LV Journal: Rick Pitino interested in UNLV job, Richard would be coach in waiting

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per the Las Vegas Journal:

First and foremost, a source with connections to Pitino insists he is interested in the job, 15 years after his brief flirtation with Las Vegas. He went to Louisville in March 2001 and has not looked back — until now.

The time might be right for Pitino, 63, to make a move. He has survived well-publicized scandals and fought to escape the shadow of Kentucky coach John Calipari. Pitino coached the Cardinals to an NCAA championship in 2013, adding to his national title with the Wildcats in 1996, so what more is left for him to achieve?

It might also offer a future for Pitino's son. The source who stated Pitino's interest in the job also said he might want to include Richard Pitino, who is struggling in his third season at Minnesota, on his staff and tap him as the Rebels' coach-in-waiting.

Richard Pitino, 33, is a promising coach and potential star, but he's stuck at a bottom-tier Big Ten program in a situation that appears hopeless.

All things considered, maybe there is hope for this version of the Pitino-to-UNLV story. Fifteen years ago, it was a failure. But this sequel could prove better than the original. It's at least worth debating as the search continues.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports...ll/source-pitino-interested-unlv-coaching-job

Go Gophers!!
 




per the Courier Journal:

Sources near the U of L program said there hasn't been any discussion in their circles about Pitino's potential interest in any other jobs, though they all recalled UNLV pursuing Pitino back in 2001 before the Hall of Fame coach pulled his name from that search and eventually decided to take over Louisville's program.

Pitino signed a contract extension through the 2025-26 season last summer, a deal that added four years to his previous contract with U of L. The extension included $7.5 million in retention bonuses that kick in every three years beginning in 2017.

Pitino's salary will increase from $4.448 million for the 2015-16 fiscal year to $5.093 million in 2016-17, and then stay at that new figure through 2026. In all, the 10-year extension is worth $50.93 million in salary.

Former UNLV coach Dave Rice, who was fired last week, made $700,000 in salary, the Review-Journal reported, and the new coach would be in line to make $1 million or so a year.

But, the report said, the elder Pitino has "several influential friends" in Las Vegas, and they would be willing to spend the money to pursue him.

http://www.courier-journal.com/stor...ly-interest-beating-fsu-unlv-report/78909290/

Go Gophers!!
 


Snort...chortle...guffaw... Ahhahaha,oh,hahahahahaha!! Oh,hahahahahahahaha,oh-hahahahahahahaha!! Excuse me...oh,hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I'll sign off now. :clap:
 

Sure, UNLV. People quit ACC jobs paying $5 million for Mountain West jobs paying $1 million all the time. And people quit B1G jobs to be assistants in the Mountain West almost as often.
 

Since when does myron write for the lv journal?. Sounds about like the crap he would come up with.
 

CentralGopher said:
Since when does myron write for the lv journal?. Sounds about like the crap he would come up with.
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wasn't Myron's style-- only 1 obligatory jab at the U. Myron would have had at least 3 and the headline would have mentioned the lack of practice facilities that were promised to Tubby.
 



This quote made me laugh:

"Richard Pitino, 33, is a promising coach and potential star, but he's stuck at a bottom-tier Big Ten program in a situation that appears hopeless."

Could it possibly be bottom-tier and hopeless because of Richard?
 

So hilarious on so many levels. Even if you could get this pipe dream to somehow occur, you are settling for the Texas Tech model. The son taking over the aging father's program will not turn out well.
 

EG#9 said:
So hilarious on so many levels. Even if you could get this pipe dream to somehow occur, you are settling for the Texas Tech model. The son taking over the aging father's program will not turn out well.
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And if it does, someone else will steal the kid. (See Washington State/Tony Bennett)
 

Horrible article calling the Gophers a bottom tier big ten program. If there is any truth to this the U should fire Richard Pitino now.
 




mkAz said:
This quote made me laugh:

"Richard Pitino, 33, is a promising coach and potential star, but he's stuck at a bottom-tier Big Ten program in a situation that appears hopeless."

Could it possibly be bottom-tier and hopeless because of Richard?
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It was a middle of the pack Big Ten program when he got it.
 

bleedsmaroonandgold said:
It was a middle of the pack Big Ten program when he got it.
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I was going to say.

I'll eat my hat if Richard admits failure here and takes a demotion to assistant at UNLV thinking he's really in line for that head job after failing here.
 


GopherWeatherGuy said:
It was a middle of the pack program Tubby's first 3 years and a bottom tier program his last three years. Take another look at the standings.
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Agree for the most part, but if we want to be factual, Tubby's last season was not bottom tier.

Year 1: 8-10, 6th (middle)
Year 2: 9-9, tied for 7th (middle)
Year 3: 9-9, 6th (middle)
Year 4: 6-12, 9th (bottom tier)
Year 5: 6-12, tied for 9th (bottom tier)
Year 6: 8-10, tied for 7th (middle)
 

SelectionSunday said:
Agree for the most part, but if we want to be factual, Tubby's last season was not bottom tier.

