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The Pitino Banner?


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Peter Dinklage has to be in it somewhere just because.

He'll play Squirtino's gimp who survived the backwoods abortion.

 

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Interesting new article from Bozich...not because Jr. is uncertain about his father's future, but because he basically admits that bad stuff happened and never says that he was unaware, only that his father had no knowledge. Hmmm....

Richard, 33, was a high school student in Boston when things got ugly for his father with the Celtics and he resigned 15 years ago. Richard served as an assistant coach at Louisville twice – from 2007-09 and again during the 2011-12 season. The second appearance was during the four-year period when Katina Powell said she provided women for sex and stripper parties at Minardi Hall.

Richard said that he is certain that his father had no knowledge of the parties. He said that all of his assistant coaches knew that breaking NCAA rules would not be tolerated.

Understand, however, that he did not say the parties did not occur. Louisville did not self-impose a ban without a reason.

“There have been some things that have occurred there, obviously,” Richard Pitino said. “They’ve had to make tough decisions. People have said, ‘You should know,’ and ‘You shouldn’t know.’ And I understand all of those things …

“I’ve told him every day, not every day, but in every conversation we’ve had that I know what you’re about. You’re not the first organization that may or may not have had one or two guys or whomever it may be, to act the wrong way.

“Unfortunately when you’re in any business, people are going to screw up. That doesn’t take away from you as a leader. That doesn’t take away from you as a coach, as a mentor.

“He’s a guy who tries to run a clean program. We all knew what the expectations were for us when you worked for him. If anyone ever thought twice about breaking a rule, they knew they were doing it without him knowing it.
After what that little turd did to Bledsoe I'd like to see him implicated almost as much as I would his daddy.
 

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So I was listening to 680. I think it's the Bob Valvano but he was off doing whatever he does . The hosts were preparing the UL crowd for the news that is coming out. They were referencing Eric Crawford and they were saying that as many as 20+ players have confirmed the stories of parties and sex. Sounds a lot more damning to Pitino that it was this many players and he didn't know.
 

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So I was listening to 680. I think it's the Bob Valvano but he was off doing whatever he does . The hosts were preparing the UL crowd for the news that is coming out. They were referencing Eric Crawford and they were saying that as many as 20+ players have confirmed the stories of parties and sex. Sounds a lot more damning to Pitino that it was this many players and he didn't know.
I wonder if any football players got into the action? I'd like to see Petrino squirm a little also
 

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So I was listening to 680. I think it's the Bob Valvano but he was off doing whatever he does . The hosts were preparing the UL crowd for the news that is coming out. They were referencing Eric Crawford and they were saying that as many as 20+ players have confirmed the stories of parties and sex. Sounds a lot more damning to Pitino that it was this many players and he didn't know.
Holy smokes 20+ players? They'll be vacating the 86 banner pretty soon.
 

Shawn (uk7spd)

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So I was listening to 680. I think it's the Bob Valvano but he was off doing whatever he does . The hosts were preparing the UL crowd for the news that is coming out. They were referencing Eric Crawford and they were saying that as many as 20+ players have confirmed the stories of parties and sex. Sounds a lot more damning to Pitino that it was this many players and he didn't know.
Wow, that doesn't sound good for Louisville. I am surprised we haven't heard more about this. Were they speaking as though this was known or simply speculating? I would be curious to hear a replay of the discussion. If that many recruits/players confirm sex (as opposed to just parties), the banner is in real jeopardy I would think. Even if just parties, they are obviously in trouble (as already evidenced by the self-imposed ban), but if paid sex was that rampant, then this could get really ugly.
 

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Wow, that doesn't sound good for Louisville. I am surprised we haven't heard more about this. Were they speaking as though this was known or simply speculating? I would be curious to hear a replay of the discussion. If that many recruits/players confirm sex (as opposed to just parties), the banner is in real jeopardy I would think. Even if just parties, they are obviously in trouble (as already evidenced by the self-imposed ban), but if paid sex was that rampant, then this could get really ugly.
The homers in the media were spending the previous few days attempting to say that the latest round of interviews with her were likely just a rehash of old information or more likely asking Powell to explain inconsistencies in her story.

This would be a significant change in tone from those sunshine pumpers.
 
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From the Bozich piece:

Rick’s University of Louisville program is sitting out the Atlantic Coast and NCAA tournaments because of a self-imposed post-season ban related to allegations that strippers performed in the basketball dorm from 2010-14.

Strippers? Let's not sugarcoat this. They got paid to have sex. Whores - or if that's a bit too much, prostitutes at least......
 

