Post by joeavocado on Aug 3, 2018 10:32:00 GMT -8
New info coming out that pretty much blows up Pitino's defense about not knowing what was going on with the recruitment of Brian Bowen. Word was that DePaul (Nike school) was offering the kid $200,000, he ended up at Louisville (adidas school) for $100,000. uo was finalist.
So, maybe it's a stretch, but I just don't get how uo suddenly becomes some sort of mecca for recruits. There has to be more to the story, no way a football team with two mediocre seasons in a row sitting in a remote location magically has a Top 5 recruiting class lined up without some outside help. Maybe I'm just a conspiracy theorist as I read between the lines of this CBS Sportsline article about Pitino...
"Also damning in the new Wednesday court filings is more evidence of a working relationship between Pitino and Christian Dawkins, the ex-agent who has been indicted in the federal corruption case. Dawkins texted Pitino with concerns about other schools trying to exert their influence on Bowen's college choice on June 2, 2017, the same day Pitino sent the text to his assistant about DePaul making a push to land Bowen, asking Pitino to assure Bowen's camp that things were square."
""Coach…do me a favor. Call big Brian [Bowen's father]. Everything is good," Dawkins texted Pitino on June 2, 2017. "The Nike guys, Wes, everyone is hating that [Bowen] chose Louisville. We are 100% good. But I just want him to hear from u."
Hmmm...so the "Nike guys" wanted Bowen at a Nike school, gee, I wonder what other school besides DePaul those Nike guys were pushing Bowen towards.
Pitino is scum
So, maybe it's a stretch, but I just don't get how uo suddenly becomes some sort of mecca for recruits. There has to be more to the story, no way a football team with two mediocre seasons in a row sitting in a remote location magically has a Top 5 recruiting class lined up without some outside help. Maybe I'm just a conspiracy theorist as I read between the lines of this CBS Sportsline article about Pitino...
"Also damning in the new Wednesday court filings is more evidence of a working relationship between Pitino and Christian Dawkins, the ex-agent who has been indicted in the federal corruption case. Dawkins texted Pitino with concerns about other schools trying to exert their influence on Bowen's college choice on June 2, 2017, the same day Pitino sent the text to his assistant about DePaul making a push to land Bowen, asking Pitino to assure Bowen's camp that things were square."
""Coach…do me a favor. Call big Brian [Bowen's father]. Everything is good," Dawkins texted Pitino on June 2, 2017. "The Nike guys, Wes, everyone is hating that [Bowen] chose Louisville. We are 100% good. But I just want him to hear from u."
Hmmm...so the "Nike guys" wanted Bowen at a Nike school, gee, I wonder what other school besides DePaul those Nike guys were pushing Bowen towards.
Pitino is scum
