Rick Pitino on Concussions: “If you walk out and slightly brush the door, you have a concussion”
Rick Pitino on concussions:
“It’s the seventeenth concussion we’ve had this year,” Pitino said. “I’ve been coaching now 35 years. I’ve seen maybe 5 concussions in 35 years. The new thing is everybody has a concussion. If you walk out and slightly brush the door, you have a concussion. That’s the way it is today.”
So Rick, you blithering nincompoop, does that mean you got a concussion the night you got hammered and banged that groupie on a restaurant table? Obviously, Dr. Pitino is unfamiliar with advancements in the medical field over the last 35 years. Or perhaps it was just a momentary lapse. Fortunately, there has been some progress on how to identify and treat concussions. Will Pitino’s mea culpa come today? Does he squeeze it in before Christmas?
Enjoy the Puerto Rican national team, Rick. Hope that new gig helps you on the recruiting front, you shyster.
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December 21st, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Damn TBL. Bring the heat.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Nincompoop?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:06 PM
His concern for his role in developing the student-athlete is touching.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:07 PM
While not put very eloquently, I do agree with Pitino’s general sentiment that the public has gone too far and is overreacting to everything regarding concussions.
Where my wife teaches, if a student is diagnosed with a concussion, they cannot attend school until they get cleared by a doctor. Obviously this takes a few days, and the kids know this, so they complain of a headache and by law get a mini vacation.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:07 PM
The headline for this post has Chris Chandler written all over it.
TBL why the hate for Pitino?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:08 PM
He’s not hiding the fact that this was one of the main reasons for taking this job. He said pretty much the exact same thing this morning on the radio.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Rub some dirt on it.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Sex outside one’s marriage is akin to assault and battery around here. See every Woods, Tiger post.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Concussions are getting a lot of play lately, but I’d rather they err of the side of caution.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Slick Rick squeezes it in morning, noon and night, son.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Sex outside one’s marriage is akin to assault and battery around here. See every Woods, Tiger post
Mrs. TBL reads the posts.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:09 PM
December 21st, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Holy ad hominem Batman.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Plutonian Nyborg is moderated?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Anyone else wonder what Rick does with those five leftover seconds when he takes a 20?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Judging by this post and twitter TBL is genuinely concerned that Rick Pitino got a concussion during that one time he had sex.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Slick Rick squeezes it in morning, noon and night, son.
that’s 45 seconds of sex a day, given what I know about Rick Pitino.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:11 PM
/fixed
December 21st, 2010 at 12:11 PM
He probably would not dare say something this stupid if he was dealing with pros and a union that would come down on his ass.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:12 PM
What does the one thing have to do with the other? Why bring this up?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:12 PM
What anybody else would do. Towel off.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Pitino should claim he was concussed before making the 9/11 comparison to his situation
December 21st, 2010 at 12:13 PM
Holy ad hominem Batman.
the way the “ad hominem” rule reads, you just can’t say anything bad (or even that is construed as bad) about young Tyberious Q.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:13 PM
So Rick, you blithering nincompoop, does that mean you got a concussion the night you got hammered and banged that groupie on a restaurant table?
What does the one thing have to do with the other? Why bring this up
If he wasn’t a nincompoop he wouldn’t have banged the groupie.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:14 PM
That reminds me. Colin Cowherd actually made a decent point on SportsNation yesterday. The guy from the Panthers that got fined for interfering on the sideline is part of the NFLPA. The Jets staffer has no union representation. That’s the most likely reason for the discrepancy in punishment.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:14 PM
I’m losing my shit over this.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:15 PM
I agree with Pitino. There’s a difference between a concussion and getting your bell rung. Anyone who’s had an actual concussion knows that.
Problem is that now days any person on any medical staff will automatically conclude that any form of being dazed is a concussion. Mostly to save their own ass.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:15 PM
So Rick, you blithering nincompoop, does that mean you got a concussion the night you got hammered and banged that groupie on a restaurant table?
What does the one thing have to do with the other? Why bring this up?
Because one act of douche behavior coupled with another act of douche statements can lead to one establishing a pattern of being a gigantic douche…which is what Pitino is.
