What turned you against Pitino ?

[ruppcat]

I wasn't aware Rick had an abortion. BTW the same Constitution that gives you the right to bear arms gives women the right to do what they want with their bodies. Either defend the Constitution or don't.

The right to bear arms is a specific amendment.

The right to kill an unborn child was a "right" read into the Constitution that's not there by the Supreme Court.

There is a difference between the two.

Either understand the Constitution or don't quote it.

 

[JDHoss]

My wife's nephew was a huge Antoine Walker fan and gave us his Walker jersey to take with us to the UGA game and asked maybe if after the game we could get it autographed if we saw Walker. We went down after the game to where the dressing room entrance was, and there were probably 15-20 kids there, waiting to see if they could get something signed.

The usher told everyone that some of the players may come out, and that Pitino would be out to do his radio show, but would not stop on the way out, but may or may not stop on the way back. He added that if he did stop to sign some things, that you were not to make eye contact with him, or speak to him. He also said that he probably wouldn't sign more than a dozen things and that some people will be left out.

True to the usher's word, Pitino stopped by for maybe two minutes, never looking up, never speaking. He signed maybe a dozen things for these kids, then turned and walked away without saying shit. It might have taken him another 90 seconds to have finished signing something for the remaining 6 or 7 youngsters. Before this, I really didn't think much more of Pitino than him being a highly paid, highly performing employee of UK, but that little episode confirmed my belief that he was a prick of a human being.

His narcissistic behavior was never more evident when he took the UaVel job and expected to still have the backing and adulation of the UK fans. At UaVel, his embarrassing table top sex scandal, his coaching staff cheating to get recruits by hosting hooker parties in a dorm named after his deceased brother in-law, and ultimately his flipping off UK fans in Rupp have cemented my hatred for him.

 

[U Go UK]

I wasn't aware Rick had an abortion. BTW the same Constitution that gives you the right to bear arms gives women the right to do what they want with their bodies. Either defend the Constitution or don't.

Abortion is morally wrong. Abortion is murder. Constitution or not, it's wrong.

 

[lkc1234]

Was it pain over leaving our program ?

Was it not playing Anderson when he was cleared to play so his draft status would slip knowing he was leaving and hoping to get him in the draft? Costing us a Championship.

Was it coming back to college game to our hated rivals and all his antics from there?

I know the stuff he's done at City College has just intensified the hatred but what started it alL for you? Just curious?

Mine is the refusal to play Anderson so his draft stock may slip already knowing he was taking the Celtics job.

His moral character did it for me. His 15 second romp at Porcini's and abortion thereafter.

 

[Blueaz]

If you like him so much why don't you marry him?

The same poster is defending Curci...
Seems to fit the Jurich model of coaches. Hmmmmmm

 

[Blueaz]

The lying SOB said that he was never leaving and two weeks later he announced that he was going to the Celtics. I hate a F'ing liar.

This was the start for me, also

 

[ram1955]

The right to bear arms is a specific amendment.

The right to kill an unborn child was a "right" read into the Constitution that's not there by the Supreme Court.

There is a difference between the two.

Either understand the Constitution or don't quote it.

Just because it's written into the constitution doesn't make it right anyway. Killing an unborn child is nothing less than murder. People can call it whatever they want or defend it anyway they want. It's still murder.

 

[ram1955]

The same poster is defending Curci...
Seems to fit the Jurich model of coaches. Hmmmmmm

If you look closely enough, we've had our share of coaches with skeletons in the closet. Some that would fit nicely with the Jurich model. Admittedly, I have had no problem with the Jurich model, pending final the ncaa decision on whether or not ncaa rules were violated. The job of an AD is to run a winning athletic program that stays within the good graces of the ncaa powers that be. Same for coaches. If/when coaches' behavior results in sanctions/probation, etc....corrective action should be made, weighing the benefits of keeping/getting rid of the coach.
IMO, in the case of Curci, the administration threw the baby out with the bathwater.

 

[chevyman 50]

Going to UL. Thank goodness we have Cal..

 

[83Cat]

Going to the Celtics and not having that work out and then landing at Purdue or Texas, MI, but taking a job at UL or IU is a F you to every UK fan.

