That Rowland take down the jersey article was idiotic. No way that kid has any understanding whatsoever about the Pitino Era at Kentucky. The truth is if Pitino would have stayed, he'd be mentioned right along side Coach K as the greatest of this era and all time.
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Pitino is basically two different people in my head. The coach I loved who gave us some of our best years as fans. The coach I hate who is a despicable prick.
Pitino is essentially the reverse of a butterfly. He came to us beautiful and unique, and then transformed into a slithering disgusting insect. Butterfly Pitino I hold carefully in my hands, showing it off to everyone I see. Slithering disgusting insect Pitino I want nothing more than to squish with the heel of my boot.
Pitino is essentially the reverse of a butterfly. He came to us beautiful and unique, and then transformed into a slithering disgusting insect. Butterfly Pitino I hold carefully in my hands, showing it off to everyone I see. Slithering disgusting insect Pitino I want nothing more than to squish with the heel of my boot.
Taking down Pitino's banner would make UK look bad. Like real bad, and petty, and whatnot. Richie Farmer is still under federal supervision and a convicted felon and his jersey is still up there. Pretty sure that's worse than taking the UL job.
SAE - I agree with you on not removing his jersey. That's dumb. That honor is for what he accomplished here. Unless he joins ISIS (insert UofL joke here), never a reason to take it down.
I disagree though that he is the same person now that he was then. That's not close to accurate. Sure he has always had that cocky brash arrogance, but his behavior at UofL is despicable. Maybe 9/11 changed him. [eyeroll]
I disagree though that he is the same person now that he was then. That's not close to accurate. Sure he has always had that cocky brash arrogance, but his behavior at UofL is despicable. Maybe 9/11 changed him. [eyeroll]
Pitino was Anakin Skywalker here, and then turned to the dark side and became Darth Vader at Louisville.
Pitino actually earned his jersey up there and Farmer happened to be on an all time beloved team.
Rowland and I are the same age. I really hope other people in that age demographic aren't on his side of the fence on this one. He's the wrongest.
If you get a title and "Clawing to the Top" during your tenure as coach, your jersey stays, and I don't care if it comes out that he used to post on this network as Gog.
If you get a title and "Clawing to the Top" during your tenure as coach, your jersey stays, and I don't care if it comes out that he used to post on this network as Gog.
His style now is completely unlikable. I mean his UK teams were high scoring fun as hell to watch all out pressing teams. I guess it's because college basketball ball has changed but since he came back he is one of the biggest reasons hack ball has made college basketball outside of your favorite team unwatchable.
Go back and forth with Pitino. Growing up he was Kentucky Basketball to me and I will always be grateful for his 8 years. People seem to discount how bad of shape the program was in. Inches away from the death penalty to be exact. He is a major chapter of the UK program. What an awesome ride he gave us.
Like to remember Pitino for his tenure at UK & separate him from the UL coach. The conflicting problem I have is the older I've become the more I realize he's a total sociopath and IMO not a very good person. It's all about him and will always be about him. Not to mention he tried to heavily influence our coaching search twice (07,09) because he wants to control the state and never wanted a legit threat 75 miles east. Nor does he want a coach at UK to upstage what he accomplished from 89-07.
Pitino always tried to make it out that he is bigger than the program he coaches. He cut off a ton of former players when he coached at UK and would never acknowledge Rupp. Look at Saturday, what he did postgame is another sign that his spineless move is bigger than the great game on the court.
Love Pitino's tenure at UK and what he accomplished was nothing short of magical. Still think Cal is so much more of the perfect fit for being the UK coach. Cal enjoys the job and all that it entails off the court much more than anyone else we've had at the helm. He doesn't degrade our Billy Joe Wildcat fans for their craziness and in fact embraces it. Cal's the type who loves to generate the friendships with the big donors but also is comfortable letting Billy Joe Wildcat put his arm around him and being a "man of the people." Think he identifies with this segment of our fanbase because of his roots in Pittsburgh and his grandfather working in the coal mines. Cal gives back more to the community as a whole and influences our former players to do the same. He gets that he can use the seat he's in to do some powerful stuff in a good way.
Like to remember Pitino for his tenure at UK & separate him from the UL coach. The conflicting problem I have is the older I've become the more I realize he's a total sociopath and IMO not a very good person. It's all about him and will always be about him. Not to mention he tried to heavily influence our coaching search twice (07,09) because he wants to control the state and never wanted a legit threat 75 miles east. Nor does he want a coach at UK to upstage what he accomplished from 89-07.
