I don't have a love for Cal, but unlike yourself, I have the capability of separating the connection of a coach and the player.
Scott Padgett - (National champion)
-1996-97: All-NCAA Final Four Team
-1997-98: All-American; All-NCAA Final Four Team; All- NCAA Regional Team; All-SEC [Second Team (Coaches) Third Team (AP)]; All-SEC Tournament
-1998-99: All- NCAA Regional Team; All-SEC [First Team (Coaches) Second Team (AP)]; SEC Tournament MVP
Jamal Mashburn (no-championship)
-1990-91: All-SEC [Third Team (AP & UPI)]; All-SEC Freshman Team
-1991-92: All-American [Basketball Times (2nd)]; All- NCAA Regional Team; All-SEC [First Team (AP & Coaches)]; SEC Tournament MVP
-1992-93: All-American [Consensus (1st), AP (1st), UPI (1st), NABC (1st), USBWA (1st), Sporting News (1st), Basketball Times (1st), Wooden (1st)]; All-NCAA Final Four Team; All- NCAA Regional Team; SEC Player of the Year [Associated Press & Coaches] ; All-SEC [First Team (AP & Coaches)]; All-SEC Tournament
So, with your warped logic, Padgett is better because he won a championship and Mashburn didn't...
...or does that not apply because they are both Pitino players?