Pitino looks more unable to adapt with every one of these reports, someone used to his way of doing things (which largely involved throwing money at problems and/or bullying his way through administrator after administrator), while someone like Danny Hurley or even Shaheen Holloway is eating his lunch. Assembling a rotisserie roster is one thing, but he hasn't done anything with free agency yet. Where were the wins on the court? Even taking that one guy from our roster and pairing him in the backcourt with another guard who needs the ball in his hands to be effective was stupid, or at least a massive waste of resources. Build a roster thoughtfully, not based on whatever you can throw money at.
By the way, if you wanted unlimited resources at a university where no one would balk or even care, Pitino went to the wrong place. He needs to tap Repole for things like charter flights to places you can drive up and back in the same day. At a university where students are already wildly overpaying to attend, no administrator is going to blithely approve that cost.