Tom Jurich

[mhall]

By the power of Wikipedia, I compel thee...lol

Kentucky Probations = 6 Seasons
1952-1953
1976-1977, 1977-1978
1989-1990, 1990-1991, 1991-1992

Louisville Probation = 7 Seasons
1956-1957, 1957-1958
1996-1997, 1997-1998
1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001

Kentucky Postseason Bans = 3 Years
1953
1990
1991

Louisville Postseason Bans = 2 Years
1957
1958

You still beat us by one year....LMAO even though we have you on seasons by one on probations

[MrSplitshot]

LMAO

I had it in my head that Louisville got a 1 year post-season ban at some point in the late 90's...but Wikipedia didn't have it listed.

Ah well, bottom line is that the Cards and the Cats are fairly even in the "oh crap" department.

And, if you look at the list of schools that have ever had NCAA Basketball sanctions or post-season bans, the list is long and distinguished. There's a lot of company in detention hall.

[MrSplitshot]

I know some of you all might fall out of your chair to hear ME say this...but it's better when Louisville is strong. It's great for the UK-UL rivalry, great for the state. The Pitino-Cal thing has been fun and I thought we had a few more years of it, but I think Rick's goose is pretty cooked on this deal.

I haven't said much, because we really don't know the truth, but an awful lot of folks are jumping up to validate Miss Hoe-Bag's story. If it's half true, it's a bad situation, and one that I find kind of hard to believe that the whole basketball staff didn't know was going on. It's one thing in Football, when a big program might have 200 people between players and staff to look after....but in Basketball, you've got what? 13 players and a few staffers? They knew. It was in the basketball dorm, for God's sake. If they didn't know, they should have.

Rick should retire for the sake of what's best for the program, but I think trying to save much dignity for him is a moot point....I mean, the guy has practically oozed with a sexual deviancy rep since the Sypher deal, now throw this on top of it. I respect what he did at Kentucky to bring us back to life...I respect what he did with Louisville, though maybe a little less given what it sounds like may have been going on out of the spotlight with recruiting...and I've always respected his coaching ability. This thing tarnishes a school's reputation though....and unfortunately, it weighs on the school's other programs too. Whether it's a FedEx envelope full of money (Sutton/UK) or strippers/sex (Pitino/UL)...it hurts the brand and takes time for the public to forget it. Louisville fans have every right to be pissed. Maybe not with something so saucy and media headline grabbing as this deal, but UK fans have been there too.

***** for Louisville...***** for college basketball period. It's one thing to take some kind of guilty pleasure in the deal as a rival fan, but I really don't want to see it for anybody. It's sad that college sports has become something where things like this even happen.

[psprowler]

Pitino needs to go regardless if he knew or not. As head of the program you are accountable. As for louisville being done, they were successful way before pitino and Denny crum for that matter. They'll be fine. Not a fan just calling a spade a spade.