St Johns Basketball

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Well, St Johns University just lost all credibility as a catholic school with morals by hiring Rick Pitino, a man with NO morals who amongst other things got busted for being involved in a prostitutes. What a shame.

 

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Well, St Johns University just lost all credibility as a catholic school with morals by hiring Rick Pitino, a man with NO morals who amongst other things got busted for being involved in a prostitutes. What a shame.

Your facts are skewed. He was exonerated by the FBI and NCAA.

Pitino is no Saint but the thought of continued irrelevance was too much for the administration and alumni.

As far as credibility as a Catholic institution goes, look around. You really think Notre Dame wouldn't hire Pitino if they had a chance?

RLMAO!

 

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Your facts are skewed. He was exonerated by the FBI and NCAA.

Pitino is no Saint but the thought of continued irrelevance was too much for the administration and alumni.

As far as credibility as a Catholic institution goes, look around. You really think Notre Dame wouldn't hire Pitino if they had a chance?

RLMAO!

Skewed or not...
My point is Rick Pitino has serious baggage and a Catholic University hiring him is a slap in the face to the principles of religion and the 10 commandments and such ?‍

 

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"He who is without sin should cast the first stone"

 

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"He who is without sin should cast the first stone"

And that would be the church and holy rollers who hide behind their BS religion
I don't pretend to be without sin

 

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Father Shanley said what tipped the scales in Pitino’s favor was a call from Billy Donovan, another coach in the New York City orbit who played for Pitino long ago.

“He didn’t talk about the wins,” Shanley said, “Billy talked about the impact Pitino had on his life.”

And that is the type of coach you want.

 

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I'm going to disagree with you all day long
Guilty or not, he is just involved in too many investigations or appearances of impropriety
Heck, just the fact he told Iona that would be his last stop and he bailed says something about him

 

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Guilty or not, he is just involved in too many investigations or appearances of impropriety.

Hmmm.........so you can forgive the church for similar deeds (and worse) but not a man who committed no crime?

That's not too contradictory

That's some moral high ground you stand on.....

 

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Somewhere in all of that you interpreted me as saying I forgive the church???
The whole damn point of my post is that the catholic school and religion thing is a crock of S**T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Somewhere in all of that you interpreted me as saying I forgive the church???
The whole damn point of my post is that the catholic school and religion thing is a crock of S**T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There are BILLIONS of people who disagree.
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life." – Buddha.

 

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There are BILLIONS of people who disagree.
"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, man cannot live without a spiritual life." – Buddha.

I and many others don't need hypocritical organized religion to live a "spiritual" life

Now, back to topic....
St John's sold its sole hiring this guy
Let's see how it all plays out

Big East basketball is going to be fun next year with St. John's set to improve and Ed Cooley in Georgetown to turn things around there

For now, I'm going to enjoy UConn in both the men and women's Sweet 16!!!!!!

 

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That we can agree on........the Big East is BACK!

 

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Pitino scared as hell to play UConn in Storrs South

 

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Pitino scared as hell to play UConn in Storrs South

Most of the country is scared to play UCONN anywhere!

Give Rick a couple recruiting cycles. He'll get some players.

Not a big Soriano fan but Ledlum and Jenkins are players.

 

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And the rivalry heats up!

MSN

 

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Most of the country is scared to play UCONN anywhere!

Give Rick a couple recruiting cycles. He'll get some players.

Not a big Soriano fan but Ledlum and Jenkins are players.

I would not be the least bit surprised for the Johnnies to make the tournament and win a game or 2 this year

 

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You just might be right. Couple of impressive wins this week.

 

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That sure was a fun afternoon at MSG yesterday for myself and the rest of the UConn fans that took over “Storrs South”
Hopefully it will be even more fun over the next couple of years as St Johns continues to improve towards relevance

 

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UCONN basically snuck by an undermanned team. Jenkins is the only quality player SJU has.

10 transfers.

Shows you how good a coach Pitino is by even being in these games!

 

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Snuck by? LOL
10+ point win is not necessarily sneaking by
If not for the refs making some questionable calls in the 1st half it would have been 20+
Thats the team Pitino put together.
On a Saturday afternoon at MSG they should be able to get up and get excited for a shot to knock off the #1 team regardless of talent pool
They gave it their best for as long as they could but when it came down to crunch time UConn pulled away

Hopefully St Johns can put a run together to turn things around and get a tournament invite. The more Big East teams the better