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kybassfan

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Pee Wee Herman has the look and a record as a public deviant already. I'd say that makes him uniquely qualified. If he is unavailable, then Ernest P Worrell should make a fine catch as well. Already has that meth head look. I'd say both had to pay for most everything they got in life.

I would suggest Don King, but he's getting a bit long in the tooth.

None are basketball coaches you say? To which I'd reply, what difference has that made?
 
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.S&C.

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Rick was good while he was here, but I'm so glad we didn't have him later..as I've said before..we would have fired him if he put in the same performance he had at uofl his first 7 yrs and then combine that with the Sypher ordeal. He didnt really do anything at UofL until Cal got here.

And he got lucky as hell. He literally fouled his way to a championship. That same team would have no chance of winning the title in any of these current years since due to the rules changes. The ONLY reason that team was able to win that, was due to defensive fouling. They didn't have the talent to do it.

Rick knows this. He doesn't care, but he knows. He lucked up.
 

RacerX.ksr

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My guess is the money was coming from the Louisville Foundation. They have already hired lawyers without being mentioned in the scandal. Why would they need lawyers unless they were involved?

They need lawyers because if they fire Rick for cause, no money. If they fire him without cause, money. Also, it's the Board of Trustees that have retained their own attorney's, I believe.
 

hmt5000

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Let he who is without sin in his life. Cast the first stone!
i've sinned but i've never paid for hookers for bball recruits nor have i turned a blind eye to others supplying hookers to bball recruits so am i good?

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UKErik

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Yet another scandal at Louisville! Nobody should be surprised. And nobody should be surprised with what happened today.

What exactly happened today? In my mind, it was the same "business as usual" mentality that has permeated U of L athletics for most of the last decade. With the news that at least two young men verified at least some of what the school has been accused of, predictably, U of L leadership reacted accordingly. And when I say accordingly, I mean predictably.

Louisville President James Ramsey found the time to publicly endorse his athletics director. I find that absolutely stunning. When you look at the culture Tom Jurich has created with his "win at any cost" mentality, how could any reasonable person not hold him responsible for the happenings within HIS athletics department?

I think the "Jurich culture" is at least partly to blame for this disaster. How many kids has U of L taken as transfers that few others (or no others) would touch? How was Rick Pitino not suspended for, say, one year due to his disgusting personal conduct reference the Sypher scandal? I still have no idea how Tom Jurich was able to bring back Bobby Petrino. This is a guy that couldn't have treated U of L worse prior to leaving the first time. I guess his gutless exit from Atlanta and abhorrent behavior in Fayetteville were also irrelevant to Jurich. I'm not saying Petrino didn't deserve to be considered for big time jobs (because he's a very good football coach), but U of L?

And so today, President Ramsey gives Jurich a pat on the back. Rick Pitino says he isn't going anywhere. THIS is the culture I'm talking about. At a minimum, IMO anyway, Rick Pitino should be suspended until U of L has a reason to "un-suspend' him. His claims that he knew nothing are essentially irrelevant. It's clear now that things happened under his watch. This man has already proven that he's void of integrity and character. This makes two massive scandals in a 5-6 year window. How is he still being allowed to influence young people?

Then there's Tom Jurich. I have little doubt that he knew nothing of hookers and strippers, but this is the culture HE created. HE allowed Willie Williams to transfer in. HE allowed Devonte Fields to transfer in. HE kept Rick Pitino. HE brought back Petrino. And I won't even mention the fleece job reference the Yum Center. When you "roll the dice" on these things, you're supposed to pay the price if things go wrong. Well, things have gone horribly wrong.

IMO, Tom Jurich should be fired. If the university keeps him, they're just endorsing the culture that has led to embarrassment after embarrassment for the city, state, and university.

GBB!!!
 

KopiKat

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My guess is the money was coming from the Louisville Foundation. They have already hired lawyers without being mentioned in the scandal. Why would they need lawyers unless they were involved?

Who knows. I, for one, naïve with old-fashioned values perhaps, would like to imagine the possibility that the foundation might be so outraged they could be prompted into an immediate course of action - a civil proceeding perhaps. I'm not a lawyer - completely unqualified to guess if the sort of thing is even possible, but could the foundation somehow force the evidence in an open forum for the purpose of proving why the board of govs must be ordered to make a number of changes for the good of a public institution? And even if not, could the preliminary activity to such a thing be enough nuisance to achieve the desired outcome?

While I love seeing the UofL athletic program tarred and feathered as much as possible, I certainly would applaud any effort to flush the sh*t down the toilet, clean house for the collective decency.
 
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LadyCaytIL

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Sorry Preacher, I've sinned and I'll sin again..... mainly by throwing stones.

