It’s called “Plausible Deniability.” I don’t know and I don’t wanna know, just keep my name out of it. If Pitino didn’t know it’s because he didn’t want to know. You can’t get on national TV and say “if a chair get’s broken at Minardi Hall I’ll know about it, then say I didn’t know about any of those thing’s. You can’t have it both way’s.
Did Pitino really not know?
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I guess its too bad that we didn’t have half a Tubby and half a Ricky for a coach. As long as Tubby’s half could keep Ricky’s half out of the Italian restaurants after hours.
IF Pitino didn't "KNOW" it was because he was ADAMANT that NONE of his assistant coaches leave a trail back to him.
Being the control freak he always has been, there is NO WAY in H_LL that he wasn't in on EVERY decision made in respect to his roster!!
Rick is ALWAYS going to protect himself above ALL else in EVERY aspect of his career and life. NEVER forget this!
Being the control freak he always has been, there is NO WAY in H_LL that he wasn't in on EVERY decision made in respect to his roster!!
Rick is ALWAYS going to protect himself above ALL else in EVERY aspect of his career and life. NEVER forget this!
He knew. I mean how can something that major happen and rumors AT THE LEAST not catch his attention. He’s a liar and a fraud.
And if someone will tell me how Sean Miller still has a job, I’d really like to know.
College basketball coach is getting right up there with used car salesman and Senator
And if someone will tell me how Sean Miller still has a job, I’d really like to know.
College basketball coach is getting right up there with used car salesman and Senator
How can it be both though?
How can you believe Dawkins about the Miller stuff then say he is lying about Pitino?
That's why I'm not really sure what to believe.
I need full context. Was it sarcasm, what was he specifically talking about?
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Exactly. It was sarcasm. I could literally hear Dawkins eyes rolling as he said it. (See, that was an example of sarcasm) Maybe ease up on the adult beverages before posting.
The Prick knew. The Pope, dying on his bed, could confess to arranging payment to Bowens, and I'd say, "Sorry Pope sir, you're going to hell( maybe I say heck) for lying. Then the guy hits him on the head with the hammer.(that's how they check to see if the Pope is dead. Not sarcasm, thats what they do.)
The Prick knew. The Pope, dying on his bed, could confess to arranging payment to Bowens, and I'd say, "Sorry Pope sir, you're going to hell( maybe I say heck) for lying. Then the guy hits him on the head with the hammer.(that's how they check to see if the Pope is dead. Not sarcasm, thats what they do.)
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2019/04/24/christian-dawkins-rick-pitino-ncaa-corruption-trialDawkins, key witness in recruiting corruption trial says Rick Pitino didn’t know what was happening with illegal recruiting at Louisville.
The evidence that Pitino is a cheater is overwhelming. The evidence that Dawkins is a crook for sale is overwhelming.
I’ll never buy it. I think Pitino did exactly that so it looked like he didn’t know. Think about it. Asst coaches are going to risk their career to get money to recruits from a shoe company without their bosses consent? It would be equivalent to the accountant skimming money for the company without the bosses consent. It’s all risk and little reward for the little guy
Pitino may be a sleaze ball but he isn’t stupid
Pitino may be a sleaze ball but he isn’t stupid
Next headlines... "Pitino had no idea his penis entered Sypher"
I know Pitino is despised by many UK fans. I surely didn't like it when he took the UL job. I thought it was a bad play on his part knowing he would be coaching UK's most bitter rival. I loved beating UL with Pitino as coach. However, he rescued UK from the abyss. He made us relevant again and did so in a short time. I will always be grateful he was our coach.
I consider myself highly skeptical of those people who deny what the circumstances suggest are undeniable. However, I don't believe Pitino knew about the cheating of his assistants. I don't believe he condoned it. Nevertheless, as the head man, he has organizational responsibility to hire and supervise subordinates and make sure, to the extent he can, they conform their conduct with the rules. He was rightfully fired especially in light of the hooker scandal, which he also should have known about.
