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03-21-21 12:35 AM - Post#322342
In response to mrjames
Some interesting comments from Rick Pitino about the benefits for a high-major coach working at a mid-major school following Iona's loss earlier today.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketba ll/story...
- Pitino coached Louisville from 2001 to 2017, winning a national title and reaching three Final Fours and six Elite Eights. He was fired in October 2017 amid a federal investigation into fraud and corruption in college basketball. Pitino seemed to reference his departure Saturday, saying, "I'm not turned off by the big programs, I'm turned off about what happened to me."
"It's no longer about me trying to move up any ladders, make more money," he added. "I'm at a great place in my life. I can coach six, seven more years, God willing, just try to make young men better, try to make the program reach heights it's never reached. That's all I have planned. It's a great place to be. There's some things that suck about being 68. The great thing about it is being at Iona, being able to teach with nobody bothering you, just make the players better." -
- "I want to take a smaller school, like a Providence, like an Iona, a small school and try to make it big," said Pitino, who made his first Final Four as Providence's coach in 1987. "But I wanted no part of any of that other, I had enough of that. It turned me off, to be quite honest with you, in a lot of different areas. I now don't have to look over my shoulder and see who I'm going to trust, who I'm not going to trust.
"I'm in heaven right now, and where I need to be." -
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