Compliments of Zags, who just eats this kinda stuff up. You have to read all of the tweets from Zags to get the full flavor.
Pitino unplugged and unhinged
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i think rick might be aging out of this profession
Honestly who wants to deal with NIL and the portal. He's a legend and doesn't need to stick around for this.
His blow by in the handshake with Holloway says everything you need to know.
The young buck kicked his ass, twice.
The young buck kicked his ass, twice.
Not a good look to publically throw your team under the bus.
I didn’t see that. I thought they were friendly? Just Pitino upset at the loss(es) 😁 ….. or something else there?
Not sure if I have ever seen a college coach make those type of comments.
I get $$ talks, but if you’re looking at similar deals….why play for a guy who throws his players under the bus like this?
I get $$ talks, but if you’re looking at similar deals….why play for a guy who throws his players under the bus like this?
When sha closes his eyes tonight, he will say i beat pitinos ass and he was so pissed he gave me a blow by. HOW GREAT IS THAT!!!
K, Wright, and Boehiem had no second thoughts getting out
He’s been doing it for weeks. Not his fault, he only ran off his whole team sans Soriano and went for the sexy transfers with all his NIL money.
he got the 2 of the best available Ivy League transgers.. they just didn’t pan out. The jump is too much. We saw Bryce Aiken struggles in year 1 very similar to Dingle’s season
idk how his players even want to finish the season for him,
also shows how much money talks that hes in no way concerned these comments will bite him in the future.
Addae Wusu has to be happy he’s not there anymore. Rick the p.... throwing his kids under the bus like that.
He wants tough players. Well we got one of the players he did not want and he’s one of the toughest players in the big east. No class.
Pitino is a classless,overated coach!!
Rick has it a lot better than most folks in his situation. He's got the vitamin water-boy. He got many of the players he wanted, and ran off the ones that he didn't. The problem is that he evaluated his talent and built his roster incorrectly. And so he is pissed off and now taking it out on his players.
And for sure he's a legend, but he's also a star that crashed and burned in disgrace. He fought tooth and nail to get back to a power 6 program. He desperately wants to make the final chapter of his career a positive one. But he has a limited amount of time left in coaching. He is 73, and once you get to that age your coaching career (and your life) is year-by-year. Faced with that reality, he is publicly spilling his guts to the media because he realizes that he has now all but blown year 1.
I was at the game—early in the first half Pitino was whining emphatically to a ref about Sha being well out of the coaches box (which he was)-shortly after that Sha was giving it to the ref about Pitino doing the same thing. Surely some gamesmanship going on there.
The St. John’s student section was riding the hall bench the entire game. So much so, that at the end of the handshake line, Sha doubled back to the student section and cupped his hand to his ear while pointing at the student section.
Such a fun game to be at to see Sha whip Pitinos ass.
Clearly no love loss between the coaches
The St. John’s student section was riding the hall bench the entire game. So much so, that at the end of the handshake line, Sha doubled back to the student section and cupped his hand to his ear while pointing at the student section.
Such a fun game to be at to see Sha whip Pitinos ass.
Clearly no love loss between the coaches
Didn’t Francesca lose like a man when he ‘retired’, couldn’t get another job, and pushed his way back to the FAN? Or am I getting the story wrong.
He shook his hand and gave him a pat on the shoulder. What did you want him to do after a bad loss, make out? lol
I wish I could’ve seen that. So New York of Sha, gotta love the guy. He’s a top-tier coach who believes in his team and is willing to do whatever for them. He’s hated SJU since 96’, why stop now
Wasu is tough yes. He’s also instant heartburn on the offensive end of the court. I’m 🙏 he passes every time he has the ball.
It wasn't exactly a blow-by, but it was still pretty quick work on Rick's part, even by his standards.
I understand many of his personal interactions tend to be very brief.
All that happened in an instant. I admired John Thompson at Georgetown. Win or lose he always took a couple of seconds to talk to his counterpart.
If I'm competing against SJU for a transfer, I show Rick's comments on a loop.
That’s not true. Sha and Pitino have a positive history. But both want to win.
I had no issue with his handshake. He patted him and said great job. He was ticked at his teams performance.
He blamed his players. Didn’t whine about the schedule. Didn’t complain about officiating. Basically said his players aren’t very good. Maybe it’s a message. Maybe it’s to light a fire.
He does really kill his team here. Ty I me this is throwing down a challenge to his team.
www.espn.com
Seton Hall 68-62 St. John's (Feb 18, 2024) Final Score - ESPN
Game summary of the Seton Hall Pirates vs. St. John's Red Storm NCAAM game, final score 68-62, from February 18, 2024 on ESPN.
Again a majority of 3rd 4th year and transfer players can come from lower/lesser conf and be competitive as a player and to team value in all major conf leagues.
