I'd say there's a little merit and a lot of BS.

I could see Siva and his parents as an interesting dynamic. Louisville on a little skid, Kentucky winning...if the tables were turned we'd be hearing all kinds of "sources" with rumors at UK too. It brings them out of the woodworks.


Pitino definitely has the off court distractions down to a science with the whole Sypher deal...we know he's a man *****. He was in Lexington. He is in the 'Ville. So be it.


What I don't believe is that he has somehow forgotten how to coach. What do you want to bet that the treadmill torture talk is coming from the guys that aren't getting any PT? The team didn't really look like they had dead legs to me. Pitino has always been a conditioning guy, with the full court press and up-tempo style. That's why he typically can have teams ready for battle come March.


Maybe his players just aren't all-world this year. It happens.


If I were a coach, every negative Tweet or Facebook post or media comment would mean hell-to-pay in practice. You just don't throw your teammates under the bus like that. It starts with the leader of the squad grooming a band of brothers. I hate to use Cal-speak, but he starts pushing the "be your brother's keeper" mantra early every season. Maybe there's something to it.