Wayne Blackshear Is Practicing And Other Rick Pitino Radio Show Notes
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 12, 2012 8:06 PM EST
in Basketball
Email
PrintRick Pitino took part in his weekly radio show with Paul Rogers Thursday night and spoke about the loss to Providence, the health of Wayne Blackshear and took questions from fans.
As might have been expected, the first two callers were both very critical, which left Pitino sounding at least a bit defensive for the remainder of the show. He acknowledged the frustrations of the fans, but backed that up by saying the team and the coaches were even more frustrated.
Here are the main topics that U of L's head basketball coach touched on:
--Wayne Blackshear has been cleared by doctors to begin practicing in full with the rest of the team and he practiced today. Pitino says that in order for Blackshear to see the floor in a game he needs to lose ten pounds in two weeks.
(Translation: Wayne Blackshear will be playing in two weeks at the latest.)
--The players held a team meeting after the Providence game, and they understand that something like that can't happen again.
--Pitino's new formula for making the NCAA Tournament: win all seven remaining home games and steal two on the road.
--Gorgui Dieng and Kyle Kuric are having "solid" seasons. He would give them both "Bs." Nobody else is having a very good year.
--It's time to stop talking about Peyton Siva's shot, we just have to get him playing better in every other aspect of the game.
--He might start utilizing a smaller lineup in part to help create more shots for Kyle Kuric. Also says there needs to be more motion in halfcourt sets and better passing on the perimeter. We played our best basketball last year with Kyle at the four and Chris at the three, so going small is always an option.
--Reiterates his belief that the offense is not the problem. "This same offense got us to 12-0."
--If something like Tuesday's game would have been going on last year, Preston would have stepped in at some point and not let it happen. Luke Hancock is kind of like Preston in that regard, but overall this isn't that type of team.
--Wayne Blackshear hasn't played basketball in almost a year so the best case scenario right now is that he is just a serviceable player by mid-February. Having him would help a lot because it would give them more size at the three and allow Kyle to play more at the four.
--He can tell how frustrated the fans are by their questions. "They have no idea how frustrated the team and the coaches are."
--We played well against Georgetown and Notre Dame, Georgetown is just very tough and Notre Dame played very well. "We've played one bad game."
--The assistant coaches have done a fabulous job. They were great when we were 12-0 and they're great now. We've had one bad game as coaches and the team has had one bad game as players.
--The only pressure he feels is self-inflicted.
--(Asked if he feels pressure to go deep in the NCAA Tournament) "We're just trying to make the NCAA Tournament."
--He wishes he could play Zach Price and Angel Nunez, but they're just not ready. "We see them every day in practice, and believe me, they're not ready."
--We foul more when we play man-to-man, which is why we've been playing more zone. We have to keep Gorgui Dieng out of foul trouble. It's absolutely crucial.
--If we can just get this team feeling good about themselves then he thinks they'll start making some more shots.
--"The easiest thing to be is a critic. There were no critics three weeks ago."
--Says he's not going to be negative about this basketball team. They've given exceptional effort in every game but one this season and they're going to give an exceptional effort on Saturday.
134 comments
|
0 recs |
Do you like this story?
Comments
I admit
I was EXTREMELY upset after the loss to Notre Dame. To follow that up with the absolute drubbing we received at the hands of Providence, I was beside myself. Pitino makes a great point though, we were all loving this team 3 weeks ago. I still love my Cards. Upset about the current climate of the team but hoping for the best and hoping that someone will take on the leadership role and get the team TOGETHER again. Like Queen Latifah said, U-N-I-T-Y. My apologies for the QL reference. I’m still in mourning over the Providence loss.
I don't know if we were all "loving this team"
I heard alot of people talking about how poor we played against those weaker teams.
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.
by LvillefaninLex on Jan 12, 2012 8:50 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
many of us thought we were way overrated
Winning was great but we won several games in the last two minutes that we could have (perhaps should have) lost. And I know someone in the local media who was far less optimistic.
