cheeseman Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 RI must be really hard up to find a decent replacement. The AD wanting to hire Pitino shows just how important it is to win at all costs for some schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: good for david dooley. I had the exact same reaction. I wonder how that conversation went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: good for david dooley. I agree with your feelings Roy but you got to like RI wanting to continue winning. Could you imagine Pitino showing up at Chaifetz how much fun we could have taunting him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post willie Posted April 3, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, cheeseman said: RI must be really hard up to find a decent replacement. The AD wanting to hire Pitino shows just how important it is to win at all costs for some schools. My take is that it's too bad it didn't happen. Pitino gives the league a huge press upgrade. He would win. National exposure we can't get any other way. He would also have to run a clean program. I understand why a president would say no but from a basketball prospective it would have been good. 2010andBeyond, RiseOfTheBillikens, brianstl and 9 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, willie said: My take is that it's too bad it didn't happen. Pitino gives the league a huge press upgrade. He would win. National exposure we can't get any other way. He would also have to run a clean program. I understand why a president would say no but from a basketball prospective it would have been good. Willie, I totally agree with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Agreed. I wish it would of happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Pitino at RI would have been awesome for SLU. That stinks that it didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty Light Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, CBFan said: I agree with your feelings Roy but you got to like RI wanting to continue winning. Could you imagine Pitino showing up at Chaifetz how much fun we could have taunting him. We used to have the pleasure of doing that at the Savvis / Scottrade Center from '02 - '05. I always had fun giving it to Denny Crum in the years prior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 pitino has enough character faults and errors in his ways i dont want anything to do with him. i understand the good that it might bring to the conference, but i want pitino to go away permanently. the world needs less of rick pitinos. dennis_w and AGB91 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, kshoe said: Pitino at RI would have been awesome for SLU. That stinks that it didn't happen. Agreed. A classic good vs. evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 40 minutes ago, willie said: My take is that it's too bad it didn't happen. Pitino gives the league a huge press upgrade. He would win. National exposure we can't get any other way. He would also have to run a clean program. I understand why a president would say no but from a basketball prospective it would have been good. -I don't know that he would have to run a clean program by NCAA standards, but this would have been HUGE for the league and agree with your other points -who is plan B for Rhodey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 44 minutes ago, Matty Light said: We used to have the pleasure of doing that at the Savvis / Scottrade Center from '02 - '05. I always had fun giving it to Denny Crum in the years prior. I really loved giving it to Bob Huggins the most. I miss that jerk. Matty Light likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 If I had Rick Pitino on the hook to coach at a historically mediocre program and the president said no, I'd be looking for alternative employment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon-Balls Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Slick Rick would have been an absolute splash hire. Bold thinking by the Rhody AD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 2 hours ago, willie said: My take is that it's too bad it didn't happen. Pitino gives the league a huge press upgrade. He would win. National exposure we can't get any other way. He would also have to run a clean program. I understand why a president would say no but from a basketball prospective it would have been good. Pitino = clean program Not going to ever happen. Here is the other thing - why would the AD not have kept the President in the loop prior to starting negotiations? Had he done that they never would have gotten to the talking stage. All of you who saying this would be great for RI - when Pitino gets caught and the school is in big trouble who wears the collar - the AD or President. The president - the buck stops with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 If URI had hired Pitino you can bet your bottom dollar from day 1 he'd have been pushing for the Rams to get into the Beast or the AAC. He'd never have stood for coaching in the A10. Remember what he did when he got to UL when they were in CUSA. He was clear that he was not happy with UL being in CUSA. Then when UL went to the Beast he pushed them aside for the ACC. I know it wasn't all on him He wanted out and first shot he got he bolted. No doubt it would have been big national news and pub for the A10. But it would have been temporary. The A10's not a big enough platform for Slick Rick. If URI wants to make a splash hire go after Porter. Not sure he'd leave for the A10 at this point but might as well give him the opportunity to say no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Rhode Island has denied that they were ever even interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 12 minutes ago, slu72 said: If URI had hired Pitino you can bet your bottom dollar from day 1 he'd have been pushing for the Rams to get into the Beast or the AAC. He'd never have stood for coaching in the A10. Remember what he did when he got to UL when they were in CUSA. He was clear that he was not happy with UL being in CUSA. Then when UL went to the Beast he pushed them aside for the ACC. I know it wasn't all on him He wanted out and first shot he got he bolted. No doubt it would have been big national news and pub for the A10. But it would have been temporary. The A10's not a big enough platform for Slick Rick. If URI wants to make a splash hire go after Porter. Not sure he'd leave for the A10 at this point but might as well give him the opportunity to say no thanks. II don't think you give enough credit to Louisville's ex AD Jurich. [sp] . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, slufan13 said: Rhode Island has denied that they were ever even interested What would you expect them to say. Spoon-Balls likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 24 minutes ago, slu72 said: If URI had hired Pitino you can bet your bottom dollar from day 1 he'd have been pushing for the Rams to get into the Beast or the AAC. He'd never have stood for coaching in the A10. Remember what he did when he got to UL when they were in CUSA. He was clear that he was not happy with UL being in CUSA. Then when UL went to the Beast he pushed them aside for the ACC. I know it wasn't all on him He wanted out and first shot he got he bolted. No doubt it would have been big national news and pub for the A10. But it would have been temporary. The A10's not a big enough platform for Slick Rick. If URI wants to make a splash hire go after Porter. Not sure he'd leave for the A10 at this point but might as well give him the opportunity to say no thanks. UL got into the BE and now the ACC because they have a D1 football program. Without that they would not have ever been invited to the ACC and the BE which was looking to have 8 football schools. By the way there is a reason that no other school has offered him a job - he is toxic. The NCAA and the FBI will be crawling up the school;s rear end who hires him from day 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 9 minutes ago, cheeseman said: UL got into the BE and now the ACC because they have a D1 football program. Without that they would not have ever been invited to the ACC and the BE which was looking to have 8 football schools. By the way there is a reason that no other school has offered him a job - he is toxic. The NCAA and the FBI will be crawling up the school;s rear end who hires him from day 1. That's why I said his program would be clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 46 minutes ago, willie said: That's why I said his program would be clean. That never worked before - after the call girls incidents he did not stop anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 Kwan Fore will graduate and transfer from Richmond or go pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 RI has hired dirty before. They brought on Harrick after allegagations arose and he was dismissed by UCLA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 1 hour ago, thetorch said: RI has hired dirty before. They brought on Harrick after allegagations arose and he was dismissed by UCLA. Forgot about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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