The man can coach, no doubts there. Well, except in the NBA. He can’t coach there. In college though, he’s a great coach.
But I wouldn’t let him near my family, possessions or pets.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:16 PM
College coaches seem a lot less understanding when it comes to concussions.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Yup. CYA. They’re paranoid.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:16 PM
Incorrect. Based on the infamous “How about that ass whuppin’” post, assault and battery is all good in response to low-level trash talking. Also, being an ignorant racist in a silly costume is grounds for being shot.
It’s hard to keep track of these things but I’ve been writing them down as we go along.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Zip.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:17 PM
the way the “ad hominem” rule reads, you just can’t say anything bad (or even that is construed as bad) about young Tyberious Q.
Send it in an email
December 21st, 2010 at 12:17 PM
concussions are the new ADD
December 21st, 2010 at 12:17 PM
Was that me or was Alf simulating doing blow at the 1:20 mark?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Problem is that now days any person on any medical staff will automatically conclude that any form of being dazed is a concussion. Mostly to save their own ass.
Given that individuals are impacted differently I rather they be overly sensitive to any head trauma.
/I’ve had multiple concussions
December 21st, 2010 at 12:18 PM
The guy from the Panthers that got fined for interfering on the sideline is part of the NFLPA. The Jets staffer has no union representation. That’s the most likely reason for the discrepancy in punishment.
College coaches seem a lot less understanding when it comes to concussions.
Something made me put these two posts together
December 21st, 2010 at 12:19 PM
The TBL comments section, where brain injuries and stats are scoffed at.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Kobe’s new shoe gets my approval.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Doesnt it make more sense to be cautious with something like a concussion? You’re not saving your own ass, you are saving the health of the player.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Lynn Tanner would totally get it.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:19 PM
He definitely was.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:21 PM
He goes all Booker T about four and a half minutes in.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:21 PM
I’m with Zeus, my fellow multiple concussion sufferer. The worst I’ve ever felt was actually considered a low grade concussion and I’ve had a more severe one that I didn’t notice lingering nearly as bad. Different ages + I think it just gets worse each time you have one. I’d rather go too far in protecting than not go far enough. So, basically, fuck you Pitino
December 21st, 2010 at 12:21 PM
If you can avoid getting your bell rung in crunch time, when it matters, you’re clutch.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Lisk needs to look at QB rating of guys coming off concussions.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:21 PM
That’s part of it, but you cannot deny that, with the litigious nature of our society, that most major professional sports leagues are going to err on the side of caution with new information coming out about head injuries all the time. They do not want to be liable if a player comes back one day and threatens a lawsuit because well established medical protocols were not followed.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:22 PM
My comment on the daughter in alf was moderated
December 21st, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Where’s fetch? I need to tell him about the ass whuppin’ he will receive this week in the TBL FF Super Bowl.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Triston I would amend your statement by saying the level of the consussion certainly varies in it’s affect on said individual.
Scary thinking back to all the concussions I had, when at the time you just thought…great hit back to the huddle.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:23 PM
/Pours one out for Aaron Rodgers
December 21st, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Gary Patterson thinks this is b…. wait, what?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:24 PM
You forgot social anxiety disorder.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:24 PM
that’s why you need to lock the player in the closet so he knows he’s faking it.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:24 PM
The worst I’ve ever felt was actually considered a low grade concussion and I’ve had a more severe one that I didn’t notice lingering nearly as bad
Worst one was taking a punch right on the button, watching the tape the next day was scary, didn’t remember a thing.
I was lucky in that I haven’t really had any lingering effects, but I know guys who had to quit sports after one or two.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:25 PM
I thought Fireman Ed was liked around here…
December 21st, 2010 at 12:25 PM
ARodg infected poor Matt Flynn with his disease, that kid used to be all clutch, now he’s just a shell of his former clutchness.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Well…this is graphic.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:25 PM
I do find it kind of funny that 6 weeks ago, everybody around here was up in arms over the NFL handing out fines for headshots, calling it the pussification of football, and now that Pitino says that concussions are being over-diagnosed, he’s the devil. Those two things don’t exactly square up.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:25 PM
You forgot social anxiety disorder
That’s only scoffed at in the posts.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:26 PM
The point about individuals being impacted differently is a good one. Some people are much more susceptible to concussions than others.