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Wow, that doesn't sound good for Louisville. I am surprised we haven't heard more about this. Were they speaking as though this was known or simply speculating? I would be curious to hear a replay of the discussion. If that many recruits/players confirm sex (as opposed to just parties), the banner is in real jeopardy I would think. Even if just parties, they are obviously in trouble (as already evidenced by the self-imposed ban), but if paid sex was that rampant, then this could get really ugly.
22 visits by the Katina clan is rampant imo
 
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MJ hinted on KSR this morning that UL might be faced with the choice of keeping Pitino or keeping the 2013 banner. Interesting choice if true.
The choice will obviously never be that clear. In other words, the NCAA will never directly say that, but I suppose it could be implied in some way. If Louisville is at all convinced that letting Pitino go will save the title, they would be absolutely insane to keep him around, especially given his past.
 
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I wonder if any football players got into the action? I'd like to see Petrino squirm a little also
eventually that would make it an academic issue. the ncaa says many non athletes take "vertical shooting 101" and a gangbang only reinforces that. you see if you have ten athletes banging someone, and you let one random student in there then it's not "just for the players" anymore.
 
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Just went and Listened to the the V Show Hour One on ITunes and it's true. Big EZ played a clip of Eric Crawford saying that two dozen players confirmed parties and more players than what OTL originally reported confirmed sex

Starts at about 5:30 Mark on hour 1
 
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Said Crawford was at Sellbach, getting inside information.

Crawford said the names are not coming from the 2010-2011 teams, its the more recent players (which sounds like he is implying 2013 championship team)
 
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Crawford: OTL has new details, more players, and a higher # of players admitted to having sex

Has nothing to do any inconsistency from Katina. Just wanted her to help them with new information they found
 
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Crawford: OTL has new details, more players, and a higher # of players admitted to having sex

Has nothing to do any inconsistency from Katina. Just wanted her to help them with new information they found
Wow. Thanks for the info. If all of this is true, I am starting to believe the banner is in real jeopardy and/or they are going to nail the program so bad going forward that it will be like a death penalty. There is no way they can let a program skate (relatively speaking) on something like this because of the precedent it would set and because of the public perception.
 
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Just listened to it myself. Everyone else should listen to it. Starts at around the 5:15 mark of hour one from the show this morning and goes on for a while with several interesting interviews: LINK
 

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lmao you say but where else can this conversation go, but it can't. they actually paid hookers to screw recruits, in now way a one time offer, and they actually requested white girls and all-american squirters. i mean this info is public. lord help us all. i've got nothing left. and i know that's what she said.
 
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Just listened to it myself. Everyone else should listen to it. Starts at around the 5:15 mark of hour one from the show this morning and goes on for a while with several interesting interviews: LINK
just listened to that. On one hand, Crawford and McRite certainly make it sound ominous for UofL, what with as many as "two dozen former players confirming". On the other, Jeff Goodman was on later in the hour and said he'd be "shocked" if there are any "bombshells" in this report on Sunday. How to reconcile that?
 

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just listened to that. On one hand, Crawford and McRite certainly make it sound ominous for UofL, what with as many as "two dozen former players confirming". On the other, Jeff Goodman was on later in the hour and said he'd be "shocked" if there are any "bombshells" in this report on Sunday. How to reconcile that?
Well, I think there are two things happening at once here. First, you have the updated OTL story on ESPN coming this Sunday. We don't know what that will include, other than the new interview with Powell. Second, you have the ongoing NCAA investigation, and the NCAA just interviewed Powell against this week. So I am not sure how much the ESPN investigation is intersecting with the NCAA investigation. It is possible that the OTL story on Sunday won't have any "bombshells" because maybe all they have that is "new" is to say that sources indicate that other players have confirmed some of the allegations to go along with those reported in the first OTL story. Whereas it is possible that the overall investigation behind the scenes at the NCAA has seen "bombshells" as a large number of players confirm sex over several years.

Or it could be as simple as chalking it up to one man's definition of "bombshell." Goodman could simply mean that there is no new information (i.e., about activities we were not already aware of), even though there has been additional corroboration (which would be very significant from the NCAA's standpoint).
 

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Said Crawford was at Sellbach, getting inside information.

Crawford said the names are not coming from the 2010-2011 teams, its the more recent players (which sounds like he is implying 2013 championship team)

That makes sense because Katina said that every party was thrown for recruits. Some of the players also joined in but the primary goal was to lure recruits.
 

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FYI the OTL broadcast on Sunday will air at 9am on ESPN and replayed at 10am on ESPN2.

They will post a written story on the ESPN website too.
 
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Just listened to it myself. Everyone else should listen to it. Starts at around the 5:15 mark of hour one from the show this morning and goes on for a while with several interesting interviews: LINK
Thanks for link
Just listened to it myself. Everyone else should listen to it. Starts at around the 5:15 mark of hour one from the show this morning and goes on for a while with several interesting interviews: LINK