I feel sorry for Rick Pitino’s family. I do. I do not feel sorry for him.
Louisville’s coach Pitino is about to have a news conference on the whole sex and extortion scandal — you can read about it here. I certainly don’t know if the $3k he paid the chick he had sex with was to go toward health insurance or an abortion. I will even go so far as to say I suspect her rape charges are fabricated. C’mon, she waited 6 years to cry rape — like it’s not rape if you’re getting money for your other children to go to college and monthly money to keep quiet — but the same act becomes rape if the money is cut off and you’re arrested for extortion.
Here’s the skinny on why I’m even talking about this:
Those in the burg are pretty over-the-top on basketball. It IS Indiana. So in the burg, you primarily have college basketball fans of IU, Purdue, UK and L’ville. I could never understand why folks who were born and raised in Indiana wouldn’t support Indiana athletic teams above those from another state. It would be like me cheering for Austin against C’ville.
So I’m vindictive. I admit, there’s a part of me that smirks at this scandal. As a Bobby Knight supporter from waaaay back, yes, even during the time that Pitino was the coach for UK. Over the years, I’ve taken a lot of ribbing over ole’ Bobby’s exploits. He threw a chair — I took grief. He kicked a chair — all the burg’s Kentuckians rubbed it in. It always came back to Knight just not being up to par with the wonderful Pitino.
I’m sure hoping that all those who gave me crap about Bobby Knight will at least be willing to admit Pitino was capable of some bad judgement 6 years ago himself. Again — I feel sorry for his family, but I do not feel empathy for him.