Shame on Iona

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Is that a serious question?

I think he is in his early 20's. Not everyone follows the personalities of college coaching or tracks the history.

[ilyazhito]

I'm 25. I know where Rick Pitino used to coach, but I don't know anything about his personality or actions. I read that he "resigned" from Louisville for recruiting issues, but I am not aware of why Iona College should be shamed for hiring him. If Bobby Knight, Bob Huggins, or any of the other coaches famous for abusing officials, was hired somewhere, I would be very much against it due to how he treats officials, but I don't know of any history with Pitino that relates to officials.

[JRutledge]

He is not being hired or not hired for his treatment of officials. He is being hired because he has been a very successful coach. He will bring attention to that school it has never had before and probably might get some kids to go to Iona that would not have considered them in the past. Let us not complicated this topic. Unless the NCAA takes specific action towards him, this is likely a decent hire.

Peace

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

I'm 25. I know where Rick Pitino used to coach, but I don't know anything about his personality or actions. I read that he "resigned" from Louisville for recruiting issues, but I am not aware of why Iona College should be shamed for hiring him. If Bobby Knight, Bob Huggins, or any of the other coaches famous for abusing officials, was hired somewhere, I would be very much against it due to how he treats officials, but I don't know of any history with Pitino that relates to officials.

No, he was fired for cause by Louisville.
The program was part of the FBI investigation into college basketball and the shoe companies, namely adidas.
The program was also flagged for a stripper scandal.
The 2013 National Championship was vacated. Louisville opted to not participate in the 2016 postseason.
Pitino himself was involved in a sex scandal at Louisville after admitting to having sex with a woman in a restaurant.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

No, he was fired for cause by Louisville.

Later, after he was fired, Louisville allowed him retroactively resign.

Also, is the capital of Kentucky called Louieville, or Louisville?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Later, after he was fired, Louisville allowed him retroactively resign.

Also, is the capital of Kentucky called Louieville, or Louisville?

Frankly, I don't care.

[justacoach]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Later, after he was fired, Louisville allowed him retroactively resign.

Also, is the capital of Kentucky called Louieville, or Louisville?

Hot Dog.....

Have you stopped abusing your chickens?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by justacoach

Have you stopped abusing your chickens?

Proud to say, yes I have.

Wait a minute?

No I haven't.

Wait?

Huh?

[SC Official]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Later, after he was fired, Louisville allowed him retroactively resign.

Also, is the capital of Kentucky called Louieville, or Louisville?

It’s actually called Frankfort.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Also, is the capital of Kentucky called Louieville, or Louisville?

Originally Posted by AremRed

The locals says Lew-uh-vul.

Nice try. Care to try again?

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Frankly ...

Originally Posted by SC Official

It’s actually called Frankfort.

Excellent.

After more than thirty years in the classroom, I have a plethora of middle school jokes.

Every year my eighth graders were asked by their U.S. History teacher to pick a U.S. president and write "president report". The students would enter my science class talking about which president they would choose. I always suggested my favorite president, Benjamin Franklin, who before becoming president, invented the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, was a printer and a publisher, founded post offices and libraries, and studied electricity and ocean currents. And, after all, he is famously pictured on the one-hundred dollar bill.

Every year a few students would take me seriously, some middle school kids can be overly trusting of teachers and can be very gullible. After a few years of doing this the history teacher actually came down to my science classroom one day and scolded me in front of my students.

I deserved it.

[ilyazhito]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Later, after he was fired, Louisville allowed him retroactively resign.

Also, is the capital of Kentucky called Louieville, or Louisville?

That's why I put resign in scare quotes. He was allowed to resign to save face, but that doesn't hide the fact that he was effectively fired.

Can we delete this thread?

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

That's why I put resign in scare quotes. He was allowed to resign to save face, but that doesn't hide the fact that he was effectively fired.

Can we delete this thread?

Just ignore the thread.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

That's why I put resign in scare quotes.

Response was to Nevadaref, not to ilyazhito.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

No, he was fired for cause by Louisville.