I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions committed by McGee. Pitino is the one who hires his staff and is responsible for making sure they are properly running the program. This scandal was going on for 4 years and I find it quite hard to believe that he didn’t have any idea what was happening. As a coach, he failed to monitor his staff and the things his players were doing. And if he did know about it, he turned a blind eye. Either way he is in the wrong. I feel as though he should be punished in a way that does not undermine his actual coaching ability. He may be a good coach for his team, but making sure that his staff and players are not engaging in illegal activities is also part of the job. Even if the punishment is minor, there still needs to be something put in place because he did technically break NCAA policy.
Aside from the examples provided in the article about Boeheim and Brown, the main case that comes to mind is Joe Paterno at Penn State. The main incrimination against Paterno was that he was told of the illegal activities and did not come forth to the authorities with the information. In regards to Pitino, he had not been told about the activities of his staff member, so I do not think he should be as severely punished. However, as the head basketball coach at a big-time division one school, he should be held accountable for the actions of all of his players and coaches. He is the one who recruited, hired, and eventually promoted Andre McGee at Louisville. While it may not seem fair, I believe that Pitino is guilty because of his responsibility to oversee the entire organization. It is hard for me to believe that for four years, McGee was able to coordinate all of these recruiting techniques without Pitino ever learning of them. It wouldn't be fair to give Louisville a PSU-esque punishment in terms of stripping them of their wins, but I do think that Pitino should at least be suspended for a multitude of games. It is not right to blemish the careers of players who have won at Louisville as a result of them being victim of a crazed coach. Pitino needs to learn from his actions in addition to other coaches across the country, to show them that this will not go unpunished. If they don't reprimand Louisville, the NCAA will be saying that illegal activities are not regarded as such in the sports world.
As much as I respect Rick Pitino for the legacy he has, I do believe he should be relieved from his duties as Head Coach for the University of Louisville. While it may seem that Pitino is not at fault because he was unaware of what was taking place, he is accountable because this is his program. Also, I believe Pitino was aware of what was going on because when you are the coach of a program that people expect to be competitive every year, you are willing to do many things to attract the top recruits and reach expectations. Furthermore, the NCAA has set a precedent for discipline on these types of cases. Great coaches such as Art Briles, Joe Paterno, and Gary Barnett have all been relieved of their coaching duties due to scandals, and it is possible that Pitino will be next. This is a very important case so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out
Rick Pitino should pay for what happened, but he should not take full responsibility. For allowing something to happen like that is inexcusable and should never happen at a college. I believe that Andre McGee is at fault more than Pitino because he did not have control over what happened in those dorms, he wasn't always around to watch his players. Some of the players may have thought that it was from Pitino himself. Pitino and the program should not be defined by the actions of an assistant of whom they had little control over. But, there is also the question that Pitino had known McGee for almost ten years, maybe he did have a little bit of control over the guy. I mean, if you know someone for 10 years, don't you get a bit of an idea who someone might be? So, I believe that Pitino and McGee are at fault for the actions, Pitino for failing to monitor his program and Mcgee for doing what he did. Although I believe Pitino should not be defined for what he did, I do believe that the program of louisville and pitino should suffer a bit for what happened.
I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions committed from the recruiting staff, Andre McGee. Considering the fact that Pitino had no clue that this was going on, it’s his team, he is in charge of who he hires and he should be aware at all times of what's going. According to Dana O’Neil, "The NCAA has alleged that from December 2010 through July 2014, McGee, who was a program assistant and later director of basketball operations, arranged and paid for adult entertainment and sex acts at Billy Minardi Hall, a campus dormitory that houses athletes. The NCAA alleges that McGee paid cash for strippers and/or sex acts to entertain at least 14 prospective and/or current student athletes in the men's basketball program.” For 4 years McGee has paid for adult entertainment and it is confusing that Pitino didn’t realize this was going on at all. I have taken from this scandal that Rick Pitino knew what was going on and now that it has blown up he is protecting himself by acting like he never knew what McGee was doing.
