Rick Pitino Out

S.Samek

To build a strong athletics team you need good coaching and strong players. Ones that will do anything to have success at the sport. Sometimes this comes with not playing by the rules as a way to achieve victory on the field. Recently there was a bribing scandal in the NCAA involving an Adidas executive and four assistant coaches. One of these schools under investigation is Louisville. Because of this investigation Louisville has decided to put head men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino on administrative leave. Louisville’s athletic director Tom Jurich was placed on paid administrative leave as well. This isn’t the first time the Cardinals have made headlines off the court. A 2015 scandal may result in a forfeit of the 2013 national title. A 2010 incident involving extortion also took place. Pitino was a good coach in terms of getting results. He owns a .744 winning percentage sense 2001-2002. Three of those seasons he led the Cardinals to the final four.

It will be tough to replace him for sure. However, it was best to see him go. It’s not the first, or even second time something like this has happened to the program. Best if they just let him go and figure this whole mess out.

Then get a new coach and have the players focus on playing basketball. Louisville looks to still be able to contend for a top 10 spot in the nation, even without their head coach. They also had the seventh best odds at 15-1 to win this seasons title going into the season. This could change after Pitino got fired. The season starts on Oct. 30 against Kentucky Wesleyan for the Cardinals.