I wasn't happy with this team 3 weeks ago
I started to see this coming when we played WKU.
by CardinalCory on Jan 12, 2012 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
This is the offense that got us to 12-0, but I believe I recall most fans being not that happy with the offense.
I hate losing, but it sounds like this may be the horrible loss this team needed to get it’s shit turned around. Good thing that there was a players only meeting. However, the coaches should have been tweaking the offense long before this.
Lastly, Pitino does not do himself any favors when he talks to the media/fans.
Rusty or not, talent doesn't disappear
If Wayne is healthy, let’s get him on the floor once he gets a few real practices under his belt. I suspect that is what CRP really means when he says that he has to lose 10 pounds.
There is plenty of time to turn things around, especially if we can get WB up to speed over the next few weeks. But we’ve got to find a way to get things clicking offensively.
by cardsinindy2010 on Jan 12, 2012 8:19 PM EST reply actions
I love that Angel Nunez
is a weak, defensive liability and will not play because of this. If CRP didn’t notice, his team just gave up 90 points to Providence. This zone press has been chewed through all year long and has really been exposed. I have a feeling that Angel would put forth the same defensive intensity as Kuric, Siva, anyone. Maybe he’s physically weak, but I think having someone—anyone—who could knock down an open shot on a regular basis would help this team tremendously.
I still have a lot of faith in CRP, but it’s getting harder to come by every day. I’m just tired. Tired of the “motivate through the media” BS. Tired of not getting to see guys that Pitino recruits and lauds as “the next Francisco Garcia”. Tired of hearing that a guy who makes $7 million dollars and has the best facilities in America has a prized 5 star recruit who won’t contribute partly because he got fat. Really?
I’m still hopeful that something positive can come out of this season, but I’ve got to tell you that I’m seriously concerned that DePaul will come in and beat us by 15 Saturday. To add to my anxiety, Pitino seemed a little too nonchalant for my taste. I’m not calling for Pitino’s head and I agree with your analysis that his seat will not and should not begin to warm for a long while. That being said, this team and staff have a lot to figure out in the coming weeks.
by Slick Tick Rodgers on Jan 12, 2012 8:20 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
You're far from alone on the "play Nunez" train
Perimeter shooting is one of our biggest weaknesses, and it is his biggest strength. Seems like we could figure something out.
by cardsinindy2010 on Jan 12, 2012 8:24 PM EST up reply actions
Why can't he just be like a Will Scott "designated shooter" at least to start?
Bring him in on possessions where you can easily swap him out on defense. It would give Kuric a little break and help speed Nunez’s development.
by Ellis from Compton on Jan 12, 2012 8:30 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly - there has to be a way to get him some minutes and give Kyle a rest
Would also help Kyle’s legs and his shooting %.
by cardsinindy2010 on Jan 12, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
This
If will “the favor” Scott ever got one minute on the team that won the big east, Nunez should be playing now
Kind of random, but
You’re second paragraph reminded me of this song so much. I guess it could refer to how we all feel about this team if you changed the lyrics up a bit.
by LouisvilleWarLord on Jan 12, 2012 10:21 PM EST up reply actions
I'll just be quiet now...
In fear that HCRP will come to my house & tie me to a chair in my basement & leave me for dead.
Head of ADHD Operations
Follow @toddnburks
by tnatburks on Jan 12, 2012 8:22 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Saw the pic and just started trying to think of a good quote while I read the comments...
You nailed it.
I was going to to along the lines of
“but I know that you know that I know that…”
So I’ll drink from this cup…
GO! CARDS!
BEAT!
PURDUE!
he is indeed
But if he wasn’t, I’d feel the same way.
Head of ADHD Operations
Follow @toddnburks
by tnatburks on Jan 12, 2012 10:18 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Troubling comments to me are..................
1. he still thinks the offense is fine – this is most troubling and borders on denial.
2. sounds like he has given up on Siva having a decent jump shot and if that’s true, it does not bode well for our offense
3. Blackshear can’t play until he loses 10 lbs. I can’t understand his absolute obsession with weight and body fat. I have news for him, we are NOT running the fast paced, over mid court in 3 seconds, etc he spoke of earlier. If the kid is a 5 star offensive game changer, we need him in there now. He can lose that 10 lbs in the game.
