New Pitino undisputable middle finger pic
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You do when he flips off the place that used to adore him. He cares about UK and its fans about as much as dog cares who sees him lick himself. I don't care that he won a title here. That does not give you a free pass to do whatever you wish. No respect whatsoever for him.
Pitino flipped the bird, no doubt, but as seen in the other pic posted in this thread, he has a tendency to use his middle finger to scratch/pick his nose, especially during halftime interviews. But as clearly seen in the photo linked by the OP, He wasn't using his middle finger to scratch his itchy scalp.
And like Rick, Richard said he knew nothing about the hookers. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I guess he is being groomed to be their next coach.
They aren't UK Fans,they are sick Pitino Fans that obviously had 15 seconds of his love somewhere along the line.Anybody that puts a man ahead of the program is a sick puppy,just look at UL and their fans.
That is his middle finger, but there are still plenty of cats fans that thanks Pitino walks on water..
Not sure if the people who are saying this is photoshopped are actually serious, but if so, pray tell, why do you say that? Shadows? Seriously? Doesn't look shopped to me at all, and if someone was going to go to the effort of doing that, wouldn't he make it so there weren't these clear indications that you people are apparently adept at picking up?
RP still denying it today.
Jeff Greer @jeffgreer_cj 21s22 seconds ago
Rick Pitino: "I did not" flip off a UK fan.
Jeff Greer @jeffgreer_cj 21s22 seconds ago
Rick Pitino: "I did not" flip off a UK fan.
This is mainly for those younger fans, but is hopefully something the older fans like me can appreciate.
If you only knew what Rick Pitino did for Kentucky Basketball, you might just realize that the near constant barbs thrown his way by many Kentucky fans are both stupid and childish. If Cawood Ledford and Bill Keightley were alive today, like many of the others involved in UK sports from 1989-1997 (Pitino's tenure), they'd be largely ashamed of how BBN collectively goes about the business of being hateful towards Rick and all things not BBN. Two UK basketball stalwarts, Cawood and Bill loved Rick and the excitement he brought back to Kentucky. Add former UK player and UK Athletic Director C.M.Newton to that list along with many others. They (We) all clearly recognized the genius of Rick Pitino.
Conversely, I'm no Pitino worshipper or apologist--in my opinion he made a huge mistake leaving Kentucky (big money, Boston Celtics) as his ego got the best of him. He compounded that by taking the Louisville job. It was a compliment to our state that he wanted to return here but particularly bad form to coach at our arch-rival when he could have taken many other good jobs. Both decisions hurt me and were hurtful and disrespectful to UK. They were self-serving on his part.
That said, we owe him the absolute highest debt of gratitude for literally taking what is so dear to all of us--our storied and beloved basketball program--and raising it from the ashes back to national prominence and a NCAA title in 1996. Our program was dead. The scandal that we went through rocked us to our core, and was like no other in our history. Our 1988-1989 season was our first losing season in many years and we were in dire trouble.
Rick Pitino saved us. His 1997 team came close to winning a second consecutive title (after winning in 1996 with an amazing team), were it not for the loss of then considered first-team All-American Derek Anderson. There is little doubt in my mind that we would have won that year had Derek not torn his ACL. We were also close--a Final Four team--in 1993, and everyone knows how close we came to knocking off mighty Duke in 1992. Getting Jamal Mashburn to play at UK was an amazing feat. His best coaching might have been in the 1989-1990 season when our holdovers went a miraculous 14-14, knowing they could not participate in post-season play. I could go on.
His tenure at UK is quite extraordinary, but many appear not to care--their actions belie the fact that they are ignorant of his time here--they give him no pass whatsoever for his remarkable achievements at UK. That's unfortunate in the least, and at worst downright shameful to be so insensitive and uneducated about the history of our program.
Again, let me be clear. I know full well he's at our rival school. That does not engender him to me or many of the BBN. He is, like the rest of us, not perfect. However, if we do the right thing by realizing his exploits while at UK, many will understand that he does not deserve heckling, ridicule, and insults. We should and can take the high road, give him a pass, and acknowledge once and for all the many great things he did to put us back at the pinnacle of college basketball. Bottom line--none, and I do mean NONE, of what we enjoy today would have been possible without Rick Pitino. Ask Cawood, Bill Keightley, CM, and others.
