Rick Pitino, awful Celtics coach, was outdone by Rick Pitino, awful Celtics president | The Worst
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2018
- Before the 1997-98 NBA season, eight NBA teams made a change at head coach. One of those teams was the Boston Celtics, who hired Rick Pitino away from the University of Kentucky to be coach and president. The decision to put that much power in the hands of someone who was fickle with his roster, collegiate in his approach, and interested in being the center of the show, proved to be a total disaster.
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“They tried to kill two birds with one stone and instead just killed themselves”
That’s cold as hell....
and very accurate. It was painful to watch.
Yeah.... no. This was actually a terrible video
Jon Haffey yawn
Jon Haffey Actually it was very well researched and presented well.
Possibly not quite as cold as, "... And instead of managing a salary cap, you can just do scandals."
He was trading like 2k before 2k was a thing
Thats a fact lmao every 5 games in 2k im trading somebody 😂
He and Lebron think alike
cuz there were 0 other basketball video games before 2k?
Lol shout out to KOT4Q
@@DwayneIsKing shoutout to GM Jiedel
Rick pitino is basically the real life equivalent of any of us playing sports games in gm mode
"Hire 4 free agents, trade for a draft pick, hire 3 more, trade for a player, now trade the player and draft pick together for a better player..."
Except he never takes the time to look properly at the stat sheets. He just goes "aah, 81 overall, 91 accuracy. Sign him up"
Better than me in Madden 08 trying to improve my running game, but passing on free agent Shawn Alexander in favor of the third best rookie running back, who proceeds to suck, quickly get benched for the old guy, and only score a single (admittedly really cool 70-yard) TD on the ground all year before randomly running an onside kick back for a TD in garbage time of a blowout Super Bowl win.
So basically like the Percy Harvin situation on the Seahawks, but way dumber.
@@SortaNonymous And with less weed.
@@hiimemily Yeah, with less weed probably (unless the 17-year-old GameCube CPU is hiding something from me)
Also now that running back randomly got a massive stat boost in year 2 despite doing nothing and has become a good running back now, so I guess it wasn't that bad (that and I lowered the difficulty back down after like 5 All-Pro-difficulty games of the defense having to carry everything that season)
Pitino legit reminds me of Michael Scott.
HAHAHAHAHA this comment deserves greater recognition...
Michael Scott paper company 😂🤣🤣
Season one, episode four
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. -Wayne Gretzky -Michael Scott" -Rick Pitino
You think he did prison Rick?
Boston could have had billups, mcgrady, miller and pierce?
I would have loved to see that lol
ValensBellator don’t forget Tim Duncan if we won the lottery
The Celtics honestly are the most overrated franchise ever. Most of their rings were in the era with only a few teams, where you had an all star team on Boston playing against a bunch of unathletic white dudes, to be blunt. In the modern Era, Boston has 4 rings. 4. 4 rings. The lakers in the modern era have 10. Nuff said. Even if you count the 70's Boston only has 6 and LA has 11. If they hadnt got Pitino, they could have won quite a few more with Pierce on their team.
@@stefanmicic9985 Not sure what youre talking about
Me too bro. That would have been a great team
@@MoneyHoneyBunny Wait...So they are overrated for drafting well? It's their fault they had an "All-Star" team? I like this arbitrary "modern era" you're inventing. Do the Lakers still count their Minnesota titles?
Boston tried to create a Pat Riley type figure and it didn't work. They really should have went with the less flashy, quieter no bullshit Bird.
Owners were such a jackass back then. Paul Gaston might be the worse Celtics owner since Mr. KFC. I'm so glad we got Wyc now who actually let the people know their job do the work.
Bird was an infinitely better coach and executive.
And the next year got Pierce
Technically speaking, Pitino was a part of raising another championship banner, as he drafted Paul Pierce :D
@@josephhanicak7922 bullshit.. bird could not coach. Even he admitted it
Jon Bois ain’t walkin through that door
Matt Ufford ain't walkin' through that door
And if he walked through that door he would be gray and old.
Patience, my child. He's been working on a huge project for months now.
