Pitino returns to coaching! In Greece...

[Hard2Bluff]

Rick Pitino is reportedly on his way to Greece to coach Panathinaikos B.C. of the EuroLeague. It’s the perfect job for Pitino if you ask me.

Here’s why:



He has a winning record in Athens.

Pitino went 6-2 against Georgia as the head coach at Kentucky.

He’ll be coaching several players who couldn’t make it in the NBA.

So, not much different than the talent he had at Louisville.

He can pay players and the FBI won’t care.

This is a two-parter: (1) Panathinaikos plays in a professional league, so Pitino can (and is expected to) pay his players; and (2) he can do so without concerns of conversations being recorded by the federal government of the United States, which has no jurisdiction or authority in Athens — or anywhere else in Greece, for that matter.

He can’t ruin what is already in ruins.

To borrow a joke from my good friend Corey on Twitter: It is hard to leave a program in ruins if it is already surrounded by ruins.

He’ll be at The Derby every year.

Not the Kentucky Derby, but the “Derby of the Eternal Enemies,” the name given to Panathinaikos’ game against rival Olympiacos. It’s also called the “Mother of all Battles.”

He’ll get to coach Antetokounmpo after all.

Shortly after losing his job at Louisville, Pitino reached out to the Milwaukee Bucks about its head coaching vacancy. The Bucks were not interested, therefore Pitino missed out on the opportunity to coach Giannis Antetokounmpo, one of the stars of the NBA.

But now he can coach Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Giannis’ older brother, who is currently on the Panathinaikos roster.

The Greeks don’t like Trojans either.

But hopefully Pitino doesn’t go around leaking little soldiers out of his wooden horse. He, and Greece, did enough damage by doing that already.

Prostitution is legal in Greece.

According to a Google search and not my own personal experiences, prostitution is legal in Greece. This would allow Pitino to maintain his recruiting strategies from his time at Louisville.

Here's Why Rick Pitino's New Job In Greece Is Perfect | Kentucky Sports Radio


See? It’s the perfect job.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Pitino should have coached in the Italian league. They got some nice Cougars for him to bang at Bistros.

 

[Hard2Bluff]

Pitino should have coached in the Italian league. They got some nice Cougars for him to bang at Bistros.

He needs a drive thru, 10 seconds according to his FBI confession.

 

[redseat]

over/under on how many scandals he will be liked to

 

[DJ Fieri]

LOL.

 

[douggie]

He's probably scoping out the whores to improve his Athens recruiting. They may think he's a mobster boss in that white suit when he wears it.