Which game to watch tonight?????

[redneckshadrap]

I mean seriously how many times can one person do the same dumb thing over and over and over with the same exact results over and over and over and not learn from it.

I have a name for people like that.........DUMBASS..

Well look at the bright side....You have one more yr with him. MAYBE he will turn into a Darius Miller.

[mhall]

Tim you make good points and I see that to. But if you put all your eggs in one basket that is all you are ever gonna have is ''ONE'' basket. Pitino does not develop players well in my opinion, shining chair top with your ass doesn't make you better. One of the main reasons he doesn't get recruits anymore is because he won't play freshmen.

If I had skills and coming out of high school I would run as far away from that premadonna as I could. Angel Nunez will transfer mark my words. I wouldn't doubt Price does either. Yes they lack in defense but game time will improve that and at lease Nunez can shoot the ball. I'll win the effin lottery before that bonehead Siva finds a jumpshot under a Cowpie. You bust on Justice but at least he TRIES to run some offense without being the ''HERO'' all the time. Besides Pitino has CRUSHED his confidence. He publically makes fun of him all the time, that's BS....

For three or four million dollars a year Jurich, the University of Louisville and especially the fans are not getting their money's worth out of Pitino. We could pay Davenport half that salary and be getting the same thing. Come out to Buckheads tonight I'll be there throwing shell pasta at his ass, you can bail me out if they lock me up, lol.

[mhall]

I will say the collected group shooting fouls was horrible. If the foul shooting was better Louisville wins the game..I still don't understand why ALL college DIV 1 ball players can't shoot free throws???

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

Dang Mark, don't hold back tell us how you really feel. I havent heard a Louisville fan put down Ricky P like that ever.

[Tim_T]

Tim you make good points and I see that to. But if you put all your eggs in one basket that is all you are ever gonna have is ''ONE'' basket. Pitino does not develop players well in my opinion, shining chair top with your ass doesn't make you better. One of the main reasons he doesn't get recruits anymore is because he won't play freshmen.

If I had skills and coming out of high school I would run as far away from that premadonna as I could. Angel Nunez will transfer mark my words. I wouldn't doubt Price does either. Yes they lack in defense but game time will improve that and at lease Nunez can shoot the ball. I'll win the effin lottery before that bonehead Siva finds a jumpshot under a Cowpie. You bust on Justice but at least he TRIES to run some offense without being the ''HERO'' all the time. Besides Pitino has CRUSHED his confidence. He publically makes fun of him all the time, that's BS....

For three or four million dollars a year Jurich, the University of Louisville and especially the fans are not getting their money's worth out of Pitino. We could pay Davenport half that salary and be getting the same thing. Come out to Buckheads tonight I'll be there throwing shell pasta at his ass, you can bail me out if they lock me up, lol.

Mark, you are buying into the falsehood dude. One of the biggest untruths in the sports world is that Pitino doesn't play freshmen.

Just off the top of my head, freshmen that started at Louisville under Pitino:

Carlos Hurt
Francisco Garcia
Taquan Dean
Terrance Williams
Samardo Samuels
Edgar Sosa
Chane Behanan


Freshman who played significant minutes under Pitino at Louisville:
Larry O'Bannon
Preston Knowles
Earl Clark
Gorgui Deing
Jerry Smith

I am sure there are others I am not thinking of.

If Wayne Blackshear would have been healthy, he would have been starting which would have meant two freshmen starting this season.

Angel Nunez is not going anywhere and neither is Zach Price, they just aren't ready to play this year. They wouldn't play at any big time d-1 program this year.

The thing is, Siva didn't start or get a lot of playing time his freshmen year so this rumor started going around. It is not based on fact, facts prove otherwise, but many media and fans repeat something enough that they start believing it.


As for Justice, the kid is simply not good. He is only on the team because he wants to coach and Pitino gave him an opportunity to walk on. Justice wouldn't start at Murray, WKU, Eastern, Bellarmine or Ballard High School. He cannot do anything that resembles basketball at the division 1 level.

[mhall]

You say Tamato I say Tomato...
I know a little about basketball and alot of what you say is fact and some of it is conjecture and opinion just like mine, we all have one.