I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions of those who report to him, however it should not be very harsh. Being the head or any kind of organization means that you are responsible for everyone who works under you and it is all you can do is make sure that every possible safety measure is taken in preventing infractions. The article did state that Rick Pitino's "Enforcement Staff" said they believed Rick Pitino did everything in his power to try and prevent something like this from happening. Also, McGee not giving a statement does a very good job of solidifying that he his guilty. I find that it is pretty rare the people who choose to remain silent are rarely innocent. Therefore, the article said the punishment for the infraction was a multiple game suspension which I believe to be to harsh. Because Rick Pitino did everything in his power to prevent this, I believe it should be at most a two game suspension.
Regardless of whether or not Pitino knew he should be punished. He is in charge of that organization. If something happens, he should be punished. Piton is the one who recruited, hire, and promoted McGee at Louisville. Obviously changes need to be made to the recruiting process to prevent this type of behavior going forward. As a coach Rick Pitino failed to monitor his staff and the actions his players were taking. "In other words: Pitino didn't know, but he should have." (ESPN). Regardless of whether or not he knew, he should be partly held responsible. "I'm guilty of trusting someone," Pitino said. It’s very hard to believe that Rick Pitino did not know of these actions taking place over the period of four years. If in fact Pitino knew about these actions going on, then he should be fired. However, if he genuinely did not know these things were going on then a multiage suspension seems fair to me.
I think that, although what happened is not directly Pitino's fault, he is responsible for the majority of the Louisville Men's Basketball Program. He was the person who selected and promoted Andre McGee to his position. Pitino clearly did all that he could to prevent an incident like this from happening, but it is still his program. The punishment should not be severe if it turns out that he actually did not know about it. From the investigations by the NCAA, it seems highly plausible that there would never be an instance in which the players would confess any of the sexual activities or adult dancers to Coach Pitino, so it seems like he would have no way of knowing. No matter the outcome, Pitino and the team should be reprimanded at some level.
I believe that Coach Pitino's team should be punished in some way but not a direct punishment towards Pitino. Although Coach Pitino should have been on top of his team/program, he was not directly paying and creating these scandals. As it said in the article he was trying to look for red flags but could not find any. Thus it would be wrong to penalize a man for an act he may or may not have done. To conclude i think that Pitino is not at fault but the team should be punished in some sort of way.
I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions of those who report to him, however his punishment shouldn't be that significant. When being the head of a team or organization, he should be aware of everything that happens from top to bottom, his negligence of the team should be punished, but it is unfortunate that the negligence is in regards to illegal recruitment. Rick Pitino should have especially looked out for illegal recruitment as he should know the severity of it. The fact that McGee has not made a statement has made me suspicious as well as everyone else involved in this investigation. If he was innocent, he would be cooperating. The normal punishment for this situation is suspension of multiple games which is unfair for Rick Pitino since he was not the one that preformed these illegal proceedings and tried everything to stop it. Due to this, I believe he should have no punishment.
I believe that Rick Pitino deserves punishment, but not to the full extent. I think that because of the wrongful activity in the team, although Rick allegedly did not know about it, he still must take responsibility as head coach. Also the article says that he failed to see any "red flags". While he may have been trying his best to monitor the team, he failed to do so thus failing to prevent the entire scandal. Because he himself was not in control of the situation, I think that those involved should receive full punishment. Also, I do not think that the entire team should be punished for the actions of only the alleged 14 athletes that took part.
I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for his actions but not in a way that is too harsh considering it is not all of Pitino's fault. Regardless, I believe that if you are in charge or elected to be a boss/head or above anyone. You have the right to make sure everyone stays in line and does their duty. According to the Enforcement staff they said that Pitino did everything that he could when trying to prevent something from occurring like this. Additionally, McGee has not made a statement which has made me wonder if he is telling the truth as well as everyone else involved in this situation, I find that it is pretty rare when someone is staying silent which leads to people thinking he is not at all innocent. Therefore, I feel the punishment is too hard and since Pitino did everything in his will to prevent this, I believe there should be some sort of punishment for the team since Pitino is not at fault and did look for red flags but claimed he did not find any.
To not punish Rick Pitino for the actions committed by his staff would be unacceptable. His staff orchestrated entertainment for 14 prospective players. It does not matter if Pitino was made aware of these acts or not, he should face consequences. Pitino is the head coach, and should know everything about his organization, and is responsible for allowing these acts to be carried out. Pitino should be held accountable for his organization’s actions. The staff directly involved or aware should also be held accountable because they are solely responsible for these actions as well. Anyone with direct involvement should be fired. However, Pitino’s punishment should not be severe, because the article suggests he had little to no involvement or awareness of the actions. If the NCAA fails to consequence Pitino and the Louisville Basketball team, then one can make the assumption that the NCAA encourages that type of behavior among players and coaches. The administration of Louisville should also condemn the team’s actions and the fact that Pitino was oblivious to the actions and did nothing to prevent it.
