Rick Pitino

Submitted by Wolverine96 on
After reading the semi-torid details of the extortion plot against Pitino, I for one am glad we did not hire him as basketball coach. Affair, Sex in a restaurant, abortion paid for by Pitino. With the media gunning for the Michigan program right now a situation like this would be ruinious. I can only imagine the Sharp/Rosenberg articles that would've resulted. Thank goodness for small favors.
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Rick Pitino

West Texas Blue

August 12th, 2009 at 10:12 AM ^

From 2001 - 2009 Louisville 197-72 (0.732), one Final Four, 2 Elite Eight appearances Michigan 139-120 (0.536), one NCAA tournament appearance Before this past basketball season, Michigan fans have been kicking themselves for us not landing Pitino, as the records above show. We've seen what Beilein can do, but we had to wait nearly an entire decade to recover.

Joined: 06/30/2008

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jmblue

August 12th, 2009 at 1:20 PM ^

Back in 2001 I was hoping we'd hire him. I even signed the petition to Bill Martin about it that was going around on the Diag. I'm sure he'd have done better than Amaker. But I don't know if I'd swap Beilein for him (and not because of this sordid episode). Beilein is that good.

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Tater

August 12th, 2009 at 1:35 PM ^

Maybe Martin realized that Pitino comes with a lot of baggage and wanted to ensure that there wasn't another UM basketball scandal on his watch. If trust was the main issue, I would certainly have to agree with Martin on this one.

Joined: 08/13/2008

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sjs1984

August 12th, 2009 at 2:21 PM ^

I think she was hot...really hot.. just saw video of her on ESPN. Pitino was unlucky due to the post-party results....... question though... is he married with kids? If so... he has bad character, bad luck (pregnancy, phycho barbie doll syndrome), but.... IDK... I know I am married with kids and would not make the decision he did...what would you do?

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