Pitino has been here long enough now making a top five in the country in salary to have produced more than one Final four appearance. The last two years have been down right embarrassing in the dance. I have never cared for Pitino, I did not want him here from the get go. Don't like that flashy NY BS. I'd rather have a different type of coach. I also don't like his offense. It has slowly migrated into Seneca park Sunday afternoon ball. If you are open shoot, if you got the ball drive. Hell I can coach that...

This is fact, myself and MANY MANY Card fans are fed up with his crap and publically degrating players that is for behind closed doors. He's not funny and needs to look in the mirror once and awhile. That Ego of his is his worst enemy in my opinion.

I'm a feed the bulldog guy Tim and I'm tired of ''BRIDGE'' years...GOD I HATE THAT TERM, and waiting till this guy or that guy shows up. It's time for a change and if you think I'm the only one that thinks this way, check the blogs and chatter, they are after his head.

One more thing I apprecaite the insult of saying the media makes up my mind I'm a little smarter than that, not much but a little. Pitino must go, new blood new attitude. You say Nunez can't play...why do you say that because Pitino says it, you quoted him verbatim in a earlier post. Game time trial by fire is the best teacher I've always thought so...

[mhall]

Oh and one more thing. I read box scores and check players against each other.

Check minutes played between Siva and Justice and compare their assist to turnover ratio....

Siva is Edgar Sosa part two the sequel....A walking human turnover. Drive the lane like a crazed water bug and through it at Syracuse's basket for an easy dunk....OMG are kidding me.....lol

[zx150]

Mark I gotta agree with you. I think it is time for some new blood in here. It won't happen till Pitino retires.

The grumblings in the locker room is that Nunez and Price are looking to transfer.

I think Rick is in a rut as well. I think he could leave and do a better job else where. He needs to get back to basics and quit trying to get come up with all these magical match ups.

[Netboy Extraordinaire]

I got nothing better to do so I looked it up. Siva had 182 assist and 101 turnovers last season for a ratio of 1.8/1. This season he has 135 assist and 83 turnovers for a 1.63/1 ratio. He is right at 10% worse in his assist to turnovers ratio this year versus last. Per a chart on ESPN that was updated 2/13, he is not in the top 100 in the country. For a reference, Kendall Marshall of UNC leads the nation with a 3.84/1 ratio

[mhall]

I got nothing better to do so I looked it up. Siva had 182 assist and 101 turnovers last season for a ratio of 1.8/1. This season he has 135 assist and 83 turnovers for a 1.63/1 ratio. He is right at 10% worse in his assist to turnovers ratio this year versus last. Per a chart on ESPN that was updated 2/13, he is not in the top 100 in the country. For a reference, Kendall Marshall of UNC leads the nation with a 3.84/1 ratio

Proof to my point. Players are suppose to get better and progress forward, Siva is just the same or worse every year. The kid is an awesome human being I hear, good student, well mannered, considerate ect. But obviously has some kind of learning deficiency in basketball....

[mhall]

Mark I gotta agree with you. I think it is time for some new blood in here. It won't happen till Pitino retires.

The grumblings in the locker room is that Nunez and Price are looking to transfer.

I think Rick is in a rut as well. I think he could leave and do a better job else where. He needs to get back to basics and quit trying to get come up with all these magical match ups.

Ryan I've been hearing the same thing about Zack and Angel. I wouldn't play for Pitino, he was a heck of a coach in his day, but I'm afraid his day has passed.

[Tim_T]

Oh and one more thing. I read box scores and check players against each other.

Check minutes played between Siva and Justice and compare their assist to turnover ratio....

Siva is Edgar Sosa part two the sequel....A walking human turnover. Drive the lane like a crazed water bug and through it at Syracuse's basket for an easy dunk....OMG are kidding me.....lol

Mark, when comparing Siva to Justice, look at another stat that will tell you how ineffective Justice is. Look at offensive production for the team while Justice is in and compare it to offensive production of the team when Siva is on the court.

I wouldn't turn the ball over either if all I did was stand around and pass the ball from one side of the wing to the other. As soon as Justice comes in I figure it is okay to take a restroom break and make a sandwhich because the Cards are not going to score. The offense gets stagnant with him at the point.

As for the last play, Siva did that the entire time he played the second half. Drove the lane and dished to a big man for a layup or for them to draw the foul. No one seemed to have a problem with it then.