Richard Pitino Jr is the next head coach.

Love the comments about building a culture, and getting guys that will stay here....emphasis on retaining and developing talent. Love that.

He understands it's a new world, but there will be an emphasis of getting guys to buy in and stay.

Also love the comments about defensive disruption..aggressive and making people feel uncomfortable.

Singular focus of Big East Championships.

OK, let the man get to work.

Go get some dudes Richard.

It’s all well and good to talk about retaining guys but we’ll see if that’s even a reality. He commented he only has 2 players at the moment.

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Singular focus of Big East Championships.

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I love this.

Win the BE and everything else will take care of itself.

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It’s all well and good to talk about retaining guys but we’ll see if that’s even a reality. He commented he only has 2 players at the moment.

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Of course guys will leave, but the "right" ones will stay if they are paid fairly and have any kind of loyalty at all. Free was one of those guys, and I'm sure there are others out there.

Maybe I'm reading into his comments too much or wanting to hear this. However, I get the sense that he is going to get the type of guys with a bit of a chip on their shoulders...tough, defensive minded, vocal, leaders. If you look at the guys who were here from Matta to Mack, those are the guys that propelled this program forward. We've lost that in recent years for the most part.

Yes, there may not be many if any four year starters anymore, but maybe we can still build a culture where guys are here for 2-3 years, and its not a revolving door every freaking year. Miller didn't give a shit because he had one foot out the door from the moment he took the job, I hope Pitino means what he says, and is looking at the job much differently.

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Of course guys will leave, but the "right" ones will stay if they are paid fairly and have any kind of loyalty at all. Free was one of those guys, and I'm sure there are others out there.

Maybe I'm reading into his comments too much or wanting to hear this. However, I get the sense that he is going to get the type of guys with a bit of a chip on their shoulders...tough, defensive minded, vocal, leaders. If you look at the guys who were here from Matta to Mack, those are the guys that propelled this program forward. We've lost that in recent years for the most part.

Yes, there may not be many if any four year starters anymore, but maybe we can still build a culture where guys are here for 2-3 years, and its not a revolving door every freaking year. Miller didn't give a shit because he had one foot out the door from the moment he took the job, I hope Pitino means what he says, and is looking at the job much differently.

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Couldn’t agree with this more.

I also want to keep good people here multiple years and win Big East championships.

That includes coaches....

Alright....time to go get some players. I'd have to think we will see a few commitments come in from former UNM guys the next few days

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Of course guys will leave, but the "right" ones will stay if they are paid fairly and have any kind of loyalty at all. Free was one of those guys, and I'm sure there are others out there.

Maybe I'm reading into his comments too much or wanting to hear this. However, I get the sense that he is going to get the type of guys with a bit of a chip on their shoulders...tough, defensive minded, vocal, leaders. If you look at the guys who were here from Matta to Mack, those are the guys that propelled this program forward. We've lost that in recent years for the most part.

Yes, there may not be many if any four year starters anymore, but maybe we can still build a culture where guys are here for 2-3 years, and its not a revolving door every freaking year. Miller didn't give a shit because he had one foot out the door from the moment he took the job, I hope Pitino means what he says, and is looking at the job much differently.

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If memory serves me right, Gillen, Prosser, Mack and Matta also had one foot out the door towards bigger paychecks and bigger conferences(at the time)

Pitino referenced the House v. NCAA settlement a few times -- going to be very, very interesting next week.