When Billy was getting on early in the year Votto was getting really good pitches to hit. Now no one gets on in front of him and he gets absolute crap to hit. Fairly simple really
Once the new TV deal goes though he will get payed more anywhere he goes. Yes his Max deal with the Pelicans will go up, but a max deal with another team in a few years will be more than a Pelicans max deal now. It will be interesting to see which route he chooses
Which is a nice change from the defensive slugfests of the past few seasons. UK's flaw of not having the best guard on the court came to fruition in the past 2 final 4s. Now UK might have 3, with a seasoned Ulis, Briscoe, and potentially Murray. Impactful guard play wins championships.
We go through this every year. It may eventually happen, but I seriously doubt it. There's a better chance of AD playing somewhere else in the future than Cal in Nola
If UK gets to the middle of the pack consistently I will be really happy. If they can stay there and a have a few seasons where they are above the middle, I will be ecstatic
Officially no, but I think it is widely assumed it's Barbee. They did the same thing last year, they didn't officially announce Slice until the middle of the summer I believe. Even though there were rumors he accepted the job months earlier
I was really peeved at that. The 9th I'm an idiot. But if you don't bat your "number one" guy off the bench in a high leverage situation, you are incompetent. Price has been incompetent in 95% of the games this year, and that might be giving him too much credit