[whos your momma]

He probably talked to Pitino and Ricky P said " did you not see me age 25 years in my short stint in Boston?" Ricky P learned that those players don't care what you say, if the players are that good then you will play. Unlike in college when the coach can determine whether the player gets to the next level. The players in college will run thru a wall for their coaches and listen to them and take their advice but when they make it to the big show, the players are in control and not the coaches.