WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:05.879 That's right, Coffee and Company, you're rolling along here on a Thursday afternoon. 2 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:08.519 Thank you so much for hanging out with us here on Sports Talk seven 3 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:12.439 ninety and we now bring in a special guest to making his first appearance here 4 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:16.120 on Coffee and Company, Louisville basketball coach Pat Kelsey, coach, how we 5 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:20.839 doing this afternoon? Hey? Nick? How you doing? Thanks so much 6 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.760 for having me on. Well, how about that intro music? What was 7 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:28.519 that little gin Blossoms? That's a match Bucks twenty well, match Bucks twenty 8 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:30.640 man. Yeah, I got to give some credit to our producer Austin. 9 00:00:30.679 --> 00:00:32.799 He picked that one. I'll let him pick the songs and he usually does 10 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.119 a pretty good job. So again, thanks for making some time for us. 11 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.759 I know you're extremely busy. You've been very busy since you arrived. 12 00:00:39.880 --> 00:00:42.640 So I guess i'll start with this. Have you had much time to kind 13 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:46.000 of, you know, reflect and settle in and you know, look back 14 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:49.280 on this big change that you've made here, taken the job here at Louisville. 15 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:51.880 I know it's been very hectic since you got here, but just I 16 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:56.719 guess early impressions on your new home here in Louisville. Yeah, there hasn't 17 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.520 been a lot of lulls, if you will here over the last whatever it 18 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:03.200 is, a couple of months, two and a half months, but you 19 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.920 know, you know, Louke Hancock was that practice, I don't know, 20 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:10.840 a week and a half ago or so, and he asked me, he 21 00:01:10.879 --> 00:01:12.680 said, give me something, give me, give me one thing. What's 22 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:17.719 been the best thing? And I told him, you know, I said 23 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:19.359 this on an interview on television the other day and I just said, it's 24 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:23.519 that moment, right once a day when all of a sudden it hits me, 25 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:26.400 I'm the head coach at the University of Louis. That's pretty cool. 26 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:32.400 That is pretty dang cool. And you know, it's the city's been awesome 27 00:01:32.920 --> 00:01:34.239 to me and my family. Who's who's not here full time yet, but 28 00:01:34.280 --> 00:01:38.200 they'll be coming here really, really soon. Finally found a house and uh, 29 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.560 you know, the moves starting to be more of a reality. Get 30 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:44.439 them all up here and that that that has been the most difficult part is 31 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:48.719 not having them here with me. But they'll be here soon. Love the 32 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:53.120 Derby. The Derby was awesome. I'm becoming a bourbon connoisseur a little bit, 33 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.680 drinking a lot but people, people just keep giving me some some gifts. 34 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.799 So I got this trophy case of big time bourbon and which I don't 35 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.640 know if it'll ever get drink, but but no, it's been awesome. 36 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.759 So you've been when you are here in town and you're not out recruiting, 37 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:12.560 you know, you've been making the rounds and very visible and that is certainly 38 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:15.520 appreciated by a lot of the fans, that's for sure. But what are 39 00:02:15.560 --> 00:02:19.599 your impressions of us as a fan base, Because we're crazy, and I 40 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:23.199 get the sense that you're willing to embrace the crazy in us and maybe look 41 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:28.199 at it as a strength as far as what makes Louisville basketball a special program. 42 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.080 But you know, what do you make of the fans. I know 43 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.680 you've been greeted with open arms and fans are super excited. But I feel 44 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:36.360 like you kind of already know that we're kind of nuts when it comes to 45 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:42.719 basketball around here. Yeah, I mean it's this This state is one of 46 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:46.360 the greatest basketball states. It's not the greatest basketball state in the entire country. 47 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:51.479 In basketball really really matters here. You know, those kids are born 48 00:02:51.479 --> 00:02:55.000 with the basketball in your crib, and you know in the city of Louisville 49 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:01.840 is is unbelievably head over heels passionate about about the Cardinals. You know, 50 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:05.960 I said, somebody's probably said this before, but I thought it was pretty 51 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:09.400 cool. There's so many college towns right around the country, and you can 52 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:15.319 find a outside of major city. There's even Power five programs that that kind 53 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:22.479 of university and a football program and basketball program truly make up that town. 54 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:25.560 And you know, I saw this up at the Football Center. I think 55 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:30.000 maybe it's a banner on the football stadium and it says, you know, 56 00:03:30.800 --> 00:03:36.520 Louisville is America's college city, right. I mean, there's over a million 57 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:39.680 people, I think in metropolitan Louisville, and as we know, there's no 58 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:45.599 major professional sports team here, and you know, University of Louisville sports athletics, 59 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:50.560 football, basketball, volleyball, women's basketball. I'm actually go on and 60 00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:55.039 on, really really baseball really matter here, and you know, I know 61 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:59.120 it and I embraced it. You want to be somewhere where it matters. 