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Closing of a Gillispie era. Why was he fired. Player relationships? A must read.
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FBALL Wrote:He's right about that too. Pitino was brutal. But it was his charm and more importantly his entertaining style of play when all in UK land were desperate that got him to deity status.

Remember at the time slick Rick was not the first choice for the UK job. Lute Olsen and PJ Carlesimo both turned it down before it fell to Pitino and he jumped at it to get out of the situation that he had gotten himself into in New York.

What situation was that exactly, a playoff team with the Knicks. And as for being our third choice that year, he wasn't he was our first. He initially turned down UK, then we went to Olson and PJ, but ultimately came back to Pitino and convinced him otherwise.
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Closing of a Gillispie era. Why was he fired. Player relationships? A must read. - by EKY_Basketball - 03-31-2009, 05:54 AM

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