Pitino Done???

[elnutsmalljaws]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. As Bill Raftery would say, "a little nickle dimer" or "play on".

The foul on Butler was the nickle dimer but the foul on the Pitt player, who I hear is up for the Nobel Idiot Award, was a no doubter for he hacked the Butler player pretty good across the arm on the rebound. What is the advantage of having the Pitt players even anywhere across half court, much less on the line ready for a rebound, after the first free throw was made?

[elnutsmalljaws]

With Little Ricky Pitino being the guest host on the CBS coverage, since the debacle against Morehead State, it looks like he is auditioning for his next career.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Did Pitino even accompany the team back to Louisville and help console his team or did he jump on the first thing smoking to the CBS studios?

[MsgMills]

He let the team go back to Louisville on their own with the assit. coach's.... I believe your right Woody... Pitino will be a new Sports broadcaster for CBS.....Good by U of L ......The grass will most likely be greener on the other side of the fence for sure this time, unlike the Boston Celtic's failure.....

[elnutsmalljaws]

Putting my lopsided feelings aside for Ricky P, but that seems pretty inconsiderate of him towards his team. I think he will pay for that on the recruiting trail. No way he had plans on doing this because unless you lived in Morehead Kentucky and / or attended Morehead State (even then you were hard pressed to pick MSU), I don't think he was on CBS's radar as an in studio guest before the tourney started. Sure does sound- like they got beat, the phone rang and Pitino bolted leaving his team behind. I would be a bit upset, both as a player and a parent of a player on the current roster, and would seriously re-consider my college choice if they are considering Louisville. I have never heard of this.

[DJD]

Lol this is funny stuff. Didn't we go through this last year? With Calipari and Pitino?

[Tim_T]

He let the team go back to Louisville on their own with the assit. coach's.... I believe your right Woody... Pitino will be a new Sports broadcaster for CBS.....Good by U of L ......The grass will most likely be greener on the other side of the fence for sure this time, unlike the Boston Celtic's failure.....

Where did you hear this? From the people I have talked to he did fly back with the team and Lachlan just said it on WHAS a few minutes ago. Did you read this somewhere Clyde or did you ass/u/me?

[elnutsmalljaws]

Where did you hear this? From the people I have talked to he did fly back with the team and Lachlan just said it on WHAS a few minutes ago. Did you read this somewhere Clyde or did you ass/u/me?

I never heard anything about it, that is why I put the question out there. It seems to me that all the "this was the toughest loss in coaching and I am devastated chatter" was just that chatter if he was able to put it behind him and onto CBS so quickly. Whether he did accompany the team or not, he sure seemed to get over it pretty quick.

[Tim_T]

Exactly what is he suppposed to do? I believe the players are on spring break this week, so it is not like he can have individual instruction or anything. I do expect him to be in broadcasting when he is done coaching, so why not get some more experience while you have nothing else to do. Also, he is being visible which might even help in recruiting.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Exactly what is he suppposed to do? I believe the players are on spring break this week, so it is not like he can have individual instruction or anything. I do expect him to be in broadcasting when he is done coaching, so why not get some more experience while you have nothing else to do. Also, he is being visible which might even help in recruiting.

It is just me, but I never thought Pitino and I had the same moral standards, but if my team just got beaten by another in state university that you were double digit favorites to beat, I would come back with my team and face the music like they had to do. Spring break or no spring break, even if spring break was this week, the team lost on Thursday and returned to Louisville on the same day. That still gave Friday, when school was in session, for them to answer all the questions. Pitino was in the CBS studio at noon on Friday so he could not have answered too many questions on campus or was there to help his players. Just my opinion, but, I would have been with the team or at least at the University making myself available to alumni, boosters, faculty, students or whomever wanted explanations or answers. As far as being visible to help recruiting, under normal circumstances the more visible a coach can be the better, but after you were the lowest seed to lose on the opening day is not the publicity I would be looking for and only see it helping a recruit make his mind up is if he says to himself "man they really need a ton of help, I think I will go there". Getting knocked out in an Elite 8 or even a Sweet 16 game would be a whole lot more understandable for him to show up on the set for at least his team got knocked out by a team that had won a couple other games in the tourney. First round embarrassment after the way Louisville started the game and then for them to take an 8 or 9 pt lead halfway thru the second half only to fold like a tent is another. Sort of looks like Pitino was promoting himself instead of the Louisville Basketball program.

[Tim_T]

Many of the players flew home after the games. I think you are stretching things a bit looking for some sort of problem that doesn't exist. Sorry Elwood, there was no team to talk to, no media to address, no boosters to chill with or anything....nothing to see here.

[elnutsmalljaws]

Many of the players flew home after the games. I think you are stretching things a bit looking for some sort of problem that doesn't exist. Sorry Elwood, there was no team to talk to, no media to address, no boosters to chill with or anything....nothing to see here.

Some of the team flew home, some of the players drove cars home, some of the players stayed behind to watch the other games, the head coach flew to the CBS studios, the other coaches ........... ??? Win as a team Lose as a team, hang national championship banners in the rafters as a team, fly home together after the "toughest loss in Ricky P's coaching history" and face the music as team. Seems to me if they can go there seperate ways after the loss they were not much of a team before the loss. TEAM - Team Expressing Answers with the Masses. My bet is the Masses at Louisville and all that follow the team was wanting some answers to the questions. I know from the Big Blue Nation, there are plenty of questions after losses, especially if one was as embarrassing as the one Louisville had. Maybe that is another difference between the programs, One wants Championships and answers as to why they are not won and another is happy with profits and are not concerned as to why losses happen.