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Thread: Rick Pitino Out at Louisville
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09-27-2017, 11:22 AM #11
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09-27-2017, 11:27 AM #12
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09-27-2017, 11:32 AM #13
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09-27-2017, 11:34 AM #14
I don't think it makes for an appropriate analogy, comparing our upper middle-class office jobs to those of major college basketball coaches, so I'm not sure that is a like scenario. I also don't think the HC job at Louisville will be the only thing impacted. You are talking about an entire athletic department that is going to be placed under a microscope for the foreseeable future, not to mention whatever the NCAA decides to do. Mack would be walking in to a very uncomfortable and excessively scrutinized environment. I don't think this really compares to your new sales manager job or whatever it may be.
Second, we are six weeks from tip off of Xavier's first actual game. I know Mack has ambitions just like every other college coach, but he's established enough to not want to be that guy who bolted on his top 15 team six weeks before the season started to coach a team in turmoil.
But I could be very wrong.
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09-27-2017, 11:38 AM #15
No one's leaving their current job to go to Louisville this year. They'll have an interim guy for sure.
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09-27-2017, 11:46 AM #16
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09-27-2017, 11:51 AM #17
(My comments assume that Mack wants the UL job - which most of us who know anything about Mack believe is all but 100% certain.)
I agree with Go. They'll bring in someone to be the interim for this season. The roster they have in place has Final Four potential so I'll be rooting like hell for the new guy, because who knows, maybe they'll keep him (see Kevin Ollie). After the season, however, they'll back it up for someone like Mack and they'll take the job - "it" being the Brinks truck. I really don't think the sanctions will impact his decision all that much, but who knows. Starting with a clean slate with no pressure early-on is fairly attractive. Sure would be nice if he does end up taking the job, that he delivers us the Final Four we've all been waiting for before he goes. Anxious to hear the other names they'll be throwing out after they hire the "search firm". Would be great if someone jumps up and takes it out from under him. I mean, Mack can't be the ONLY guy they'd consider.Your Friendly Neighborhood Pimp
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09-27-2017, 11:59 AM #18
So "Mack to Louisville" is going to hang over us all season, wonderful.
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09-27-2017, 11:59 AM #19
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I think it's gonna take a bit of time for this to all unfold. I can't see any coach taking that job before the sanctions/etc. are announced and I think it could be uglier than people are thinking. If he's facing years of not being in the tournament or whatever, I can't see him taking that job.
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09-27-2017, 12:06 PM #20
Matt NorlanderVerified account @MattNorlander 2m2 minutes ago
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Wow. Postel says he aims to name an interim HC and interim AD within 48 hours.
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