4. Angel needs to get more minutes. Let the zone defense help cover for any defensive deficiencies. Plus, after having given up 90 points to Providence, the defense without him hasn’t been all that great.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 8:27 PM EST reply actions
Also, his comment that we were fine with the offense when we were 12-0 is flat out untrue.
Many of us lamented that even though we were winning, we were scoring less than 70 points a game in over half of those wins. Additionally, our field goal percentage is down from last year and our 3pt FG% has been awful. We may have been winning, but our offense has been anything but fine.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
1) agree. He is in total spin mode and is lying through his teeth – “offense is fine but here’s how I’m going to fix it”
2) agree. Total BS. He’s paid to develop our players, among other things.
3) disagree. He is obsessed with the weight thing, but being out of shape can cause injuries, and WB has proven he’s injury prone. Maybe not 10lbs, but needs to be conditioned
4) agree
I love Pitino and think he is a great coach,
but now that we have the straight talking HCCS its just hard to listen to him not answer any questions.
by muss02 on Jan 12, 2012 8:30 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
I think the straightforwardness of Strong has definitely sullied
the fans on “Pitino-ese” that much more.
by Mike Rutherford on Jan 12, 2012 8:32 PM EST up reply actions
^This, this all MF'n day long.
I caught the last few minutes of his show on my way home.
A fan called in and specifically asked Rick what he could do better. His answer?
“The assistants are doing a great job, spin-spin-spin, no one had a problem a few weeks ago, spin-spin-spin.”
I don’t know if it would make anyone feel any better at all,… but, the next time CRP stands up and takes personal responsibility for the poor performance of this team will be the first time.
I honestly think, at least it’s true with me, that people get even more frustrated with him that the reasons we’re playing poorly are always: “This player needs to do this, that player needs to do that, the players need to do this better, the other team (this one really pisses me off) was really good at XYZ.
It’s never
”The staff just didn’t do a good job getting them ready, or I didn’t have them prepared."
Makes me really upset that he berates players, even when they play well, but nothing is ever his fault.
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
Follow @ChickStratino
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jan 12, 2012 10:43 PM EST up reply actions
He did own up to
He and the coaches having a bad game against Providence. Just sayin.
"bette passing"
You need to keep the typo this way… you can hear Rick saying it.
by guyngreen on Jan 12, 2012 8:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Not buying the Pitino talk.
This guy is a pro at this sort of stuff.
by Louisvillegocards on Jan 12, 2012 8:37 PM EST reply actions
agreed
Head of ADHD Operations
Follow @toddnburks
by tnatburks on Jan 12, 2012 10:23 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
im ashamed of u guys
Still don’t understand Pitino or coaching,,if you can’t see pitino doing everything to lower YOU GUYS expectations of wb your idiots. ,if he would say Wayne looks great, lookin Like the fivestar old self, than our ignorant fans would expect this kid coming off an injury to not only start game 1 but to put up 25 points. I hate the coach bashing. You can always tell the difference between people who have played sports to those who haven’t..what kills me is the fact that here in this little town of Louisville, we are lucky enough to have a hall of fame first ballot coach, whom also has held the three biggest jobs in basketball,,UK, KNICKS, AND CELTICS..and the majority of our fans think they deserve better.! Lmao go cards, I know what your saying coach p
by HaHaSypher on Jan 12, 2012 8:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions
So... Wayne Blackshear is still fat?
I saw a video where Siva got real fat and he was good to go in like 3 minutes.
by cardchomp on Jan 12, 2012 8:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
playing a smaller line up
Sorry I’m not a coach, but I can see were being out rebounded by a dramatic number. I could understand if we shot 50+%
Semper Fi
by usmcCARDS on Jan 12, 2012 8:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The poorer you shoot, the more likely you are to be outrebounded because of how many defensive rebounds there are for the other team to get.
by James Sutherland on Jan 12, 2012 8:44 PM EST up reply actions
i understand that concept
just dont see how its going to improve us. if we cant shoot, why wouldnt we put someone in there to rebound and we might actually get some second chance points. smaller lineup + poor shooting = even larger rebounding margin.