Bois is doing a 2 hour long video with Felix Biederman from Chapo Trap House on MMA. It's talking a lot of time but it will be awesome.
I lol'd
Mediocre large men are the life blood of the NBA
Not anymore
Say what?
They're also the life blood of my ex wife
Andrew Boley zing
For every Shaq, you have a Kwaaaameee Brown!
Worth noting: Tommy Heinsohn, the ultimate homer who bleeds Celtics green, could barely conceal his disgust for Pitino when calling games during that era.
he had the cred. he won the ship in 74 and 76 with the cowens-havlicek teams. not to mention the great paul"no layups" silas.
#Godspeed, 15 🏀
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
RIP 🙏
@@waltwilliams7063 Don't forget JoJo White.....remember his epic performance in triple OT Game 5 in the 1976 Finals?
If the late great Tommy didnt sign off on a coach thats a serious red flag. Tommy was a basketball guru
Bobby Petrino = Worst NFL coaching hire...
Rick Pitino = Worst NBA coaching hire...
Louisville: “Don’t worry we’ll take it from here...”
But he won a title LMAO boy stfu one of the greatest coaches ever in college has 2 rings. .. Took 3 different teams to the finals four that's a legend only I think 3 other coaches has done that?
@@brandonasbury7334 All while overseeing underage prostitution as a recruiting tactic. What a legend.
Petrino, Pitino, Parrino - hmm....
Their names even sound similar!
@@beatnik09 - That's not facts though. Nobody knows them. Just speculation. What is a fact though is former assistant Andre McGee provided the hoes for the team...or I should say to the 2-4 bench players who actually attended the parties. Whether or not Pitino knew, nobody knows. He did pass two lie detector tests though for whatever that's worth.
“I wish we could have $90M under the salary cap, but we don’t. All we can do is work hard.”
-Rick Pitino, the sloot who gave contracts out like candy
Lesson learned: Never hire a coach from the state of Kentucky whose name starts with P and ends in "-ino"
I wouldn’t even hire a coach whose name starts with “P” and ends in -“-rno”.
How about no hiring coaches that start with P and end in “-no” in general
But it worked for Louisville. Pitino's era ended rough, but all in all it was very successful. Same with Petrino. It's ending rough, but it was successful, dating back to his first tenure with Louisville in 2003. Also for what it's worth neither one is from KY.
J4YB1RD I mean... not in basketball, but Pochettino is quite a good coach.
@@dinhhoangquan8677 manager
Fun trivia fact: Rick Pitino's last team he coached was Panathinaikos Basketball Club. It wears green and white as well as having cloverleaf as one of its signature symbols, the same as one of Pitino's former teams - the Boston Celtics. His biggest contribution in Athens - winning the Greek League and Cup as well as 6th in the EuroLeague .
They legit could’ve had Paul Pierce, Chauncey Billups and Tracey McGrady on the same team🤦🏾♂️
Billups, Ray Allen, McGrady, Paul Pierce. Kevin Garnett.
@@pctx1030 The Allen deal would've never happened with Boston if the Celtics had McGrady, Billups and Pierce. And it's hard to imagine Boston getting Kevin Garnett too since they wouldn't have the same trade pieces in that deal.
@@de132 Al Jefferson was the center piece to the Garnett trade. They got him because doc rivers was a terrible coach. Doc in that position without the defensive anchor of Garnett still would have been in the lottery, including 18 straight losses. There is a chance of it happening, as long as this took place in the first 7 years of mcgrady pierce and allen's contract (7 years would still be rookie extension). Look at tyre golden state warriors. Those were drafted rookie contact deals to get all those stars together.
Also Kobe
McGrady didn’t want to play in Boston due to Rick Pinto’s tough coaching
Finally, someone who can pronounce Boston, Massachusetts the right way
Ok, I love the "Bawstawn Massuhusutts".
Who else saw this and thought Hmm 10 year $70 million plus traded away hall of famers and some Allstars for “his guys” .... I wonder what current nfl coach is gonna be on an episode 5 years from now
Henry Steiner and he was previously a very successful head coach at the pros(winning a SB with Tampa) before taking another job(booth analyst). Oh my gosh. The Raiders are about to become the early aughts Celtics.
