Rick leaving Louisville?????

There is a story on espn that Rick Pitinio is wanting to get the job with the Nets. Leaving Louisville while smarter than leaving Kentucky is still one of the stupidest things a coach could do. I mean for the Nets who have won 4 games for crying out loud. Of course Pitinio told Forde there was no truth to it. And we all know how close Rick and Pat are. Does this remind any one of what Ricks disciple Billy Donovan did in Florida?

I don’t have any idea if its true or not but any drama in Louisville makes the BigBlue Nation happy.

Hammer in Hand

First I want to stress how much I appreciate and respect what Rick Pitino has accomplished in his college coaching career so this isn’t a typical rant from a typical rival fan.  And the only reason for this (non)rant is because out of everything I have read, nothing has quite hit the nail on the head for me.  So, with hammer in hand, let the (non)rant begin.

 I sat with amazement, and with my jaw firmly on the ground, as I watched this man single handedly rip not only his career, but his legacy apart in his August 26^th impromptu press conference.   There was a question before hand if the damage he created could be repaired, but at this point I think he is well past totaled.  And he is the one that created the damage.  He is the one that had the fling.  It doesn’t matter if Joe Public thinks the fling is, “no big deal” or a sin. He is the one that paid to abort a child.  It doesn’t matter if Joe Public thinks this sort of act is murder or a life choice.  What matters are his beliefs and with perception always being reality, the perception he has taken great pains to create for himself says that both acts are wrong.  Everyone makes mistakes and in the end, this is really something that should be between himself, his family and his God.  But it’s not the acts that hurt Pitino; it’s the now publicly known hypocrisy of it all. That hypocrisy goes much deeper when you consider he fired an assistant at Boston for a similarly perceived, “one little discretion”.

 Let’s be very straight on this; he is the one that made this public and continues to make it public.  Rich and famous goes to a local hot spot.  Pretty after six drinks blonde bimbo walks by and twirls her hair.  Said Rich and famous takes said blonde bimbo close by and gives said blonde bimbo a taste of said rich and famous.  Said not so pretty when sober blonde bimbo wants money from said rich and famous.  Said rich and famous may or may not decide to give said blonde bimbo money, but in either case, zero or three grand is never enough so said blonde bimbo wants more.  Based on Hollywood perception which we know must be reality, this sort of thing is business as usual in the slime celebrity lifestyle.  What said Rich and Famous should not do is turn it into a federal case, literally.  While Karen Sypher may have threatened to go public, it is Rick, himself, that actually did it!  After all of the wrong, Rick now wants Joe Public to believe that he is trying to do the right thing by prosecuting a bimbo that he helped create?  He assumed he was above being touched in this, his trial would go un-noticed and this lady would get life in prison?  And this is just the beginning of his miscalculations in this saga.

 Let’s play a little game.  Let’s assume for a second that Rick said nothing on this.  Let’s say the blonde whacko, and with perception being reality she is a whacko, does sing.  We, the Joe Public, would look around, we would wonder, we would probably assume something happened but wouldn’t know for sure, we would make up a few jokes and we would probably move on to the next hot recruit.  The blonde whacko would probably turn up being impregnated by aliens in a tabloid and most of us would never know about it or care.

 “I did not have forced sexual relations with that Bimbo” Richard Pitino August 26, 2009

 That isn’t what he said in his August 26th press conference, but it might as well have been.  Some tape recordings were released.  Big deal..   No one in their right mind thought for a second that he forced himself on anyone.   Why would he need to?  Let’s face it; calling this lady a six drink hottie is being way too flattering.  That wasn’t what this news conference was all about.  I don’t think the releasing of the tapes is what is eating at Rick Pitino.  What I think gets his goat is having fallen from his pedestal and I think this news conference was his poorly calculated attempt at pulling himself back atop it.  Where he erred greatly is the steps he used as a ladder.   He blasts the media for cutting in on Ted Kennedy day then does the same thing himself?  This is the same media that has gone out of its way to present this lady as a whacko.  Then he has the gall to instruct fans on what they should and shouldn’t watch?  He tells us that it hasn’t hurt recruiting when it painfully and obviously has as several commits/almost commits have each run like rabbits.  It not only hurt recruiting but hurt his ability to recruit. Anyone remember the name of his top recruiter who is now at Florida?  Pitino is the name and while I was scratching my head at the time, which was before I knew who Karen Sypher was, I now think I have a firm understanding of why he left daddy’s side.  The miscalculations are so numerous that they simply can’t be summed. 

 So, “what is next for UofL?” is the question that rains on my day.  They have to be wondering, just as I am, if Pitino is capable of leading their team. There are lots of coaches that could continue getting and motivating kids after something like this but those are more the, “we all make mistakes” and the, “arm around the kid and lets get this done together” type coaches.  Pitino is more the, “rule from far above and use my perfect life as an example” type of coach.  Both styles can work but both are geared to the personality.  With Pitino’s hypocrisy and failed attempt to climb mount Pedestal, how can he get himself above the kids without beating them to a lower level?  And what will happen with the miscalculations?  One as simple as not putting a man on the out of bounds guy still haunts him to this day.  I can’t imagine how deep and far these will go.

