Rick Pitino is Back: New Coach at Iona
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Almost full circle. Will finish his career coaching a small program "back home".
You got a second (or third) chance Rick. Don't **** it up again.
You got a second (or third) chance Rick. Don't **** it up again.
He was years ago, is he still now or has he lost his edge? He’s no spring chicken, I’m not sure he wasn’t already losing his edge before the house of Cards fell on his head.
We shall see. I’m not particularly invested either way, I can see the redemption side but at the same time Rick has already had plenty of time in the sun.
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Indianer with their 5 titles can’t land a coach as big as Pitino, but lil ole Iona can! Lol
And a serial cheater in basketball and in his personal life. But it doesn’t bother me he will be coaching in college basketball.
All it took for Rick Pitino to get back into college basketball was the end of the world
Good self-reminder to slow down when reading; I thought you wrote spankakatina.
This school is located in New Rochelle which is the East Coast’s epicenter of this virus!
But Rick is fine “exposing” himself to viruses....just not the kind you get from someone coughing...
But Rick is fine “exposing” himself to viruses....just not the kind you get from someone coughing...
Everything in moderation. R3P is kinda self moderation and 15 secs a pop.
Playing in the MAAC. Not exactly murderers row.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28902504/rick-pitino-candidate-iona-job
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28902504/rick-pitino-candidate-iona-job
I hope Rick succeeds. He’s been through hell since he left his Camelot (UK) much of it his own doing. He will forever be scarred among UK fans for taking the Louisville job when he could have had his pick of any school. His hell began with that decision. He went from being one of the most beloved people in Kentucky to one of the most despised.
Still, at a critical time in UK’s basketball history, when we were at the precipice of becoming nationally irrelevant in college basketball, Pitino instantly rescued us. He gave us credibility. He put UK on the front page again about its basketball accomplishments and not its basketball scandal. I know there are many UK fans who will hate Pitino until the day he dies and even thereafter, I’m not one of them. I will always be grateful to Rick for what he did for UK and especially when he did it.
Still, at a critical time in UK’s basketball history, when we were at the precipice of becoming nationally irrelevant in college basketball, Pitino instantly rescued us. He gave us credibility. He put UK on the front page again about its basketball accomplishments and not its basketball scandal. I know there are many UK fans who will hate Pitino until the day he dies and even thereafter, I’m not one of them. I will always be grateful to Rick for what he did for UK and especially when he did it.
UK gave him the opportunity to win a NC. Pitino is a cheater both on his wife and his employer. No one should hire a Coach to lead young men with no ethics.
Here they all are after reaching the summit at Kentucky and leaving.
The one Price is Right game where I always cheer against the contestant.
Nothing better than seeing the yodelie guy go over the edge.
IMO. No challenges in that league. He will recruit New York City which has an abundance of division 1 players. He will be very successful there. Kind of like Calipari when he was at Memphis
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Iona will be playing the best mid-major team ever on a weekly basis once league play begins.
Cal should take the Siena job just to mess with him.
This reminds me of that time when WKU hired Bobby Petrino after his motorcycle beating.
Pretty smart move if you ask me. When all the top coaches die off from the corona, Iona will still have the crypt keeper.
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Jeff Ruland isn’t walking thru that door
Mark it down because you know it’s coming. If Iona makes the NCAAT, you just know he’s going to be in either UL or UK bracket.
Glad he's back. He's a great coach and college basketball is better off with Pitino on the sidelines.
Those of you who are still bitter at him are worthy of being laughed at for your school girl-level pettiness.
Those of you who are still bitter at him are worthy of being laughed at for your school girl-level pettiness.
I could care less where or if he is coaching college basketball. He is such a control freak he probably won’t be able recruit elite players anyways. His offense is very complicated , I don’t know if it will work with the present college game. If anything, this shows that Iona cares more about winning than having a good role model as coach for it’s young men. A Catholic school should do better than to hire a coach with the type of character as Pitino.
As long as he never coaches a team capable of defensive full court press...........
Several of his past teams could do that quite well.
Several of his past teams could do that quite well.
Before the season starts he will say one of the Iona players is the best player at the position that he has coached since [insert a player that is ten times the Iona player].
"Isaiah Washington is the best guard I have coached since Mark Jackson."
"Isaiah Washington is the best guard I have coached since Mark Jackson."
There is no comparison between Memphis and Iona. So his results won't be anything like what Cal had at Memphis. Number 1 draft pick, ranked number 1 multiple weeks, number 1 seeds in the dance - all of that is way out of reach for Iona.
Even though Memphis has a good recruiting base don’t underestimate New York City. Plus the MEAC Is not a juggernaut. Love him or hate him the man can coach. Given enough talent he will do well. I disagree with you on this. Time will tell.
Pitino finds a job quicker than Jurich. What does that tell you?
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