@@zachbeckham6520 Worse...at least the Celtics were in Boston where even some semblance of some good moves (like Pierce) would inspire hope, and their franchise had a storied history and there were people alive who remembered the winning days. The Raiders are moving to Vegas, and in such a rancorous fashion as to spit on the Oakland fans who they are leaving behind. The Raiders feel more like the Browns/Ravens to me right now, except that they'll not be winning anything in the near future.
Don't compare this to Gruden. Gruden is doing a great job acquiring draft picks and he honestly can create a dynasty in Oakland if he trades away Carr and nails just half of his picks (one being on a QB of course). What he's doing is no different than what Sam Hinkie did with the 76ers, which people criticized heavily at the time but as soon as Hinkie was fired everyone was prasing him and calling him a genius. While Gruden, like Hinkie, probably won't be around when the Raiders become good, he will be getting praise for how great of a job he did.
Also, no I'm not a Raiders fan, I'm a Patriots fan, but Gruden is doing a great job and it's ridiculous that he gets so much hate.
Kyrie Irving An expensive 10 year contract is still not a good idea.
@@danielyankun3605 he gets so much hate because of all the bullshit he is spouting. He never admitted he is there to rebuild. Also, in order for Gruden to be successful, he needs to nail his draft picks and develop young players - something he is unproven at. I bet this will end in tears
Larry. Bird would have been the correct choice.
Larry Brown is who Larry Bird wanted. He told Red that. Red didn't listen.
@@jaytf1231 It wasn't Red's choice but that shitty owner Paul Gaston.
Larry Bird and Danny Ainge tandem was good. They can bring more championship than Pitino and Gaston.
@Not a Celtics fan or Larry Bird as Coach and Danny Ainge as GM.
Positively Gruden-esque
grem grem this deserves more likes 😂
You laugh at Gruden now, give him 2-3 years and I guarantee that he will have the Raiders as one of the top three teams in the AFC. The mans a hell of a lot smarter than people like you take him for and btw, not a Raiders fan in the slightest.
@@SuperSuperbowl1 I was mostly referring to the length and size of the contract. 10 yrs is too long for just about anyone. I actually do think Gruden can probably turn things around. After watching QB camp, I know he has more football knowledge in his pinkie than I have in my whole body ;)
grem grem Fair enough man Il give ya that on the contract. Didn’t mean to sound full on triggered lol, I have always thought Gruden is smarter than he gets credit for is all.
Ya Gruden is getting bashed a ton for his big contract and the raiders 2018 results, but he knew this team wasn't talented enough to beat the chiefs or even the chargers. The blow up clearly has the blessing of ownership. I'd give it 2020 before we really declare him a fail.
The big difference for the Celtics was that Pitino was pure awful and a total spaz of a decision maker. It probably never works out that the Celtics land Pierce if they drafted McGrady, but imagine that the Celtics would've had an outside shot of starting Billups, McGrady and Pierce. Antoine Walker probably would've found more success as a secondary option as well, versus the version Boston got (an inefficient volume scorer). Danny Ainge came in and fixed things, but Pitino definitely managed to cement a lost decade for the team despite having an all time great around in Paul Pierce.
The Celtics could have had Chauncey, McGrady, and Paul Pierce......that could’ve one a couple rings in the mid 2000s
Yea 1 a couple Rings
*Won
Thr Cs should not released Radja, Fox and Dee Brown. Imagine you have Radja, Walker, Pierce, Billups, Mercer, Fox, Kenny Anderson, Bowen, Battie, McCarty, Joe Johnson and the returning Dana Barros
There was an article a few years back about the Celtics old practice facility at Brandeis University. It described a great relationship between team and people at the university. Students could shoot around w/ players, they would watch practices, and it was a good thing for all. Until Rick Pitino showed. He apparently closed off the practices, yelled and screamed at players so all could hear. This happened so much and so loudly that it troubled the university staff!
I grew up in Massachusetts and I remember the Walker-Pierce teams. I had no idea Chauncey billups ever played in Boston, much less drafted by the Celtics.