 If it seems like I am mad at Rick Pitino, I am.  We should be focused on the up coming football and basketball season.  We should be focused on the Pitino/Calipari basketball game.  We should be watching a great coaching career wind down at a great basketball school.  I didn’t need to know all of this and I blame him singularly for making it public.  And he best hope that his, “one little indiscretion” is just that as right now it wouldn’t take as much as an ant to knock him right out of his hot seat, if he hasn’t lost his job already.

 What’s really sad is he didn’t ruin himself by having an affair and paying for an abortion.  He did it by opening his mouth.

Paddle Rick Paddle Karen

The flood gates have opened and even Pat Forde is managing to paddle his canoe in the rough waters during these troubled times better than Rick Pitino and Karen Sypher who are forever going to be linked.

What was Rick thinking throwing Ted Kennedy into his rant. A guy who fooled around on his wife bringing up a guy who fooled around on his wife. Brilliant as they say in a non Italian beer commercial.

Thankfully he didn’t compare 9-11 to his problems this time just Ted Kennedy. Any votes on if this is as big a blunder as Ford announcing the Edsel or Regan saying we were winning the war on drugs.

Then he goes on to tell people not to read newspapers or watch TV if they are going to talk about the lies being said about him. Even Billy Gillespie showed more understanding of when to shut up around the media than what Pitino did today.

Its nice to know that Rick understands what the economy is doing to the media.

I listened to both Rick Pitino’s rant and Karen Sypher’s police interviews and frankly they both need someone desperately who can write what they are going to say. Write Forrest write.

The only people who deserves an A+ for all this mess are the detectives who threw out the chum and reeled Sypher in. After listening to her I truly believe they are right in ordering a psych evaluation.

Getting back to Regan announcing we are winning the war on drugs anyone know where Karen and Rick are getting theirs from.

Deluxe Fruitcake

Been a while since we’ve had any thing to say about Rick Pitino. Finally there is some news out we can post on the situation.

Federal prosecutors in Kentucky have asked a judge to order a psychiatric exam for the woman accused of trying to extort $10 million from Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino.

In a motion filed yesterday, prosecutors say Karen Cunagin Sypher may be “so mentally incompetent” that she doesn’t understand the legal proceedings or can’t assist in her own defense.

How about that she might be so mentally incompetent she can’t assist in her own defense. Leave it to a federal prosecutor to figure that out.

Wheres Uncle Albert when you need him Rick.

When Pete Townsend was caught on a kiddy porn site he used the excuse I was just trying to understand why I was abused as a child. I am not in any way trying to compare what Rick Pitino did to what a child molester did to Pete Townsend and I have no doubt that Rick was hurt and is sorry his brother in-law died on 9-11.

What I am trying to do is compare him to someone famous who tried to use a excuse for doing something he knew was wrong. Pitino should have been feeling more sorry for his wife not his Italian Salami. Sorry Rick you lost this fans respect by hiding behind the media as long as you did.

The question is going to be will the basketball fans forgive him like the rock fans did Townsen and can he work out a ten step plan to win back his fans.

No More White For Rick

The sporting news is full of the Pitino-Sypher encounter. Encounter meaning he nailed her in a frigging restaurant probably next to the meat grinder in the kitchen. Heres a few of the things being said.

http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2009/08/12/the-pitino-affair-sex-in-a-restaurant-a-job-in-jeopardy/
Think of it this way: The enthusiasm for and scrutiny of basketball in Kentucky can be likened to the fervor for football in Alabama. And wasn’t Mike Price dumped as head coach by the Crimson Tide before coaching a game after reports surfaced that he’d had sex with a stripper in Pensacola, Fla.?

Price denies to this day such an encounter took place. (He settled a lawsuit with Sports Illustrated, which had reported the alleged assignation, out of court.) Pitino has admitted to having sex with Sypher and giving her $3,000. (Though his lawyer claims the money was for her to buy health insurance, not to have an abortion.)

http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/whats-next-for-rick-pitino/
There aren’t a lot of historical touchstones here, especially for college. The Patriots never considered firing Bill Belichick when his name popped up in as the “other man” in a bitter New Jersey divorce case.

http://www.aseaofblue.com/2009/8/12/986230/where-have-you-gone-joe-dimaggio
Instead of looking for heroes on television or in arenas, we should be looking for heroes in our everyday lives. Because our everyday lives are filled with people we love, and who love us. Our everyday lives are filled with people who love us in spite of our quirks and short-comings; who love us even when we are unlovable. The father who plays catch with his son, the mother who teaches her daughter the art of cooking, the grandfather who takes his grandchildren fishing, the grandmother who reads tales of dogs and cats to her grandkids. These are the true heroes. Not some ballplayer who can hit better than most, or a coach who wins more often than not.

http://www.examiner.com/x-2108-Love-and-Marriage-Examiner~y2009m8d12-Joanne-Pitino-the-sad-case-of-adultery-and-abortion
We are hearing words of sympathy for Coach Pitino, his wife, Joanne, and his family. And we should. But our hearts must ache for Joanne Pitino who joins the ranks of wives and mothers tarnished by adultery.