Semper Fi
Exactly
We got smoked on the boards versus Providence because we couldn’t drop it in the ocean. We out-rebounded many teams last season we should have never out-rebounded because we could make shots. Playing small won’t hurt are rebounding one bit if all of our guards rebound like they did last season, like C5 and Peyton. I’m all for playing small, it worked last season, and if it’s not working, we have the size to not HAVE to play small, so we can call an audible.
by FrankensteinsJacket on Jan 12, 2012 11:47 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry about that. Damn iPhone!
Didn’t pitino just say before the providence game that our inside game was our strength and we needed to feed chane and I’m not a fan of bashing pitino because I can’t think of hardly anyone else that would satisfy cards fans. I can’t think of another coach who has a big personality that’s a good recruiter, a great x’s and o’s coach, that is great with the media. And most importantly will we ever find a coach who absolutely loves Louisville as much as coach P? Or Denny Crum for that matter, we have gotten spoiled in the last what 40 years.
by 5-0card on Jan 13, 2012 8:50 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
One more thing
anyone think that his idea of using Kyle at the 4 and CS5 at the 3 would get us out-rebounded by 20+
besides Gorgui
KK- 6’4
CS5 – 6’2
Russ – 6’0
Siva – 6-0
We might never get a rebound
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 8:43 PM EST reply actions
We're already getting outrebounded. We played that last year, and we looked about 10x better than we look right now.
by James Sutherland on Jan 12, 2012 8:45 PM EST up reply actions
If the small lineup involves WB, keep in mind that he is an athletic beast
And was a helluva high school rebounder. I don’t think our rebounding would be as weak as last year with WB in the lineup and Gorgui at the 5.
by cardsinindy2010 on Jan 12, 2012 8:47 PM EST up reply actions
I agree. Dunno how effective Blackshear will be right off the bat, but I think this lineup is worth a shot.
There’s also no reason Swop can’t come in at the 3. That’s a weird place for your second tallest player on the court but at this point, what the hell.
by James Sutherland on Jan 12, 2012 8:50 PM EST up reply actions
no he's not ---- he's 427 pounds overweight
On the other hand that could be described as a beast of sorts
At this point I am willling to try anything, but I am on record that this lineup could give up tons of boards.
And if you give a team enough second shots they will kill you.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
I can't recall a game where we were outrebounded by double digits and won.
There may be one somewhere, but even if there is, they would be very few.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
You're probably right but that's what the UL roster says.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 11:10 PM EST up reply actions
Wes Unseld was 6' 8" and 245
except he told me he was 6’ 6 1/2" and after losing around 20 pounds during the season would finish at 265. We had one guy who I can’t remember grow 4" during his career and they never changed his bio. Never, ever believe the published roster.
If you bash me for this
I can take it. Call me a fair weather fan or whatever. I’m 45 and have been a Louisville fan since I could hold a basketball without falling over from the weight of it. But I’m starting to check out on the CRP era and moving more toward being a Louisville Football fan first. It’s always been about 70-30 in favor of basketball (my split between which of the 2 sports I honestly care about the most). I guess that makes me about like most UofL fans. It’s not like I WANT to stop caring so much about basketball. I’m saying that if I’m totally honest, that’s what is happening as the years roll by and CRP fails to take a team to the grand stage. I don’t want to lower my expectations. This is LOUISVILLE. We have 7 Final Fours and 2 NC’s in my lifetime. We are an elite program. I will not settle for good-to-very good. I expect excellence. I realize that’s on me, but it is not without justification. So I can feel this happening and I’m pretty powerless to stop it. I’m paying more attention to football recruiting and looking ahead to August a whole lot sooner than I can ever remember. I’m checking out on basketball. Maybe it’ll be temporary. If this team gets it together and makes a run, I’ll be right there cheering my balls off. Those of you who never wavered can kick my ass over it. I’ll take it because I will know you were right. But right now and if I’m honest for a couple of years now, this has been coming. If it can happen to a guy my age who has almost 40 years of fandom behind him (talking HARDCORE fandom here), I’m sure there are a lot more just like me. I would rather check out than allow my expectations to lower because we have a coach who seems to have lost his grip or his edge or whatever it is. He did a masterful job in the regular season last year and even the year before, but the uninspired play in the 1st Round of the Dance was unacceptable. Something is not right. And it’s not just a recent thing.