62 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:00.919 You want to be somewhere where there's not apathy. You want to be somewhere 63 00:04:00.919 --> 00:04:04.719 where people are passionate. And I told many people, like I know, 64 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:10.159 there's over a million assistant coaches in town, and everybody's knowledgeable, and they 65 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:15.759 know basketball, and they have their opinions. You know, I've made the 66 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:19.199 analogy of my fandom, if you will, of the sinsant Bengals and Reds, 67 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:27.079 and I have completely one hundred percent irrational Bengals in red sil answers. 68 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.079 I have a lot of answers that that I thought, maybe, you know, 69 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:34.519 David Bell and Zach Taylor could could could use. I don't think they 70 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:38.800 really give a flying crap about what I think and what my opinions are. 71 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:42.560 But I'm not a big social media guy. I am a I am a 72 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.839 guy that you know that utilizes social media to promote our program, promote Louisville 73 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:49.879 athletics, this city, all that. But I'm not a guy that's going 74 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:53.839 to do a lot of scroll. And I do pretty good job of putting 75 00:04:53.839 --> 00:04:57.720 blinders on and worrying about what I can control about what's right in front of 76 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:01.360 me. But gosh darn, you gotta love and race the fact that basketball 77 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:05.480 matters here this much. Loewellman's basketball coach Pat Kelsey is our guest here on 78 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:10.399 Sports Talk seven ninety. You put together a brand new team from scratch. 79 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:14.800 Thirteen players have been added to this roster since you arrived, and it really 80 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:17.079 wasn't that long ago. Talk to me a little bit about the process of 81 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:20.839 pursuing players in the portal. I mean, when you became a head coach 82 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:25.160 at that time, it was still mostly roster building from recruiting high school players. 83 00:05:25.160 --> 00:05:28.920 And obviously you guys still do that, But when do you know that 84 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:30.120 you can, you know that you want to pull the trigger and offer a 85 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:32.000 young man in the portal and say, hey, we want you to come 86 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.920 be a part of what we're doing here. Some guys make decisions without visiting 87 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:41.639 schools. Obviously there's an nil component, But how much different is that process 88 00:05:41.720 --> 00:05:44.879 of kind of going all in on a player in the portal, you know, 89 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:47.600 compared to doing it at the high school level. Well, I just 90 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:53.120 think you have to have good balance on your roster. You know, this 91 00:05:53.279 --> 00:05:57.560 was a unique year because obviously we were, you know, building a roster 92 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:01.240 from absolute ground zero with you know, zero scholarship players two and a half 93 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:05.120 months ago. So it was a little bit of a herculean task to build 94 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:10.199 a team that we thought could be very, very competitive and a team that's 95 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:13.279 gonna you know, going to fight for a championship, and and uh, 96 00:06:13.360 --> 00:06:17.839 we have a process as to how we approach obviously, you know, uh 97 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:24.279 grassroots and high school recruiting and a process to how we attack the portal. 98 00:06:25.120 --> 00:06:30.439 You know, we have we have metrics and uh basketball analytics and statistics that 99 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:34.839 we value and that that equate and correlate to our system. And uh, 100 00:06:34.879 --> 00:06:40.759 but then we also have you know, uh, mechanisms if you will, 101 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:45.639 that measure other things that truly you can't measure, right the makeup and the 102 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:49.319 DNA, the character, the competitiveness, the toughness, you know a lot 103 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:53.120 of the things that you can't measure that we value as well. And you 104 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.279 know you have to peel we call it peel away the onion. You got 105 00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:59.800 to do your due diligence. You got to make the calls and ask the 106 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:02.879 qu questions, and those things really matter to us. You know, I 107 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:10.079 think the ultimate intangible guy, ultimate intangible guy I met today and Russ Smith 108 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:15.319 who was on campus and came to our workout today and Jesel pets Man, 109 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:19.959 like his makeup, his DNA is so special. Obviously he was severely under 110 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:24.199 recruited. And Peyton made the point to that. I thought it was great. 