Re: Pitino to come to Columbia, SC?

[Ellie Cutler <ellie@oreilly.com>]

I would bet that he doesn't go to Louisville. Kentucky fans would hate him 
for it, and why would he want to tarnish that idolatry?    Is UNLV out of 
the running?   I don't know that south Carolina is a big enough name for him...

looking forward to the tourney,

  --Ellie

ps - I saw a kid on Georgetown, Mike Sweetney, who is big and talented and 
has soft hands. Needs time to get his body together, but has a real nice 
touch and can patrol the paint. I don't expect him in the draft this year, 
but I noticed him above the other 'name' players on the court.


At 09:55 AM 3/13/2001 -0500, R. Bentz Kirby wrote:
>The paper here says that Pitino and Kelvin Simpson are at the top of the
>Gamecock's wish list.  Pitino is reported to have an offer from
>Louisville of $1.5mm and supposedly USC will offer him $2mm.  The others
>mentioned in the hunt are Al Skinner, Tim Floyd, Quin Snyder, Steve
>Alford, Tommy Amaker, and Greg Marshall at Winthrop in Rock Hill, SC.
>Well, me, I hope that they don't hire Pitino or Floyd.
>
>The problem with Pitino, which is who our AD wants to hire, is that he
>was only paying Fogler $655,600 per year.  That is a big difference.
>
>--
>R. Bentz Kirby
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