Gary Parrish of CBS Sports has been following the Karen Sypher trail from afar and writes a piece on how it might affect Rick Pitino’s future at Louisville.
He believes that all things considered, despite the personal embarrassment, the Louisville coach has come out of it pretty well.
Jokes aside, I tend to agree.
A Parrish excerpt:
My point is that even if Pitino hauls in what would be a remarkable class all things considered, it’ll likely still be trumped by the class Calipari assembles at UK — a class that already includes Mike Gilchrist (ranked No. 1 in the Class of 2011 by MaxPreps.com) and Marquis Teague (ranked No. 11 in the Class of 2011 by MaxPreps.com), and could ultimately feature at least two other consensus top 10 prospects.
Fair or not, that’s an issue for Pitino because he’ll forever be compared to Calipari. But who cares about that right now? All that’s important at the moment is that Pitino is finished testifying, and it seems like he’s going to, against all odds, come out of this mess OK. Most men would be divorced after such a public affair, but Pitino’s marriage remains intact. Most coaches would be fired after such a public embarrassment, but Pitino’s job is secure.
Yes, but. . .the “all things considered” is a pretty big qualifier. He has gone from a well respected college basketball coach to a national joke in a year. I cannot pretend to know why his marriage has survived, but his employer obviously lacks the courage to live without him.
I’d say he has received his comeuppanace. Jokes aside.
It is clear, that UL has a very liberal morality code. I wonder how they can even consider punishing a student caught cheating? Pitino is caught cheating, and they did not punish him.
The Boston Celtics has a more strict moral code than UL. I mean consider that for just one moment. Winston Bennet was fired for breaking the morality code at Boston, while rp was the coach, and he was fired. He, Bennett, had an extramarital affair, the same thing as ul’s coach, only ul’s coach did it in a public place, a resturaunt. Consider the two entities… UL a ‘school’ that is supposed to help with the intellectual and moral development of kids or the Boston Celtics that opperate in the NBA, which is a totally “me” driven association.
It is almost as shameful for UL as it is for rp.
Go CATS!!!!!