111 00:07:24.519 --> 00:07:27.639 He said, he came in with two stars and he ended up putting 112 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.839 number two up in the rafters at the end of his career. That's a 113 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.160 hell of a line, you know. Proud of Peyton for that was pretty 114 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:39.800 good. Taytan's Dayton's pretty smart dude. And but yeah, so it is 115 00:07:39.839 --> 00:07:45.000 a process of obviously looking at statistics metrics, but then also the immeasurables as 116 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:47.040 well. So with the personnel that you guys that have added this year, 117 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:49.759 I'm sure you're still learning a lot about these guys and it's all new for 118 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:53.439 most of them. But you know, in the brief time you've had some 119 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.439 of them on campus, I know some just arrived. Have you seen some 120 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:00.519 things that maybe pleasantly surprised you about some of these players to be some things 121 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.959 that you weren't expecting me. They're they're they're all they're all doing an unbelievable 122 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:09.279 job. They're they're egal eager learners to our system. I mean, there's 123 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:15.160 a very veteran team. These are guys that have come in decorated right from 124 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:18.680 winning programs that have that have been a part of championship programs, gone to 125 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:22.639 n cua A tournaments and older guys that that I don't want to say set 126 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:26.000 in their ways, but they're used to a certain way and just being different 127 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:31.800 in terms of, you know, maybe the way we structure practice or the 128 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:37.200 way that we label or call or terminology in a certain action that's maybe just 129 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.639 different. It's just there's in't there's an uh. There's a period of adapting, 130 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:48.120 right and adjusting. You've probably seen the article in the paper just about 131 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.440 Eli Foy, our strength coach. I believe one of our secret weapons. 132 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:54.960 I've been with Eli a long time and I just know, you know, 133 00:08:56.039 --> 00:08:58.120 when when when guys come in for the first time into our program and they 134 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:01.440 kind of get in dock neated, if you will, into our culture. 135 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:07.159 Part of it is just an absolute butt kicking and beat down in the weight 136 00:09:07.240 --> 00:09:09.000 room for a couple of weeks, and I tell guys all the time, 137 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:13.480 you know you're going to take a step backward before you take a step forward. 138 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:16.960 And it's when they turn that corners. It gets to the end of 139 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:22.480 June into July, you really start seeing the body composition change. They're feeling 140 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:26.440 bounce here, more athletic than they ever have. And by then they're even 141 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.919 more comfortable into our system and then things really really start to roll. But 142 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:33.159 man, I got no complaints. Those guys have been working their butts off, 143 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:37.600 and it's just nice to have everybody here as well. Within the last 144 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:45.159 two or three days, final couple guys Kran Johnson and Canai Ruth had both 145 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:48.600 got in the campus. So it's just good to have to have all your 146 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:52.919 guys here. Pat Kelsey's our guest joining us here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 147 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:54.039 I know, when it comes to coaching, there's a lot of different 148 00:09:54.039 --> 00:09:58.679 styles, different ways to go about it. I think coaching at its core 149 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:03.000 is really being a leader, and I'm curious there's different ways to lead, 150 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:05.360 different ways to go about it. As mentioned, but other leaders, maybe 151 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:09.399 outside of basketball, coaches that you find yourself admiring, maybe things you take 152 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:11.799 from those. It could be a coach of a different sport, could be 153 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.000 you know, a leader of a corporation. Just curious on maybe where you 154 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.039 get motivation and kind of where you try to, you know, continue to 155 00:10:18.080 --> 00:10:22.600 grow as a coach. Yeah, I mean, I think part of it 156 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:28.240 is I've just been so lucky and blessed to be around great men and great 157 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.360 leaders. Throughout my whole life. And you know it starts with my father, 158 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:37.279 Mike Kelsey, Hugh's former marine and a businessman in Cincinnati, father of 159 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:43.399 five, grandfather of what is it twenty four now, and just the way 160 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:46.639 he leads, the way he works, the way he loves, the way 161 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:52.080 he builds the cultures that he's created his businesses and within his family. And 162 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.159 then my grandfather. You know, I can say the same thing my high 163 00:10:54.200 --> 00:11:00.279 school coach, Joe Schoenfeld, He's been an elder high school for over three 164 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:05.399 decades. Beloved, successful, does it the right way. Principal hard work 165 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:11.320 in the late great Skip Prosser, who was my college coach and brought me 166 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.159 into the coaching profession before he tragically passed away in two thousand and seven, 167 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:20.039 just a