Knicks · Rick Pitino approves of the Knicks moves (page 1)

EnySpree @ 2/24/2019 8:58 AM

For all you haters

Uptown @ 2/24/2019 9:06 AM
My all time favorite coach....the 1989 Knicks team aka the bomb squad was probably my favorite squad to watch...
Vmart @ 2/24/2019 11:11 AM
Looks like Rick looking for relevant work.
GustavBahler @ 2/24/2019 11:40 AM
Vmart wrote:Looks like Rick looking for relevant work.

When Pitino left the Knicks, he probably picked the only college program Knicks fans could understand him bailing on the team for, at the time. Kentucky was an even bigger deal back then. Got into trouble when his duties got beyond head coach.

Pitino's ego got the best of him. Would have been much better off just sticking to coaching, and let his resume do the recruiting for him.

Nalod @ 2/24/2019 12:59 PM
GustavBahler wrote:
Vmart wrote:Looks like Rick looking for relevant work.

When Pitino left the Knicks, he probably picked the only college program Knicks fans could understand him bailing on the team for, at the time. Kentucky was an even bigger deal back then. Got into trouble when his duties got beyond head coach.

Pitino's ego got the best of him. Would have been much better off just sticking to coaching, and let his resume do the recruiting for him.

Kentucky was then, and still a big deal but him going there was big for a brash north east kid!
The even bigger jump to run the Celtics and the enormous money and control he got in that era of starphuch coach/GM/President was also massive. Especially when your on the heels of Red Auerbach! It did not go well for him in Boston but over all he has made big money, has tasted glory and a HOF career. The thing in Louisville was unfortunate regardless of his blame or not. Only thing that bugs me out about him is plastic surgery....

GustavBahler @ 2/24/2019 1:23 PM
Nalod wrote:
GustavBahler wrote:
Vmart wrote:Looks like Rick looking for relevant work.

When Pitino left the Knicks, he probably picked the only college program Knicks fans could understand him bailing on the team for, at the time. Kentucky was an even bigger deal back then. Got into trouble when his duties got beyond head coach.

Pitino's ego got the best of him. Would have been much better off just sticking to coaching, and let his resume do the recruiting for him.

Kentucky was then, and still a big deal but him going there was big for a brash north east kid!
The even bigger jump to run the Celtics and the enormous money and control he got in that era of starphuch coach/GM/President was also massive. Especially when your on the heels of Red Auerbach! It did not go well for him in Boston but over all he has made big money, has tasted glory and a HOF career. The thing in Louisville was unfortunate regardless of his blame or not. Only thing that bugs me out about him is plastic surgery....

Kentucky took up more of the oxygen back then, before the 24/7 news cycle. Still a big deal though.

franco12 @ 2/24/2019 1:27 PM
Uptown wrote:My all time favorite coach....the 1989 Knicks team aka the bomb squad was probably my favorite squad to watch...

that was my favorite team as well - not all the talent in the world, but he went deep with the bench, the pressing and the constant effort.

I kinda thought our team this year could have played a similar style - at least as far as going deep into the bench since we had a lot of players that were ok, but not clear cut stars.

BigDaddyG @ 2/24/2019 2:07 PM
EnySpree wrote:

For all you haters


Oh, I though he was referring to the way we protected our guys during sex scandals, or the class Fisher showed supporting a former teammates ex- wife.
Seriously, his tenure as coach and GM was bad. Not the coaching part so much, but his job as GM was horrible.
Kemet @ 2/24/2019 6:23 PM
Vmart wrote:Looks like Rick looking for relevant work.

I was happy when Rick Pitino left the Knicks for college, it gave the Knicks the opportunity to hire a winning NBA head coach named Pat Riley.
Rick need to save his GM comments to him self .. I'm still pissed at Kentucky for not preparing Knox offense/defense performance to win in the NCAA.

Nalod @ 2/24/2019 11:29 PM
Kemet wrote:
Vmart wrote:Looks like Rick looking for relevant work.

I was happy when Rick Pitino left the Knicks for college, it gave the Knicks the opportunity to hire a winning NBA head coach named Pat Riley.
Rick need to save his GM comments to him self .. I'm still pissed at Kentucky for not preparing Knox offense/defense performance to win in the NCAA.

Not sure what your asking of Kentucky regarding knox, But you might want to thank Stu Jackson and John McCloud who coached the knicks after Pitino left for Kentucky.

Chandler @ 2/25/2019 9:41 AM
I'm always skeptical of college coaches especially if they have stacked teams.

Having said that, I recall Pitino pumping up D.Mitchell before the draft so perhaps he still has an eye for what succeeds in NBA

Nalod @ 2/25/2019 10:20 AM
Chandler wrote:I'm always skeptical of college coaches especially if they have stacked teams.

Having said that, I recall Pitino pumping up D.Mitchell before the draft so perhaps he still has an eye for what succeeds in NBA

What he knew about professional sex workers in the dorm does not speak to his basketball acumen. He has years and years of basketball experience. Even his failure as Celtic GM has benefits as perhaps they were learning experiences. The Joe Johnson trade hurt him. He tanked for Duncan, that did not work out.
Tanking does not mean your a bad coach. No advocatoing for him to run knicks. Rick was native to NYC and too bad he did not stick to build a pro legacy.
His ego was motivated and likely he would have clashed with a younger Dolan who was just learning the ropes.
Im not defending him as he likely bit off more than he could chew then. He has won chips at two different schools and is enshrined in the HOF.
Im not a fan per se, but Rick knows hoop.

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