My son gets knocked in the head quite a bit playing hockey due to being smaller than most other players. Our parent trainer, who is a neurologist in his day job, checks every player after a head hit, even if they don’t appear to be injured or shaken up by it. My son has passed his concussion test after every head hit (20+ by my estimate) over the last couple of years (knocks on wood).
Other kids on the team have had multiple concussions from hits that looked harmless in comparison to some of the contact you see on the ice. We had one player give up rep hockey after a 3rd concussion he sustained simply by hitting the boards hard, even though his head never actually struck anything.
These kind of things really do need to be assessed on an individual, case-by-case basis.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Nobody reads the posts (not confirmed by me).
December 21st, 2010 at 12:27 PM
You aren’t wrong, SC. Also, if SportsGal is around in this thread – the Clippers are just starting to get it together as a team. They’re going to be a tough game for the rest of the year but it really is just the Blake Griffin Show.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:27 PM
made up diseases have their own special ring of hell
/ty duffy’d
December 21st, 2010 at 12:28 PM
I also think part of it is that if you give a player a choice, they will always play with pain rather than sit until they are completely healed, so even if they have one and need to sit, if you let them they will play until they brain functions shut off permanently. This is one of those things were you cant let a player decide for themselves if they can play with the pain.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:30 PM
It’s because you never came through with those motorized scooters to distract us away from concussions. I have nothing else to focus on but the concussions. 45 MPH collisions would help.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Well…this is graphic.
I don’t understand why the internet just discovered that yesterday.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:30 PM
it’s all about how the brain moves inside the head, correct? so even a sudden impact where the head doesn’t make contact with something could still give a concussion from what i understand.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:31 PM
You don’t watch a lot of the NBA do you.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:31 PM
I’m not sure you’re memory of the reaction to the NFL fines is 100% accurate, lefty. The problem with the fines, btw, isn’t necessarily a matter of those hits being OK – it’s more of a labor/arbitrariness (eg, why now out of the blue?) problem. But I’ve been OK with the increased fines and I think Pitino is an asshole for this
December 21st, 2010 at 12:31 PM
let’s just say I couldn’t see that in the theatres
December 21st, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Just saved myself 12 bucks.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Well…this is graphic.
It could have been more graphic.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:32 PM
I prefer the scene where little Natalie diddles her piddle.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:32 PM
It could have been more graphic.
It always can be
December 21st, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Is this on the Beautiful Girls special features?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Is this on the Beautiful Girls special features?
Leon
December 21st, 2010 at 12:34 PM
It could have been more graphic.
It always can be
I eagerly await the forthcoming porn parody of Black Swan.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Where the Heart is.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Lisk needs to look at QB rating of guys coming off concussions.
problem will be finding reliable info on who suffered a concussion, and when.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:35 PM
I agree there are different levels and have different effects on people. But 17 concussions through 10 games? In basketball? You’ve gotta be kidding me.
If this were true we’d better make all basketball players wear helmets. Hell, they’re on pace for over 50 concussions as a team. That’s nearly 4 concussions per player, in a 4-5 month span. Highly doubtful.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Is that what they told him during his audit?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:35 PM
i think he was saying kids are being fucking pussies
December 21st, 2010 at 12:35 PM
This is correct. I was just trying to illustrate that some people can take shots to the head that you would think could cause a concussion and walk away fine while others can suffer one relatively easily. It’s fascinating (and scary) stuff.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:35 PM
If you like poop stories, this one is pretty good.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:36 PM
you’re a Jags fan. sounds like a negative lingering effect to me.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Just give us a study on Troy Aikman’s entire career.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:36 PM
and casting go……
December 21st, 2010 at 12:36 PM
Does a wild bear shit in the woods?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Well…this is graphic.
It could have been more graphic.
they should have used some boom-chicka-wow-wow music. That shitty music they used was really ruining it for me. I don’t want to see a scene where lipstick lesbian sex is suspenseful.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:38 PM
you’re a Jags fan. sounds like a negative lingering effect to me.
HA, touche.