few short days before my oldest daughter, Ruthie was born. Just 168 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:24.799 just lucky to learn from people that I could emulate of not only how to 169 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:33.679 act carry yourself professionally, but also but also personally as well. All right, 170 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:35.879 I'm gonna throw some rapid fire questions at you, coach. Some of 171 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:39.720 these will be basketball related. Some of these are questions where fans can just 172 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.960 kind of get to know you, a little bit know more about Pat Kelsey, 173 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:45.840 not just the coach, but Pat Kelse the guy. Let's start with 174 00:11:45.879 --> 00:11:48.759 this. I know you're a music fan. You complimented our intro music there 175 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:52.879 that we had for you, and I'm sure you know this. Louisville has 176 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.159 a lot of big music festivals that continue to grow. They're known all across 177 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:58.759 the country. Let's say there's going to be a Pat Kelsey stage at one 178 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:03.600 of these music festivals, and you are tasked with booking four acts that are 179 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:07.879 going to be there. You're, you know, the four musicians or acts 180 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:11.039 that you think would best reflect your musical taste. Who you Who you booking? 181 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:16.159 You can get anybody. They're gonna be lined up foremost with I'm starting 182 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:24.159 first and foremost with Louisville's own Jack Harlow answer. You know I'm gonna go. 183 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:28.120 If I'm staying in the hip hop genre, I'm going with jay Z, 184 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.720 I'm going old school a little bit there, Hall of Famer, the 185 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.960 Goat. If I'm going just kind of down deep in my core, just 186 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.600 something i'd like to pop in and and and pull up on my on my 187 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:48.000 phone, and I'm gonna listen to Little Bruce Springsteen, and then if I'm 188 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:52.120 going country man, that's a tough call. Big Zach Bryant, Guy Love, 189 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:58.679 Zach Brown, Little Kenny Chessney, the old school. I'm I'm versatile 190 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.559 man, I can bob and we and a bunch of a bunch of different 191 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:03.320 genres. Do I sound smart when I say genre? Yeah? Yeah, 192 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.000 you sound you sound musically inclined. I mean it sounds like you know I'm 193 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:11.720 tricking you. I'm tricking a little bit that I think that would be That 194 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:15.279 would all that would do was just make the the resale ticket prices even more 195 00:13:15.279 --> 00:13:18.720 expensive. That would be a heck of a group to add to to one 196 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:22.360 of these music festivals around here that Brian he sings the Revival something I know. 197 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.120 Yeah, so my deal? Did that come to you out of nowhere? 198 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.879 Because it really has become sort of your you know, that's how we 199 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.879 know there's some good things on the way. Did you give that much thought? 200 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.320 Did it just hit you? Obviously? The revival is is the tagline 201 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:39.639 to think. I like to think I have a low creativity in me. 202 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.399 It's always been sort of who I am in my DNA, and you know, 203 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:45.440 I went through it. We came up with to sing Rock to Hill 204 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.399 because it's in Rock Hills, South Carolina. At Charleston, we said our 205 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:54.039 city, right, you know, louisal basketball is already just absolutely you know, 206 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.919 uh connected with with Louisville basketball and Charleston. We were trying to so 207 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.000 we said our city. And I got to give a little shout out point 208 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.360 to the passer to Brian Klohman, my long long time assistant. He came 209 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.799 up with with the revival with the V I L L E at the end 210 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:13.919 of vill So, uh, shout out to coach my credit for that one. 211 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.960 Shout out to my guy Kloe. That's that's I mean, it's it's 212 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:18.919 already caught on in a major way, all right. When you let's just 213 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:22.440 go back to the early part of your coaching career, obviously from Cincinnati, 214 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:26.200 and you're familiar with Louisville, the city and obviously Louisville basketball. But if 215 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:31.120 somebody brought up Louisville basketball to Pat Kelce fifteen years ago, who was the 216 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.080 first player that would come to mind for you? Is someone who played here 217 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.320 at some point throughout their career. Just the first guy that comes to mind, 218 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.240 I'm gonna I'm gonna tell a little fib here, and I'm gonna say 219 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:48.240 Peyton Siva because he's my guys on my staff. That's my brother. Obviously, 220 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:50.320 that whole team was special for us today, all those guys. But 221 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.200 I gotta say, just because I grew up in the eighties, I gotta 222 00:14:56.240 --> 00:15:01.840 say never nervous Purvis Ellison. That