OT: Rick Pitino Rumored to be Candidate for Detroit Mercy Job
April 24th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
The Catholic church covered up child rape for 50+ years...but this is what draws your ire?
He's not coming here. As soon as he sees the recruiting budget he'll realize he can't win at UDM and he'll move on.
Unless Detroit Mercy has the same PR consultant as msu......
This will never happen
Michigan may have the least amount of days with sunlight in the US due to the cloud cover generated by the Great Lakes. Almost perfect vampire conditions.
Depaul, Boston College, or any of those crappy East Coast Catholic mid-level teams like St. Josephs. Maybe even back to Providence.
Keep him out of Detroit Mercy. Don't want him poaching our SE Michigan talent....
LOL. If you think this has even the slightest chance of happening, then, in my opinion, you are living in LaLa land.
I'd be fine living in LaLa Land. If Emma Stone was there with me, that is. I wouldn't sing though.
You might be setting your sights a little high, lol, but you obviously have great taste!
that hires this clown deserves all the baggage that he brings.
Dicky V. Much better.
April 24th, 2018 at 10:57 AM ^
One of these is not like the others:
New York Knicks
Kentucky
Boston Celtics
Louisville
University of Detroit-Mercy
Pitino has spent the last three decades at the pinnacle of collegiate and pro basketball. Anybody who thinks he's going to suddenly join a minor program in a minor conference in a city that the vast majority of the country—unfairly or not—thinks is a quintessential urban hellhole is huffing grocery bags of airplane glue.
One of these is not like the others as well. Can you guess who the coach is?
Kansas Jayhawks - Won national title
San Antonio Spurs
LA Clippers
Indiana Pacers
Philadelphia 76ers
Detroit Pistons - Won NBA title
New York Knicks
Charlotte Bobcats
Southern Methodist University
I wouldn't necessarily doubt Pitino to UDM.
April 24th, 2018 at 11:46 PM ^
Pitino admitted his agent approached Siena about their job, Siena.
Who's going to hire Pitino? I don't think UDM is, but if he wants to keep coaching, he's going to have to lower those standards by more than a little. His agent is keeping his name out there, hoping for a nibble. He's not doing it on his own.
Does Pitino intend to take a job like UMD or does having his name as a candidate somehow validate him as an employable coach? I can only guess that he'll take what he can get.
April 24th, 2018 at 11:19 AM ^
Growing up in suburban Detroit, and then returning downtown after a 15 year hiatus, and was shocked how nice its getting...shocked.... and my first reflex in seeing Pitino considering UDM to coach, makes me wonder if it is a good sign Detroit is back. I'll be surprised if he takes the job, but if he does, this is a good thing.
April 24th, 2018 at 11:27 AM ^
To even consider Pitino
Just go away Pitino!
Oh, that's all we need downriver.....the ACTUAL Rick Pitino.
In all seriousness though, I can't see Pitino ending up at Detroit Mercy, or really anywhere at this point. At this point, what is the motivation for any school to even seriously consider him?
To win basketball games!
On one hand I think-how could anyone allow this guy to coach even a pick up game in the neighborhood and as much as I dislike all of the controversy surrounding him, I would love for UDM to get him. It would mean that UDM would quickly become elite in their conference as he would attract big-time talent. I could see them makking frequent tournament appearances in a few years. Like him, or love him, he's a historically popular figure in the world of basketball and the city of Detroit could use some added excitement downtown.
Sleazeball ANYWHERE near the state of M ichigan
He probably just wants to live closer to East Lansing so that he can be first in line when Izzo finally gets fired.
April 24th, 2018 at 11:46 PM ^