Rick Pitino's 15 seconds of fame

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Permalink Reply by Stephen on July 30, 2010 at 10:44am

This just in the ncaa in response to Rick Pitino's testimony to institute a new 15 second shot clock. To accomodate this change and to challenge Calipari's success at Uk he will install the new DDYL offense or Dribble down your leg offense.

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Permalink Reply by Beau Gibson on July 31, 2010 at 12:49am

omg. that is funny. was that a 15 second money shot clock?

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Permalink Reply by Norman Gunther on July 30, 2010 at 12:52pm

The most memorable times in RP's life revolves around seconds.

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Permalink Reply by Garry E. Rust on July 30, 2010 at 2:51pm

I wonder if the NCAA governing body will have Pitino in for a chat about his conduct being detrimental to college basketball. What? Probably not?

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Permalink Reply by Waitin' on 8 on July 30, 2010 at 3:19pm

No... I can't hear Billy Packer saying that Rick just won the NCAA tournament...

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Permalink Reply by Beau Gibson on July 31, 2010 at 12:49am

ever. i might die.

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Permalink Reply by Waitin' on 8 on July 30, 2010 at 4:06pm

Gary Parrish:

“I think we’ll all agree, when we look back in 10 years, that Kentucky’s John Calipari did more to hurt Rick Pitino’s recruiting than Karen Sypher ever dreamed. Sypher is the worst thing to happen to Pitino’s personal life, but Calipari is the worst thing to happen to Pitino’s career because having to work 80 miles from Coach One-and-Done is damn-near impossible. Calipari is at the bigger program, he has all the momentum, and elite prospects with a desire to get to the NBA quickly ? i.e., the overwhelming majority of elite prospects ? genuinely do want to play for him.
Calipari can secure commitments from top prospects early.
Or he can lure somebody else’s recruits late.
Doesn’t matter.
For proof consider that Calipari will enter his second season at UK with his second straight top-ranked recruiting class, and Pitino simply won’t be able to keep up because it doesn’t seem like anybody other than maybe Duke, North Carolina and Kansas will be able to keep up. Calipari isn’t a big problem to Michigan State’s Tom Izzo or UCLA’s Ben Howland because they operate in different worlds. Pitino, on the other hand, not only operates in the same world as Calipari, he operates in the same state, point being that the bar for Pitino at Louisville will be set wherever Calipari sets it at Kentucky.
And that’s a tough gig.
I’d be more optimistic if Pitino were coaching at Arizona.
Or St. John’s.
Almost anywhere other than 80 miles from Calipari.”

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Permalink Reply by Beau Gibson on July 31, 2010 at 12:48am

I think I just threw up in my mouth.
Ah! gross.

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