Pitino always tried to make it out that he is bigger than the program he coaches. He cut off a ton of former players when he coached at UK and would never acknowledge Rupp. Look at Saturday, what he did postgame is another sign that his spineless move is bigger than the great game on the court.
Love Pitino's tenure at UK and what he accomplished was nothing short of magical. Still think Cal is so much more of the perfect fit for being the UK coach. Cal enjoys the job and all that it entails off the court much more than anyone else we've had at the helm. He doesn't degrade our Billy Joe Wildcat fans for their craziness and in fact embraces it. Cal's the type who loves to generate the friendships with the big donors but also is comfortable letting Billy Joe Wildcat put his arm around him and being a "man of the people." Think he identifies with this segment of our fanbase because of his roots in Pittsburgh and his grandfather working in the coal mines. Cal gives back more to the community as a whole and influences our former players to do the same. He gets that he can use the seat he's in to do some powerful stuff in a good way.
Pitino has always been a scumbag. His problem at UL is that he has been so insulated from reality/criticism that he has lost all sense of self-awareness. Also, syphillis has rotted his brain.
Plus, we all need to more fully embrace the fact that Pitino, while lauded as a God in Louisville these days, was simply better when he was at UK. The reason he's been at UL longer is because he was so damn good at UK the Boston Celtics gave him 70 million dollars to leave- and that's after a lot of other teams tried to take him. That doesn't happen to him now.
So yeah, keep the jersey up, idiots. He'll leave UL having taken twice as long to do as much as he did at UK in half the time. And he'll leave having been owned by the current coach at UK, and having articles like this being written about him as he slides out the door. Leave the banner up as a reminder of the best example of the difference between the UK and UL basketball programs. Also, whores.
So yeah, keep the jersey up, idiots. He'll leave UL having taken twice as long to do as much as he did at UK in half the time. And he'll leave having been owned by the current coach at UK, and having articles like this being written about him as he slides out the door. Leave the banner up as a reminder of the best example of the difference between the UK and UL basketball programs. Also, whores.
One Massachusetts family had a rough Christmas with a PlayStation 4 gift gone wrong.
Boston's Fox 25 reports that nine-year-old Scott Lundy was given a new PlayStation 4 Uncharted bundle for Christmas. But when he opened it, he found a piece of wood instead with the message "from c**k and balls with love." There was also an image of those two things scribbled on the box,according to Kotaku.
"He's crying and he's upset and he's in the playroom by himself and he just wants to be alone so at that point. I was crushed," Lundy's step-mother Kristin Lundy told the news site.
The family then traveled to the Saugus, Mass. Target where they bought the system (because Santa's elves can't manufacture electronics as the North Pole, they told him) and informed a manager about what happened. Target made things right, not only giving the family a new PS4, but also a $100 gift card.
But, unfortunately, it appears the damage was done for the young man.
Kristin Lundy wrote on Facebook: "This has ruined his belief in Santa."
Boston's Fox 25 reports that nine-year-old Scott Lundy was given a new PlayStation 4 Uncharted bundle for Christmas. But when he opened it, he found a piece of wood instead with the message "from c**k and balls with love." There was also an image of those two things scribbled on the box,according to Kotaku.
"He's crying and he's upset and he's in the playroom by himself and he just wants to be alone so at that point. I was crushed," Lundy's step-mother Kristin Lundy told the news site.
The family then traveled to the Saugus, Mass. Target where they bought the system (because Santa's elves can't manufacture electronics as the North Pole, they told him) and informed a manager about what happened. Target made things right, not only giving the family a new PS4, but also a $100 gift card.
But, unfortunately, it appears the damage was done for the young man.
Kristin Lundy wrote on Facebook: "This has ruined his belief in Santa."
-BBdk dead?
-Everyone commenting on working today. Why wouldn't you work on a Monday? What am I missing?
-Speaking of that. I am idiot!! Since my little comment on G sleeping he's decided NOT to sleep. Awesome. Sleep crying. GRRR. I never call in sick or miss work unexpectedly but almost pulled the trigger today for a late arrival. Manager is off so not really an option. Get here and realize I'm closing and was supposed to come in at 11 or 12 and could've just slept in.. :weary:
-Off to the gym.
-Everyone commenting on working today. Why wouldn't you work on a Monday? What am I missing?
-Speaking of that. I am idiot!! Since my little comment on G sleeping he's decided NOT to sleep. Awesome. Sleep crying. GRRR. I never call in sick or miss work unexpectedly but almost pulled the trigger today for a late arrival. Manager is off so not really an option. Get here and realize I'm closing and was supposed to come in at 11 or 12 and could've just slept in.. :weary:
-Off to the gym.
