WEBVTT 00:00:00.900 --> 00:00:03.120 align:middle line:10% - Successes for Rick Pitino are endless, 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:06.180 align:middle line:10% and a scandal here with college basketball recruiting 00:00:06.180 --> 00:00:08.670 align:middle line:10% is what now takes him down, as he's out at Louisville. 00:00:08.670 --> 00:00:11.190 align:middle line:10% What is your reaction to all of this news 00:00:11.190 --> 00:00:13.404 align:middle line:10% coming in here this morning? 00:00:13.404 --> 00:00:15.570 align:middle line:84% - Well, you know, I'm not really stunned or shocked. 00:00:15.570 --> 00:00:17.380 align:middle line:84% I think after yesterday, I think you 00:00:17.380 --> 00:00:18.630 align:middle line:90% knew this was going to happen. 00:00:18.630 --> 00:00:20.400 align:middle line:84% I don't think any shock whatsoever. 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:24.450 align:middle line:84% I think he and Jurich had to step down, or fired-- whatever. 00:00:24.450 --> 00:00:27.340 align:middle line:84% He could no longer be connected with the program, you know. 00:00:27.340 --> 00:00:30.450 align:middle line:84% He could say so many times, I'm not aware, I'm not aware. 00:00:30.450 --> 00:00:32.569 align:middle line:10% But you're aware of who you hire on your staff. 00:00:32.569 --> 00:00:34.110 align:middle line:10% I heard the guys talking a little bit 00:00:34.110 --> 00:00:35.980 align:middle line:10% about people behind the scenes. 00:00:35.980 --> 00:00:36.980 align:middle line:10% Let's face reality. 00:00:36.980 --> 00:00:39.930 align:middle line:10% We got a major dilemma here, and it's finally going to break. 00:00:39.930 --> 00:00:41.970 align:middle line:10% I think this is only the beginning. 00:00:41.970 --> 00:00:44.750 align:middle line:10% I think the scandal, for a guy that loves the game like I do, 00:00:44.750 --> 00:00:47.280 align:middle line:10% in the later years of my life, I eat, sleep, 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:49.050 align:middle line:10% and drink college basketball. 00:00:49.050 --> 00:00:50.590 align:middle line:90% It breaks your heart. 00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:52.740 align:middle line:84% I mean, no, we're not naive, you know. 00:00:52.740 --> 00:00:56.440 align:middle line:84% We've heard rumors for years about what's transpired. 00:00:56.440 --> 00:00:58.201 align:middle line:84% But these are more than rumors now. 00:00:58.201 --> 00:00:59.100 align:middle line:90% And it's sad. 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:01.474 align:middle line:84% Just like-- I'll give you another one that blows my mind. 00:01:01.474 --> 00:01:03.080 align:middle line:90% The academic geniuses. 00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:05.069 align:middle line:90% A kid is a junior. 00:01:05.069 --> 00:01:08.580 align:middle line:84% Kids are juniors in June, and all of a sudden, 00:01:08.580 --> 00:01:11.337 align:middle line:84% in August, they graduate reclassified. 00:01:11.337 --> 00:01:13.170 align:middle line:84% I don't know what goes on behind the scenes. 00:01:13.170 --> 00:01:15.070 align:middle line:84% I'm not blaming any school involved. 00:01:15.070 --> 00:01:17.920 align:middle line:84% I think the high schools, I think people behind the scenes 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:18.820 align:middle line:90% wheel and deal. 00:01:18.820 --> 00:01:20.370 align:middle line:90% They become Rhodes scholars. 00:01:20.370 --> 00:01:21.450 align:middle line:90% It's a joke. 00:01:21.450 --> 00:01:22.350 align:middle line:90% It's a joke. 00:01:22.350 --> 00:01:24.650 align:middle line:84% The term student-athlete's a joke. 00:01:24.650 --> 00:01:27.420 align:middle line:84% We talk one and done, and it's about time we 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:29.010 align:middle line:90% do something about all of this. 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:30.180 align:middle line:90% We need a czar. 00:01:30.180 --> 00:01:31.810 align:middle line:90% We need somebody in charge. 00:01:31.810 --> 00:01:35.230 align:middle line:84% A command-- a guy that could take charge, representing 00:01:35.230 --> 00:01:37.350 align:middle line:84% college basketball when the rumors come down, 00:01:37.350 --> 00:01:38.700 align:middle line:90% to do something about it. 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:41.850 align:middle line:84% I am upset, frustrated, and disgusted to hear 00:01:41.850 --> 00:01:43.380 align:middle line:90% all what I'm hearing now. 00:01:43.380 --> 00:01:44.520 align:middle line:90% It's a shame. 00:01:44.520 --> 00:01:45.720 align:middle line:90% It's sleazy. 00:01:45.720 --> 00:01:46.770 align:middle line:90% It's not good. 00:01:46.770 --> 00:01:47.850 align:middle line:90% It's ugly. 00:01:47.850 --> 00:01:50.800 align:middle line:84% And it really just breaks my heart.