Rick Pitino blogged out an apology to the fans of Louisville entitled “Sorry fans you deserve better”. It was a nice gesture but the real story here is in the follow paragraph:
In other seasons we could point to injuries or suspensions early on which led to our demise. Now it is very simple. Practice habits create a winning formula. We did not earn the victory. WKU earned that one. They should be congratulated. Very few players can practice without purpose or intensity and suddenly bring it game night. Although Iverson maybe the exception from what is rumored. But then again his record since joining the Pistons is 6-6 and there are no Allen Iversons walking through the YUM! Center.
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It’s one of my favorite quotes from a coaches press conference of all time.
Did Pitino know what he was saying in this blog post? Is it a joke? I don’t know but maybe Pitino can trademark the phrase just like Coach John Calapari did “Refuse to Loose” as his former teams motto at UMass.
