Rick Pitino, the coach of St. John's basketball team, expressed dissatisfaction, stating this season was unenjoyable due to recruiting choices. He criticized the team's lack of toughness and blamed recruiting for not aligning with his coaching style. Pitino emphasized the importance of speed, quickness, fundamentals, strength, and toughness in recruiting. He admitted to rushing to assemble the team and vowed to avoid such hasty decisions in the future.
Rick Pitino is a Hall of Fame coach who can be a first-class jerk https://t.co/25NQHt8Uri
New on @AaronTorresPod YouTube: Some reaction to Rick Pitino's wild press conference on Sunday night. Just an angry coach calling out his team? Or did he cross the line? We discuss https://t.co/njTHTBgiAL
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Rick Pitino is a legendary coach but isn’t acting like one. Complaining his players aren’t tough enough & blaming recruiting rather than his inability to get the most out of them is comical. The hype was insane but now he’s miserable & knew they were in trouble last summer? LOL.
Some eye-popping quotes from Rick Pitino in here. https://t.co/5RSoiExgZL
Pitino throwing his players under the bus ... heard that one before. https://t.co/DTqoieUtfs
Rick Pitino: “We kind of lost this season with the way we recruited. We recruited the antithesis of the way I coach, with speed, quickness, fundamentals, strength and toughness. We did not to do that. It’s a good group, they try hard, they’re just not very tough.” #sjubb
Pitino: “It’s not the job. You could be at Missouri and recruit slow players. Believe me, it’s not St. John’s. We had to put together a team at the last second. We will never, ever, do that again.” #sjubb
Pitino: “We kind of lost this season with the way we recruited. We recruited the antithesis of the way I coach. It’s a good group, they try hard, but they’re just not very tough.” #sjubb
Rick Pitino: "This is the most unenjoyable experience of my lifetime." #sjubb