returned 0 players from last year. built a roster in about a month, they went to the Bahamas on a business trip to establish a new brand. not a vacation. but the most important thing they accomplished this year was exposing Mike Woodson. that beatdown finally convinced the fence sitters that he is ill equipped to lead this program.
Louisville sits at 8-1 in the ACC with some very impressive road wins, are a top 25 team
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Go back and look at my posts last spring when everyone was debating a new coach. I knew this would happen as I watched the teams he coached in Charleston and other programs in the area for years.
He gets it with players, fans, recruits etc etc
looks like he's about 5" 1" and is all tatted up. the world has changed on what a professional looks like, but the dude obviously can coach.
Who gives a shit what he looks like? Look what he did in less than a year. As a Louisville-area native but Indiana fan this is as depressing as hell. Indiana is mired in mediocrity (if that) while nearby "blue bloods" zoom past in the fast lane. Louisville has the NIL money and fan base to do whatever it wants. Including hiring a winner who knows how to build an insta-roster that plays together. Gonna be a lot of winning going on in Derby City.
Always a risk when a mid-major guy steps up, but I'd have bet on Kelsey even more than Dusty May. Guy has great energy, and I thought he'd get it figured out.
Iowa St. did the same thing a couple years ago. Had a disastrous season one year and completely rebuild the next. IU fans who make excuses that it takes 4 to 5 years for a coach to "build a team" are full of shit. Not in this day and age.
What really impressed me about Kelsey was his off-the-court approach, how he proactively interacted with the student body, walked around campus, got them hyped up about his philosophy and reignited a passion for UofL's tradition. When was the last time that happened at IU?
Kelsey sure looks like he's going to stick and have Louisville as a regular top 20 program going forward. But lets let that play out for a few years. One thing the portal can do, is what we're seeing with Louisville, Iowa State to a certain extent, Texas Tech a few years ago, Florida Atlantic and their Final Four run... it can very quickly produce great combos of talent and chemistry...but often times, those core groups will break up pretty quickly, or like in FAU's case, they'll lose their magic or mojo a little bit, and drop back.
I think Kelsey has already proven to be a very good coach, so I doubt Louisville takes any huge steps back under him. But there are other capable coaches out there. Heck, Kelsey, DeVries, Pope, and possibly even May, and their early successes this year at their new schools... actually give me more hope for how good we could be NEXT year, with some "no name" coach we haven't heard a ton about yet, than it does frustration that we missed out on a couple of these guys by not moving on Woody last year.
I think Kelsey has already proven to be a very good coach, so I doubt Louisville takes any huge steps back under him. But there are other capable coaches out there. Heck, Kelsey, DeVries, Pope, and possibly even May, and their early successes this year at their new schools... actually give me more hope for how good we could be NEXT year, with some "no name" coach we haven't heard a ton about yet, than it does frustration that we missed out on a couple of these guys by not moving on Woody last year.
Louisville is no Florida Atlantic. The Cardinals have been one of the most profitable programs in the country. They have all the cash they could ever want, and apparently someone in charge who knows how to spend it to build a team based on chemistry, not just stars. Woodson ain't going anywhere next year. Especially if IU sniffs the tourney.
This is the most depressing post I have read here for some months.
It gets even more depressing when you realize Kentucky is on a smilar trajectory as Louisville, it seems.
He doesn’t look like a politician so yes-fingers crossed.
The new coach for Indiana lol hey if he wins who cares but the look on people's faces priceless.
The new coach for Indiana lol hey if he wins who cares but the look on people's faces priceless.