I believe the Louisville basketball team should be punished, but not Rick Pitino himself. He did everything he could to prevent something like this, and was lied to by other coaches and recruits about what was going on in the dorms. Rick is supposed to be in charge of his staff but the other members of his staff did not do their part in assisting him. I think the team should also face consequences from the school because these acts were inappropriate and should not have taken place in their dorms.
I think that there should be some punishment directed towards Coach Pitino because he is the head coach and he is supposed to know everything that is going on. However, it was not totally his fault. He was lied to by his staff and recruits about what kind of things were happening at the recruiting trip. I think the program in general should face consequences and possibly the coaches actually involved in the scandal, but I do not think that Coach Pitino should face harsh punishments at all.
I personally don't think that coach Pitino should be punished based on the information there currently is. He is innocent until proven guilty and there is currently nothing showing he had knowledge of what was going on. In my opinion Mcgee probably made sure that Pitino didn't know because it would get him in trouble. He should be more aware of what is going on, but it is hard with such a big program such as basketball. I think being under the microscope is punishment enough unless some new piece of information come out. Also the bad publicity is also punishment. At this point a game suspension would just be unneeded punishment on someone who just didn't know something.
I think that this should not be entirely focussed on Coach Pinto. Yes I think there should be consequences towards him, but I also believe that it should go beyond that. Just him facing consequences I believe would be unfair when it was both him, the team and the other staff that are at fault here. He was lied to which is part of the problem and part of the reason his staff should have consequences. I do believe that as head coach he has a responsibility to know everything that is going on, but I personally don't think all of the fault should be put on him.
I believe Pitino should be punished for the actions committed by his recruiting staff. As a head coach he is in a position of authority and should monitor his staff. Although, there are other perspectives saying he had no idea this was going on, I still do believe he should be punished. Whether or not he knew about it, the actions his staff committed under his program was inappropriate and unacceptable. This type of behavior should not be allowed in an education environment, especially with underage recruits.
I think that Pitino should be held accountable because of his role on the team. Somebody like the coach is supposed to be the figurehead and face of the team. It is his job to set a standard for the team, and if his players and faculty are not responding to that, he should be responsible for them. If a student sets a classroom on fire and the teacher was in the bathroom, the teacher still is still responsible for everybody in the room because of his or her role as a leader. Because of the role a coach has on a team, it is his or her job to make sure that everybody acts in a respectable way.
I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions of his recruiting staff. A coach is responsible to his players and staff. He is responsible to know everything that goes on in the team atmosphere. I believe that even though Pitino may not have known about the actions of McGee, he should still be held accountable because he should have known. When taking on the role of a coach it is important to have complete knowledge of your team especially when it comes to illegal activity. Pitino should be punished for the actions of his coaching staff because it is his responsibility to make sure these kinds of things don't take place.
I do not think that Pitino should be punished for the actions of his staff members. The first reason is because I really think that each person should be innocent until proven guilty. I feel like this is not the case a lot of times in todays society and people tend to jump to conclusions that aren't true. I think that until the NCAA can bring forth real, credible evidence showing that Pitino knew about what happened that they have no right to make him pay for the consequences. I think that since the players continuously lied about it, it wouldn't surprise me if he really did have no idea. I think that there is a chance he knew but I don't think that with the evidence the NCAA is showing us that it would be a fair judgement to assume he knew and to bring down his name and reputation.
I do not think Rick Pitino should be punished for the decisions of his staff. Sure, it may be the responsibility of the Coach is to monitor his team (including everyone involved). I do, however think that at the end of the day it was McGee who did the sex scandal and Pitino did nothing wrong. It is also unfair that the recruits lied to him. He even asked one of them how it was, and he said he "just chilled with the other players and played video games." Later on, he admitted to not telling Pitino because he "felt it was something to keep to myself." That is all out of Pitino's control and he should not be penalized for not being able to control something he did not know about.
I believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions committed by McGee. Pitino is the one who hires his staff and is responsible for making sure they are properly running the program. This scandal was going on for 4 years and I find it quite hard to believe that he didn’t have any idea what was happening. As a coach, he failed to monitor his staff and the things his players were doing. And if he did know about it, he turned a blind eye. Either way he is in the wrong. I feel as though he should be punished in a way that does not undermine his actual coaching ability. He may be a good coach for his team, but making sure that his staff and players are not engaging in illegal activities is also part of the job. Even if the punishment is minor, there still needs to be something put in place because he did technically break NCAA policy.
ReplyDeleteAside from the examples provided in the article about Boeheim and Brown, the main case that comes to mind is Joe Paterno at Penn State. The main incrimination against Paterno was that he was told of the illegal activities and did not come forth to the authorities with the information. In regards to Pitino, he had not been told about the activities of his staff member, so I do not think he should be as severely punished. However, as the head basketball coach at a big-time division one school, he should be held accountable for the actions of all of his players and coaches. He is the one who recruited, hired, and eventually promoted Andre McGee at Louisville. While it may not seem fair, I believe that Pitino is guilty because of his responsibility to oversee the entire organization. It is hard for me to believe that for four years, McGee was able to coordinate all of these recruiting techniques without Pitino ever learning of them. It wouldn't be fair to give Louisville a PSU-esque punishment in terms of stripping them of their wins, but I do think that Pitino should at least be suspended for a multitude of games. It is not right to blemish the careers of players who have won at Louisville as a result of them being victim of a crazed coach. Pitino needs to learn from his actions in addition to other coaches across the country, to show them that this will not go unpunished. If they don't reprimand Louisville, the NCAA will be saying that illegal activities are not regarded as such in the sports world.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I respect Rick Pitino for the legacy he has, I do believe he should be relieved from his duties as Head Coach for the University of Louisville. While it may seem that Pitino is not at fault because he was unaware of what was taking place, he is accountable because this is his program. Also, I believe Pitino was aware of what was going on because when you are the coach of a program that people expect to be competitive every year, you are willing to do many things to attract the top recruits and reach expectations. Furthermore, the NCAA has set a precedent for discipline on these types of cases. Great coaches such as Art Briles, Joe Paterno, and Gary Barnett have all been relieved of their coaching duties due to scandals, and it is possible that Pitino will be next. This is a very important case so it'll be interesting to see how this plays out
ReplyDeleteRick Pitino should pay for what happened, but he should not take full responsibility. For allowing something to happen like that is inexcusable and should never happen at a college. I believe that Andre McGee is at fault more than Pitino because he did not have control over what happened in those dorms, he wasn't always around to watch his players. Some of the players may have thought that it was from Pitino himself. Pitino and the program should not be defined by the actions of an assistant of whom they had little control over. But, there is also the question that Pitino had known McGee for almost ten years, maybe he did have a little bit of control over the guy. I mean, if you know someone for 10 years, don't you get a bit of an idea who someone might be? So, I believe that Pitino and McGee are at fault for the actions, Pitino for failing to monitor his program and Mcgee for doing what he did. Although I believe Pitino should not be defined for what he did, I do believe that the program of louisville and pitino should suffer a bit for what happened.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions committed from the recruiting staff, Andre McGee. Considering the fact that Pitino had no clue that this was going on, it’s his team, he is in charge of who he hires and he should be aware at all times of what's going. According to Dana O’Neil, "The NCAA has alleged that from December 2010 through July 2014, McGee, who was a program assistant and later director of basketball operations, arranged and paid for adult entertainment and sex acts at Billy Minardi Hall, a campus dormitory that houses athletes. The NCAA alleges that McGee paid cash for strippers and/or sex acts to entertain at least 14 prospective and/or current student athletes in the men's basketball program.” For 4 years McGee has paid for adult entertainment and it is confusing that Pitino didn’t realize this was going on at all. I have taken from this scandal that Rick Pitino knew what was going on and now that it has blown up he is protecting himself by acting like he never knew what McGee was doing.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions of those who report to him, however it should not be very harsh. Being the head or any kind of organization means that you are responsible for everyone who works under you and it is all you can do is make sure that every possible safety measure is taken in preventing infractions. The article did state that Rick Pitino's "Enforcement Staff" said they believed Rick Pitino did everything in his power to try and prevent something like this from happening. Also, McGee not giving a statement does a very good job of solidifying that he his guilty. I find that it is pretty rare the people who choose to remain silent are rarely innocent. Therefore, the article said the punishment for the infraction was a multiple game suspension which I believe to be to harsh. Because Rick Pitino did everything in his power to prevent this, I believe it should be at most a two game suspension.
