Note : This is a replicate of this post
http://cornholiogogs.multiply.com/journal/item/867/Scandal_is_a_Choice_
It's not so much kick a guy when he is down. But you follow a person by his actions not his words. Pitino's book are his words. What you see in the article are his actions. If this guy was not a motivational speaker for businesses (my company in 1992) or self help author or role model for college kids then maybe he can be somewhat excused.The news story is basically here:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090811/SPORTS02/908110350
I bought this book in the late nineties and its a great book. Well in the last day we found out a few things about the author that are not exactly from the book.
This 275- page book was originally published in 1997 and it is divided into the following chapters:
Acknowledgments
Deserving Victory
1. Build Self- Esteem
2. Set Demanding Goals
3. Always be Positive
4. Establish Good Habits
5. Master the Art of Communication
6. Learn From Role Models
7. Thrive on Pressure
8. Be Ferociously Persistent
9. Learn From Adversity
10. Survive Success
Overachieving in Business and Life
Acknowledgments
Deserving Victory
1. Build Self- Esteem
2. Set Demanding Goals
3. Always be Positive
4. Establish Good Habits
5. Master the Art of Communication
6. Learn From Role Models
7. Thrive on Pressure
8. Be Ferociously Persistent
9. Learn From Adversity
10. Survive Success
Overachieving in Business and Life
That's the basic contents of the book. I decided to take some excerpts from the book and juxtapose them with actual quotes from the various stories coming out. I do know we are human and we make mistakes. Still being human we are fascinated when facade falls to reveal reality. Well this is a good example of the bigger they are the harder they fall.
Ed
He noted that Sypher was unable to explain why, “if this man raped you, why would you put yourself in a position where you're going to be around him all the time?” She acknowledged in the interview that it also didn't make sense that Tim Sypher would continue to work for Pitino knowing the coach had sexually assaulted the woman who later became his wife. The Syphers were married in 2004 but she filed for divorce in March.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090811/SPORTS02/908110350
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090811/SPORTS02/908110350
"Perhaps the most important, though, is this: A coach is only as great as the assistants underneath who work for him.
Vinnie Tatum was such a good soldier that he kept guard over Pitino in the back of a restaurant even as the coach was having drunken sex with a woman he had met just hours earlier. Tim Sypher valued his job so much that he gave Pitino the keys to his condominium, then kept watch as the coach gave the same woman $3,000 so she could go across state lines and get an abortion. "
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=AkqgTylVkllG6GjRWz6UutXevbYF?slug=ap-timdahlberg-081209&prov=ap&type=lgns
"consensual sex with an apparent stranger in a restaurant after an evening of heavy drinking, "
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090813/OPINION01/908130314
"Public opinion will count in this story. Pitino is a very public Catholic man in a strong Catholic community. For some, the aborted Sypher pregnancy will resonate beyond a Big East championship. Opposing coaches won't have to spread the news. They'll only have to spread the uncertainty about whether Pitino, about five weeks from his 57th birthday, will have the motivational fire as well as the flame-resistant psyche to overcome this. "
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090812/COLUMNISTS01/908120410
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090812/COLUMNISTS01/908120410
"Pitino said he told her they should meet somewhere discreetly to discuss the matter. He said he suggested the condo of the team's equipment manager, Tim Sypher, whom she'd not yet met, but later married. She met Tim Sypher and followed him to the condo.. "
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090811/SPORTS02/908110350
"Yet he’s drunk in a restaurant having sex with a woman he just met while his assistant listens in? He’s giving her money in a secret meeting at another assistant’s place after she tells him she’s pregnant with his baby and plans to get an abortion? Say what you will about Bobby Knight, but this wouldn’t happen on his watch. He might throw a few chairs in a restaurant, but he wouldn’t be having sex on top of one. "
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=AkqgTylVkllG6GjRWz6UutXevbYF?slug=ap-timdahlberg-081209&prov=ap&type=lgns
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Various clippings
