If only Coach hadn't chased the dream job of the NBA and stayed in Lexington. This is what a coach is supposed to be, not the crap we're stuck with now. Remember the whole Deandre Liggins debacle? Liggins told Billy Clyde he wasn't going back into the game, and his reward for that? 27 minutes in the next night's game. Can you IMAGINE telling Coach Pitino you weren't going back in like that? He'd have you arrested for tresspassing on his bench, then tore up your scholarship papers right in front of you. Here's what happened after the blowout loss to Notre Dame last week:
Pitino makes Cards earn their identity
Louisville's embarrassing loss at Notre Dame last week did more than cost the Cardinals an ounce or two of pride and a spot in the polls.
Their practice gear went out the window too.
Coach Rick Pitino removed all practice shirts and shorts with the Louisville logo on them until the seventh-ranked Cardinals manage to win a game away from Freedom Hall.
"A generic shirt, that's what you've become," Pitino said he told his team. "You'll stay with those generic shirts until you win another road game."