The idiots. Could have had kobe bryant in the 96 draft. Rysnt.wanted to be a celtic bigtime. Knew the history about the team. Evrtyone wanted him..
But m.l carr. He wanted walker. So they took walker instead. But. Bryant..could have been a celtic..just imagine.
Who is watching this in 1998
I am but my time machine broke so now I am stuck here.
@@gimbobjenkins405 me too bro where you at let's meet and try to repair the flux capacitor together
I am. I think that Pitino guy has a bright future here in Boston.
Me
@@FT-op4do
I just found it !!!!
Where you at ???
Did you find that guy who said he knew where we could borrow those special tools we're gonna need ??? I'll be waiting at the McDonald's near the Walmart !!! Hurry, we gotta get the F outta here ‼️
I can't even imagine what it would've been like had the Celtics hired Bird to coach, drafted Kobe/Jermaine O' Neal/Stojakovic in 96 instead of Walker (all 3 were drafted below him), drafted TMac with that 6th pick, and kept Billups and Rick Fox instead of trading them for nothing. If they still sucked enough to end up with the 10th pick in 98 & draft Pierce, that would be an amazing team that would've been a contender (maybe not win rings but definitely make deep playoffs runs every year). That starting 5 would be: Chauncey, TMac, Fox, Pierce, and O'Neal!
I can't be mad cuz even though the Cs did Chauncey dirty, he convinced KG to leave Minny & sign with them in 2007!
I don't think college success in any role will necessarily translate to NBA success in the same role, and Pitino's complete failure to adapt to his circumstances and to make hasty, stubborn decisions only exacerbated that. Rash decisions with motives that don't fit your situation is a problem throughout all of history, really, especially the removal of Jungleland Express, formerly at Six Flags Great Adventure.
I think the Celts hired him because he had proven NBA experience with the Knicks as the video mentioned. The President/Coach has never worked in NBA history (look at Doc Rivers in LA, or Thibs with MN), especially for a coach going from the NCAA to the NBA. If they learned anything from the Red Auerbach era, they should've hired a Celtics legend (in this case Bird). Auerbach always brought back former players to coach or run the organization. Most of them did great and were fiercely loyal to the organization (KC Jones was a player in the 60s then coached the Bird era teams & Ainge is arguably the best GM in the league).
I dont understand why the difference between college and professional league thats so big. Besides the paychecks, they seem to still be the same game.
@@DatBoi-mo9vc college is slower they actually run offenses and play defenses. I love the NBA but it gets boring watching them run up and down the court throwing up shots as quick as possible
You can't coach a bunch of men with ego's. Coaches literally don't matter in the NBA. Pitino is better than any coach in the nba
Eh, Pitino could only win in NCAA with strippers and corruption.
Rick Pitino did the impossible: he made me turn my back on the team that I had followed passionately for 35 years.
Pitino and Carr are the spitting images of the Celtics' pain and suffering in the 90s and 00s.
Morale of the story: dont ever have your coach be the president.
Unless its Greg poppovich
Nobody told that to Doc Rivers
Wish my twolves took that advice :/
@@garymarcum4025 Or Pat Riley and Red Auerbach
At least be a coach first.
Lol. Rick Pitino was trying to draft every Kentucky guy. Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty, Ron Mercer etc.
"The Worst" series is gold.
Back here after watching Pitino's Beef History, and it kind of puts this video in a new light, especially with the hiring in the first place, and with the 1997 NBA Draft
Same here, gonna watch the other calipari one next
The worst draft pick/round/fail
Darko Miličić? Or why stop at one pick or round? Why not go with the entire 2000 NBA Draft?
Anthony Bennett. How can you go #1 overall and not even be good enough to stay in the D-League
Lebby 1074 Jonny Menziel being drafted by the San Diego Padres
Hasheem Thabeet
Robert Tractor Traylor
They could have had Billips, Walker, Pierce and McGrady. Pitino was far too spastic to be both president and coach of a professional team.
If they had had even just a competent center with those four they would have been a destructive team.
Do a episode on the worst MLB executive. Seattle Mariners fans have sooo many things to talk about former GM Bill f-ing Bavasi. Early 2000s Mariners was a team full of electric talents, yet under Bavasi's tenure it turned into a perrenial underacheiver which it still is to this day. Scouting, trades, free agency, player development... Nearly every decision he made as a GM backfired on him and the team.
