[size=-2]Referring to the high expectations of Bodie54 and ucla fans and media, Pitino challenged each to forget past successes in an almost embarrassing exchange of brutal honesty. "Cade McKnown is not walking through that door, fans. JJ Stokes is not walking through that door, and Sean Lachappelle is not walking through that door. And if you expect them to walk through that door, they're going to be penniless and insane. What ucla is today is young, exciting, hard-working, and we're going to improve. People don't realize that, and as soon as they realize those three guys are not coming through that door, the better this town will be for all of us because there are young guys in that (locker) room playing their asses off, trying hard to score a TD against SC every year." He continued, "I wish we had $90 million to toss at recruits. I wish we could buy the world. We can't; the only thing we can do is work hard, and all the negativity that's in this town sucks. I've been around when Kobe Bryant was booed. I've been around when (Tommy) Lasorda was booed. And it stinks. It makes the greatest town, greatest city in the world, lousy. The only thing that will turn this around, and give us a chance against Pete Carroll and USC is being upbeat and positive like we are in that locker room... and if you think I'm going to succumb to negativity, you're wrong. You've got the wrong guy leading this bandwagon."[/size]
