Kelsey has said his team was built to win out the gate. So he has set the standard of the tourney. He himself has set a high standard . He doesn't lack confidence i will say. Sometimes that can be good or bad.
You mean that Arkansas team that was mostly made up of shooting guards who couldn't play defense? The one with El Ellis on it? That was a group of individuals, not a team and that was clear as day if you watched them play. We will see shortly though.
I do believe CPK is confident in his team. I also believe that he was smart enough to know that, after the last several years, the last thing the fanbase wanted to hear was sandbagging and lowered expectations.
That's exactly why i stated confidence can be good or bad. I would have left myself some wiggle room. As we know fans are very fickle will turn on you quickly.With some of those opponent's the product can look either good or bad. That's why i don't get why some folks are crying about where some media have them picked in the ACC. Putting them in the middle is pretty fair.
It's pretty much the same style Kelsey plays running and gunning.
Well you might want to contact Kelsey and muzle his mouth he doing it to himself. Personally i don't think he really has a true understanding of what he is getting into with this level of fans. They will turn on you in a heart beat.
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Well once we see them and the other conf teams vs viable opponents it's just all a guest. But that 3rd is a bit much i think.CBS has 'em 8th in ACC, which feels fair.
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SI has 'em 3rd in ACC, which does feel ambitious.
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I agree with the schedule, but those of you on here old enough to remember CDC's schedules were always like this. We were always battle tested come conference play. Again, I'll point out the post season experience on this team and historical statistics of these players on defense and sharing the ball, as well as the ability to both drive and finish as well as shoot the 3. Going to be fun to watch and I'm still calling for 3 seed or higher without the coach overlooking hooker parties in Minardi Hall or being an apathetic sloth sitting on the sideline.
This team will be battle tested for sure. Cards 2nd game of the season is against #12 ranked Tennessee and that's before a loaded Battle 4 Atlantis Tourney.
And that says to me this coach has confidence that his team will weather that schedule. Unlike pitino, mack and that last dumbass.
I know you are talking to others. I don't hate Kenny really I'm sad how that entire thing went down from day one to the end. And a lot of things said by some people probably should not have been said.
I heard him say that was the only game he had a little some say in . And Josh pretty much made him take it.
Bottom line, if Kelsey loses the fans will turn against him, and they should. For fans it's about W-L. If Kenny served up 60-5 over his 2 years instead of going 12-52, the fans would be talking differently about him. If he had won about 20 more games he'd still be here. His record was a huge embarrassment. He had one of the worst runs in the history of college basketball then blamed it all on the fans.
Is it going to be okay if Kelsey gets blown out by UK and gushes over their players after the game?
I just don't get those who lament fans making predictions before the season starts. Let the season play out first???
We didn't have anyone who did that? Right?