Matt Millen should be the one for NFL.
The best sports channel on RUclips. Learn so much as England-based fan of American sports.
Obligatory Jon Bois comment
YEAH BOI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!S!
Jon Bois is not walking through that door!
Who is Jon Bois? I don't think be played for the Celtics.
Imagine if somehow the Celtics would've somehow kept Billups ended up playing w Pierce Garnett and Allen 😱
Kevin M LBJ’s Heat win 0 rings.
Plus t-mac
They only targeted Garnet and Allen because Pierce finally threatened to leave after a miserable unfulfilling decade with no allies, culminating with a 24-58 record. It's another story entirely if if they actually lock up Billups, Mcrady, Miller, Walker, etc.
@Ace Harris you mean they probably don't lose in embarrassing fashion to LA in 2010. All the aforementioned dudes were still mighty old during the Heat wave.
1999
Trades Mercer for Eric Williams Bryant Smith and a 2nd round pick
Trades a 1st round pick to Cleveland for Vitaly Potapenko
We could've easily had one of Jason Terry put or Andre Miller. Both would have been great in Boston.
How about "The Worst" rule changes?
99-00 season (first major steps toward handchecking removal)
Handchecking had been slowed down to a small degree in the late 90s, but not anywhere close to the massive change that was introduced starting in 99/00.
"In the backcourt, there is no contact with hands and forearms by defenders. In the frontcourt, there is no contact with hands and forearms by defenders except below the free throw line extended in which case the defender may only use his forearm."
So by this point, handchecking is for all intents and purposed removed - "There is no contact with hands" and "the defender may only use his forearm" below the FT line extended.
00-01 season - new rules that further decreased amount of contact allowed by a defender
"No contact with either hands or forearms by defenders except in the frontcourt below the free throw line extended in which case the defender may use his forearm only."
"Neither the offensive player nor the defender will be allowed to dislodge or displace a player who has legally obtained a position."
"Defender may not use his forearm, shoulder, hip or hand to reroute or hold-up an offensive player going from point A to Point B or one who is attempting to come around a legal screen set by another offensive player."
"Slowing or impeding the progress of the screener by grabbing, clutching, holding “chucking” or “wrapping up” is prohibited."
"On the weakside, defenders must remain on the weakside outside the paint unless (i) they are double-teaming the ball, (ii) picking up a free cutter or (iii) closely guarding an offensive player."
01-02 season - Addition of illegal defensive 3 seconds rules to weaken defenses even more.
"A new defensive three-second rule will prohibit a defensive player from remaining in the lane for more than three consecutive seconds without closely guarding an offensive player."
This rule makes it much easier to drive in the lane, because bigs can no longer camp out in the lane and deter drives to the basket like they did in the 80s and 90s.
04-05 season
"New rules were introduced to curtail hand-checking, clarify blocking fouls and call defensive three seconds to open up the game."
Cold Snap I argue that getting rid of hand checking was good for the sport. More space= more points= more exciting play
@@droptoppopshop8476 Kobe Bryant on 80/90s basketball - "The truth is, it makes the game [where] players have to be more skillful. Nowadays, literally anybody can get out there and get to the basket and you can't touch anybody. Back then, if guys put their hands on you, you had to have the skill to be able to go both ways, change direction, post up, you had to have a mid-range game because you didn't want to go all the way to the basket because you would get knocked ass over tea kettle. So I think playing the game back then required MUCH MORE SKILL."
@@coldsnap5742 What you say is true, but the common fair-weather fan would rather see 140-129 games over 96-91. It's too bad, really, but the economics of the game are driving the on-court product.
I love this idea, but the worst rule change has to be the NFL's force-out rule.
True, now no one plays defence.
Pitino and Petrino both had significant sex scandals and ended up coaching the University of Loserville Cardinals. Weird parallels there.
Laurel Anderson didn’t the university get caught up in a sex scandal
Pitino and Petrino both coached at Louisville and were successful. Pitino with 3 Final Fours and championships, ranging from conference to national, and Petrino is currently 77-34 at Louisville. Their names are oddly similar too. Weird parallels there.