Get pumped. I'm tired. Cannolo sounds weird.
Been around cannoli and Italians my entire life and never heard of a cannolo. TS.
Been around cannoli and Italians my entire life and never heard of a cannolo. TS.
Is there not at least some small percentage of those sycophantic bootlickers that are ashamed and embarrased by constantly doing mental gymnastics in order to rationalize Pitino's behavior? Do they not value their own intellectual integrity?
I'm a little embarrased for them, honestly.
I'm a little embarrased for them, honestly.
AMAZING POST - I GET IT !!11!!
At this point they will justify anything. A reflection of their shameless culture. We'd all be outraged if Cal did the same. UK was outraged when Hobo was an *** to Jeanine Edwards.
I'm certain if the following took place we would see the following reaction:
* Pitino runs to midcourt as the horn sounds & takes a dump on the UK logo.*
Local media.. " I mean, hey, the man needed to take care of his business. What was he supposed to do? When you have to go, you go."
I'm certain if the following took place we would see the following reaction:
* Pitino runs to midcourt as the horn sounds & takes a dump on the UK logo.*
Local media.. " I mean, hey, the man needed to take care of his business. What was he supposed to do? When you have to go, you go."
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The idiot gets caught in more lies than Pinocchio. Claims he told Kenny Klein 24 hours before the game no matter win or lose he wasn't doing media post game.
Yet Kenny Klein was in the media room telling those in attendance Pitino will be in shortly. Then changed several min later to Pitino will meet outside of locker room. THEN again changed to only Williard will meet with media.
Klein got dementia? [laughing]
He will throw anyone under the bus to benefit himself. Klein is a GREAT guy and has been very loyal to Pitino, yet he basically calls him a liar.:eyes:
The idiot gets caught in more lies than Pinocchio. Claims he told Kenny Klein 24 hours before the game no matter win or lose he wasn't doing media post game.
Yet Kenny Klein was in the media room telling those in attendance Pitino will be in shortly. Then changed several min later to Pitino will meet outside of locker room. THEN again changed to only Williard will meet with media.
Klein got dementia? [laughing]
He will throw anyone under the bus to benefit himself. Klein is a GREAT guy and has been very loyal to Pitino, yet he basically calls him a liar.:eyes:
Ok, the middle finger thing has run its course and Pitino skips pressers, this is nothing new.
Richie's post was a perfect summation of Pitino. Perfect. Especially this line.
My dad was a UPS driver and his route was UK's campus. He'd always come home and tell me stories about conversations he'd had with Pitino, how nice he was to him, etc. Hed surprise me with basketball tickets and tell me Pitino had given them to him. I believed it all of course, even though it very likely wasn't all true. However, my dad thought Pitino had hung the moon and did so until he passed away in 2008. I don't know if he'd still be like that nowadays, but that's the main reason I hold out some hope that the insane corpse like maniac Pitino has become will revert back to the cool fun dude we knew in the 90's. I doubt it now that he has flipped off the faithful, but one can hope.
Had one the last 4 years. Great product.If you shave in the shower and don't have one of these, do yourself a favor and order one immediately.
Worst SAE post ever.
And for the record, I don't think it's an unreasonable take to consider the banner coming down.
It's a damn honor, not a right to be recognized in that manner. Pitino has done everything possible to directly thumb his nose at UK, it's fans, etc. If he has zero regard for his time here why should we?
He did come back and have great words at Keightley's memorial service which had me leaning a bit in his direction, if im honest. That was his chance to continue on with some good will towards UK and it's fans, but instead the ******* went the other way. Still, no way there should even be a thought of taking down his jersey in Rupp.
I don't think we should take his banner down, but I like having the conversation about it. Not for coaching UL, but for runnin a rogue program that used whores to lure recruits and provide benefits to players. Knew, didn't know, I don't care. Serious NCAA penalties and there is at least some rationale to it coming down.
Won't happen though. And I'm fine with that. It's a painful reminder of how he gave up Camelot for Camelot East.
Won't happen though. And I'm fine with that. It's a painful reminder of how he gave up Camelot for Camelot East.
Pitino was once a good guy (UK) but is now a bad guy (looeyville) jmo. Kinda like movie characters that were also once good guys but then turned into bad guys
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From Camelot to Camelot East - The Rick Pitino Story
by: Rick Pitino w/ Dana O'Neil
I don't think that's true, SK. He's gone on record multiple times saying it was a mistake to leave, it was Camelot, etc. If the guy is finally giving UK and its fans a collective "get pumped," not sure I can really fault him for it. I'll still remember the good days, and how they were dope.
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