@Scavenger, @CRBuff, @dtownbuff, @rward and all you other basketball fans.
1) Charlie Moore (remeber him?) is now at his 4th school since he broke in with Cal a zillion years ago... Cal, KU, DePaul and now Miami. Dude has more lives that a cat.
2) Rick Pitino- Huge fan of RP since I was in HS. He is a bit older than me and I remember reading about this HS kid from Oyster Bay, Long Island who was a helluva player, and just a bit taller than me. Went on to have a great career at Umass and began his coaching life at BU in 1978 at 26 years old. Took Providence to the Final 4 in 85 with Billy Donovan at PG, a great run for sure. Had 2 stops in the NBA (not his calling) and then took KY to the Chip in 96 and Louisville in 2013. And now, he has lead the Iona Gaels to a 6-0 start amd most likely a top 25 ranking come nex week. They Beat #10 Bama last night 72-68 and they are the first MAC team to ever beat a top 10 team (0-119 before night). Oh, and he has now won a total of 42 games against top 10 opponents in is career.
So, how long before a somebody steps up, buys him out at Iona and hires him, and who will it be?
I was beyond dispointed when he screwed the pooch at Louisville and lost all respect for the guy. Still pisses me off to this day.
With that said, I still think he is one of the best, if not the best college coach today and if I needed one guy to coach one big game I would take RP over Coach K, Bill Self, or any other coach. Jeff Goodman said something like: he will beat you with his players, he will beat you with your players, and he will beat you at the YMCA with any players.
Enough of the rant.
1) Charlie Moore (remeber him?) is now at his 4th school since he broke in with Cal a zillion years ago... Cal, KU, DePaul and now Miami. Dude has more lives that a cat.
2) Rick Pitino- Huge fan of RP since I was in HS. He is a bit older than me and I remember reading about this HS kid from Oyster Bay, Long Island who was a helluva player, and just a bit taller than me. Went on to have a great career at Umass and began his coaching life at BU in 1978 at 26 years old. Took Providence to the Final 4 in 85 with Billy Donovan at PG, a great run for sure. Had 2 stops in the NBA (not his calling) and then took KY to the Chip in 96 and Louisville in 2013. And now, he has lead the Iona Gaels to a 6-0 start amd most likely a top 25 ranking come nex week. They Beat #10 Bama last night 72-68 and they are the first MAC team to ever beat a top 10 team (0-119 before night). Oh, and he has now won a total of 42 games against top 10 opponents in is career.
So, how long before a somebody steps up, buys him out at Iona and hires him, and who will it be?
I was beyond dispointed when he screwed the pooch at Louisville and lost all respect for the guy. Still pisses me off to this day.
With that said, I still think he is one of the best, if not the best college coach today and if I needed one guy to coach one big game I would take RP over Coach K, Bill Self, or any other coach. Jeff Goodman said something like: he will beat you with his players, he will beat you with your players, and he will beat you at the YMCA with any players.
Enough of the rant.