If throwing stones sends me to this so called Hell then sign me up..... #worth it
 
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deplion_rivals116063

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President Ramsey's statement today was as tone deaf as humanly possible. Praising an AD who has just overseen one of the most lurid scandals in the history of the NCAA was dumb, dumb, dumb. He obviously thought he could get away with it though.

You know, in some ways, the clowns in charge of UL were fortunate that no local journalists ever challenged anything they did. At the same time, that complete lack of oversight helped contribute to their cesspool culture that has lead to these behaviors.

They need to run every last one of them out of town and start completely over again.
 
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After the dust settles and Rick is out who will replace him?

 

LadyCaytIL

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Oh I guarantee you Pitino heard about some part of it. At which point it should of been up to him to dig and ask questions about what happened at the Wild Party and make his staff enforce the rules. If this was a one time incident , then I wouldn't blame Pitino at all.. But at some point he had to hear,, then chose to hide his head in the sand because he didnt want to know. He could of got to the bottom of it, found out and made sure it didnt happen again.... which would of made him respectable in this story.
 

brianpoe

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Do we know who this is yet?

CRAWFORD | Source: Former Louisville player told investigator of strippers in dorm

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A former University of Louisville basketball player has given investigators a version of events that indicates strippers were in the players’ dorm on at least one occasion, a source close to the investigation told WDRB News.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/30218982/...player-told-investigator-of-strippers-in-dorm
 

kat57

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One Louisville guy is telling me that if pitino is let go he can get another job at a beg time college. I said maybe a small college with no morals. I said pitino isn't a young coach and he doesn't recruit very well.
 

brianpoe

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One Louisville guy is telling me that if pitino is let go he can get another job at a beg time college. I said maybe a small college with no morals. I said pitino isn't a young coach and he doesn't recruit very well.


Missouri fans on the main board are begging for him.

You can do much much worse than CRP coach-wise...there MIGHT be some intangibles that come with that however...
 

wall2rondo

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You know what to do........I'm not talented enough but want to use it every chance I can. I just need a little animation.
 
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LadyCaytIL

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Awwww come on guys you know their doing things the right way[winking] [roll][laughing] [jumpingsmile]

So far in the last decade... all three schools who boasted they did things "the right way" have gotten in big time trouble... IU, UNC and UL. With Duke, its ESPN who boasts for them but you never hear their fans or coaches gloat about it like their better than everyone else the way IU, UNC and UL have done. Its psychological at its core... everyone who tries to brand themselves as saintly is just over compensating for their misgivings.
 
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hmt5000

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bobby hurley or billy donlon. i'd say bobby would kinda want the duke job but i believe it's already been promised to someone else and donlon is really young and could grow into the job while they dig out of the crap storm left by whoricane katina.
 

hmt5000

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crp is washed up. he's done after this. bad thing for him is now he won't be able to get a good tv gig either. he's gonna have to roll down to miami and hang out with old retired women and drink mohitos.
 
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muckinabaht

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At a minimum, IMO anyway, Rick Pitino should be suspended until U of L has a reason to "un-suspend' him. His claims that he knew nothing are essentially irrelevant.

Guilty until proven innocent? I'd rather they not jump the gun -- let it ride out so that there can be no doubt, and watch championships get vacated and death penalties handed down.
 

420grover

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Pee Wee Herman has the look and a record as a public deviant already. I'd say that makes him uniquely qualified. If he is unavailable, then Ernest P Worrell should make a fine catch as well. Already has that meth head look. I'd say both had to pay for most everything they got in life.

I would suggest Don King, but he's getting a bit long in the tooth.

None are basketball coaches you say? To which I'd reply, what difference has that made?

Don King would be a much better choice than Ernest P. Worrell(Jim Varney). Don King may be long in the tooth but Varney has been long in the grave.
 

tmuck

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Marty Feldman and Fat Boy Jurich are best friends, so anything short of murder, he's not firing him. He also knows he can't get a coach remotely as good as him. Those two things are the reason he will stay there until he's 90 if he wants, unless combover Ramsey overrides hoghead, and we all know that's not happening.
 

Ukbrassowtipin

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This thing could spill out to be huge and things that Powell wouldn't even know come to light...like bag men funding all this and unknown stuff into the football team.
 
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zwynn10

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Yet another scandal at Louisville! Nobody should be surprised. And nobody should be surprised with what happened today.

What exactly happened today? In my mind, it was the same "business as usual" mentality that has permeated U of L athletics for most of the last decade. With the news that at least two young men verified at least some of what the school has been accused of, predictably, U of L leadership reacted accordingly. And when I say accordingly, I mean predictably.

Louisville President James Ramsey found the time to publicly endorse his athletics director. I find that absolutely stunning. When you look at the culture Tom Jurich has created with his "win at any cost" mentality, how could any reasonable person not hold him responsible for the happenings within HIS athletics department?

