This isn’t pouring salt on our wounds but how solid is this?!?!
The improvement of Pitino’s teams
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This isn’t pouring salt on our wounds but how solid is this?!?!
Going on 30 years now, UNLV has never been comfortable in its own skin. Instead of embracing their identity that is in line with Las Vegas as a whole, UNLV has wanted to see itself more like a "Harvard of the West" or some strange moral standard as if we are BYU. I loved Lon and thankful for his contribution but UNLV has always been a bit renegade at its core not conventional.
We had opportunities to hire Rick Pitino in 2017-2021 but we chose to play it "safe" whatever the hell that meant. Instead it turns out it wasn't safe at all and we ended up wasting a decade of the program. Sadly, I don't think UNLV and its leadership has ever taken time to be reflective and take stock of who it actually is and who it is not. This identity angst leads to UNLV spinning its wheels and making the wrong hires over and over again.
I hope Harper can break the cycle for the basketball program but I'm not hopeful.
We had opportunities to hire Rick Pitino in 2017-2021 but we chose to play it "safe" whatever the hell that meant. Instead it turns out it wasn't safe at all and we ended up wasting a decade of the program. Sadly, I don't think UNLV and its leadership has ever taken time to be reflective and take stock of who it actually is and who it is not. This identity angst leads to UNLV spinning its wheels and making the wrong hires over and over again.
I hope Harper can break the cycle for the basketball program but I'm not hopeful.
