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Destroyed, lol. Took over a program that hadn't been to a final 4 since the 1980s and got to a bunch of them, winning a title, living in the second weekend of the dance or more on an annual basis, numerous Elite 8s and Sweet 16s. Brought them back to blue blood status. I would love for our program to go through a period when we are so destroyed.Will the son rebuild the program that his father destroyed? Why would Louisville want him?
Richard Pitino has emerged as a top candidate for the Louisville job
Richard Pitino has emerged as a top candidate for the Louisville basketball job
He was interviewed on a podcast last year and at that point he said he wasn’t ready yet. Was enjoying the time with his family before he got back into coaching. He did say he was going to take some time off so I’m assuming at this point he’s waiting for the right job.
He was pushing hard for the Vanderbilt job as his daughter is a student there, but the interest wasn’t mutual.
I’m a bit surprised the JMU coach took that one. Vanderbilts a historic dead end.
Optics could display like this if they have an agreement with a coach who’s team is still playing
I read that Bob Huggins plead his case on a louisville radio station. How far the mighty have fallen.
Revisionist history. Yes, Rick built a great program at Louisville aided by illegal recruiting practices. It's a fact that the program was in shambles when he was fired, Rick claiming that he had no clue what was going on. Anyone who believes that Rick was the innocent victim is ignoring common sense.
But it wasn't in shambles. He took a program that hadn't been to a Final 4 in decades and turned it into a national powerhouse. Chris Mack stepped into a goldmine. Look at how he recruited from the jump. The program reverted back to the pre-Pitino, post-Denny Crum "peak" era because Mack turned out to be a bad hire (and had a scandal of his own) and Kenny Payne was as bad as you can be.