 

[CatPhight]

The asswipe actually believed he was bigger than UK itself...then once shunned and scorned, turned his
attention to defamation of us on the recruiting trail and slipping us his half rotten sausage in the media
every chance he got.

In the end Fifteeno got a sausage of his own...POS aborting...lying sack of horse dung.

 

[morgousky]

I wasn't aware Rick had an abortion. BTW the same Constitution that gives you the right to bear arms gives women the right to do what they want with their bodies. Either defend the Constitution or don't.

100% false. Try actually learning the constitution before you speak on it.

 

[UpstateNYCat]

The fact that some fans still begrudge him over the Anderson decision is absolutely stunning and moronic.

 

[Blueaz]

If you look closely enough, we've had our share of coaches with skeletons in the closet. Some that would fit nicely with the Jurich model. Admittedly, I have had no problem with the Jurich model, pending final the ncaa decision on whether or not ncaa rules were violated. The job of an AD is to run a winning athletic program that stays within the good graces of the ncaa powers that be. Same for coaches. If/when coaches' behavior results in sanctions/probation, etc....corrective action should be made, weighing the benefits of keeping/getting rid of the coach.
IMO, in the case of Curci, the administration threw the baby out with the bathwater.

I don't agree with wanting the Jurich model. But, we have had some gawd awful ADs over the years.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Read the first book he wrote while at UK = dislike (if that book was the only knowledge you had of UK basketball, you'd think we'd never won a game until p.rick rode into town.

Didn't put a man on grant hill = questioning his coaching

Left for Celtics = OK w/ me; ready to see him go and thought Tubby would take the foundation he was leaving behind and build it too the moon (can't be right all the time)

Took the louisville job = with a burning passion I'll detest/sports hate that bastard til the day he or I die

Everything since then? just adds fuel to the fire

 

[MEMEBLUE]

Yea, thank God we have Cal, he's not above the program. Cal stays long enough, you guys will turn on him too.
As far as Pitino, apparently many on this board have very short memories. Pitino and Jamal Mashburn saved this damn program. We couldn't have been any lower and PITINO instilled confidence and fun back into the program the First year! His time here was nothing short of magical. For that reason alone he gets a pass, yea I wish he didn't go to Boston and definitely wished he didn't go to Louisville. I'm also willing to bet if you get Pitino alone, he would agree it was a mistake to leave Kentucky.
I met Pitino one time before he ever coached a game at Kentucky. He was signing basketballs at the old Allied Sporting Goods in Louisville, after being named the coach. I told him you have no idea what you are getting into, he thought I meant about the probation,when I explained about the Kentucky tradition and pressure, he told me he would make us a winner in less than 5 years. At the time pundits said Kentucky was set back at least 10 years.I liked him then and I still like him now. So now let the negative comments begin.

 

[Cat78Scot]

I don't care for him as a person as he can be compared , morally, to the likes of bill clinton and other reprobates. However, as a coach, I like him. For those fans not around when he was coaching, let me fill you in....He revived this program from not only probation but from a boring brand of bball that had been played for most of the twenty years before he came. He not only brought winning, but he brought excitement.
I harbor no malice for his leaving for Boston. While Ky is the premier bball job in college, Boston may be the premier job in the entire sport. As for his going to ul, Ky missed the boat by not firing TS as soon as Pitino became available. His taking the ul job had nothing to do with Ky bball. It was a great opportunity...Any guy on this board worth his balls would take the best job available. That's exactly what Pitino did.

BS. Firstly, its debatable that it was the best job available, especially considering the backlash anyone without an ego the size of the state would understand.

You don't get to enjoy the fruits of having the most passionate fan base in college bball without a price. One price is not spitting on the people that raised you up by going to what you already know is a hated rival to coach them.

Any guy on this board with an ounce of integrity and a little common sense wouldn't have taken the Hookers job. Recipe for disaster.

