Rick Pitino wants the press to not report on his press conference
August 28, 2009 – 6:59 am
Rick Pitino, head coach of the Louisville basketball team, has sure made a big mess — cheating on his wife, involved in an extortion attempt, and a variety of other strange things. The problem is that he’s making it worse.
The story was starting to die down a bit, but Rick made sure it was front and center. He called a press conference to discuss it, during which he told everyone to stop talking about it. Huh? What had drifted to being a third page story was now on the front page of every paper again — because of him!
To make it worse, he did some dumb things. He loves to discuss national tragedies to make his problems seem relatively meek. He brought up 9/11 in the past, and used Ted Kennedy this time. The Sporting News theorizes that his statements during the press conference may get the trial moved to another state, which will be a headache for Rick to travel to during the basketball season.
Rick — you were advised by your lawyers not to say anything else. Next time, listen to them!
You can watch the press conference below:
