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We had a good chat 23 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.920 with our man Alex Kupper talking some Louisville football. He 24 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:10.840 joined us at three point thirty. And it feels like football. 25 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:13.519 You know, they didn't have an off season, but the 26 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.840 bye week being late and really a lot of energy 27 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:19.319 and emotion being shifted to basketball with the Tennessee game 28 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:21.120 last week, it kind of feels like it's been forever 29 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:25.319 since we've watched this team play. And I think wishful thinking. 30 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:28.159 Of course, this team has a chance to really finish strong. 31 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:31.519 And yes there's some shortfalls earlier in the year that 32 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:33.480 are probably going to sting. Especially if this team starts 33 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:35.359 to look really good, they look the best they've looked 34 00:01:35.359 --> 00:01:37.959 all year. It'll take you back to the wood. It 35 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:39.799 could have, should have, but you can't control it. And 36 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:44.159 I'd rather finish strong than start strong. I mean again, 37 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:47.439 a stronger finish or a stronger start would have potentially 38 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:49.079 put you in a different situation than you're in right now. 39 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:50.480 But you're still in a good spot. You're in the 40 00:01:50.480 --> 00:01:53.079 top twenty in the college football playoff rankings. I believe 41 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.159 you will only climb if you keep winning, especially if 42 00:01:56.200 --> 00:02:01.480 you do it in impressive fashion. The victory against Clemson 43 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.719 is clearly the one that has the most value. But 44 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.000 you don't have a loss at this point that you 45 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:10.240 can look at and say, man, how to be lose 46 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.240 to them? Now. I actually do kind of have that 47 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:17.439 mindset about these losses, but not to the opponent, but 48 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.560 because of like, geez, you didn't even play great, and 49 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:22.080 if you just eliminate a mistake here and there, you 50 00:02:22.159 --> 00:02:23.919 might have won. But again that that's in the past. 51 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:28.080 So because Louisville is not going to be in the 52 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:30.159 mix and not gonna make the college football playoff, I 53 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:31.599 just don't think there's this I mean, and I don't 54 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:34.439 say that to like sound so negative. It's just it's 55 00:02:34.479 --> 00:02:37.240 just the reality of it. So maybe, you know, maybe 56 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:39.199 if they keep climbing and you're just right there on 57 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.199 the outside looking in and you just missed it, that 58 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:44.719 would be you know, that would suck. But last year 59 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.960 the season was really a dream. And I don't mean 60 00:02:48.120 --> 00:02:50.039 to say that they you know, did the unthinkable, but 61 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:52.439 they got off to such a great start and it 62 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:54.800 was there was no pressure, There was really no big 63 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.120 expectations nobody really knew what to expect in year one 64 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:59.520 of Jeff Brohm. I think most people expected, hey, well 65 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.719 that's Saturday guy. He wasn't terrible, he was mid. So 66 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:04.960 if we're at least a little better than mid, or 67 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:08.000 even if we are mid, will we'll be okay with 68 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:09.599 it because we know the guy we got a lot 69 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:14.120 better than the guy that he's replacing. And if you 70 00:03:14.199 --> 00:03:17.599 finish the season with three more regular season wins and 71 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:19.719 then you win a bowl game against whoever that's against 72 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.199 down in bowl games, man, there's such a such a 73 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:26.120 question mark now because that trend that has been in 74 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:29.000 effect for years is only going to begin, is only 75 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:31.240 going to grow and become a bigger thing. And that 76 00:03:31.280 --> 00:03:33.680 is people just not playing. And mean, if you play 77 00:03:33.759 --> 00:03:37.319 in bowl games, you're missing out on the free agency period. 78 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:39.159 I mean, there are already coaches right now that are 79 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:42.759 coaching legitimately. I think might have been Mark Stoops earlier 80 00:03:42.759 --> 00:03:45.000 that that mentioned this in one of his press conferences, 81 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.479 that you got coaches that are still with what a 82 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.840 fourth of their season left, but they are now spending 83 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:53.439 a lot of time and energy on roster management for 84 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:57.360 next year, discussing next year with players currently on their team, 85 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:59.120 and there's already guys that are in the portal, so 86 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.080 you know, I have no clue what to expect with 87 00:04:02.199 --> 00:04:03.800 anything when it comes to a Bowl game. But that 88 00:04:03.800 --> 00:04:05.719 would of course give them the chance to win four 89 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:08.199 in a row and finish with ten wins. And if 90 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.439 you finish with ten wins and you're in the playoff 91 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:15.479 rankings every week that they've existed since Bram has been 92 00:04:15.520 --> 00:04:17.720 your coach, I'd say that you'd be able to claim 93 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.439 that two years in you got a lot of momentum 94 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:24.519 and the future still looks really, really bright. Now. I 95 00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.079 think Brom is probably gonna be a guy that is 96 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:29.920 just gonna live with the portal every year. And I 97 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.639 don't have a problem with that. Like, even when Louisville 98 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:35.519 was losing games earlier this year, I don't really think 99 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:39.639 it was because they got a bad batch of players 100 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:42.639 in the portal, or and they got completely they were 101 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.639 over sold or something like that. I mean, and I 102 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.079 think Brom, just his personality and the way he goes 103 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.879 about things, I can see him doing pretty well in 104 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:53.079 the portal every year. And yes, there's gonna be guys 105 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:54.959 that end up being not as good as you thought 106 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:57.480 they were gonna be, or guys that you know are 107 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:00.199 way better than you would have expected. Like Isaac Garrinde. 