 

[CatPhight]

Yea, thank God we have Cal, he's not above the program. Cal stays long enough, you guys will turn on him too.
As far as Pitino, apparently many on this board have very short memories. Pitino and Jamal Mashburn saved this damn program. We couldn't have been any lower and PITINO instilled confidence and fun back into the program the First year! His time here was nothing short of magical. For that reason alone he gets a pass, yea I wish he didn't go to Boston and definitely wished he didn't go to Louisville. I'm also willing to bet if you get Pitino alone, he would agree it was a mistake to leave Kentucky.
I met Pitino one time before he ever coached a game at Kentucky. He was signing basketballs at the old Allied Sporting Goods in Louisville, after being named the coach. I told him you have no idea what you are getting into, he thought I meant about the probation,when I explained about the Kentucky tradition and pressure, he told me he would make us a winner in less than 5 years. At the time pundits said Kentucky was set back at least 10 years.I liked him then and I still like him now. So now let the negative comments begin.

Lucipherino cast himself out of camelot and then double-downed on the dirty birds and stuck
a knife in the back of our program every chance he got it. Plus he's an even worse human.

 

[Blueaz]

The fact that some "fans" still defend him over the Anderson decision is absolutely stunning and moronic.

FIFY

 

[Poetax]

I wasn't aware Rick had an abortion. BTW the same Constitution that gives you the right to bear arms gives women the right to do what they want with their bodies. Either defend the Constitution or don't.

Is abortion a constitutional right?

No, Abortion Actually Isn't A ConstitutionalRight. The Court not only broke the law, but legalized others breaking it as well. On Jan. 22, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court (in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton) legalized the procedure of abortion for any reason before “fetal viability,” which is loosely defined.Aug 6, 2015.

The Court’s ruling violated the Constitution’s most fundamental principle: human equality and the protection of one’s right to live. The Constitution requires that every human life be protected, regardless of age, size, stage of development, or dependency on another human being.

 

[Cat78Scot]

My wife's nephew was a huge Antoine Walker fan and gave us his Walker jersey to take with us to the UGA game and asked maybe if after the game we could get it autographed if we saw Walker. We went down after the game to where the dressing room entrance was, and there were probably 15-20 kids there, waiting to see if they could get something signed.

The usher told everyone that some of the players may come out, and that Pitino would be out to do his radio show, but would not stop on the way out, but may or may not stop on the way back. He added that if he did stop to sign some things, that you were not to make eye contact with him, or speak to him. He also said that he probably wouldn't sign more than a dozen things and that some people will be left out.

True to the usher's word, Pitino stopped by for maybe two minutes, never looking up, never speaking. He signed maybe a dozen things for these kids, then turned and walked away without saying shit. It might have taken him another 90 seconds to have finished signing something for the remaining 6 or 7 youngsters. Before this, I really didn't think much more of Pitino than him being a highly paid, highly performing employee of UK, but that little episode confirmed my belief that he was a prick of a human being.

His narcissistic behavior was never more evident when he took the UaVel job and expected to still have the backing and adulation of the UK fans. At UaVel, his embarrassing table top sex scandal, his coaching staff cheating to get recruits by hosting hooker parties in a dorm named after his deceased brother in-law, and ultimately his flipping off UK fans in Rupp have cemented my hatred for him.

This.
Well said sir.

 

[Blueblood22]

Going to Louisville with the delusional mindset that Kentucky fans would suddenly jump ship because of him. He thought all those fans he had at Kentucky were Pitino fans, then he got a dose of reality.

He then became a bitter little ass, having his son leak Bledsoe's transcripts and having his nuthanger Forde trying to dig up dirt, because he knew Kentucky fans would no longer be obsessed with him now that Cal was here.

 

[Blueaz]

Yea, thank God we have Cal, he's not above the program. Cal stays long enough, you guys will turn on him too.
As far as Pitino, apparently many on this board have very short memories. Pitino and Jamal Mashburn saved this damn program. We couldn't have been any lower and PITINO instilled confidence and fun back into the program the First year! His time here was nothing short of magical. For that reason alone he gets a pass, yea I wish he didn't go to Boston and definitely wished he didn't go to Louisville. I'm also willing to bet if you get Pitino alone, he would agree it was a mistake to leave Kentucky.
I met Pitino one time before he ever coached a game at Kentucky. He was signing basketballs at the old Allied Sporting Goods in Louisville, after being named the coach. I told him you have no idea what you are getting into, he thought I meant about the probation,when I explained about the Kentucky tradition and pressure, he told me he would make us a winner in less than 5 years. At the time pundits said Kentucky was set back at least 10 years.I liked him then and I still like him now. So now let the negative comments begin.