ReplyDeleteRegardless of whether or not Pitino knew he should be punished. He is in charge of that organization. If something happens, he should be punished. Piton is the one who recruited, hire, and promoted McGee at Louisville. Obviously changes need to be made to the recruiting process to prevent this type of behavior going forward. As a coach Rick Pitino failed to monitor his staff and the actions his players were taking. "In other words: Pitino didn't know, but he should have." (ESPN). Regardless of whether or not he knew, he should be partly held responsible. "I'm guilty of trusting someone," Pitino said. It’s very hard to believe that Rick Pitino did not know of these actions taking place over the period of four years. If in fact Pitino knew about these actions going on, then he should be fired. However, if he genuinely did not know these things were going on then a multiage suspension seems fair to me.
ReplyDeleteI think that, although what happened is not directly Pitino's fault, he is responsible for the majority of the Louisville Men's Basketball Program. He was the person who selected and promoted Andre McGee to his position. Pitino clearly did all that he could to prevent an incident like this from happening, but it is still his program. The punishment should not be severe if it turns out that he actually did not know about it. From the investigations by the NCAA, it seems highly plausible that there would never be an instance in which the players would confess any of the sexual activities or adult dancers to Coach Pitino, so it seems like he would have no way of knowing. No matter the outcome, Pitino and the team should be reprimanded at some level.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Coach Pitino's team should be punished in some way but not a direct punishment towards Pitino. Although Coach Pitino should have been on top of his team/program, he was not directly paying and creating these scandals. As it said in the article he was trying to look for red flags but could not find any. Thus it would be wrong to penalize a man for an act he may or may not have done. To conclude i think that Pitino is not at fault but the team should be punished in some sort of way.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions of those who report to him, however his punishment shouldn't be that significant. When being the head of a team or organization, he should be aware of everything that happens from top to bottom, his negligence of the team should be punished, but it is unfortunate that the negligence is in regards to illegal recruitment. Rick Pitino should have especially looked out for illegal recruitment as he should know the severity of it. The fact that McGee has not made a statement has made me suspicious as well as everyone else involved in this investigation. If he was innocent, he would be cooperating. The normal punishment for this situation is suspension of multiple games which is unfair for Rick Pitino since he was not the one that preformed these illegal proceedings and tried everything to stop it. Due to this, I believe he should have no punishment.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rick Pitino deserves punishment, but not to the full extent. I think that because of the wrongful activity in the team, although Rick allegedly did not know about it, he still must take responsibility as head coach. Also the article says that he failed to see any "red flags". While he may have been trying his best to monitor the team, he failed to do so thus failing to prevent the entire scandal. Because he himself was not in control of the situation, I think that those involved should receive full punishment. Also, I do not think that the entire team should be punished for the actions of only the alleged 14 athletes that took part.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for his actions but not in a way that is too harsh considering it is not all of Pitino's fault. Regardless, I believe that if you are in charge or elected to be a boss/head or above anyone. You have the right to make sure everyone stays in line and does their duty. According to the Enforcement staff they said that Pitino did everything that he could when trying to prevent something from occurring like this. Additionally, McGee has not made a statement which has made me wonder if he is telling the truth as well as everyone else involved in this situation, I find that it is pretty rare when someone is staying silent which leads to people thinking he is not at all innocent. Therefore, I feel the punishment is too hard and since Pitino did everything in his will to prevent this, I believe there should be some sort of punishment for the team since Pitino is not at fault and did look for red flags but claimed he did not find any.
ReplyDeleteTo not punish Rick Pitino for the actions committed by his staff would be unacceptable. His staff orchestrated entertainment for 14 prospective players. It does not matter if Pitino was made aware of these acts or not, he should face consequences. Pitino is the head coach, and should know everything about his organization, and is responsible for allowing these acts to be carried out. Pitino should be held accountable for his organization’s actions. The staff directly involved or aware should also be held accountable because they are solely responsible for these actions as well. Anyone with direct involvement should be fired. However, Pitino’s punishment should not be severe, because the article suggests he had little to no involvement or awareness of the actions. If the NCAA fails to consequence Pitino and the Louisville Basketball team, then one can make the assumption that the NCAA encourages that type of behavior among players and coaches. The administration of Louisville should also condemn the team’s actions and the fact that Pitino was oblivious to the actions and did nothing to prevent it.
