[Stardust]

Very good point. But I would hope that Rick has to see the writing on the wall that the NBA just is not a good fit for coaches like him. I still do not see him heading out but it is going to be interesting to watch develop over the next couple months. Besides why would Pitino say that he can potentially be leaving when he is fighting to get his team to believe in him and work towards the tourney.

Pitino is a teacher. NBA coaches are not teachers, they are coordinators and call X's and O's in the last five minutes of a game. You are dead-on, Pitino does not fit the mold of what is needed in the NBA. Not a knock, just the way it is. In the NBA, the players are in charge. In college, the coach is in charge.