I think the "Jurich culture" is at least partly to blame for this disaster. How many kids has U of L taken as transfers that few others (or no others) would touch? How was Rick Pitino not suspended for, say, one year due to his disgusting personal conduct reference the Sypher scandal? I still have no idea how Tom Jurich was able to bring back Bobby Petrino. This is a guy that couldn't have treated U of L worse prior to leaving the first time. I guess his gutless exit from Atlanta and abhorrent behavior in Fayetteville were also irrelevant to Jurich. I'm not saying Petrino didn't deserve to be considered for big time jobs (because he's a very good football coach), but U of L?

And so today, President Ramsey gives Jurich a pat on the back. Rick Pitino says he isn't going anywhere. THIS is the culture I'm talking about. At a minimum, IMO anyway, Rick Pitino should be suspended until U of L has a reason to "un-suspend' him. His claims that he knew nothing are essentially irrelevant. It's clear now that things happened under his watch. This man has already proven that he's void of integrity and character. This makes two massive scandals in a 5-6 year window. How is he still being allowed to influence young people?

Then there's Tom Jurich. I have little doubt that he knew nothing of hookers and strippers, but this is the culture HE created. HE allowed Willie Williams to transfer in. HE allowed Devonte Fields to transfer in. HE kept Rick Pitino. HE brought back Petrino. And I won't even mention the fleece job reference the Yum Center. When you "roll the dice" on these things, you're supposed to pay the price if things go wrong. Well, things have gone horribly wrong.

IMO, Tom Jurich should be fired. If the university keeps him, they're just endorsing the culture that has led to embarrassment after embarrassment for the city, state, and university.

A reputable university with a respectable President would have said something like this:

"I find the allegations involving our men's basketball program extremely disturbing and I pledge to the Uof L university community and the taxpayers that support it, to protect its integrity as an institution of higher learning committed to complying with NCAA regulations, that I intend to conduct a thorough and independent investigation to arrive at the facts and truth. I will share the findings with law enforcement officials so that any illegal conduct may be properly prosecuted and I will take appropriate action against anyone in the university community found to be involved or complicit in any behavior that violates the law, NCAA regulations or ethical standards inherent in an institution of higher learning. Pending the outcome of that investigation, I have suspended our Athletic Director and head men's basketball coach."

Of course, we know that didn't and won't happen. If a university president won't even publicly admonish a coach that acknowledged in a federal court under oath that he had sex in a public restaurant while others guarded the door, one can't expect that he would do anything different in this context.
 

BassCat75

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I don't think that would've happened. While it's hard to guess what a different future would look like, I've always thought Coach Pitino would've been more successful than Coach K if he had stayed at UK. In fact, I've always thought we would be much closer to UCLA in titles, too.

Coach Pitino at UK and Rick at UL have always been different people to me and they always will be. I just hope BBN will welcome Coach Pitino when he finally does retire. This is his home, not UL.

At one time, maybe. Not now though, not ever.
 

pascat

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I agree with almost everything you said, Erik. Jurich is a disgrace. However, as a college professor, I took Louisville's president's comments a bit differently. Yes, he praised and endorsed Jurich, but he also strategically drew a dividing line between himself and the athletics department with his "two presidents" comment. Some observations...

(1) This pre-emptively disconnects him from Jurich's dirty culture in athletics. Ramsey is basically saying that Jurich is alone on the athletics island. Ramsey is no fool. He is trying to save his job. He should be. It is on the line.
(2) This is terrible leadership. As president, Ramsey is ultimately responsible for all happenings at a university. By divorcing himself from athletics in the midst of what will be the biggest scandal in the university's history, he is acting in a cowardly way in front of the entire university community and in front of the taxpayers, who foot a huge chunk of Louisville's bill. If I were a professor at Louisville, I'd be ashamed and betrayed right now. I would want my president to speak in a way that asserts control over every step of this process, from responsibility taking, to investigating, to discipline. He is instead coming across as feeble, dithering, and only concerned for himself.
(3) He is inconsistent. He says he has virtually no control over athletics (not true) and then says he has control over academics (he doesn't). Academics is the provost's job. He is no more in charge of academics at Louisville than he is over athletics. Again, he is trying to align himself with the normal, non-athletic part of the university in order to distance himself from this scandal.
(4) He is doing his job--in a way. The real job of a university president is to fundraise. Right now, he is attempting to carefully manage public opinion by creating two separate entities at Louisville: Academics and athletics. Those in the know know that this is a false dichotomy; he is only doing it to try to manage the damage.
 

MWright321

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What would you do?
If you were McGee? Would you take the fall for everyone and hope someone from UL helps you financially for doing so? Would you tell all because your career is over as a coach? Or would you write a book about everything?