UofL and Pitino might be in a steaming pile of trouble

[DA#23]

I'd like to think Pitino would just resign/retire...rather than allow UofL to fire him. If I was him, I'd go ahead and begin what ought to be a fabulous retirement.

I wonder if this will affect his ability to be on Teevee for commentary? I think he'd be pretty decent in that role.

[Joneslab]

A former UofL player admits that strippers were in the dorm:

http://www.wdrb.com/story/30218982/crawford-source-former-louisville-player-told-investigator-of-strippers-in-dorm

[Uncle Dave]

I spent decades listening to UL fans call me, UK, and the BBN p#%^*@s and chicken $hits because we wouldn't play them in sports. Judging by the records, I don't think we look so bad now. When Pitino got caught, I loved it. When UL hired Petrino, again after his little deal, I loved it. Every single time we beat UL in anything, I revel in it. Maybe I'm getting really old, but I find this whole event unfortunate(for a lack of a better word) for UL and wish it hadn't happened for their sake. I suspect they're about to take a major, major hit in more ways than one.

[KCKUKFan]

The wheels are coming off.

Tony Vanetti just asked a really good question: at this point, would Rick keep Rick?

[Lighthouse]

They had a big meeting of the board at UL today, and it's extremely quiet there. I bet its not quiet behind the scenes.

[Matt Dillon]

They had a big meeting of the board at UL today, and it's extremely quiet there. I bet its not quiet behind the scenes.

Wouldn't you like to have been a fly on the wall, Lighthouse?

[Dwight Schrute]

Unnamed former player confirms the presence of strippers in the dorm. Good golly. I can't imagine too much worse than this. The Baylor thing a few years ago was, but this is a big freaking deal. Paying players? Pfft. That's nothing compared to this.

http://kentuckysportsradio.com/football-2/former-louisville-player-confirms-strippers-in-the-dorm/

[Wonderstruck]

The Rick Pitino and Terry Meiners interview is a great listen.

[Joneslab]

The Rick Pitino and Terry Meiners interview is a great listen.

It was pretty fascinating.

The most interesting part of it was when they got into talking about McGee. Pitino went right to the edge of throwing him under the bus. Said (paraphrasing) "I don't know what happened to him, he was such a nice young man" many times.

Also thought that he seemed oddly genuine about not knowing anything about the JaQuan Lyle thing. It was as if Meiners was telling him about it for the first time. I find that hard to believe, but maybe Pitino just disconnected from the news.

And he seemed extremely hurt that Ramsay hadn't mentioned him in his statement.

[Lighthouse]

Wouldn't you like to have been a fly on the wall, Lighthouse?

I sure would!! If they needed a referee, I would have volunteered.

[rjc]

Im just going to say this, I do not in the least feel bad for anyone involved. Ive had to listen to lil brother fans accuse of us of cheating, of this and that. I do not care if UL goes down in flames. I do not care if Pitinos career ends the way it appears to end, its his problem not mine. UL fans deseve this for theirs arrogance, and their constant accusations of UK cheating.

And after days of fans on UL boards and Louisville talk show hosts trying to play Sherlock freakin Holms trying to solve this case and make Louisville good, are now shopping for new coaches.

And how is this not lack of institutional control?

[Katmendo]

It's certainly sounds bad, and will likely get some relatively serious punishment, but it's just not going to be what some think, want, or believe would be just. It just isnt.

To me, a much more significant sin has been committed at the yet-to-be-punished UNC. And that is why this ends up being history blurb.

On the bottom end of the scale, we have SMU, and their punishment, and Brown's. In the middle of the scale, is what this is (IMO), and at the upper end of the scale, of modern history, is UNC.

My point is, don't expect some righteous judgement to come raining down on UL like they were Sodom and Gomorrah. Puns intended.
The UNC scandal is the ceiling, and you may as well believe that there is NO WAY the No Credibility At All is going to hit SMU and Brown the way they did, followed by a scaled up hit to UL, because it would back them into a corner of having to decapitate UNC when the time comes. Which ain'ta gonna happ'n.

Dial back the enthusiasm...

UL will get a small smack, maybe some wins and a short post season ban. Pitino will ride away into the sunset as a Hall of Fame millionaire. McGee will be banned, and this whole thing will be yesterday's news in two years.
The bulk of the 'punishment' will be the coaches getting run out. One who is made, and the other who is a nobody. The institution is not... might as well not rub your hands over it, IS NOT going to be damaged the way UK was. Quit aching for it.

That's my opinion. Just remember, you heard it here first.

[Matt Dillon]

It's certainly sounds bad, and will likely get some relatively serious punishment, but it's just not going to be what some think, want, or believe would be just. It just isnt.

To me, a much more significant sin has been committed at the yet-to-be-punished UNC. And that is why this ends up being history blurb.

On the bottom end of the scale, we have SMU, and their punishent, and Brown's. In the middle of the scale, is what this is (IMO), and at the upper end of the scale, of modern history, is UNC.

My point is, don't expect some righteous judgement to come raining down on UL like they were Sodom and Gomorrah. Puns intended.
The UNC scandal is the cieling, and you may as well believe that there is NO WAY the No Credibility At All is going to hit SMU and Brown the way they did, followed by a scaled up hit to UL, because it would back them into a corner of having to decapitate UNC when the time comes. Which ain'ta gonna happ'n.

Dial back the enthusiasm...

UL will get a small smack, maybe some wins and a short post season ban. Pitino will ride away into the sunset as a Hall of Fame millionare. McGee will be banned, and this whole thing will be yesterday's news in two years.
The bulk of the 'punishment' will be the coaches getting run out. One who is made, and the other who is a nobody. The institution is not... might as well not rub your hands over it, IS NOT going to be damaged the way UK was. Quit aching for it.

That's my opinion. Just remember, you heard it here first.

I believe you're right.

[KevinHall]

The thing about is that if Pitino resigns or retires UL could end up with a better coach. They could easily hire Greg Marshall or maybe Brad Stevens. I'd just as soon keep Pitino around a while longer. Cal and UK has pretty much owned him in recent years and I would like to see that continue.

[Joneslab]

IUL will get a small smack, maybe some wins and a short post season ban.

There's no such thing a short postseason ban. Those postseason bans are what every school fears and sort of the apex of any punishment that the NCAA could dole out. We would be devastated if we got hit with one--and have been in the past. If that's where the NCAA goes with this, then they'll have dealt UofL a pretty crucial blow.

The UNC scandal is bad, but that doesn't diminish this thing with UofL. They're both pretty severe. If money can be tied to somebody in the UofL program paying prostitutes, then I've certainly never heard of anything like that in college sports.

Bruce Pearl was run out of the game for lying about a hamburger barbecue. Using that as a marker, I think it's easy to see why people are looking pretty hard at this UofL thing.

I listened to Cards radio all the way home yesterday. Never heard them as devastated, and that's including during the Karen Sypher thing. There were people calling in to say that they were throwing their Louisville stuff away because they'd been disgraced. This is a major sports news story.

Whether it will mean Pitino's exit from the game, I don't know. But after the UofL president's statement yesterday a person has to wonder.