would probably be the first thing that pops 223 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.200 into my mind. But if that's player, but then you know, obviously, 224 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.639 Denny Crume, you know, I don't know. I don't want to 225 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:11.639 leave somebody in there, and I get it. I'm kind of putting in 226 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.440 which, Hey, you gave a good answer. You one of your one 227 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:18.720 of your guys, Gud's on your staff. That was the first time you 228 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:22.200 mentioned, which I think is a safe, safe way to go about it. 229 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.440 All right, Uh, we won't keep you too much longer. I 230 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:26.600 have one more question though, and this is another spot that that I'm kind 231 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:31.120 of putting you in here. But favorite meal or I guess best meal you've 232 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:33.600 had since you've been in town. And I'm sure you haven't had a bad 233 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:35.679 one. Ol Man. You can't do that to me. I got to 234 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:41.120 I got I got, I got friends, I'm building friendships all over the 235 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:46.159 place, unbelievable clisine. I think that's one of the underrated things about Louisville, 236 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.679 Man, is the food scene. There's some great restaurants here and I've 237 00:15:48.679 --> 00:15:52.399 been to a lot of them, and there is no way, there is 238 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:54.480 no way you're getting me to just name one of them. Man, I'm 239 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:58.440 not doing it. Hey, I'm Switzerland right now. Man, I'm Switzerland. 240 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:00.480 I'm staying in the middle. Yeah, that's that's a good way to 241 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:03.279 go about it. And I'm glad to hear you say that. Because Louisville 242 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:04.879 is a city. Is someone who's been here my whole life. We do 243 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.759 claim to be a foodie city. And I don't know if it's just because 244 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:11.759 we feel that way and everybody feels that way. But if you're you know, 245 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.039 I know you're probably eating some of the best spots in town. So 246 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:17.480 if you believe that, that's that's a complement of the city. I do 247 00:16:17.559 --> 00:16:19.840 got to give a little shout out that I can't believe I'm saying this because 248 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:23.200 I'm given I'm giving them some advertising. But being a Cincinnati guy, there 249 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:26.679 is Skyline here. It's just kind of nice little graters. But I just 250 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:29.960 said, I want to name anybody, and then I just named two of 251 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.240 them. Well, it's I think it's a given you. Is there anybody 252 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:40.679 from Cincinnati that doesn't love Skyline? Uh, they don't last long. Yeah, 253 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:44.080 it's a staple. Not you're not You're not one of You're not one 254 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.240 of us. Yeah. I've gotten that vibe from a lot of folks from 255 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:49.120 Cincinnati, and it's good stuff. It's just clearly it's and I love that 256 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:53.080 Cincinnati kind of take takes ownership, right, they take pride in Skyline kind 257 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:56.320 of being their thing. All Right, I lied one more question, and 258 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:59.679 this is what I should have asked earlier. Johnny ballgame. Obviously, you 259 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.400 mentioned family has not all made the move just yet. How excited is he? 260 00:17:03.839 --> 00:17:06.920 I don't know your whole family. I'm sure is really excited. But 261 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:11.720 he became a notable, you know, figure within the Charleston basketball program during 262 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:14.559 during your time there. Is he is he ready to do the same thing 263 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:18.039 for the villa? Yeah? I mean, Johnny, I mean he's just 264 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:25.079 he's he's just the typical eleven year old boy, right, I mean, 265 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:29.839 he just whatever's in season, he's into. He loves who, he loves 266 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:33.359 to be in the gym. He's the son of a coach. You know, 267 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:37.000 Josh is awesome, Like Johnny's in town. He lets him be around 268 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:40.400 practice and be around the practice facility. That's awesome. You know, this 269 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:44.160 is a it's a very very demanding profession, so meshing the two things, 270 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:47.839 your personal life and your professional life is really really important or probably never going 271 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:51.880 to see your family. So but yeah, he's good. He can't wait 272 00:17:51.920 --> 00:17:57.359 to get the Louisville. He's been scouting out grade schools and possable AU programs. 273 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:00.880 That's awesome. We'll see you can't wait. Well, coach, I 274 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:04.000 appreciate you making time for us again. I know you're very busy. We're 275 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:08.839 all happy that you're here, excited to get this thing started and in a 276 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:11.480 few months or and whatnot. So again, thanks so much, coach, 277 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:17.440 and we'll talk to you down a line. Hey, Nick, thank you 278 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:19.079 man. Enjoyed it all right, take care again. That's Pat Kelsey.