Barney needs to man up and hire pitino

[Wildcats1st]

That’s the way out of this mess. Bring back the man who originally brought UK back. Let him load his staff and groom the next coach. This is no crap shoot. We know pitino would come in hungry and would win big. He’d keep reed around 100% and bring alot of his former player and open the program back up to the players and fans. He knows how this job goes. He was a master at it and I have no doubt he would rekindle it. Say it’s crazy all you want but cal was no Saint when he came to lex many outside our program still look at him as a massive cheater. The thing about it is it’s a grand slam hire AND pitino is basically available and would crawl to Lexington. If we had an ad with a bb iq it would be a no brainer. A lot of Cals former players would even stick around. Players love pitino. We don’t need a Saint we need a friggin proven winner who we know can handle the job.

I promise you if it happened it would be the most excitement = $$$$. In our bb history. You may hate it now but if it happened would by in just like with cal.

 

[UKWildcats1987]

Will never happen. Dude is like 80.

 

[RunninRichie]

Not against it.

 

[Dontworryboutit23]

That’s the way out of this mess. Bring back the man who originally brought UK back. Let him load his staff and groom the next coach. This is no crap shoot. We know pitino would come in hungry and would win big. He’d keep reed around 100% and bring alot of his former player and open the program back up to the players and fans. He knows how this job goes. He was a master at it and I have no doubt he would rekindle it. Say it’s crazy all you want but cal was no Saint when he came to lex many outside our program still look at him as a massive cheater. The thing about it is it’s a grand slam hire AND pitino is basically available and would crawl to Lexington. If we had an ad with a bb iq it would be a no brainer. A lot of Cals former players would even stick around. Players love pitino. We don’t need a Saint we need a friggin proven winner who we know can handle the job.

I promise you if it happened it would be the most excitement = $$$$. In our bb history. You may hate it now but if it happened would by in just like with cal.

Pitino is old, that’s a huge issue and another is Will pitino recruit the portal and in general recruit

 

[Coach Marrow]

Why does anyone think Pitino will even be mentioned in the future history of UK hires? Is this a joke?

 

[Jakerz]

I’d be okay with canceling next football season and using that money to cover the buyout. Restart it year after next. Only thing that would suffer is sports we don’t care about that rely on the football money 😂

 

[zerubbable]

Uh, noooooooo

 

[BlueRunner11]

Hmmm. Ok, Im on board.

 

[ChicagoCat1990]

Will never happen. Dude is like 80.

70's but close. If we're nominating 70+ year old coaches we might as well add Phil Jackson to our wish list.

 

[UKnVaTech]

100% on board with this!!!

 

[CatPhight]

FEBUK

 

[BigBlue1992]

0% change Barnhart even considers him but I’m taking him over ANYONE other than Wright, Donovan, Stevens, or Hurley. And none of them seem likely either.

 

[meteordealer]

Don't want a coach who flipped off everyone at Rupp as he was exiting. Plus his NCAA violations.

 

[JonathanW]

Interesting, Pitino is already 18 months past the at-the-time mandatory retirement age (70) that ended Rupp’s tenure.

 

[247CATS]

Keep him as far away as possible from our program. We don’t need that sleaziness to rub off on our program like it did at UL.

 

[jr40831]

He'd bring honor and decency back to the program

 

[bbncal02]

Now way he can handle the pressure at this age and with NIL. No.

Dude threw his players under the bus, then misses the tourney. No.

Plus the added pressure to perform exactly as he did before? Nope.

 

[CatPhight]

That boat sailed sank a long time ago...

 

[catsall]

That boat sailed sank a long time ago...

 

[stuway]

You always manage to out do yourself with bad takes. Come on man, lol

 

[Farsight]

Lest not you forget.

Rick Pitino is one of the greatest UK coaches of all time.

1996 Champions, arguably the best ever.

Oh and he also infiltrated the enemy and destroyed the enemy. U6 is a shit show because of Slick Rick and he took a title away from them 🤣

 

[catsall]

You do realize that Cal owned Rick.

 

[Rockford]

Good luck in your Pitino fantasy world, fellas.

 

[ace on the river]

FFS, some of you people…

 

[BlueRunner11]

You do realize that Cal owned Rick.

UK owned UL. A tale as old as time.

 

[EliteBlue]

I’ve joked about it but KState brought Snyder back in football.

