I used to hate this guy. Smart man.

I'm thinking pre tournament hype video littered with Pitino quotes. Forgot who my coach was for a second

Both Pitino & Hurley are intense. Yet Pitino’s method makes the most of men (inspiring - usually) while Hurley makes the most of himself (toxic - mostly). Glad to see Pitino & St John’s win this matchup last night.

Illini could sure use some of this

Man, I really did a 180 on Pitino. Guy can flat out coach

The goat of coaching

@Kingbrotherj Teach. Get this lesson before being thrust into adulthood.

How could you ever hate him

Pitino is one of the best coaches ever. There are very few coaches who can take middling talent and turn them into a great team. He's one of the few capable of doing so.

Don’t you know what adversity is all about? That’s the fucking game of life!

Spot on! Get tougher. Life is about being hard and tough. Dig in. That's the journey. If you think it's easy, then you quit. Don't quit, dig, get tougher, harder. I promise you salvation in your life, if you commit to being tougher. Adversity is your friend! Get use to it. Be a Warrior for good!

The guy running a prostitution ring for his players?

That’s coaching

He should’ve gone into the UConn locker room and given the same speech tonight 🤦‍♂️

Generational CBB coach. Wins every where he goes and takes inherited team and transforms said team to eliteness quickly at every stop

Love this guy since his first interview as young, unknown HC at Providence. He oozed "winner" and took same kids people thought were Div. 2 and took them to the Final Four. With him the whole way, warts and all.

Look who is in the front and attentive... This talk was after some turmoil within the team during a game. Pretty sure after this talk the team started to turn itself around

You cannot hate this. He just pushes the right buttons. I take the word of Coach Hanson, Coach Pelphrey, Coach Ford, Coach Padgett, Coach Masiello, Coach Epps, Coach Woods, and so many others who have had their lives changed for the better because of Coach P.

Vibes of Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday lol 👍

Reminds me of Al Pacino’s speech from Any Given Sunday. Funny that they both look alike.

Rick Pitino is Bill Parcells

@SheldonR14 Man, that guy can coach

Gangster

Maybe he can be a guest speaker for the Illinois team.

@grok when did Pitino make this speech?

Have ALWAYS loved Rick Pitino! He lit a fire under their ass last year with that & it certainly worked!

@DinoCook7 Hes still a sh>/bag Remember the hookers for kids? Scandals at ky amd lville? Fing on salad, and paying for her abortion, Getting his man to marry the unstable lady? That sh>/ didn't register f[= you? What's wrong with you???

Everyone who’s ever coached could deliver (and likely has delivered) that message. He’s still an arse.

@MaxHPF He’s still the same

Truly the 🐐

Yes.

You can argue this is exactly what Brad needs to do and say.

Didn't he quit the Celtics a few years after not getting Tim Duncan?

When the going gets tough .....???

Adversity is not a topic for a white man of privilege. Just sayin’

@bdomenech I love this message