Why isn't Jerome Tang in the loop for this hire? I feel like he'd be solid.

1 minute ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Why isn't Jerome Tang in the loop for this hire? I feel like he'd be solid.

He's one we haven't heard much about and I can't figure out why. 

1 minute ago, MJAlltheWay24 said:

Why isn't Jerome Tang in the loop for this hire? I feel like he'd be solid.

He's listed in the article linked a couple posts above. They said the negative on him is lack head coach experience.

I've been trying to give Josh Heird the benefit of the doubt the entire time he's been AD, but he's botched this just about as bad as you possibly could. 

10 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

I've been trying to give Josh Heird the benefit of the doubt the entire time he's been AD, but he's botched this just about as bad as you possibly could. 

Because of how long it is taking?

Hey @TheDeucedoes Kelsey being a former colleague of Chris Mack at Xavier possibly hurt him or not?

6 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

Because of how long it is taking?

Everyone has known for at least a year we'd be searching for another coach.

I don't care that Scott Drew said no. That was expected, and that's not a knock on Heird. He took a shot at a "premier" coach and he chose not to come. I'm good with that. 

We were led to believe that there was always a "clear #2 that would take the job" in the event Drew said no. That was supposedly Dusty May. Of course we'll never know the specifics of what happened, but as of about noon this past Saturday, everyone at Louisville was convinced May was coming. By that night, he signed a deal with Michigan. It's come to light since then that apparently May wasn't keen on the idea of being in the spotlight like he would be as Louisville's coach. How do we not know that already? What were we doing in the vetting process?

Since then, we've heard an assortment of less than stellar names. It looks like there was no plan in place after Drew, and that simply can't happen. Now we're down to Josh Schertz and Pat Kelsey? That's embarrassing. 

Heird's career rests on this hire, and it's not looking good at this point. 

5 minutes ago, 16thBBall Fan said:

Hey @TheDeucedoes Kelsey being a former colleague of Chris Mack at Xavier possibly hurt him or not?

I don't think it's a factor any more than his overall resume is. A lot of Louisville fans really liked Mack, myself included. 

2 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

I don't think it's a factor any more than his overall resume is. A lot of Louisville fans really liked Mack, myself included. 

I liked Mack as well.   He seemed to have things headed in the right direction on the floor, his implosion happened off it.  Whatever that was has landed us here.

I was wrong twice on Mack. 

When he was hired at Xavier, I thought it was a bad hire. Wrong.

When he was hired at Louisville. I thoughtit was a great hire and he would be there a long time. Wrong again.

Richard Pitino. Really?

1 hour ago, SHAMROCK69 said:

Richard Pitino. Really?

A lot of noise about this possible hire.

ESPN is now reporting that it looks like Kelsey.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/I'd/39820816/sources-louisville-targeting-pat-kelsey-basketball-coach

Kill me. 

11 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Kill me. 

I think this hire just goes to show how the coaching landscape is right now. Not a lot to choose from and the top choices are happy where they are.  I'd say that had a lot to do with why Calipari is back at Kentucky.