The only way this makes sense is if RP would do it for 1m a year and it was public he was doing it to assist w the buy out and bc he wanted “to return him and end his career where he should have never left”. Have a closed door agreement that he coaches 5 years and retires “out of the blue”.

We can be looking for a coach that whole last season.

Saves us money and gets us back to black on coaching contracts

Regards Ricks legacy.

It’s a win for everyone.

Even if he didn’t win big it would take at least 3 years before ppl got antsy

 

[Deli owl]

That’s the way out of this mess. Bring back the man who originally brought UK back. Let him load his staff and groom the next coach. This is no crap shoot. We know pitino would come in hungry and would win big. He’d keep reed around 100% and bring alot of his former player and open the program back up to the players and fans. He knows how this job goes. He was a master at it and I have no doubt he would rekindle it. Say it’s crazy all you want but cal was no Saint when he came to lex many outside our program still look at him as a massive cheater. The thing about it is it’s a grand slam hire AND pitino is basically available and would crawl to Lexington. If we had an ad with a bb iq it would be a no brainer. A lot of Cals former players would even stick around. Players love pitino. We don’t need a Saint we need a friggin proven winner who we know can handle the job.

I promise you if it happened it would be the most excitement = $$$$. In our bb history. You may hate it now but if it happened would by in just like with cal.

He said he would never step foot in the state of ky ever again. Guess you’ll have to settle for coaching via zoom

 

[KTBFFH92]

That’s the way out of this mess. Bring back the man who originally brought UK back. Let him load his staff and groom the next coach. This is no crap shoot. We know pitino would come in hungry and would win big. He’d keep reed around 100% and bring alot of his former player and open the program back up to the players and fans. He knows how this job goes. He was a master at it and I have no doubt he would rekindle it. Say it’s crazy all you want but cal was no Saint when he came to lex many outside our program still look at him as a massive cheater. The thing about it is it’s a grand slam hire AND pitino is basically available and would crawl to Lexington. If we had an ad with a bb iq it would be a no brainer. A lot of Cals former players would even stick around. Players love pitino. We don’t need a Saint we need a friggin proven winner who we know can handle the job.

I promise you if it happened it would be the most excitement = $$$$. In our bb history. You may hate it now but if it happened would by in just like with cal.

I would take the Murray St coach if it meant no Cal. And IDK his name even

 

[azubuikefan]

Dude hired underage escorts. Have some standards.

 

[Bkocats]

Dear God no
The reasons already mentioned PLUS
Pitino now is NOT the same man who coached UK in the 90s.
Just no

 

[bigbluedon]

You do realize that Cal owned Rick.

Here we go again. Another one that doesn’t understand how coming to UK changes things.

 

[azubuikefan]

Here we go again. Another one that doesn’t understand how coming to UK changes things.

Pitino lost to Cal with the greatest roster ever assembled according to some. Cal had Camby and 4 janitors.

 

[doc4UK]

I think Rick would likely coach here for free if given the oportunity. He is still the best x and o 's coach we have ever had here. Might accept a transitional position and help us find his successor.

Doubt any of this will occur however.

 

[deshomatic]

Too old like Sampson. It'll be a diversity hire

 

[jca4446]

That’s the way out of this mess. Bring back the man who originally brought UK back. Let him load his staff and groom the next coach. This is no crap shoot. We know pitino would come in hungry and would win big. He’d keep reed around 100% and bring alot of his former player and open the program back up to the players and fans. He knows how this job goes. He was a master at it and I have no doubt he would rekindle it. Say it’s crazy all you want but cal was no Saint when he came to lex many outside our program still look at him as a massive cheater. The thing about it is it’s a grand slam hire AND pitino is basically available and would crawl to Lexington. If we had an ad with a bb iq it would be a no brainer. A lot of Cals former players would even stick around. Players love pitino. We don’t need a Saint we need a friggin proven winner who we know can handle the job.

I promise you if it happened it would be the most excitement = $$$$. In our bb history. You may hate it now but if it happened would by in just like with cal.

He is 71 years old.

 

[wfc7]

Will never happen. Dude is like 80.

He’s 71. He seems full of fire too. I think he’d be outstanding again at UK.

 

[jr40831]

Remember the finger

 

[Stevo1951]

No freakin way

 

[Wildcats1st]

FEBUK

FEBUKA

 

[MEMEBLUE]

He said he would never step foot in the state of ky ever again. Guess you’ll have to settle for coaching via zoom

It's better that what we have now!