Busboom-Kelly does? None come to mind.
Which programs have seen new capital investment of any significance since 2017?
This is an athletic department currently living off its past and assets that were left behind, now fully depleted. It’s why we have no working capital and no liquidity. It’s why paying big buyout money is a pipe dream, and we have a fledgling AD tap dancing in front of a camera…
Nothing besides mens basketball. When I hear regime I think of sandinistas. I guess we have commie regime in charge of the university. Every other sport is just fine. We have just replaced jurich and porchino with payne. Nothing is hurting other than the payne part.Didn’t answer the question. What specifically has been mismanaged besides basketball? You won’t answer because they haven’t been. Coaches leave all the time you yourself have called them
Mercenaries. Strange the leadership is so bad they all stayed.
There has been different people in leadership the last 6-7 years.
We all agree basketball has been mismanaged but stop dragging the whole department down. As a whole it has been pretty damn good.
So why is athletics down more than $50 million in several years and out of money?......Nothing is hurting other than the payne part.
Perhaps not, but plenty of others here have dummy. And given much of the information seems rather sordid, it’s no surprise that you’d be ashamed enough to be silent about it.Yeah I don’t recall talking much about my life experiences. Nice try, stalker…
You obviously don’t know the football program numbers which in 2024 is far and away your major revenue sport…What athletic program at Louisville has shit the bed over the last 10 years? Basketball? You know, that ass you have as an avatar? We used to have the top earning basketball program in the NCAA. not any more. Now we have an uneducated moron coaching our program because of the scandals Pitino created. I mean seriously, he coached at UK, He left. Ended up at Louisville. Traitor Rick creates scandals at the entire states opponent. You don't think the hammer will drop from Frankfurt? He was a good coach but he, and he alone is responsible for the crap we are dealing with now. So the short and long answer is Pitino and Pitino. Downhill since his shit. Adultery, strippers and paying players. The 3 horseman of the apocalypse.
Petrino’s buyout before he arrived here the 2nd time was $18 MILLION at Arkansas. Looks like $14 million was a deal…Oh, and let's not forget the huge buyout for petrino. If a guy is going to leave a buyout is fine but 17 mil? He wasn't Jesus Christ. Your heros are just as responsible for the deficit we are in as anyone, if not more so.
Cycle: first, I need to apologize, as my earlier response to you was misdirected, as I assumed that your post was directed to me. After reviewing the thread, I believe it was intended towards Zipp.I know they have fans that a very passionate about their basketball. No denying that. They almost had to shut down football.
The ACC in all the other non revenue sports is elite. Louisville competes for titles in those sports. The football team just played in the ACC Title game. He has one of the top transfer classes again which all cost money. Soccer was ranked all year. Volleyball elite 8. Swimming and diving is excellent. Women’s basketball lives in the Elite 8. Track and field is competitive. Yeah there is zero leadership, come on.
Did I miss the press release that KP is coming back for year 3? Let’s see what happens.
What’s shameful is you trying to ferret it out…Perhaps not, but plenty of others here have dummy. And given much of the information seems rather sordid, it’s no surprise that you’d be ashamed enough to be silent about it.
No, UConn isn’t in the ACC. Our finances would be where UConn’s are otherwise. Our numbers are terrible even with almost $50 million of media revenues coming in annually.…Since you are $$$ guy explain how UCONN which is running constantly at a deficit is elite in men’s and women’s basketball? The answer is pretty simple it’s their coaches, the players, and boosters those coaches attract. The right coach turns this around. The days of $40m may never come back but the right coach can make it an elite program again.
Money follows leadership and winning.
Pro tip - if you don’t want people to be made aware of your malfeasance - don’t conduct yourself in a malfeasant way.What’s shameful is you trying to ferret it out…
I don’t owe you or anyone else a damn thing to be able to post here ON TOPIC.Pro tip - if you don’t want people to be made aware of your malfeasance - don’t conduct yourself in a malfeasant way.
lol - “ferret it out”… 😂
I agree but they are still Elite in basketball. It goes deeper than $$ which is my point.No, UConn isn’t in the ACC. Our finances would be where UConn’s are otherwise. Our numbers are terrible even with almost $50 million of media revenues coming in annually.