But then, other than the freely accessible meth, what’s your excuse?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:38 PM
Heat.
Where are my barrette’s!? I need to find them!
December 21st, 2010 at 12:39 PM
I don’t want to see a scene where lipstick lesbian sex is suspenseful.
You know, even though I’ve seen a million of them and I pretty much always know what’s gonna happen, I really like some tension in my lesbian scenes. At least a heightened anticipation
December 21st, 2010 at 12:40 PM
they should have used some boom-chicka-wow-wow music. That shitty music they used was really ruining it for me. I don’t want to see a scene where lipstick lesbian sex is suspenseful.
Mila Kunis is devouring Natalie Portman, both figuratively and literally. The choice of music accurately reflects that.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:40 PM
I really don’t like poop stories. There have just been too many real life poop-tastorphies happening around me my whole life, nearly none of them involving me, but all ending with me cleaning and cleaning and cleaning poop.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
can’t see the clip at work, but if it’s not the benny hill theme song i don’t want to watch it.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Jenna Haze and Private School Jewel.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
all ending with me cleaning and cleaning and cleaning poop.
Yeah, cleaning up feces is always a bit of a Lady MacBeth moment
December 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
2011 College Football Top 25 Preview
December 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Bsanders I just pooped myself laughing
I got to the alley, found the dumpster and felt the way I imagine people must feel upon crossing the finish line in ultramarathons. There’s joy and relief, but also a bit of righteous indignation directed at no one in particular. ‘You thought I couldn’t crab walk over to this mother f’ing dumpster? Well F you! I crab walked the shit out that field. I’m at this dumpster you sons of bitches! Take that!’
December 21st, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Mila Kunis is devouring Natalie Portman, both figuratively and literally. The choice of music accurately reflects that.
I’ve seen all of that movie I want to see. Between that, and the feather in the back thing. I get the drift of the film.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:43 PM
I don’t know who the puppeteer is for Alf but he has to be a massive weirdo. He’s constantly talking to his co-stars through the puppet. So odd.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:43 PM
but if it’s not the benny hill theme song i don’t want to watch it.
It is, but chopped n’ screwed
December 21st, 2010 at 12:43 PM
I need two excuses? the first seems to work just fine.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Darren Aronofsky. Legend.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:44 PM
I don’t know who the puppeteer is for Alf but he has to be a massive weirdo. He’s constantly talking to his co-stars through the puppet. So odd.
I get the impression that this is all that puppeteers do.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Date Night.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:45 PM
That Top 25 needs to understand how much I want Al Golden to be a great coach. Also, needs to overrate Maryland more based on the Pirate potnetially being the next HC
December 21st, 2010 at 12:45 PM
i’m not sure you’re authorized to use that word, and based on your calling Mad Dog Time a legend earlier, I revoke any authorization you had. You didn’t even correct me on the title.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:46 PM
and needs more Kansas
December 21st, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Spit on it
December 21st, 2010 at 12:47 PM
What did you call it? The title of that movie in my mind is “Vic’s gonna want everybody dead.” I give it no stars.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:49 PM
What did you call it?
the first half dozen times I saw it, it was called Trigger Happy, but it’s always on cable as Mad Dog Time. It’s really, really, really bad, although I still quote it to people who have no idea what I’m talking about.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:51 PM
reminds me of this odd porn with mila something or other. it was legendary in college for her calling the dude she was banging chewbacca and asking him to show her the stars.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Awesome takedown. Love it when TBL does this.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:55 PM
no.
December 21st, 2010 at 12:57 PM
That Top 25 needs to understand how much I want Al Golden to be a great coach. Also, needs to overrate Maryland more based on the Pirate potnetially being the next HC
and needs more Kansas
It’s a football poll, right?
December 21st, 2010 at 12:58 PM
life sucks, wear a helmet.
December 21st, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Nothing to get up in arms about. Pitino’s right, seems like you can get a concussion on a door these days. TBL is right, modern medicine has brought a new light on what used to be ‘getting your bell rung.’ I don’t see any indication Pitino would play someone not cleared to play, so where’s the big deal? We kill coaches for standard ‘inside the box’ answers, so why kill one for asking the question so many think?