The story of adultery is becoming all too common — an indiscreet move on the part of their husbands’ leaves the families vulnerable. In the world of politics it was Elizabeth Edwards and more recently Jenny Sanford. Love and marriage gone awry.

http://www.east-coast-bias.com/2009/08/extortion-is-easier-than-being-groupie.html
This is getting ridiculous. What ever happened to the good old days when a groupie would carry Shawn Kemp’s Travis Henry’s the father’s child to term and THEN extort child support from him? Rape is a serious crime and I try not to base any judgments based on pieces of news reports, but between Pitino and Roethlisberger, this is getting ridiculous.

http://www2.kusports.com/weblogs/hawk-umentary/2009/aug/12/gimme-shelter/
In case no one noticed. Rick Pitino is Slick, not Bill Clinton smooth, but incredibly slippery nonetheless.

Married man + High Stress Job + Temptation = No moral Backbone.

The comments that are being posted on blogs put all this mainstream reporting to shame. Some of them deserve a Nobel Prize for creative writing.

“Kentucky’s a part of the country where this is a BIG deal to many people”
Easy, chief, the dude coaches in Louisville, not Pulaski County.
I do suppose this means that Pitino can’t wear white anymore.

Papal agenda, Wednesday, April 12, 2009:
1. Excommunicate Richard Pitino (multiple infractions of conduct clause)
2. Place Karen Sypher on 15-year penance list (whore)
3. Clarify papal decree on restaurant floor sex
4. Tune in to the Dan Patrick Show

Can anyone say “….and providing the commentary for tonight’s matchup here on TNT between the Warriors and the Heat, Coach Rick Pitino!”

So, Marvin Stone transfered before this? Man, the evil this man did during the 2003 era is off the charts…who knows what else this man has done?!

I know that Fr. Bradley pays for hotel rooms for players…I wonder what else is hidden under Rick’s rocks???

Rupp Arena should take the seats behind the other goal and call it the “Erection Zone” and have Karen Sypher present in that area during the UK/Loserville game.

An ode to Pitiner

When he was coach at Kentucky
He was king of the world
His adultery much more secretive
With much hotter girls
His teams were set for Glory
As coach rebuilt the team
Destined to be on top forever
At least that’s how it seemed
Then he left for Boston
He had something else to prove
Once he got to beantown
Pitino lost his grove
The girls were not quite as hot
His teams just could not play
He traded in Ashley Judd
For his ho of the day
So as the controversy thickens
And Vinnie is still on the floor
Will U of L be strong
Or will Pitino get the door
Once a king of the bluegrass
Know known as Richard Pitiner
The bluegrass waits for an answer
From the man who plays too much with his Weiner.

Regarding Pitino, he once again didn’t cover the one inbounding the ball…so to speak.

Two lessons to be learned in Rick Pitino situation: Wrap it up and Take it to go.

Quick — the restaurant table ricky had sex is now up for auction on ebay —— Word is out that the U of L alumni association is pooling their funds in an attempt to purchase the table and have it mounted under the speakers at freedom hall.

Sypher or a stripper I got to think about this for a while. I thought about this for a while and said self can I have both. Self answered nope so I take the stripper. Coaching in El Paso can’t be that bad can it.

UK GETS THEIR MAN

The “highest profile” coach in the country finally met up with the school with the greatest need, at least in our fans minds. This only happens every decade or so nationally, and has every reason to be called a “Grand Slam”. Most of us will tell you that the last great basketball era we had here at UK was during Rick Pitino’s heyday, and we are headed back in that direction in my humble opinion.

Yes, John Calipari is every bit the coach Rick Pitino is, and the fact that he changed his offensive philosophy recently, shows he is flexible as well. He is a great recruiter securing what is being called the number #1 class this year…He plays with the best, and he will be able to get the best at UK. He did it at Memphis and he will do it here and do it better. UK goes from now being an NIT calibre team this year, to a potential final four next; such will be the stockpile of talent here once “CAL” gets settled in.

“ You can now put Kentucky with NC, Kansas, Duke, all the elite from this point forward” Andy Katz ESPN.com

UK called a news conference for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to formally introduce Calipari, who has been with Memphis for 9 seasons. Calipari also becomes the highest-paid coach in college basketball.

Now, maybe UK fans can rest easy this summer, knowing that next year when basketball season starts, UK will once again be AT THE PULSE of COLLEGE BASKETBALL, the head and not the tale, if you will, and the only back seat we take in college basketball will be the one we ride in to the FINAL FOUR…

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