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090811/SPORTS02/908110350/Pitino+told+police+he+had+consensual+sex+with+Sypher That witness, Vinny Tatum, an executive assistant to Pitino, told the FBI that he didn't see what happened but heard “only the sounds of two people that seemed to be enjoying themselves during a sexual encounter,” according to Abbott's report. U of L Athletic Director Tom Jurich said in a statement Tuesday that “Coach Pitino has been truthful with us about this matter all along and we stand by him and his family during this process.” Pitino said he told her they should meet somewhere discreetly to discuss the matter. He said he suggested the condo of the team's equipment manager, Tim Sypher, whom she'd not yet met, but later married. She met Tim Sypher and followed him to the condo. He said she told him she was going to have an abortion but didn't have health insurance. He said he asked how much it would cost and she said $3,000, which he gave her, according to Abbott's report. He denied Sypher's allegation that he sexually assaulted her at the condo — he said they had no sex there or anywhere else other than on Aug. 1 at Porcini. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090812/SPORTS02/908120382 Pitino is a nationally known public figure and knew he is watched closely,” Irvine said. “He should have known better than to get himself into a compromising position.” In a blog yesterday, Martin Cothran, a lobbyist for the Family Foundation of Kentucky who has in the past advocated against abortion and same-sex marriage, called for the university to fire Pitino. There are “two issues here,” Cothran said in an interview. “One is, are we holding Rick Pitino to a lower moral standard than we do student athletes? ... We suspend people from teams for bar fights. We fire high school coaches for unintentionally causing the deaths of others. What we have in this case is somebody who intentionally acted to end a human life.” http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090812/COLUMNISTS01/908120410 No matter how forgiving UofL President Dr. James Ramsey and athletic director Tom Jurich were in their written statements Wednesday, it was reckless behavior likely to transform some Pitino fans into Pitino critics. Public opinion will count in this story. Pitino is a very public Catholic man in a strong Catholic community. For some, the aborted Sypher pregnancy will resonate beyond a Big East championship. Opposing coaches won't have to spread the news. They'll only have to spread the uncertainty about whether Pitino, about five weeks from his 57th birthday, will have the motivational fire as well as the flame-resistant psyche to overcome this. He already has to explain why his son Richard, a bright, determined young assistant coach, bolted for the University of Florida about the time this story started to break. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=AkqgTylVkllG6GjRWz6UutXevbYF?slug=ap-timdahlberg-081209&prov=ap&type=lgns Perhaps the most important, though, is this: A coach is only as great as the assistants underneath who work for him. Vinnie Tatum was such a good soldier that he kept guard over Pitino in the back of a restaurant even as the coach was having drunken sex with a woman he had met just hours earlier. Tim Sypher valued his job so much that he gave Pitino the keys to his condominium, then kept watch as the coach gave the same woman $3,000 so she could go across state lines and get an abortion. Oops, scratch that. The latest word from Pitino’s lawyer is that the basketball coach was simply so concerned Karen Sypher had no health insurance that he reached into his pocket for a wad of bills to pay for it. Sypher was apparently posted upstairs at the clandestine rendezvous to make sure Pitino got a receipt for his largesse. Not a problem. If only every rich person in America were as generous as Pitino, there would be no need for President Obama to campaign for health care reform. Tim Sypher took it even further, though, if you believe the woman whose accusations shattered the pious facade of the coach who, to many, is the face of college basketball. According to Karen Sypher, Tim Sypher not only took her to get the abortion and coached her in what to say, but later married her, hence the same last name. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090813/OPINION01/908130314 But what Mr. Pitino has admitted to during police interviews is tawdry and profoundly disappointing — consensual sex with an apparent stranger in a restaurant after an evening of heavy drinking, while an aide waited within hearing range. Mr. Pitino said he later gave the woman, Karen Cunagin Sypher, $3,000, which directly or indirectly she used to pay for an abortion. Similarly distressing was the initial reaction of UofL president James Ramsey and athletics director Tom Jurich. The latter said Mr. Pitino had been truthful with the university and that “we stand by him.” Mr. Ramsey said the new details were “surprising,” but also sounded supportive and added Wednesday only that he will meet with Mr. Jurich. That didn't sound like a no-nonsense, get-to-the-bottom-of-this response from officials whose top priority must be the integrity of the university and its sports programs.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=AkqgTylVkllG6GjRWz6UutXevbYF?slug=ap-timdahlberg-081209&prov=ap&type=lgns
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Various clippings