At Louisville, Pitino had significant success with lesser quality players than UK. I can't see him willing to risk tarnishing his reputation again after all he went through in the Karen Sypher debacle just to get a player. Pitino is smart enough to know that some time in the future, those persons with knowledge of any wrong doing he perpetrated would inevitably "spill their guts" in a book or for some other self serving reason. I believe Pitino was apocalyptically naive but I don't believe he agreed to pay a player to attend UL.
I consider myself highly skeptical of those people who deny what the circumstances suggest are undeniable. However, I don't believe Pitino knew about the cheating of his assistants. I don't believe he condoned it. Nevertheless, as the head man, he has organizational responsibility to hire and supervise subordinates and make sure, to the extent he can, they conform their conduct with the rules. He was rightfully fired especially in light of the hooker scandal, which he also should have known about.
At Louisville, Pitino had significant success with lesser quality players than UK. I can't see him willing to risk tarnishing his reputation again after all he went through in the Karen Sypher debacle just to get a player. Pitino is smart enough to know that some time in the future, those persons with knowledge of any wrong doing he perpetrated would inevitably "spill their guts" in a book or for some other self serving reason. I believe Pitino was apocalyptically naive but I don't believe he agreed to pay a player to attend UL.
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Whether he knew or not is irrelevant, it happened under his watch.
What happens in certain situations is wrongdoing becomes the norm in an industry or company so some of the people involved, ostensibly law abiding people, end up tolerating or even participating in the wrongdoing. That’s how things like Enron happen.
I doubt Pitino knew his assistants were in on paying players through Adidas. But he certainly knew they had relationships with Adidas backed street agents, runners, AAU coaches etc. He most have known that world is dirty but chose not to ask questions.
I doubt Pitino knew his assistants were in on paying players through Adidas. But he certainly knew they had relationships with Adidas backed street agents, runners, AAU coaches etc. He most have known that world is dirty but chose not to ask questions.
It happened under his watch and Sypher happened right under him. The guy is a lying, cheating POS.
I’m sorry but it’s pretty damn easy to police a basketball roster that’s very small compared to a football team.
He knew. They all know.
He knew. They all know.
"I was in the bathroom of my favorite restaurant, rubbing one out as one is wont to do, when i heard a commotion. Rushing out, I tripped over my pant's, which were at my ankles, and fell on top of this naked woman on my table. Because I had been beatin' the bishop for at least a hour? Yeah, a good hour, I was real close to finishin' so when it just slipped into her gaping maw... and... yeah... That's the truth! I swear, Joanna!"
Too bad the same standard was not applied to Roy Williams.
When strippergate happened, in his first press conference he stated the same. That he knows everything that goes on with his players at all times. If one has a beer on 4th street he knows it, but 4 years of stripper parties in the players dorms he had no knowledge, yeah ok rick!!!!
If he did not know what was going on then he should have been fired for incompetence. It was his program.
Anytime something happens under a coach's watch he will be held accountable, it's called lack of institutional control. He can say whatever he wants and act like he don't know, but he knows what happens when you are in charge of a program and this kind of thing goes down.
Chris Dawkins says Rick Pitino did not know what was going on at UL . Didn’t have a clue .
Get ready to write a thirty five million dollar check Vince .
This will cripple UL athletics for years to come .
Wonder if a court could reinstate him for wrongful termination?
Get ready to write a thirty five million dollar check Vince .
This will cripple UL athletics for years to come .
Wonder if a court could reinstate him for wrongful termination?
Even worse if he had no clue. He had no control of his team....none.
But part of his job is to know - to know what his players and employees are doing.
That is the “institutional control” component we hear sometimes.
That is the “institutional control” component we hear sometimes.
I'd say that's much more than wishful thinking. My buddy Santa will tell you all about it when he gets back from the Easter Bunny's beachfront property in Iowa. In all seriousness I don't think they could sell me on that one
Lol good point OP, would be hilarious if this allows RP to win his case against UL