After a career full of second chances  Rick Pitino should get one more Dick Vitale says
Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino  admitted to having sexual relations with the wife of  his  teamâs equipment manager. Louisville brought  him  back. A former Cardinals staffer arranged for strippers and prostitutes to have sex with players and recruits in the teamâs dormitory.  Pitino  denied any knowledge of  it  and kept  his  job. Only when the feds got involved did the ax finally fall: Louisville fired the Hall of Fame coach last month after an FBI investigation found an executive from Adidas and others conspired to steer top recruits to Louisville via six-figure payments to their families  with  Pitino  allegedly being aware of the scheme.
ESPN commentator Dick Vitale  for one  thinks  Pitino  deserves yet another chance.
Auriemma  the Hall of Fame coach of the Connecticut womenâs team  told the âPardon My Takeâ podcast earlier this month that he would hire  Pitino  for his coaching staff if he had an opening.
 Pitino  was officially fired Oct. 16  so Auriemmaâs definition of time served is rather peculiar. In any case  more has come out about  Pitinoâs  alleged role in the scheme since the U.S. Justice Departmentâs initial announcement  which maintained that an AAU coach named Christian Dawkins called Pitino to ask him for help in securing a six-figure payment to the family of highly regarded recruit Brian Bowen. A new federal indictment against former Adidas executive Jim Gatto  released this week  alleges  Pitino  not only was aware of the scheme â as was previously thought â but agreed to participate in it.
âDawkins explained that while [ Pitino ] and the University of Louisville were recruiting [Bowen]  Dawkins asked [ Pitino ] to call James Gatto to request that [Adidas] provide the money requested by the family of [Bowen]  which [ Pitino ] agreed to do â the indictment reads.
[TGT] admitted to having sexual relations with the wife of   [TGT]   teamâs equipment manager. Louisville brought   [TGT]   back. A former Cardinals staffer arranged for strippers and prostitutes to have sex with players and recruits in the teamâs dormitory.   [TGT] denied any knowledge of   [TGT]   and kept   [TGT]   job. Only when the feds got involved did the ax finally fall: Louisville fired the Hall of Fame coach last month after an FBI investigation found an executive from Adidas and others conspired to steer top recruits to Louisville via six-figure payments to their families  with   [TGT] allegedly being aware of the scheme.
ESPN commentator Dick Vitale  for one  thinks   [TGT] deserves yet another chance.
Auriemma  the Hall of Fame coach of the Connecticut womenâs team  told the âPardon My Takeâ podcast earlier this month that he would hire  Pitino  for his coaching staff if he had an opening.
  [TGT] was officially fired Oct. 16  so Auriemmaâs definition of time served is rather peculiar. In any case  more has come out about  Pitinoâs  alleged role in the scheme since the U.S. Justice Departmentâs initial announcement  which maintained that an AAU coach named Christian Dawkins called  [TGT]  to ask  [TGT]  for help in securing a six-figure payment to the family of highly regarded recruit Brian Bowen. A new federal indictment against former Adidas executive Jim Gatto  released this week  alleges   [TGT] not only was aware of the scheme â as was previously thought â but agreed to participate in it.
âDawkins explained that while [  [TGT]  ] and the University of Louisville were recruiting [Bowen]  Dawkins asked [  [TGT]  ] to call James Gatto to request that [Adidas] provide the money requested by the family of [Bowen]  which [  [TGT]  ] agreed to do â the indictment reads.