We’re on athletics welfare now from the ACC and the University…
Lol - your unhappiness with being called out is once again leading you to project your failings onto others in the most banal and textbook way.I don’t owe you or anyone else a damn thing to be able to post here ON TOPIC.
You’re trying to cover for your pathetic obsession. Own who/what you are…
That's just opinion and rehetoric......But the shortcuts, and pushing the envelope by Ramsey, Jurich and Pitino gave the governor all the reason needed to clean house on the board...
...And that's unsubstantiated by the KY Auditor's report in the aftermath, nor was it confirmed by any criminal prosecutions. Stealing money is a criminal offense last time I checked. You're just mud slinging....There were questions about university foundation funds that were being stonewalled. Even the university’s accreditation was being investigated...
I'll simply check our finances since these alleged perpetrators left the scene for all of the proof I need of what was going on......It’s ok to have rose colored glasses about a hero or two or three. Some of these arguments also require them to have a heavy covering of horsecrap for that view.
UConn is subsidizing its athletics programs. That's spending, not revenue.I agree but they are still Elite in basketball. It goes deeper than $$ which is my point...
You didn't state it factually. You said "gave the governor all the reason" which means you THINK he was justified. That's an opinion.It’s not opinion and rhetoric that the governor sacked the U of L board amidst an onslaught of bad press, and scandals in the front office. That was the Ramsey guy.
The state may have let the athletic woes play out in the NCAA investigation. Or even the FBI one. Remember University 6? My bifocals are clear. So people pushing fuzzy math, revisionist history or superheroes can carry that cross alone.
Who put Jurich in the position to be railroaded by Postel and the BOT? I mean it wasn't just an out of the blue snap decision because everything was squeaky clean right? Whether Pitino was responsible or evidence was lacking is irrelevant. Captain of the ship and all. Once? OK a slap on the wrist? Although I wouldn't call having a title vacated as a slap on the wrist. Twice? Time to be shown the door since he obviously couldn't hire trustworthy assistants anymore. Add Sypher in at the beginning to start the slide and here we are. Yes more bad hires followed both administration and coaching but it is not hard to figure where it started.There is nothing gained by mis-directing UL financial woes to Pitino. The statement that “he (Pitino) alone is responsible“ is inaccurate. The Sypher affair was indeed humiliating, but it did not cost UL a single penny. The strippergate affair goes directly to McGee, and there was never any evidence that Pitino was engaged in payments to Bowen family.
This is not a defense of Pitino, just pointing out the distortion that “Pitino alone” is responsible for the on-court and off-court mess that UL is experiencing.
It should be clear that Postel and the BoT that fired Tom Jurich without cause and without the benefit of an internal investigation is responsible for the colossal financial damage.
I agree, it really isn’t about leadership in the athletic program.UConn is subsidizing its athletics programs. That's spending, not revenue.
When they have to balance their budget using only revenue that athletics generates, let me know how good their basketball program is...
The hiring of TJ was one of the best decisions this University ever made. The decision to terminate him was one of the worst decisions any University ever made.Who put Jurich in the position to be railroaded by Postel and the BOT? I mean it wasn't just an out of the blue snap decision because everything was squeaky clean right? Whether Pitino was responsible or evidence was lacking is irrelevant. Captain of the ship and all. Once? OK a slap on the wrist? Although I wouldn't call having a title vacated as a slap on the wrist. Twice? Time to be shown the door since he obviously couldn't hire trustworthy assistants anymore. Add Sypher in at the beginning to start the slide and here we are. Yes more bad hires followed both administration and coaching but it is not hard to figure where it started.
Wow. You are melting down. Chevelle has reduced you to a vulgar personal insult bomb thrower.I got it. You're a we-don't-deserve-that-banner pu$$y.
Anything else you wanna clarify for me?...