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090811/SPORTS02/908110350/Pitino+told+police+he+had+consensual+sex+with+Sypher That witness, Vinny Tatum, an executive assistant to Pitino, told the FBI that he didn't see what happened but heard “only the sounds of two people that seemed to be enjoying themselves during a sexual encounter,” according to Abbott's report. U of L Athletic Director Tom Jurich said in a statement Tuesday that “Coach Pitino has been truthful with us about this matter all along and we stand by him and his family during this process.” Pitino said he told her they should meet somewhere discreetly to discuss the matter. He said he suggested the condo of the team's equipment manager, Tim Sypher, whom she'd not yet met, but later married. She met Tim Sypher and followed him to the condo. He said she told him she was going to have an abortion but didn't have health insurance. He said he asked how much it would cost and she said $3,000, which he gave her, according to Abbott's report. He denied Sypher's allegation that he sexually assaulted her at the condo — he said they had no sex there or anywhere else other than on Aug. 1 at Porcini. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090812/SPORTS02/908120382 Pitino is a nationally known public figure and knew he is watched closely,” Irvine said. “He should have known better than to get himself into a compromising position.” In a blog yesterday, Martin Cothran, a lobbyist for the Family Foundation of Kentucky who has in the past advocated against abortion and same-sex marriage, called for the university to fire Pitino. There are “two issues here,” Cothran said in an interview. “One is, are we holding Rick Pitino to a lower moral standard than we do student athletes? ... We suspend people from teams for bar fights. We fire high school coaches for unintentionally causing the deaths of others. What we have in this case is somebody who intentionally acted to end a human life.” http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090812/COLUMNISTS01/908120410 No matter how forgiving UofL President Dr. James Ramsey and athletic director Tom Jurich were in their written statements Wednesday, it was reckless behavior likely to transform some Pitino fans into Pitino critics. Public opinion will count in this story. Pitino is a very public Catholic man in a strong Catholic community. For some, the aborted Sypher pregnancy will resonate beyond a Big East championship. Opposing coaches won't have to spread the news. They'll only have to spread the uncertainty about whether Pitino, about five weeks from his 57th birthday, will have the motivational fire as well as the flame-resistant psyche to overcome this. He already has to explain why his son Richard, a bright, determined young assistant coach, bolted for the University of Florida about the time this story started to break. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news;_ylt=AkqgTylVkllG6GjRWz6UutXevbYF?slug=ap-timdahlberg-081209&prov=ap&type=lgns Perhaps the most important, though, is this: A coach is only as great as the assistants underneath who work for him. Vinnie Tatum was such a good soldier that he kept guard over Pitino in the back of a restaurant even as the coach was having drunken sex with a woman he had met just hours earlier. Tim Sypher valued his job so much that he gave Pitino the keys to his condominium, then kept watch as the coach gave the same woman $3,000 so she could go across state lines and get an abortion. Oops, scratch that. The latest word from Pitino’s lawyer is that the basketball coach was simply so concerned Karen Sypher had no health insurance that he reached into his pocket for a wad of bills to pay for it. Sypher was apparently posted upstairs at the clandestine rendezvous to make sure Pitino got a receipt for his largesse. Not a problem. If only every rich person in America were as generous as Pitino, there would be no need for President Obama to campaign for health care reform. Tim Sypher took it even further, though, if you believe the woman whose accusations shattered the pious facade of the coach who, to many, is the face of college basketball. According to Karen Sypher, Tim Sypher not only took her to get the abortion and coached her in what to say, but later married her, hence the same last name. http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090813/OPINION01/908130314 But what Mr. Pitino has admitted to during police interviews is tawdry and profoundly disappointing — consensual sex with an apparent stranger in a restaurant after an evening of heavy drinking, while an aide waited within hearing range. Mr. Pitino said he later gave the woman, Karen Cunagin Sypher, $3,000, which directly or indirectly she used to pay for an abortion. Similarly distressing was the initial reaction of UofL president James Ramsey and athletics director Tom Jurich. The latter said Mr. Pitino had been truthful with the university and that “we stand by him.” Mr. Ramsey said the new details were “surprising,” but also sounded supportive and added Wednesday only that he will meet with Mr. Jurich. That didn't sound like a no-nonsense, get-to-the-bottom-of-this response from officials whose top priority must be the integrity of the university and its sports programs.
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