Don’t disrespect the city Laurel
Way back when, Pitino was a grad assistant at the University of Hawaii. When the head coaching job opened up at UH, he was passed over because everyone said that he's way too young. When Pitino was winning at Kentucky the UH job opened up again. They offered the HC job to Pitino. Pitino:Thanks but no thanks.
That's why everyone was lobbying hard to get Jim O Brien because he knew how to run the Celtics correctly getting rid of the full court press, and running the offense through Paul and Antoine
Jim O is so underrated. Switched AI back from 2 to 1 and turned him into a better distributor and scorer. Turned the Sixers around in his first year.
@@bikibaws Celtics fans will never forget when Pierce scored 46 points in the fifth game against the 76ers of the first round of the 2002 nba playoffs
@@bikibawsand then the Sixers fired him after only a year for Mo Cheeks, who never had a single winning season in Philly.
Yup I so agree. The second pitino resigned. The team INSTANTLY played better under jim obrien and us fans finally figured out that pitino was the problem. Sucks that obrien and Danny ainge had so many disagreements which led to obrien resigning in January 2004.
Why don't you do a video on Jerry Tarkanian who coached the Spurs in '92 and was fired after 20 games LOL
Yes that was a glorious train wreck as well. Tark was the perfect college coach.
I miss those purple and black Raps uniforms.
I'm a gophers fan, so I can only hope Richard is better then his dad.
Vader Minion don’t get it wrong.... Rick was and is an amazing basketball mind and a phenomenal college coach and player developer... he’s just not a great guy and awful in the NBA.
Richard is a good coach, his dad is a legend as a college coach. Also, glad to see a fellow Gopher fan here.
I would've paid money to see him say "Kevin McHale's not walkin' through that door, [insert other Gopher legend]'s not walkin' through that door...!" just like his daddy Rick when he got the Celtics job! lol
Richard isn't bringing Final Fours and championships to Minnesota. His seat is scorching hot right now. So...
@@theOnyFUFU Kevin McHale's not walking through that door! Mychal Thompson's not walking through that door and Dave Winfield's not walking through that door! Oh, and Bobby Jackson and Willie Burton are not walking through that door!
Something I've mentioned before, but is still an interesting bit of trivia: the Celtics only got Paul Pierce because he went to the workout day for scouts while dealing with the flu. Needless to say, with much of his energy drained, he didn't perform as well as he could have, and many teams were hesitant to take him. Red Auerbach said that if Pierce had been healthy at the workout, he would have been off the board already.
Love this series, keep it up
ayy a mention of Rick Fox #EchoFox
Can you imagine a Celtics team with McGrady, Pierce and Billups with the addition of someone like Pau Gasol later? Crazy.
Adrian Arshad Luckily, that didn’t happen and my Pistons benefited, immensely, from Pitino’s ineptitude.
@@colonialstraits1069 That we did :)
The Rick Pitino drinking game: take a shot every time you hear "mediocre tall-man."
Passing up on Larry Bird was a mistake, as coach he had three consecutive conference finals and a finals appearance and as executive he was not bad either, he constructed teams that were regularly in the playoffs and had made the conference finals, its just that he was in a small market. Had he been in Boston, he would have won a ring as coach and executive.
Pitino should have been a politician
All of the Boughstone Massawhostts sport team that I know of Boughstone Celtics, the Boughstone Red Sox, Boughstone Bruins, and New England Patriots
You guys should do the Buffalo Bills 2017-2018 ending the THE DROUGHT and how Bengels helped one team get in and knocked another out. also how BillsMafia raised money for Dalton Foundation. that would be a great watch from you guys. keep up the great work
Wow, I remember reading stories about this when all this turmoil was going on. I had no idea it was this bad.
Hey SB nation, that video you made on the Reds owner was awesome. Where did it go? Did her family claim defamation?