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I think there were actually two different fingers involved: The middle finger, is assumed to be the one raised. But, the position of the finger would suggest that is coming from the position of the index finder. Thus, the middle and index must have conspired to shift their position to allow the middle to be displayed from the position of the index. Based on the evidence, i don't see how you could argue that this was simply the middle finger acting alone.
Ahhhhh. He says "a" fan. Nice. He is not lying. He flipped off all of BBN
He has been acknowledged. He has(d) a banner.
He chose to be an asshat while at UK
He chose not to play DA and "win" the NCAAT on his coaching ego.
HE chose to lie about leaving UK
He chose to leave UK two days after the lie.
He chose Tubby
He chose UL
He chose to have the Syher sex scandal.
He chose (at minimum) to look the other way about the hookers.
He has continually chosen to downgrade past UK teams.
He chooses to continually disparage UK fans.
He chooses to be a poor loser.
I am sure I am missing a lot of stuff.
You choose to say you don't worship him, but that WE owe him the highest debt of gratitude.
IMO you choose to worship him.
Pitino is a Traitor,a Scoundrel,and a Blue Collar Criminal among other things and these people who think Pitino is God should have heard the things I've heard him say about UK Fans and the State of Kentucky.Pitino was paid Millions and has since made his name off his time at Kentucky and as a fan I do not owe that classless pos anything further.
Anybody that feels Pitino deserves to be worshipped like a God is not a UK FAn but a Pitino Nad Dangler.
The man has spent 15 years running a smear campaign against UK and has cheated,conspired,Lied,and done everything in his power to hurt Kentucky Basketball,UK Fans,and Kentucky Taxpayers.
He deserves to be stripped of every crooked award he has won at UL and to be banished from the state for his crimes.Anyone that puts him before UK Basketball should leave with him.
Anybody that feels Pitino deserves to be worshipped like a God is not a UK FAn but a Pitino Nad Dangler.
The man has spent 15 years running a smear campaign against UK and has cheated,conspired,Lied,and done everything in his power to hurt Kentucky Basketball,UK Fans,and Kentucky Taxpayers.
He deserves to be stripped of every crooked award he has won at UL and to be banished from the state for his crimes.Anyone that puts him before UK Basketball should leave with him.
Winning basketball games 30 years ago does not excuse him from being a terrible human being, i don't care who liked him then. He's spent more time being full of smurf than he did doing whatever it is you can't see beyond.
I t amazes me to see folks say we OWE Pitino a debt of gratitude. Gimme a break. The only thing bigger than his ego are his lies. I'm a fan of UK. Pitino never liked the UK fans when he was here. You can hang onto him all you like. He was a jerk when he was here and he has only regressed since leaving.
You probably believed him when he said UK would be setback 10 years if they got rid of Tubby. That if he were UK he would look at Pelphrey or Travis Ford when Tubby did leave.. Good grief. He is caught on film and in picture flipping the bird to UK fans and you are on here defending him. I know Sutton failed, but he did have a couple of good teams before the wheels came off. Tubby won a title here. UK would have come back. Nobody benefitted from it more than Pitino. The man is a liar and a cheat. Proven in court and film/video. Some folks are just willingly ignorant.
You are acting like Pitino is a God. There are plenty of coaches that could have brought Kentucky back. It may have taken longer or maybe less time but it would have been done. If he was so good why did he fail in the NBA? He is a good coach with poor character. He has proved that on several occasions including lying about giving the finger to Kentucky fans.
I give you credit for your effort and I honestly believe you believe your comments are true..... but you are so wrong IMO that it makes me sick. Pitino lies and has so many skeletons in his closet that he deserves to rot. He couldn't care less if UK sinks or swims and for all of you guys that still think he has even a thimble full of regard for UK you need to get a grip. He's an adultering abortion funding pr*ck that wouldn't tell the truth if his life depended on it.
If he winds up leading UL to the Death Penalty, I say we hang a second banner for him.
