Pitino Interested in Sacramento Job?
It is being reported that Louisville’s head basketball coach has an interest in the Sacramento Kings’ coaching gig. The one question I have for both is why?
If I am the Maloof brothers why am I even entertaining the notion of hiring a guy who in six NBA seasons has a .466 winning percentage and exactly one winning season on two franchises with all of the resources in the world at his disposal? Pitino could not make it work in stops at Boston and New York. Though, to be fair, he did win 52 games his final season in New York before running back to the college game to take the Kentucky job. After resuscitating the Kentucky program he then bolted to Boston to run the Celtics franchise. He was abysmal there winning no more than 36 games in any one season.
Secondly is Pitino is making roughly $3 million per season at Louisville and Sacramento going to be willing to pony up comparable money for a coach who did not get the job done in Boston before scurrying back to the college game?
From Pitino’s perspective why is he even entertaining going back to the pros to work for a franchise that is in complete disarray right now and compiled the worst record in the league? You took a shot at the pros coaching two of the most storied franchises in the league and you could not get done so get over it and move on. Stay at Louisville where you are treated like royalty and have complete job security. Why jump ship from what is a good thing in Louisville? Are you in competition with Larry Brown to see how many teams you can head up before you die?