I mean he did a lot of bad. But he did draft Paul Pierce. That alone keeps him from being the worst
Going BPA on a guy that 9 other front offices passed on really isn't on Pitino though
And according to Red Auerbach, Pierce should have been off the board already. The only reason Boston got him is due to a poor workout (or combine, or whatever) from Pierce, because he had the flu.
He could've ruined him like he almost did with Chauncy. Plus Jim O'Brien did more with the same roster than Rick did.
Nah, Pierce was projected to be a top 3, top 5 pick. Most scouts had him going at 2 or 3 but he fell hard. It was a no-brainer at that point
Well even a broken clock can be right twice.
Baustawn, Masahkusets?
Billups would have been a massive help to that ECF Celtics squad.
At least he hepled Panathinaikos...
@@kidcudi8063 He gave the team a new identity on his first run... The second run.... We don't talk about that...
@@j.madsus he helped Panathinaikos to get the worst defeat in their Euroleague history
Well Ty Lue is just a step behind pitino 😂
Pitino is arrogant, Lue is just thoroughly incompetent
@@kreglfromworld how this changed 😂😂
I loved Chauncey Billups when we drafted him. I thought he was the future of the Celtics at the time.
I also loved walker and pierce - the three of them would have been awesome
Why did Pitino have to come and destroy the Celtics? Billups, McGrady, Pierce, any 2 of those 3 guys together under a good coach and it could’ve been Celtics-Lakers in the Finals in the late 90s maybe also, but no.
We also had Joe Johnson, but he was a little later in 2001.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.
funny how walker and billups who he drafted eventually both became top 3 leading scorers on title teams as did pierce who 3 could of been together running the east from 1998-2009 but nope...they all 3 should of been on the same starting 5...jesus pitino ...he messed that up..all 3 of them were multiple time time all stars
@@razkable Antoine Walker was a fat bum though. He only had a few good years followed by being one of the worst contracts in sports.
Then he still went bankrupt despite getting overpaid 😂😂😂
Soccer's worst coaching hire:
-Juande Ramos to Tottenham
-Roy Hodgson to Liverpool
-Luigi Del Neri to Juventus
-Carlos Queiroz to Real Madrid
Rick Pitino is the reason Roy Williams, Coach K, Boehim, Calhoun and Izzo never left the NCAA
Rick Pitino - NBA
Bobby Patrino - NFL
A similar sounding coincidence?
I remember how stressed out my Father was with this Celtics team & the struggles they had for a while!!
Still watching 💪💪💪 March 15, 2022
Pitino just signed for Panathinaikos Athens Greece. Xavi Pascual is history about an hour ago. What are your thoughts about Pitino's knowledge of European Basketball and which things must be highlighted?
Έλληνας εδώ. Δεν έχει καμία επίγνωση του Ευρωπαϊκού μπάσκετ. Το match up press που έχει παρουσιάσει, είναι δύσκολο να εφαρμοστεί στην Ευρωπαϊκή πραγματικότητα. Είναι προπονητής που τα ρόστερ του πρέπει να είναι αθλητικά οπωσδήποτε, και στηρίζονται στην άμυνα. Επίσης τρέχει πολλές ζώνες προσαρμογής 2-3. Δεν ξέρω κατά πόσο θα μπορέσει να προσαρμοστεί. Η αλήθεια είναι ότι οι πιθανότητες είναι κατά του, βάσει των πεπραγμένων του, τουλάχιστον σε επαγγελματικό επίπεδο.
@@KaRoU323 εγω βλεπω να τον λενε οι ξενοι Μουρινιο και ανησυχω
Ας τον αφήσουν να δουλεψει και βλέπουμε τι θα κάνει. Ήρθε σε μια ομάδα που αποτελεί παραδοσιακά ένα απόντα φαβορί για το ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα.
The worst NFL draft pick: Dimitrius Underwood, Minnesota Vikings' 1st rounder in 1999
Great video!
So what I got was Pitino is the American Jose Mourinho
EXACTLY
Far from it. Mourinho is an amazing manager its pity his fans are so impatient. The Ferguson era was 1 in a million get over it.
@@dickiesdocos Mourinho was an amazing manager, but now way past his use by date
At least Pitino wasnt petty and didnt take shots at his players. Yes his tenure as a Celtics Coach and GM was a huge failure, but Mourinho just flat out petty and immature.