Year 1: 8-10, 6th (middle)
Year 2: 9-9, tied for 7th (middle)
Year 3: 9-9, 6th (middle)
Year 4: 6-12, 9th (bottom tier)
Year 5: 6-12, tied for 9th (bottom tier)
Year 6: 8-10, tied for 7th (middle)
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The tied for 7th in year 6 is a bit misleading. Only 3 teams were worse in the conference and the Gophers were the 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament - where they lost to the 8 seed Illinois.
 


Whether this is plausible or not, it comes down to ego where Richard is concerned. Would he be willing to swallow his pride and leave a major-conference D1 head-coaching job, and go back to being an assistant under his dad again?

One could argue that, considering what's been happening with the Gopher program, Richard might benefit from a little more seasoning - but I think it's highly unlikely that Richard - or any coach in his situation - would take such a public step backwards, knowing that he would be labled a "failure" as a D1 head coach.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
The tied for 7th in year 6 is a bit misleading. Only 3 teams were worse in the conference and the Gophers were the 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament - where they lost to the 8 seed Illinois.
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Another way of saying that is that only 4 other Big Ten teams advanced as far in the tournament as we did.
 



SelectionSunday said:
Agree for the most part, but if we want to be factual, Tubby's last season was not bottom tier.

Year 1: 8-10, 6th (middle)
Year 2: 9-9, tied for 7th (middle)
Year 3: 9-9, 6th (middle)
Year 4: 6-12, 9th (bottom tier)
Year 5: 6-12, tied for 9th (bottom tier)
Year 6: 8-10, tied for 7th (middle)
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Assuming there are two tiers. There might also be a middle tier. Personally, I assume there are 14 tiers, therefore we are rarely in the bottom one.
 

BleedGopher said:
per the Las Vegas Journal:

First and foremost, a source with connections to Pitino insists he is interested in the job, 15 years after his brief flirtation with Las Vegas. He went to Louisville in March 2001 and has not looked back — until now.

The time might be right for Pitino, 63, to make a move. He has survived well-publicized scandals and fought to escape the shadow of Kentucky coach John Calipari. Pitino coached the Cardinals to an NCAA championship in 2013, adding to his national title with the Wildcats in 1996, so what more is left for him to achieve?

It might also offer a future for Pitino's son. The source who stated Pitino's interest in the job also said he might want to include Richard Pitino, who is struggling in his third season at Minnesota, on his staff and tap him as the Rebels' coach-in-waiting.

Richard Pitino, 33, is a promising coach and potential star, but he's stuck at a bottom-tier Big Ten program in a situation that appears hopeless.

All things considered, maybe there is hope for this version of the Pitino-to-UNLV story. Fifteen years ago, it was a failure. But this sequel could prove better than the original. It's at least worth debating as the search continues.

http://www.reviewjournal.com/sports...ll/source-pitino-interested-unlv-coaching-job

Go Gophers!!
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This is awful news....especially with the momentum that we are building with the loss to Indiana yesterday. Things were just starting to turn around.

It wouldn't surprise me if Rick Pitino left Louisville for UNLV....I think the scandals are mounting. Who knows...the older Pitino might get bought out at Louisville with this latest scandal. They might be happy to let him go. I think Richard will stay at the U for at least another year. He isn't going to leave a head coaching job unless he is fired. Unless the majority of the Boosters want him out and ticket sales take a huge hit, they aren't going to pay the buyout. I don't think there is any reason to fire Richard because of this article...
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
The tied for 7th in year 6 is a bit misleading. Only 3 teams were worse in the conference and the Gophers were the 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament - where they lost to the 8 seed Illinois.
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They got to the round of 32 in Tubby's final year in a year the B1G was extremely strong. Sorry that is not bottom tier.
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
The tied for 7th in year 6 is a bit misleading. Only 3 teams were worse in the conference and the Gophers were the 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament - where they lost to the 8 seed Illinois.
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Oh yeah that's right....I forgot about that argument...we were really tied for 9th that year....I had almost forgotten how that works.

NCAA Tournament bid...and a win in the tournament against UCLA....sorry that was not bottom tier.
 

ethomasp31 said:
Oh yeah that's right....I forgot about that argument...we were really tied for 9th that year....I had almost forgotten how that works.

NCAA Tournament bid...and a win in the tournament against UCLA....sorry that was not bottom tier.
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Exactly. If 8-10 (tied for 7th) followed by a NCAA tourney win is bottom tier, what do we call this season? Super duper bottom tier?
 

Any chance this turns out to be more about rich and less about rick? Sorta like rick talking to Alabama about rich. Not implying rich is a participant.

When rick told rich you can't expect to win if you don't have any all conference players was that a 'develop better', 'recruit better', or 'go some where that's easier to attract top recruits' message?

Before last season, did rick reportedly say some disparaging things about the U Administration and basketball?
 

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