Parrish: It could have been Pitino instead of Krzyszewski

So, again, Pitino spent eight seasons in the NBA.
And he still had 599 career victories through 25 seasons as a college coach.
Pitino accumulating 599 wins in 25 seasons means he's averaged 24 wins per season -- or one more win per season than the average of Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, the man on the verge of becoming the winningest coach in men's Division I history. If you use Pitino's average wins per season (24) and multiply it by the number of seasons he spent in the NBA (8), then take that number (192) and add it to his current win total (600), what you'll find is that it's reasonable to assume Pitino could be approaching 800 victories before the age of 60 and thus considered a real threat to break the record Krzyzewski will soon set given that he's five years younger than the Duke coach.

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That's cool and all...

But who cares really? If Pitino didn’t make the mistake of going to the NBA, he might not have ever ended up at Louisville. He’s still of future Hall-of-Famer, and by the way he’s been talking I think we’ll have him for another 4 years or so.

by DowntownCards on Nov 12, 2011 4:40 PM EST reply actions

Pitino

may also be thinking if he didnt take the opportunity to jump into the NBA his bank account may not be as large as what it currently is. Not that he would ever be hurting for money but the pay for NBA coaches is out of this world compared to college. Yeah he passed on a few college wins but made a few extra MILLION….. Plus he will most likely still end up in the hall of fame.

In the end I think he did okay regardless.

by lvl1 on Nov 12, 2011 9:58 PM EST reply actions