Even though Louisville has been losing recruits and coaches, I guess Pitino feels his son’s return to UofL will make up for it. In a recent “Cardinal Caravan” event (AKA Trash Detail on I-64), Pitino referred to the SEC as that “second-rate league”.
Here’s the details…
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[QUOTE=Card Chronical]Rick Pitino fired the latest shot in the not-so-subtle war of words between he and Kentucky head coach John Calipari during a Cardinal Caravan event in Shelbyville Thursday night.
When introducing his son, U of L assistant Richard, Pitino quipped: “He went away for a couple of years to learn how to do things in a second-rate league, then get back to the big time.”
The younger Pitino spent the past two seasons as an assistant under Billy Donovan at Florida.
Pitino’s comment comes a little more than a week after Calipari suggested at the annual SEC meetings that the Big East gets too many teams into the NCAA Tournament and then subsequently under-performs. He also suggested that the Big East is the product of “media hype” last March.
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Read [URL=”http://www.cardchronicle.com/2011/6/10/2216911/rick-pitino-calls-the-sec-second-rate”]the complete article here.[/URL]..
Let’s not forget what Sir Charles had to say about the Big East. I love watching Pitino in this one. He’s clearly frustrated (and I love it!).
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