You are not alone. I have been a fan for just over 40 years and have never followed football as much as I do now.
Granted things like this site make the info readily available on recruiting, injuries, etc., but basketball was always #1. It still is, but although I am no Pitino hater, I am tiring of his system and his comments. The crap he spouts in these pressers is so different from Coach Strong. Recall when the football team was reeling, Strong admitted the problems, took responsibility, and got it fixed. That is what I would like to see and hear from Rick, and we just don’t hear that. And likely won’t. It’s just not his style.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 12, 2012 9:01 PM EST up reply actions
We're all( well not really me) a little angry right now.
If you support the team as well as rag on the coach, I don’t care.
Remember the Beef Bowl!
by HorsePig55 on Jan 12, 2012 9:25 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
it's understandable to feel that way, nothing to bash you for
(Although I attributed my own recent increases in football interest to HCCS and Mike’s writing skills more than our round ball debacles.) I teach my kids, it’s always ok to feel what you feel, however what matters most is what you DO. Feel bad, but support the team. Mine are all still in elementary but all 3 already are Cards fans (and we live north of Indy). I’ll be damned if I’ll let them grow up being fair weather fans. Nope. We vent here, then we go right back out and cheer our boys — and our coach — onward.
Same age
Feel the same way…..
by prestonville on Jan 12, 2012 9:56 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
So mean lately
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
Follow @ChickStratino
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jan 13, 2012 12:03 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So unlike her,... where has our sweet little girl with the "Go Cards Attitude" gone?
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
Follow @ChickStratino
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jan 13, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
I am the Cards sweet little girl.
At this point, you crazy people think a Go Cards Attitude is mean. Who care. We the Ville.
by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Jan 13, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
It was a UK fan.
I am not to be taken out of context.
by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Jan 13, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
yep
I have had season basketball tickets since 1953 when I was nine. CRP did a great job last year but then there was Morehead. And the year before Cal. And he was outcoached by Izzo before that. I don’t like that at all but if there were any humility, any confession that he and or the coaching staff didn’t prepare well or adjust well, if there were any words of that nature instead of ego and sarcasm I could live with what is going on now a lot easier.
Yep
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
Follow @ChickStratino
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jan 13, 2012 12:04 AM EST up reply actions
so youre one of the people that checked out on our football program during Krag era?
hmm…. fair weather boo bird
That's not exactly fair GW.
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
Follow @ChickStratino
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jan 13, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
Still skeptical.
Bottom line if CRP doesnt let others contribute “Goodbye Season.”
Go! Cards!
Someone please remind Pitino that big fat guys can win titles, too
by Ellis from Compton on Jan 12, 2012 9:35 PM EST reply actions
RIP ESCALADE
Head of ADHD Operations
Follow @toddnburks
by tnatburks on Jan 12, 2012 10:31 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I'm sick to death of this...
WE ARE LOUISVILLE!!!! As I sat in class Tuesday night (in Mayfield, KY) & checked the score, the rest of my night & the next day were just sick. Sunday will be my 40th birthday & the 1 year anniversary of the Marquette comback (which I was present for!). I’m not so sure about DePaul…I’m afraid we’ll struggle to win or even lose. Again guys, WB will not help us this year…
Wow. Another Mayfield Louisville fan.
Mayfield is my hometown and where I lived before I came here to U of L. Nice to see that there are other U of L fans from the Jackson Perchase region.
by BetaCard466 on Jan 13, 2012 12:52 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
The rest of this season is a 50/50 coin toss, we could start winning a bunch of games again or we could lose a lot of them.