No need for negative comments...your post speaks enough for you

 

[CatPhight]

Fifteeeno actually had two abortions, aborted and the fetusino's survived.

 

[Poetax]

I don't care for him as a person as he can be compared , morally, to the likes of bill clinton and other reprobates. However, as a coach, I like him. For those fans not around when he was coaching, let me fill you in....He revived this program from not only probation but from a boring brand of bball that had been played for most of the twenty years before he came. He not only brought winning, but he brought excitement.
I harbor no malice for his leaving for Boston. While Ky is the premier bball job in college, Boston may be the premier job in the entire sport. As for his going to ul, Ky missed the boat by not firing TS as soon as Pitino became available. His taking the ul job had nothing to do with Ky bball. It was a great opportunity...Any guy on this board worth his balls would take the best job available. That's exactly what Pitino did.

ESPN and Vitale would have had a field day on Kentucky if they had fired Tubby.

 

[Blueaz]

My wife's nephew was a huge Antoine Walker fan and gave us his Walker jersey to take with us to the UGA game and asked maybe if after the game we could get it autographed if we saw Walker. We went down after the game to where the dressing room entrance was, and there were probably 15-20 kids there, waiting to see if they could get something signed.

The usher told everyone that some of the players may come out, and that Pitino would be out to do his radio show, but would not stop on the way out, but may or may not stop on the way back. He added that if he did stop to sign some things, that you were not to make eye contact with him, or speak to him. He also said that he probably wouldn't sign more than a dozen things and that some people will be left out.

True to the usher's word, Pitino stopped by for maybe two minutes, never looking up, never speaking. He signed maybe a dozen things for these kids, then turned and walked away without saying shit. It might have taken him another 90 seconds to have finished signing something for the remaining 6 or 7 youngsters. Before this, I really didn't think much more of Pitino than him being a highly paid, highly performing employee of UK, but that little episode confirmed my belief that he was a prick of a human being.

His narcissistic behavior was never more evident when he took the UaVel job and expected to still have the backing and adulation of the UK fans. At UaVel, his embarrassing table top sex scandal, his coaching staff cheating to get recruits by hosting hooker parties in a dorm named after his deceased brother in-law, and ultimately his flipping off UK fans in Rupp have cemented my hatred for him.

Sadly this was the norm for him..."you don't touch the coach!"

 

[CatPhight]

Sadly this was the norm for him..."you don't touch the coach!"

I can also confirm he was a smug little anus above reproach to the common fan.

An introverted douche.

 

[KYFOSSIL]

Yea, thank God we have Cal, he's not above the program. Cal stays long enough, you guys will turn on him too.
As far as Pitino, apparently many on this board have very short memories. Pitino and Jamal Mashburn saved this damn program. We couldn't have been any lower and PITINO instilled confidence and fun back into the program the First year! His time here was nothing short of magical. For that reason alone he gets a pass, yea I wish he didn't go to Boston and definitely wished he didn't go to Louisville. I'm also willing to bet if you get Pitino alone, he would agree it was a mistake to leave Kentucky.
I met Pitino one time before he ever coached a game at Kentucky. He was signing basketballs at the old Allied Sporting Goods in Louisville, after being named the coach. I told him you have no idea what you are getting into, he thought I meant about the probation,when I explained about the Kentucky tradition and pressure, he told me he would make us a winner in less than 5 years. At the time pundits said Kentucky was set back at least 10 years.I liked him then and I still like him now. So now let the negative comments begin.

Ok I'll start: you have no inderstanding of loyalty or integrity if you like that self-serving SOB

 

[Poetax]

Yea, thank God we have Cal, he's not above the program. Cal stays long enough, you guys will turn on him too.
As far as Pitino, apparently many on this board have very short memories. Pitino and Jamal Mashburn saved this damn program. We couldn't have been any lower and PITINO instilled confidence and fun back into the program the First year! His time here was nothing short of magical. For that reason alone he gets a pass, yea I wish he didn't go to Boston and definitely wished he didn't go to Louisville. I'm also willing to bet if you get Pitino alone, he would agree it was a mistake to leave Kentucky.
I met Pitino one time before he ever coached a game at Kentucky. He was signing basketballs at the old Allied Sporting Goods in Louisville, after being named the coach. I told him you have no idea what you are getting into, he thought I meant about the probation,when I explained about the Kentucky tradition and pressure, he told me he would make us a winner in less than 5 years. At the time pundits said Kentucky was set back at least 10 years.I liked him then and I still like him now. So now let the negative comments begin.

