Pitino on Pope

[DraftCat]

 

[MWes11]

If u watch this and you’re not on board, that’s on u.

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

All I needed to see, I’m all in.

 

[Mdnerd]

Still don’t like Pitino, but he’s not wrong.

 

[ThwKentuckyKid]

Go Cats! I've not watched the basketball team in a quite a few years for my own personal reasons. I'm glad to be back.

 

[Big BlueBeard]

Love that message from RP.

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

Go Cats! I've not watched the basketball team in a quite a few years for my own personal reasons. I'm glad to be back.

I hear starlink has been installed in the mountains, you should be able to get the games now.

 

[know1]

By a long, long, long shot that's the best thing I've seen from Rick since 1997.

 

[Blue Wildcat]

I don’t know how anyone isn’t excited for this moment. The last few days have been a lot to digest, but we now have someone in the drivers seat that loves the program as much as we do. Cal coached the program for money, self promotion, and recognition. Pope is going to do this for all of us!

 

[Drcats2025]

You can say what you want about Rick, and he has brought a TON on himself, but that was an extremely classy gesture for him to do that.

 

[ThwKentuckyKid]

I hear starlink has been installed in the mountains, you should be able to get the games now.

I'm glad they installed the Starlink satellites in the mountains. Thanks Elon!

 

[RondosRevengeTour]

By a long, long, long shot that's the best thing I've seen from Rick since 1997.

His all white colonel sanders suit for the Creighton game tops this still.

 

[BGWentworth]

Much respect

 

[revcort]

That's a big deal to me. Rick didn't have to do this. What does he owe UK? I didn't need any additional encouragement to be ready to support Mark Pope, but Pitino's endorsement does help.

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

CLASSY CLASSY post from Rick. I'm surprised. Lot of emotions there.

 

[MachineHead]

Rick didn’t have to do that. That’s pretty cool.

 

[KentuckyStout]

Hot DAMN that was freaking fabulous.

 

[JPFisher]

Pitino had so many damn issues at Louisville. Nobody will ever be able to take that back. Hookers, paying players, and extortion.

That said, I hope this is an opportunity for BBN and Rick to make amends. Not love each other, of course, I'm not sure that could ever happen. But, fans reconcile a bit with the ol traitor and vice versa.

Pitino is a great basketball mind. Probably would've been as good as or better than K if he'd stuck around at Kentucky. UK owes him thanks for four final fours and two (if you count Tubby using his players) championship banners in Rupp. I think Pope could help reform that bridge a bit.

FWIW, add Jack "Goose" Givens to the list of former Cats who are ecstatic about the hire.

 

[1473]

OK......put ole dad down for a mess of that. Loved it.

 

[1473]

Pitino had so many damn issues at Louisville. Nobody will ever be able to take that back. Hookers, paying players, and extortion.

That said, I hope this is an opportunity for BBN and Rick to make amends. Not love each other, of course, I'm not sure that could ever happen. But, fans reconcile a bit with the ol traitor and vice versa.

Pitino is a great basketball mind. Probably would've been as good as or better than K if he'd stuck around at Kentucky. UK owes him thanks for three final fours and two (if you count Tubby using his players) championship banners in Rupp. I think Pope could help reform that bridge a bit.

FWIW, add Jack "Goose" Givens to the list of former Cats who are ecstatic about the hire.

And I would assume you could add Jeff Shepard to that list since they played together in 96.

 

[HeismaNole_rivals116019]

Well, Pelphrey was a Kentucky boy. Pope is from Washington. I get what you’re saying but it’s not like Pelphrey.

 

[UK_fan_41102]

That was such a classy endorsement from Pitino.

 

[kyrx]

Good Lord, that was tremendously amazing!
Uplifting, reassuring, inspiring, just like the Coach Pitino of old.

Now we have the new Coach P.

I think the next step will be hiring Pelphrey as an assistant.

 

[UK93CarolinaCat]

Looks like Pitino has been liberated from the Calipari regime! It’s been years since he has been this joyful about UK!