It will have little to do with Blackshear, the offense, the defense or Price/Nunez. The main issue is the personal problems that players seem to have with each other. If CRP can get this team working together again, then we can beat anyone, if he can’t, the Big East will destroy us.
Hey Rick! You said their weren’t any critics three weeks ago… Know what? There weren’t any team chemistry issues 3 weeks ago either… you might want to start there…
I agree
with some of the other post that say if the small lineup includes Blackshear, that would set it off. Rebounding would suffer but wouldnt no 4 man be able to hold Kuric
by Reppinthaville21 on Jan 12, 2012 10:46 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Listen to Rick right this minute:
Get off Peyton’s shot, and Zach and Angel aren’t good enough.
Nobody better bring up those two things again.
by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Jan 12, 2012 11:04 PM EST reply actions
Angel needs to play more, get on tht train
Fool's names are like their faces, often seen in public places.
Follow @ChickStratino
by Chick-Stratino'sUrDaddy on Jan 13, 2012 12:05 AM EST up reply actions
That makes no sense
Coming from you, no surprising.
by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Jan 13, 2012 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Time will tell
After Depaul Day it gets really ugly. Marquette is no push over and the rest are even better. If CRP can pull things together hes a legend. If not the seat just got a little warmer.
"Winning gets you where you want to go"
-CS5-
Pitino and warm seat shouldn't be in the same sentence.
Let’s be honest, as Mike repeatedly states, Pitino isn’t getting fired anytime time soon. His hot seat is directly correlated to the fans and the fans only and not even ALL THE FANS just some bitter fans who have high expectations and can’t handle not winning a title. I’m on the same boat but I love Pitino and there isn’t a coach I’d rather have in America. Right here. Right now. Card Nation.
Once Upon a Time...
When I was growing up, there wasn’t an Internet to discuss, critique and breakdown every minute facet of the game, who the players were dating, what whoever’s dad was posting on facebook (there was no facebook). I get we’re all a little antsy/fed-up after that debacle in Rhode Island, I get we have concerns, but there comes a point when it can be over-analysis. I’m with you on Pitino. Not that I don’t have questions, but let’s play some more ball. Rick’s been in this line of work for quite some time now, and if I can only guarantee one thing it’s this: no one cares more about it than he does.
by FrankensteinsJacket on Jan 13, 2012 4:50 AM EST up reply actions
The funny thing about the internet
It is a great equalizer, information is available to all. Is your press working? Is your offense organized? Anybody can check and look at statistics. It gives you all the information, not just the spin and hype they want to feed you. How did Saban beat the crap out of Miles? HE CHANGED HIS GAME. Rick has done the same stuff, similar players for 10 years now. Successful coaches keep their assistants. Ricks staff is a revolving door. The program down 64 recruits a few stars and plays them 40 minutes. Elite 8, Final Four. What does Rick do? Recruits hordes and plays them seconds. Pounds them to a pulp on the treadmill and in practice. Lose first round, best player jumps early. Next year, best player breaks foot, bounced by Morehead. We are currently playing in the 8 to 11 seed range, if not NIT. Can you really swallow that, with THIS class?
by Chip Constant on Jan 13, 2012 7:57 AM EST up reply actions
last year we lost our best player and got beat...
Let’s think about another team that would have lost 1st round without their best player..hmmmm. OH YEAH! That team “down 65”. Guess preston’s foot breaking is rick’s fault…. its also funny how these player that jump early stay close to our program. Samardo practiced this preseason with our team. He left early to take care of his family… guess that’s rick’s fault too
by BirdsWithTeeth! on Jan 13, 2012 8:45 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
sick of excuses
I am sick of RP blaming the players, the fans, the media, 9/11, the phases of the moon, etc, etc, etc.
Player health is within the coaches responsibility. Why do we have all of these freak injuries? Could it be the MMA helmets in practice? The treadmill? HIS SYSTEM?
10 years. 1 FF 2005, an E8 choke in 2009. Good enough for you? Who gets a raise with a record like that?
