St. John’s and Rick Pitino Enter the Off-Season Earlier than Hoped! 

Thanks for the rant - perfectly expressed my feelings of frustration. They were playing great hoops. Never expected this sudden ending. Thanks for a great podcast guys! Wait till next year!

Great job fellas lots of good points made by both of you. A little disappointed though as I thought that you Pat would spend at least 15 minutes talking about your Darling…Darlingstone Dubar! 🤣

Dubar and Bensley Joseph are good players. Apparently St johns has looked into them. Virginia being in proved lot of ppl right 😂.

I am so glad you are back so u can have a final vent. I can't tell you how sad this made me. We were obviously the 3rd or 4th best team in big East. It isn't right that didn't get in but I understand the conference trnys did us no favor. After I got over it I said that myself, well at least I will get to see them in NIT. I just wanted more of them. Then came the decision that upset me n angered me. What a stupid, short sighted, selfish move to decline invitation. First off, who the hell are we to be above anything? Jeez . Haven't been relevant since Ron Artest. Secondly you have a fan base starving for any success n we wanted more. I still wanted something to do n watch. Third it would still help you recruit. More eyes watching how you react to adversity would have been important. N more chances to coach your team n teach those coming back. This decision was wrong, and reprehensible. It was unfair to your fans who wanted more. Shame on you President Shanely n Pitino for that matter.

Cole how dare you impugn the integrity of the Bama program. That kids team had a coaching change and he entered the portal on March 6.

As usual, u folks completely miss the point. The team's failure was poor coaching! Pitino gets an F for the season. He was outcoached virtually every game (the misuse of Soriano is tragic and beyond stupid) and then, when things were at their lowest point of the season, he throws his team under the bus. Pitino is a phony. U can throw men, professionals, under the bus but u don't do that to kids. Pitino showed his true colors THAT day! Also, he shows his selfishness yet again by passing on the NIT. He prefers to get to work right away with the transfer portal. What did his players think? Don't u think some of them would have loved (possibly) 2-more home games and then 2-more at the Garden? Pitino is a joke. I am convinced he has won in the past bc he had GREAT players bc he is NOT a great coach. WHO got better on St John's this year? Most every player regressed in a BIG way. Do u think Taylor, Conway, Luis, Dinkle, Ledlum and Alleyne are happy they came to NY? Pitino misused EVERY one of those people---especially Taylor (who he used as his personal yo-yo). EVERY player (except Jenkins (and I will get to him later)) played scared. EVERY time they made a mistake they looked at the bench expecting to be taken out (and almost always they were yanked). A coach is supposed to instill confidence in his players NOT destroy it. Pitino was a colossal failure in year 1. As for Jenkins, I am NO fan. Pitino, on the hand, thought the guy could do no wrong. Pitino said in October that Jenkins "makes everyone else better". REALLY???? WHAT player improved while playing with Jenkins? The answer is obvious: NO ONE! Pitino;'s unyielding and extraordinary belief in Jenkins was one of the main reasons the Redmen failed this year. His poor coaching, of course, was the biggest reason the team failed its objective. You guys are fans---you are not objective observers. STOP kissing Pitino's ass! START looking at things in a more intellectual manner. Pitino's 'greatness;' is a myth. He failed MISERABLY this year and HE knows it. The fact that u folks and the sycophants in the media make excuses for him, is sad. One thing is for SURE, Pitino will have NO excuses next year. He will have to accept all the arrows if he fails again in 2024-25.