Before you even say it, YES....I agree that it sounds like this guy is still a little butt-hurt over Pitino leaving Kentucky. I was butt-hurt back then too, because of the dynasty the man could have built here. However, my butt no longer smarts. That's not because of Orlando Tubby Smith, and surely not because of Billy Clyde Gillispie, but because of a combination of Slick Rick's true colors being shown over the years that have passed AND a certain new swagger and level of competitiveness brought back by a certain new coach. I wouldn't take 2011-Pitino back for all the money in the world. The only way I'd take 1996-Pitino back is if I didn't know now what I didn't know then. Honestly, I only hope that Calipari isn't setting my sphincter up for the same burning sensation down the road!

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Rick Pitino is one huge contradiction

Posted On Thursday, September 29, 2011 by Walter.

Rick Pitino recently went on a somewhat incomprehensible tirade in an interview with Adam Zagoria on Tuesday night about why Connecticut would be “dumb” to leave the Big East for the ACC. What’s odd about that? He had the nerve to talk about “leaving” as if he has any right to talk about leaving. In particular, he said, in reference to John Wooden and his great championship teams at UCLA: “ “Do you ever think [leaving the Pac-10] crossed his mind? No, when you’re a great winner, those things don’t cross your mind. The only thing that crosses your mind is the ability to win a championship and carry on the great tradition you’ve built.” Really Rick? Did you use that same reasoning when you left Kentucky for a multi-million dollar contract in the NBA? Was winning championships and carrying on the great tradition you began at Kentucky the forefront of your mind then? Don’t think so. In his defense, he did admit his biggest mistake in life was when he left Camelot [Kentucky] to lead the Boston Celtics. That does not give him the right to question the judgment of the UConn administration for wanting to leave the Big East for what they believe is a more desirable situation.