I am just finished with RP. Enough excuses. Get it done, or get out.
by Chip Constant on Jan 13, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions
"there were no critics 3 weeks ago"
Yeah, well you were undefeated 3 weeks ago. Times change. Do you?
Everyone was criticising 3 weeks ago
Only beating WKU by 10 when having to battle hard for those 10 pts?
Ohio by 5
Charleston by 7
We beat SJU but they missed all their shots, imagine if they had a Providence night…
Sorry but these crappy victories and countless losses all seemed to come eerily close to when Point Guard Lord and Savoir Kevin Ware was cleared to practice.
Sorry but just following that kids recruiting trail was bad enough. We should have seen this coming.
Everyone is worried about changing lineups and playing freshman, but this team is just not meshing.
This is the biggest issue that we have right now. On an individual level, these guys don’t believe in their teammates or in their selves for that matter. If you can’t trust the guy next to you then the team will fail. They need to know that all the players have their back when on the floor.
This team needs to figure itself out, until then nothing will matter (including a lineup change). Just my $0.02.
-Dustin
Agreed
One of the biggest if not the main reason the team exceeded expectations last year, and for sure with the 05 team was cohesiveness. Without that? I shudder at the thought.
by twistedwedge on Jan 13, 2012 12:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
R U Serious?
Rick thinks we were happy with the team before??? I’ve felt like we’ve cheated the world with our ranking, close games, no offence and lack of a game plan to turn it around. WKU almost gave it to us… I used to think this was all apart of Rick’s master plan and he would magically produce an offence for the UK game… didn’t happen and still hasn’t. I am a little relived to know at least the team met about it, but…
Rick has produced an offense. Unfortunately, this is it.
by Carolina Cardinal on Jan 13, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
UL men's basketball is in a offensive slump,
and CChloid’s are in a spell check slump. Anger really seems to bring out a lot of run on sentences, misspelled words and lack of punctuation marks.
Rage does not stop for grammar.
It bludgeons it to death with a comma.
by CardinalDude on Jan 13, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
One thing about Pitino that has bothered me is the way he looks at fans as having inferior or irrelevant opinions
He’s quick to go on defense at the mere mention of a message board. I remember one time he responded to a reporter: “I don’t read’em. And you’re too intelligent, and I’m too intelligent to quote a message board, so quote me something else.” I mean shit, how arrogant and prickly is that? Does he not realize over 20,000 people come to the arena to watch the team play step for step and thousands watching on TV at home. Some older than he is. Does he not realize some of us know the game of basketball pretty damn good and support this program with MONEY, therefore not only have every right to say whatever the hell we feel like, but are validated to receive serious answers to our questions and honest feedback to our comments?
I honestly feel like I’m on the verge of turning the corner with Rick. I’ve loved and defended him since day 1, but seriously, I’m getting tired of the bullshit Pitino speak and his attitude towards the fans. We stuff that wad of cash in your pockets. You shouldn’t address us any differently than you would Tom Jurich or Dr. Ramsey. Reality check: You’re no better than anyone else. Now, get your ass out there and take care of business before we fire you. Think that’s funny? Ask your buddy Steve Kragthorpe on who sent him packing from Louisville. Jurich was just the messenger. The fans fired his ass by not showing up for games and the ones who did were Bagging Krag, leaving Tom no other choice.
Bleh, anyway, I hope Rick isn’t blowing more smoke up our asses by saying the problems that have been plaguing this team are miraculously fixed. I don’t ever, ever want to see anything as miserable as our performance against Providence. It’s one thing to go out there and bust your asses and lose to a better team (the 2005-06 team knew all about that). It’s entirely something else to go out and embarrass this program by quitting against one of the worst teams in the league.
Honestly, after reading over my comments I thought about not even posting them. But, you know what, screw it. I’m a true fan and deserve to have my voice heard. * POST *
________________________________________________
www.lordkayoss.com
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
Related FanPosts on Card Chronicle
Related FanShots on Card Chronicle
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
