OT: Rick Pitino wins another championship
I thought cheaters never prosper?
http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26019111/rick-pitino-team-captures-greek-cup-title
Anyway, I am going to gift him with a congratulatory framed portrait...
February 17th, 2019 at 5:49 PM ^
The block was clean and the Greek coach isn't!
February 17th, 2019 at 5:50 PM ^
Your gift to him is a framed picture of Putin riding a horse?
February 17th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
It’s a personal touch.
February 17th, 2019 at 5:59 PM ^
...cuz Vlad is the only true "Pony Conquerer".
February 17th, 2019 at 7:11 PM ^
Y’all must be mistaken.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
Whoa Nelllllly! - Thrice dead (& still dead?) Kieth Jackson
February 17th, 2019 at 6:59 PM ^
Too soon. He died in January.
February 17th, 2019 at 8:27 PM ^
EVERY January... apparently.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
That horse painting is a phony. Putin always rides shirtless.
February 18th, 2019 at 8:04 PM ^
"Putin always rides shirtless" - ?
I've heard that when Putin rides bulls, he always wears a bullshirt.
February 18th, 2019 at 6:59 AM ^
Username checks out
February 17th, 2019 at 5:56 PM ^
Shirtless (giving the shirt off his back...)?
February 17th, 2019 at 5:57 PM ^
Shirtless (giving the shirt off his back...)?
(edit - forsaken iphone ios submission dbl click ...pardon the interuption)
February 17th, 2019 at 5:59 PM ^
I hate Pitino as much as the next guy, but lets be honest, the guy was made an example of by the powers that be. He was a sacrificial lamb given up to the wolves because of his soiled past. I want the axe to fall on the other cheaters(coach k, williams, self and that itch calipari).
February 17th, 2019 at 6:09 PM ^
I agree. Pitino was no more shady than at least a half-dozen of his peers.
February 17th, 2019 at 7:48 PM ^
I wish they would’ve let Chaney get in the face of Calipari back when he was at UMass. That video still rates high for me. Its right up there with Rome calling Jim Everett Chris.
February 17th, 2019 at 9:39 PM ^
Haha. I love both those videos. Remember before YouTube, the only place you’d see those videos was if ESPN showed them again during sports center or something.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:11 PM ^
Pitino is by no means the only cheater, but he got caught cheating while on probation for cheating. He forced his own exile.
February 17th, 2019 at 7:13 PM ^
Many years ago, one episode of The Tonight Show had a Headlines segment where one of them was "Man Gets Probation For Violating Probation". I have come to realize in the intervening time that this is essentially what the normal NCAA modus operandi is unless it serves their purpose to come after you with more vigor.
February 18th, 2019 at 7:52 AM ^
So you’re fine as long as you don’t stretch too much.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:13 PM ^
I've always felt the same way about Pitino. I feel like he's looked at like Al Pacino in Devil's Advocate, but he's not really that horrible of a dude. Yeah, he cheats (in multiple facets of life), but it always has seemed that he has been cast as way more scummy than he is. I am not defending the man, just saying I don't think the guy is as bad of a human as opposing fanbases make him out to be
Edit: that may not have been a great response to your point, but the way we view Roy, K, Cal, and Self is way more highly than Pitino. Pitino just kind of looks like a stereotypical mob villain in a movie
February 17th, 2019 at 6:21 PM ^
Everyone else is doing it is not a good defense.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:25 PM ^
We're not talking about horrific crimes though. I'm sorry but cheating in NCAA is in the back of my mind when I think about crimes that are being committed on a daily basis in America.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:32 PM ^
It's like we're talking about two completely different things and trying to draw a false equivalence would be silly.
February 18th, 2019 at 10:31 PM ^
I wasnt saying "everybody is doing it too" as a defense to doing it. I was saying in terms of the perception he gets vs other guys that probably cheat just as much as he does.
He committed NCAA violations. He's not Satan.
February 17th, 2019 at 8:29 PM ^
That defense is the defense of choice... for six year olds.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:23 PM ^
This was after the last team they played walked out due to shitty officiating. Too bad we didn't do the same after the spot versus osu.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:53 PM ^
Wins another championship due to suspect officiating, again.
February 17th, 2019 at 6:55 PM ^
the officials were intimidated. you would be too.
February 17th, 2019 at 7:53 PM ^
"He won two NCAA titles, with Kentucky in 1996 and Louisville in 2013."
Not according to the NCAA!
February 17th, 2019 at 7:56 PM ^
February 17th, 2019 at 8:51 PM ^
He is one of my least favorite coaches and human beings.
February 17th, 2019 at 9:37 PM ^
February 17th, 2019 at 9:56 PM ^
Touche!
February 17th, 2019 at 10:19 PM ^
That new trophy will look great next to his last
February 18th, 2019 at 7:51 AM ^
He’ll have to vacate this one too.
February 18th, 2019 at 9:03 AM ^
rumor has it he celebrated by knocking up a waitress at a Greek restaurant after the game.
His wife claims all accusations are false, if he were to pay for an abortion, it was just an act of charity.