ReplyDeleteI believe the Louisville basketball team should be punished, but not Rick Pitino himself. He did everything he could to prevent something like this, and was lied to by other coaches and recruits about what was going on in the dorms. Rick is supposed to be in charge of his staff but the other members of his staff did not do their part in assisting him. I think the team should also face consequences from the school because these acts were inappropriate and should not have taken place in their dorms.
ReplyDeleteI think that there should be some punishment directed towards Coach Pitino because he is the head coach and he is supposed to know everything that is going on. However, it was not totally his fault. He was lied to by his staff and recruits about what kind of things were happening at the recruiting trip. I think the program in general should face consequences and possibly the coaches actually involved in the scandal, but I do not think that Coach Pitino should face harsh punishments at all.
ReplyDeleteI personally don't think that coach Pitino should be punished based on the information there currently is. He is innocent until proven guilty and there is currently nothing showing he had knowledge of what was going on. In my opinion Mcgee probably made sure that Pitino didn't know because it would get him in trouble. He should be more aware of what is going on, but it is hard with such a big program such as basketball. I think being under the microscope is punishment enough unless some new piece of information come out. Also the bad publicity is also punishment. At this point a game suspension would just be unneeded punishment on someone who just didn't know something.
ReplyDeleteI think that this should not be entirely focussed on Coach Pinto. Yes I think there should be consequences towards him, but I also believe that it should go beyond that. Just him facing consequences I believe would be unfair when it was both him, the team and the other staff that are at fault here. He was lied to which is part of the problem and part of the reason his staff should have consequences. I do believe that as head coach he has a responsibility to know everything that is going on, but I personally don't think all of the fault should be put on him.
ReplyDeleteI believe Pitino should be punished for the actions committed by his recruiting staff. As a head coach he is in a position of authority and should monitor his staff. Although, there are other perspectives saying he had no idea this was going on, I still do believe he should be punished. Whether or not he knew about it, the actions his staff committed under his program was inappropriate and unacceptable. This type of behavior should not be allowed in an education environment, especially with underage recruits.
ReplyDeleteI think that Pitino should be held accountable because of his role on the team. Somebody like the coach is supposed to be the figurehead and face of the team. It is his job to set a standard for the team, and if his players and faculty are not responding to that, he should be responsible for them. If a student sets a classroom on fire and the teacher was in the bathroom, the teacher still is still responsible for everybody in the room because of his or her role as a leader. Because of the role a coach has on a team, it is his or her job to make sure that everybody acts in a respectable way.
ReplyDeleteI believe that Rick Pitino should be punished for the actions of his recruiting staff. A coach is responsible to his players and staff. He is responsible to know everything that goes on in the team atmosphere. I believe that even though Pitino may not have known about the actions of McGee, he should still be held accountable because he should have known. When taking on the role of a coach it is important to have complete knowledge of your team especially when it comes to illegal activity. Pitino should be punished for the actions of his coaching staff because it is his responsibility to make sure these kinds of things don't take place.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that Pitino should be punished for the actions of his staff members. The first reason is because I really think that each person should be innocent until proven guilty. I feel like this is not the case a lot of times in todays society and people tend to jump to conclusions that aren't true. I think that until the NCAA can bring forth real, credible evidence showing that Pitino knew about what happened that they have no right to make him pay for the consequences. I think that since the players continuously lied about it, it wouldn't surprise me if he really did have no idea. I think that there is a chance he knew but I don't think that with the evidence the NCAA is showing us that it would be a fair judgement to assume he knew and to bring down his name and reputation.
ReplyDeleteI do not think Rick Pitino should be punished for the decisions of his staff. Sure, it may be the responsibility of the Coach is to monitor his team (including everyone involved). I do, however think that at the end of the day it was McGee who did the sex scandal and Pitino did nothing wrong. It is also unfair that the recruits lied to him. He even asked one of them how it was, and he said he "just chilled with the other players and played video games." Later on, he admitted to not telling Pitino because he "felt it was something to keep to myself." That is all out of Pitino's control and he should not be penalized for not being able to control something he did not know about.
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