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Post by derhut on Mar 17, 2020 11:26:10 GMT -5
rick pitino 4 words Ja mal mash burn
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Post by bona98 on Mar 17, 2020 16:00:03 GMT -5
Well Iona, that's one way to put yourself back on the college basketball map!
This will end badly - not saying that Iona won't suddenly have four five star recruits next year and make it to the Elite 8 in the next 2-3 years - they likely will. However, in the end, things generally don't turn out well when you make a deal with the devil (is my opinion too harsh on Pitino?) Ha.
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Post by wgt on Mar 17, 2020 17:19:20 GMT -5
I'll be watching closely from their HS gym to see how this plays out.
Last time there I attended with 9 Bona fans and we all sat with a friend (season ticket holder who played 1 yr for Iona) who I felt badly for as we loudly celebrated trouncing the Gaels.
Iona president Seamus Carey has gone out on a limb.
Coach Cluess will be involved as his condition allows. He is a class act!
Gael fans are looking forward to games at MSG and their 2,700 seat gym will be packed every game after a terrible season they are unaccustomed to.
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Post by derhut on Mar 18, 2020 7:51:51 GMT -5
slick rick will make it rain bags of $$ in new roch...there were several articles penned years ago on the recruitment of mashburn...come to think of it...jimmy baron had another jamaal...magliore all locked up until $$ from the bluegrass state magically migrated across the peace bridge.
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Post by bartmitchell on Mar 18, 2020 9:52:14 GMT -5
Interesting “human interest “ story for Pitino. (notice “human” is in quotes)....
Does he really want his last job, and final message to be “I cheated to the end Even with my reputation on the line ?” Or will he try to make a point by having success doing it clean. Iona is making a mistake either way. But they better have 3 people watching him at all times.
Personally, I think he’ll start with good intentions. That will last until the first recruit puts his hand out. That’s when the assistant coaches will start with the goodies. And when it blows up Pitino will try to hide behind now ‘implausible” deniability.
Shame. Iona caught lightening in a bottle with their last coach.....like Schmidt, good and CLEAN. Now they are spoiled, and so they reach.
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Post by FormerlyKnownAsSkeller on May 18, 2020 21:39:15 GMT -5
I was very surprised about this hire from the perspective of it not being all that long since Iona was outed for misrepresenting the qualifications of incoming students, admissions reporting, etc. Then there was the sexual abuse scandal involving its president Br. Liguori. (To me ten or twelve years ago isn't that long, I'm old.) Hiring someone with this kind of baggage made absolutely no sense to me at a time when Iona was finally putting those problems in the rear view mirror. Do you guys think he will actually coach the Gaels? Sorry if I have missed more recent developments. NY Post article: nypost.com/2020/05/08/iona-job-wonts-spare-rick-pitino-from-haunting-sneaker-scandal-stain/
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Post by bartmitchell on May 18, 2020 21:47:31 GMT -5
Skellar - I’ll play.
I’ll bet Pitino is not at Iona for the first game of the 2021/22 season.
Anybody wanna take something shorter ?
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Post by blue on May 22, 2020 6:54:51 GMT -5
Former Mr NYS Player of the Year and guard from St Ray's in the Bronx Isiah Washington leaving IONA. His 2nd transfer to get away from a Pitino.
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Post by wgt on Jun 3, 2020 23:17:26 GMT -5
Washington wanted to be close to his grandma in Harlem. Wonder where he goes. Was the #1 player in NYC 2017.
He had 54 pts in a losing effort to Cardinal Hayes.
BLUE....Did you think you would ever see plywood on Bronxville store fronts except for a hurricane warning?
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Post by blue on Jun 4, 2020 15:47:08 GMT -5
Yeah Bill that was shocking to see. Usually only see that when an old lady hits the gas instead of break when parking. The claim is his grandmother is fine now, he can go anywhere. His numbers dropped considerably from Freshman to Soph year at MN. The St Rays kid that we looked at this year just signed with Quinnipiac. He didn't do much in the CHSAA Playoff game vs Stepinac, but had a big year.
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Post by res on Jun 4, 2020 17:26:38 GMT -5
Yeah Bill that was shocking to see. Usually only see that when an old lady hits the gas instead of break when parking. Ha!
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Post by ceharv on Jun 15, 2020 8:42:25 GMT -5
So we are two months into Slick Rick landing at Iona. Maybe I am misremembering, but I thought I read that the NCAA was planning to proceed with findings and punishment for what was found to have gone on at Louisville now that he was back in the game, the thought being that as long as he was out of the game, there was no need to do so, although wasn’t that what the whole “absence of institutional control” was for? But so far, nothing. I know the NCAA has never been known for speed in moving on this type of investigation and decision but given the potential for suspension or worse, if I was at Iona, I would want to know what the immediate future holds.
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Post by ohs73 on Jun 15, 2020 14:12:43 GMT -5
Anymore, Pitino is damaged goods. Radioactive, even. Iona ought to proceed w extra caution considering this guy's track record.
Ceharv, all this time I thought only Roger Clemens misremembered! 😉
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Post by MTG007 on Dec 8, 2020 1:11:07 GMT -5
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Post by ceharv on Dec 8, 2020 10:44:06 GMT -5
I know the NCAA enforcement efforts are slow, but this is ridiculous. A major purpose of any enforcement effort should be to move promptly to do away with, or reduce, the argument that what is being investigated “is ancient history and we’ve moved on from that kind of thing and replaced everyone involved and we should be judged on our efforts to reform,” which this type of delay allows an institution to argue. I understand the need to investigate and get it right, but the investigation and any sanctions must be timely to the wrongdoing. Iona truly took a huge risk here and has to be concerned that the NCAA might eventually get around to suspending its new head hoops coach and thus set its program back for years. If I was an Iona fan, I’d be furious if that happens and if I was a donor, I would hold back on any contributions until seeing how this plays out. Was Pitino really the best option available or was the school guilty of looking for a short-cut to the big time?
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