Mannnn, Coach Rick Pitino keeps it TOO real about the players he inherited...LOL.
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Transfer portal and heavy recruitment
Too real my ass
That was insulting
That was insulting
He's selling them up the river next year.whole new squad...kinsfolk
Or they could work hard in the off-season to be better
Inherited? Pitino brought in 9 new players after he took that job. He recruited them and now he's bitching
Dang, that's even worse....
He ran off David Jones and others on the team....and made some comments when he first got there like they weren't good enough for him.
David Jones is going to be drafted at Memphis.
His comments were laughable and his old ass doesn't seem to get that kids are different now. He's not at Iona. he's going to hurt himself from getting recruits and transfers.
David Jones is going to be drafted at Memphis.
His comments were laughable and his old ass doesn't seem to get that kids are different now. He's not at Iona. he's going to hurt himself from getting recruits and transfers.
You realize he left Kentucky for Boston, right?
Do you mean Louisville? That wasn't exactly his choice.
yeah i know.......he had a 102-146 record while with Boston too........so like i said.....he should have stayed at Kentucky.
Hell he even said it himself.......
Rick Pitino regrets leaving Kentucky for Boston Celtics, all based on getting Tim Duncan
Louisville head coach Rick Pitino has had his greatest success as a college coach, despite two different stints in the NBA.
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SJU's Pitino 'not ripping anybody,' stands by words
St. John's coach Rick Pitino, speaking to Newsday on Monday, said he stands by the criticism he leveled at his team Sunday night after the Red Storm blew a 19-point lead in a 68-62 loss to Seton Hall.
St. John's coach Rick Pitino said Monday he stands by the criticism he leveled at his team Sunday night after the Red Storm blew a 19-point first-half lead in a 68-62 loss to tristate rival and fellow bubble team Seton Hall.
The Hall of Fame coach, in his first season at St. John's, didn't hold back during a postgame news conference in which he questioned his players' toughness and mentioned several by name while describing their athletic shortcomings.
"Our lateral quickness and our toughness is just something I've never witnessed in all my years of coaching," Pitino said Sunday night, adding, "We are so nonathletic that we can't guard anybody without fouling."
But Pitino, speaking to Newsday on Monday, insisted he "truly wasn't ripping anybody."
"I was pointing out exactly -- in a monotone voice -- why we lost," he told Newsday. "I am not always calm and certainly not when I rip someone ... I was not ripping anybody.
"I sometimes want my players to hear my words and read my words. That was my intention [Sunday]."
St. John's started the season with a 12-4 record, including wins over Utah, Xavier, Butler, Villanova and Providence. But the wheels have fallen off since then, with the Red Storm going 2-8 in their past 10 games to fall to ninth place in the Big East and out of the projected NCAA tournament field.
Pitino is struggling to find the right combination of players, even taking All-Big East big man Joel Sorianoout of the starting lineup against Providence last week week due to inconsistency.
Soriano was among the players -- "about five guys are slow laterally" -- mentioned by Pitino who struggle to move defensively.
"I was asked the question 'why do you blow second-half leads?' And I can tell you sometimes it's missed free throws at the end of the game and [opponents] make free throws," Pitino said Monday. "Sometimes it's a turnover. Sometimes it's bad shot selection that leads to run-outs. It's not the same reason every time.
"But it's the same reason every time of why you foul: You foul because you take a bad shot, you get caught in a bad situation defensively, and you are not overly quick laterally. So when you go to [defend] the basket, rather than beat them to the spot, you foul. That's what I was trying to point out."
Pitino also told Newsday he didn't think he needed to clarify any of his comments from Sunday's news conference, noting, "I'm fine with what I said."
He is so used to having a big talent advantage that he doesn’t know what to do with an average team. If he was such a good coach, he should be able to coach them up to maximize their talent. Too many of these CACs have made millions and names for themselves by simply being able to identify and exploit black talent.
He’s always struck me as a shi++y person
Him and this dude….
Grabbing players by the jersey and sorta throwing them into the game.
Yelling and poking them in the chest.
I’ll bet everything I own that they’re both MAGA
The older me:”My black son…..never….”
carry on……
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