On one hand, Kelsey may prove to be the very best selection for UL; I sincerely hope so, but for now it should serve as further evidence of where UL basketball has fallen. The number of luxury suites and season tickets sold will provide more insight as to our future.
Hopefully he is! I'm not quite sure it's as simple as where we have fallen as maybe who's out there to be had and timing. while a top 10 school, nil has made it so any school can bring in players that once the blue bloods once got and there's more parity. simply, why would Drew leave a place he's won if not going back to an alma mater? why would samson leave when houston took a chance on him? or pearl leave when auburn took a chance on him. both of them having prior ncaa issues no matter how small. and all three will get paid better than then what we'll offer.
next in line is beard and wade who have issues, whether true or not, that simple questionable baggage is a once bitten twice shy area so have to drop them. so next top guy was may, and with UM a nike school, all things being equal, i'd choose the nike school myself. tehy've been to title games too and their football team jsut won a national title so fun place to be.
so far not a single thing has to do with us. we weren't taking cronin as he was a bust this year so middle of the road coach. not taking Buzz. Jay Wright's not walking thru that door. so whose you're top ten starting at this point?
Where is Kelsey on that list?
then with scherz, if he signed too quickly without reading the market, then again his mistake as he just lost out on a ton of $$$. The rest are all jsut coin flips. so now we're looking at who are the best coaches in the country. if this is your starting spot, then show me where our reputation has effected the hiring. who else is out there that is leaving their high paying gig? We can't hire any great assistant with no experience even though they could be the next Coach K, jsut cannot risk another test subject. So i think it's just simple timing. we had to take Mack for the same reason. no one else out there. sometimes, the cookies just get eaten that way.
also, the fact that some people are complaining because he's actually won games and a conference title, and his team started off 21-1, is ffffing hilarious!!!! HE"S A WINNING COACH! accept that maybe he knows how to coach bball, and he's certainly not had any talent comparably so get him some players and let him see what he can do before anyone bitches. btw, We're not hiring Jr!
