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Message: [QUOTE="Eric15, post: 5379058, member: 676"] I always considered him to be perhaps towards the bottom of the Top 10 in terms of all-time coaching rankings, but the more I think about it, there is a not-insane argument to be made that he is the coaching GOAT. 1. Boston University. Until he arrived, they had not made an NCAA Tournament in their history. In the three years before he arrived, they won 7, 7 and 10 games. In Year 1 Pitino wins 17, Year 2 he wins 21, and in his final season in Year 5 they go to their first ever NCAA Tournament. 2. Providence. The year before he arrives they go 11-20. He has them in the Final Four in Year 2. He leaves, they're 11-17 the following season. 3. Kentucky. They have their worst season ever the year before he arrives going 13-19. He has them National Title good almost immediately. Builds the greatest team ever in 1996, almost repeats in 1997, and then Tubby Smith inherits his players and wins again in 1998, before slowly fading out. [obviously the Celtics was a nightmare] 4. Louisville. Denny Crum goes 12-19 in his final season. Pitino has them as a 4 seed in Year 2, and then obviously consistent success with multiple final fours up through the national title with an asterisk next to it. 5. Iona. They go 12-17 before Pitino arrives. He then leads them to 25 and 27 win seasons. 6. St Johns. Their best team in 40 years. Legitimate national title contender. MSG is electric. I don't particularly like Pitino as a human being, he lets off sleazy vibes, but literally no one else has done anything close to this in any other major American sport. I consider his body of work of [B][U]six[/U][/B] legitimately great rebuild jobs to be more impressive than pretty much anything any other coach has accomplished. Most coaches can lead a program once it's on autopilot, but to start from scratch that many times is really something. [/QUOTE]

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