Pitino lands another one
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Huge get for Rick. They might just make the NCAAT with the roster he's put together.
Not me. Pitino’s a coach who is obviously eager to cement his legacy as one of the greatest ever, rather than the only coach to ever have a title vacated.
Meanwhile Cal has been resting on his laurels since 2015.
Cal needs some new laurels, his old ones are worn out.
How soon you forgive. He left you. He killed a baby. He coached our most hated rival. He gave you the finger, and you still hug his nuts.
Gonna have to push then. Can't imagine he's gonna coach more than 5 years more. But he's back in his home area so who knows?
That’s pretty funny coming from someone who’s still hangin on to Cal‘s nuts! Pot meet kettle! 😂
Who cares. He isnt winning anything at st johns. That cheating pos
You don’t know that.
Why couldn’t he? FAU and SDSU were buckets away from a title.
He can win one at St John’s. I’d even argue they’re perfectly suited to succeed in “this” version of college basketball.
"Most hated rival" as in that irrelevant city school that got on your nerves in the 1980s and gave you a spurned lover syndrome when Pitino left Boston for them?
"Most hated rival" as in the team that's we've dominated for about the last 30 years, the team who is only taken seriously within Kentucky by a very number of UK fans? That team?
Yeah they will make it to the dance. Its a roster built to Ricks style of play. They will be competitive
Here comes all the but Cal beat Rick head to head guys….
Meanwhile, UK is like the guy at the bar and it's getting close to closing time.
If Cal were at St. John's, under the same circumstances, odds are excellent he'd be rolling out a lot worse than what FEBUK put together...
Pitino has a roster built to compete in today's college basketball. Cal has a roster that is unproven for today's college game and built on NBA draft potential. That's the difference.
I bet between St John's and Kentucky, one will look like unorganized AAU and one will look like a team. Now, Ws and Ls? Who knows?
No they weren't. Uconn slaughtered sdsu and would have beaten fau worse. You probably think Duke almost beat unlv in 1990 too.
Its extremely unlikely he wins one. He hasn't won a legit one in almost 30 years.
To be fair cheating is allowed now so his hookers strategy may work.
You're missing the point.
There are no expectations at St. John's. They haven't landed a top 50 recruit in over a decade until Pitino did it today. So, in a matter of months, Pitino has taken a program with no expectations and inserted new life into that program. They will likely not only make the tournament this year, but also have a real shot at surviving past the first weekend.
Meanwhile Calipari, who is coaching the program with the most expectations in the nation, has taken that program and led it to win single tournament win in three seasons.
Pitino will also be making 1/3 of what Calipari is making from a salary perspective.
So, let's review, @JFCats22 :
St. John's = no expectations + Pitino = excitement and a high probability of exceeding expectations.
Kentucky = high expectations + Calipari = no excitement and a very low probability of meeting those expectations.
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Rick Pitino and Louisville won a national championship in 2013. We all saw it. Don't be petty.
I've never understood the Pitino love on here.
He's going to write something trite about "cheating to win."
Meanwhile, we got Anthony Davis for $250,000 in 2012. No one's above it. Pitino just got caught.
Not being an asshole by asking this but did you follow UK from 1989 to 1997
I don't like St. John's or Big East teams, but I bet SJ will be fun to watch.
With all the things that you stated about RP, he still did a better job than the guy who has retired in-place while taking a check that he doesn't earn.
He is obviously a newbie who thinks Cal invented basketball.
Thats foolish talk. St John will get every NYC player and then fill up with transfers . Pitino can coach and kids play for him hard.
Did you watch Pitino from 2001 - present?
Anyone who likes Pitino is seriously effed in the head
You are evidence that the same can be said for at least one person who doesn't like Pitino.
Cow cant coach the kids Rick can. Cow cant win with No 1 recruiting class year in and year out. Give Rick what Cows has since he got here and Ricks needs all ten fingers for the rings he would have. Had Rick stayed at UK we would have 17 titles. Same as Bama in football.
Yep sure did. He won a title in 2013 and messed up his career all on his dime. Got another chance at Iona and done a good job at that school and now is at St Johns.What he did after he left UK is on him but while at UK he was one of if not the best in the game. To deny otherwise shows incompetence.
Nah. But you might be. There's no one more bipolar than you on this message board when it comes to berating our players in the game threads.
Maybe this year you can take it easy in the game threads. What do you say, little buddy?
Saw where CBS sports just ranked St Johns #26 in the preseason poll. One ahead of KY. Gold Standard CCC.
There’s nothing he can do to cement himself even top 10 best ever. He’s not him. He isn’t even the best to ever coach at UK or UL. Both have had better than him.
He has 1 championship, 27 years ago. The last time he won a championship, internet had only been out a few years, it was before cell phones and the Nintendo 64 was the hottest console out.
No better testament on how much Cal is loathed than this right here and deservedly so. Thank you!!!!
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