I would have had more respect for Pitino if he had been an alcoholic, at least that is a real problem. Berating Winston Bennett, while with the Celtics, over his affair with women when he was actually doing the same thing only showed how above the rules that Rick thinks he is. A real sad case of a man.

 

[oldfanofuk]

He's an arrogant POS and a hypocrite.......

 

[JDHoss]

Sadly this was the norm for him..."you don't touch the coach!"

It was appalling to watch him "interact" with those kids. I'd guess that none of them were older than 12.

 

[railroadkat_1]

His constant flirtation with the NBA! Always blowing it off! Rick doesn't like to lose but he was a Master at Boston and I don't like the NBA. He could have had the Michigan job just didn't like him taking the UL job. I always knew in the back of my mind he would never stay at UK. Rick the _rick!

 

[KySpringCat]

There's no way he was cleared to play 2 months after tearing his ACL. If he was cleared it was a ploy to help his NBA draft stock. People don't just came back after tearing their ACL in 2 months. Not possible. Use common sense people.

Anderson was most certainly cleared to play. There were even videos of him playing in practice and dunking the ball. Yes, it was a freak of nature that it was possible but he was cleared. Pitino was right not to play him as it was too risky to Anderson's future, but I still believe if he had played we win another title.

 

[Blueaz]

It was appalling to watch him "interact" with those kids. I'd guess that none of them were older than 12.

Hey, if it takes him only 15 seconds...
Signing an autograph in 2 secs was like a 5 minute Q and A for him

 

[KySpringCat]

I don't care for him as a person as he can be compared , morally, to the likes of bill clinton and other reprobates. However, as a coach, I like him. For those fans not around when he was coaching, let me fill you in....He revived this program from not only probation but from a boring brand of bball that had been played for most of the twenty years before he came. He not only brought winning, but he brought excitement.
I harbor no malice for his leaving for Boston. While Ky is the premier bball job in college, Boston may be the premier job in the entire sport. As for his going to ul, Ky missed the boat by not firing TS as soon as Pitino became available. His taking the ul job had nothing to do with Ky bball. It was a great opportunity...Any guy on this board worth his balls would take the best job available. That's exactly what Pitino did.

Pitino has stated many times he would not have taken the UK job if UK had fired Tubby to clear up the spot. There are even behind the scene's stories that stated Tubby wanted out at UK that year and that Rick was agreeable to come back on the condition that UK paid a full buyout of Tubby's contract. UK refused and the rest is history.

 

[KySpringCat]

I didn't like it that he went to UL, but I didn't hate him for it. I even defended his decision for a while. It was the way he behaved once he was there that wore on me and then I hated him.

 

[UKWildcatT]

If he'd gone to the Trailblazers or Hawks, eh, but I completely get going to the Celtics.

The day he signed with Uofl showed he was classless...and he's been proving it ever sense

 

[23jumpboy]

Had Tubby left in 2001 for South Carolina Pitino would have been hired by then AD Larry Ivy. I would have been ok with it then but now no.

 

[ram1955]

BS. Firstly, its debatable that it was the best job available, especially considering the backlash anyone without an ego the size of the state would understand.

You don't get to enjoy the fruits of having the most passionate fan base in college bball without a price. One price is not spitting on the people that raised you up by going to what you already know is a hated rival to coach them.

Any guy on this board with an ounce of integrity and a little common sense wouldn't have taken the Hookers job. Recipe for disaster.

I'd bet the truth is that he didn't give a single thought to UK or UK fans when he took the ul job. He took a good job. Nothing more or less. Had nothing to do with UK

 

[ram1955]

ESPN and Vitale would have had a field day on Kentucky if they had fired Tubby.

If you've noticed, ESPN commentary on almost any subject is generally slanted to the left, thus wrong in the minds of normal/intelligent people