Poor Traitor Rick. Seems he has some major problems down in the 'Ville. If I were him, I would just choose to succeed.
Bad luck and bad decisions have left Louisville without the perimeter depth it needs to play coach Rick Pitino's preferred style of controlled harassment.
The bad luck came when both of the Cardinals' best backcourt recruits, high school senior Sebastian Telfair and junior college transfer Donta Smith, entered the 2004 NBA Draft. Pitino was prepared for Telfair to go, but stunned by Smith's decision.
Because Pitino was prepared for Telfair to go pro, that suggests he made bad decisions on two other recruits.
Pitino didn't pursue either of his state's best two high school guards last season, both of whom most likely would have chosen Louisville if asked. Those were Chris Lofton, now playing a major role at Tennessee, and Rajon Rondo, the McDonald's All-American who is from Louisville but is starting for Kentucky.
How bad is the depth situation at Louisville? Former walk-on Brad Gianiny, a 6-foot-1 sophomore, is getting 13.5 minutes per game. He played 20 minutes in Louisville's loss to Iowa, when two of the team's three starting guards -- Taquan Dean and Larry O'Bannon -- had foul issues.
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