How good would Kentucky basketball be if Pitino had stayed?

both are slimy but i like Cal who comes across as less slimy. At least Cal has not been involved with a waitress at a restaurant and has not had his program implicated in the recruiting chit that has Lville not playing in the dance this year.

Yea Pitino would be an absolute legend had he stayed at UK and never went pro.

I wish he would've stayed, and I think Pitino wishes the same.

We dominated with Pitino.

We're doing pretty damn well Cal at the helm as well.

But, ya. We'd probably have another 'ship' or two if Pitino had stayed.

They would be enjoying the second greatest run in the history of college basketball.

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Why would the death of his brother in law frick him up so bad?

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They were best friends as well as brother-in-laws. Ever lost a sibling? It fricks with you. Anyway, it's why the UofL basketball dorm is named Minardi Hall and they host the Minardi Classic in his honor every year.

That's entirely possible as well.

Suppose Rick stayed, who does Louisville hire.

Cal would be my guess.

The bigger issues would be the intangibles, as such an implication would mean Rick would still be at UK today (highly improbable)

Having a black HC at UK and winning a NC assured a changed dynamic inside and outside of UK, with Pitino the whole time that never happens.

Billy Clyde never gets hired, which would be positive to UK.

I may be a minority but Rick and Tubby out the door was about a simple difference between a school like Kentucky / Indiana and Louisville / Texas Tech. While it has nothing to do directly with basketball it speaks volumes about what goes on at different schools and AD's offices.

Pitino out the door was just as expected as Tubby out the door, and both reflected the stance of UK against an offspring coaching after the parent. Both Rick and Tubby wanted their kids to follow in their footsteps and UK was pretty direct in not allowing this to happen. Only UK changing their stance, which I firmly believe will never happen, keep Rick at UK.

In short, your question is moot, as without his son, Rick does not stay.

Pitino is a better floor coach than Cal

I will always like Rick Pitino the coach. He's a better coach than Cal but not close to being as good a recruiter.

I wish he had stayed at UK. I think we would be even with UCLA in NCs by now.

I agree that Cal would probably have gone to Louisville. Imagine that.

Cal is 8-1 against Pitino since coming to UK and I think that's because UK will always get better players than the Ville, no matter who is coaching the Cats.