I was going to act like everyone knows what the title is referring to, but Rick Pitino’s “...not walking through that door” rant was 21 years ago next week. For context, Pitino was the coach of the Celtics at the time and they were not doing well. When asked about why fans should continue to be enthusiastic about a team that wasn’t living up to the standards set by the legends who came before, Rick Pitino basically told him to blow it out his shorts, because those dudes aren’t coming to the rescue and it’s time to get on board with what’s right in front of them:
Fast forward my entire adult life - which is now kind of a lot of years - and you have the present day.