Didn't take shots at his players? How else do you interpret "Larry Bird is not walking through that door?"
"Massakhoosits" LMAO
I dispute this one a little bit. First, the Celtics were bad when Patino arrived. Second, look at the players Patino drafted. Chauncey Billups and Paul Pierce are hall-of-famers, and Antoine Walker is a borderline one. The only things you could make the case for is that maybe the NBA game had passed the gut by and that you never have someone be both coach and president, but I cannot say he's the worst of all time.
Antoine Walker is not borderline HoF. He's a fat bum who had a few good tears and mostly bad years.
Wrong. When you look at the stats, Walker was one of two guys producing during the lean years of the Celtics, the other being Paul Pierce. And getting into the HOF in basketball is a lot easier than, say the NFL version in Canton, OH, because the basketball HOF can also include your college career, and Walker had a good college career and won a national title. I will say, though, they should have drafted T-Mac.
Chauncey Billups won his ring with Pistons. And Paul Pierce is lucky enough to not becoming the 2nd Billups.
@@jacobrklein7175 You're really attempting to use the drafted HOFers that he traded away for no reason in his *defense?*
Rick Pitino "Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish ain't walking through that door folks. It's not happening".
Glad this series continues.
You forgot to mention how he had his Celtic players on a curfew. Lol
imagine T mac and CB on the same team...could’ve been deadly!!
Along with Andre Miller and PP! Pitino wasn’t meant to be a NBA guy at all and Gaston crappy ownership derailed the franchise.
Okay this is a really specific comment literally MONTHS after you uploaded this, but still, tossing it out there anyway:
the shaky image transitions that are being used all the time are distracting, jarring, and actually make it hard to watch.
They tried to kill two birds with one stone. However, they accidentally picked up a boulder instead and didn't realize it until they dropped it and killed themselves.
Thank GOD i was too young to be a fan during these days.
If y’all ever do a the worst NFL coaching hire it’s easily Bobby Petrino by the falcons
They did that already
They've done one... it was literally the recommended video at the end.
Yeah didn’t know just heard pitino and reminded me of petrino
Sean McVay.
Kaddywompous no
He would’ve had a championship contending team if he would’ve drafted mcgrady. Then they picked up pierce the next year, he would’ve had a tough squad. Billups, mcgrady, pierce, & walker
8:23 - I was confused when I saw #8 Walker, because I that's the same number Kemba Walker wears on the Celtics right now.
Jim O'Brien has a final laugh.
6:30 So, Vampire confirmed?
Why is the bassist from Nirvana in that Laker team photo?
Could you imagine if Pitino kept Billup and drafted McGrady? And landed Paul Pierce?
Of course, that is best case scenario, but still. The thought of those 3 playing together is pretty mind-boggling.
They would’ve very likely made a Finals appearance; given the state of the East in the early 2000s.
We should make a new team Sterling is the owner, pitino as the coach and also maybe MJ or David Kahn as gm
Isiah Thomas or Billy King as GM
The absolute best video from a diehard Celtics fan. Great work.
Do you have a video on O'Brien's departure? There were so many rumors
We don't I'm afraid. Thanks for watching though Percy!
Please do another video on scoreigoma in the NFL
“F**king 98 Bulls”. ROLF
63 videos since Jon Bois was last seen
So the Celtics could have had McGrady, Billups, Walker and Paul Pierce at the same time and either in their prime/approaching their prime? Damn. That would have been a hell of a superteam.
It’s unfortunate this isn’t being done for NASCAR. I’m sure it’ll draw interest since the research is so thorough and it’s narrated so well
Larry Bird is not walking through the that door
He coulda been if they had hired him instead!
Through that DOAH
Dude that screen tear effect is worse than Rick Pitino.
Hey, Tony Battie was the guy who made sure Paul Pierce got prompt medical attention the night he got stabbed 11 times. Now maybe if Battie isn't there, maybe they go to a club down the street and nothing happens, but as it stands he was instrumental to the Celtics' 17th championship!
So what you guys are saying is, if your coach's name starts with a P and ends with "ino," run.