Rick chose to come to UK as a coach, knowing that the school will be on probation for so called NCAA violations for two years. He was also well aware of the labeling of UK as a traditionally “racist school” when it came to basketball and yet, he chose to come anyway, which, I was happy about, as a fan.
To turn around and criticize the university for this seems fairly disingenuous to me, as he willingly came and became part of the UK family.
What is known is that he hired an assistant that committed numerous recruiting violations, including hiring underage prostitutes that were servicing recruits AND parents. What is known is that he was willing to pay $100,000 for a recruit and then, he was caught lying about his choice to do so.
He was an innovative and creative B.B. coach at one time, but he obviously lacks personal judgement and integrity. For this reason, anything that comes out of his mouth should be taken with a huge grain of salt.