108 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:01.600 I feel like he was just an ad on running 109 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.399 back last year when he transferred to Louisville. He ended 110 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:05.959 up being your best back when it was all said 111 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.360 and done. So, you know, those that worry about recruiting rankings, 112 00:05:10.399 --> 00:05:13.000 I think in basketball and in football, recruiting rankings are 113 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.959 still going to be something fans pay attention to, and 114 00:05:16.439 --> 00:05:18.399 if you can get really good young talent, you'll take it. 115 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:24.920 But let's be real here, like emphasizing one way or 116 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.959 the other, meaning, wow, can you believe we're what's going on? 117 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:32.079 How are we ranked? You know, third to last in 118 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.879 recruiting rankings right now? In football? I mean, if you're 119 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.639 super negative about it, it's probably an overreaction because you 120 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:43.040 can easily like that's not going to be a detriment 121 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.040 to you if you do well in the portal and 122 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:46.959 you retain guys on your roster that you know have 123 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:49.879 proven that you want to keep them around. Same thing. 124 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.759 On the other side, if you're doing scoreboard hanging banners 125 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.879 for recruiting rankings now, I mean, it's never really meant 126 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.000 anything unless you get results. But it means even less 127 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:02.759 now because you don't win with just a bunch of freshmen. 128 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:04.240 And that's really never been the case. That's never been 129 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:06.199 the case in football. So you know, I bring this 130 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:10.000 up because Louisville did lose a commit today from Indianapolis 131 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:13.720 who flipped from Louisville to Indiana. We had somebody text 132 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:16.399 in earlier and said, did you kick John off the 133 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:19.439 show because Indiana is dominating and taking recruits from Louisville. 134 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:22.560 I didn't kick him off of anything, but yeah, war 135 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:26.319 in Central in Indiana, not Kentucky Edge Rusher, Tyrone Burst 136 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:29.759 Junior flipped his commitment to Indiana earlier today, and you 137 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:32.000 know that's not something you want to see. And yes, 138 00:06:32.040 --> 00:06:34.720 that does make it to where you have even more. 139 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:39.759 You have even more. I guess need to do well 140 00:06:39.800 --> 00:06:41.920 in the portal if you're not bringing in as many freshmen. 141 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:46.279 But if you do really well in the portal, if 142 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.439 brom can keep up with what he's done the last 143 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:51.480 two years and the only two years he's been here, 144 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:54.560 and you can maybe get one or two guys that 145 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:58.759 are freshmen that are really really talented, like an Isaac Brown, 146 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:02.199 who is the best running back in I mean, he's 147 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:03.839 the best freshman running back in the country. You can 148 00:07:03.839 --> 00:07:05.040 look at his numbers, he might be one of the 149 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:06.720 best running backs in the country. That's I mean when 150 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:11.199 you look at what he's done consistently with the amount 151 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:13.920 of carries that he's received throughout the entire year. I mean, 152 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:17.040 he's getting a decent workload, but his numbers are more 153 00:07:17.079 --> 00:07:19.839 impressive when you consider what he's done without being a 154 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:22.240 guy that literally gets the ball forty times a game. 155 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:27.000 So I think the recipe is that you retain guys 156 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.879 you want to retain, like Ashton, Jealottie and Quincy Riley, 157 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:35.399 those guys, Michael Gonzalez, and you bring in a freshman class, 158 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:38.879 but the bigger emphasis on, the bigger emphasis is going 159 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:40.000 to be on how are we going to do in 160 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:42.720 the portal? And you know, bram has had a really 161 00:07:42.800 --> 00:07:47.600 highly ranked portal class each of the two times he's 162 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.680 relied on the portal at Louisville. And if they go 163 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:52.839 back to back years double digit wins and their roster 164 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.879 was mostly relying on guys in the portal, what does 165 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:56.800 that tell you he's pretty good in this new world 166 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.560 of utilizing the transfer portal to build his roster and 167 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.959 have success us. We also discussed a lot of basketball 168 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:06.600 with Kent Spencer, who joined us around four o'clock. I 169 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:08.519 recommend you go check out the podcast if you missed it, 170 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.959 because it's always a great chat with Kent, And you know, 171 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.759 we had to discuss things that don't make me happy. 172 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:15.399 But you know, I got a job that I'm professional, 173 00:08:15.439 --> 00:08:19.240 believe it or not. Kentucky got the exact result against 174 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:23.120 Duke that Louisville wanted against Tennessee, and I really don't 175 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:25.639 think you could have scripted a better start for Mark 176 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:29.480 Pope at Kentucky. I mean, he's checking all the boxes 177 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.240 relating to the fans, making it clear that it's not 178 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.240 going to be a Pope first program like it was 179 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:42.000 a Calip Perry first program. And those things matter, especially 180 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:45.200 when you consider the way cal handled things the last 181 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:47.440 I mean, really he's been that way all along. He 182 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.759 got a little more stubborn later on, but man, you 183 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:51.519 got to see when he was winning at a high level, 184 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:53.759 none of their fans cared that he was, you know, 185 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:57.320 being cal But whenever you start to lose to bums 186 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.879 and you're underwhelming and you have the three best shooters 187 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:02.360 in program history and you can't get out of the 188 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:04.200 first round as a three seed. Like That's when it 189 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:06.279 becomes all right, this is we got to do something here. 190 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:10.960 Something's got to give. So, you know, Pope doing all 191 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:14.960 the things that Caliperry did wrong off the floor to 192 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.240 you know not you know, no longer really have a 193 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.279 great approval rating from his fan base. Pope's done the 194 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.759 exact opposite and now he's winning. I mean again, who knows. 195 00:09:22.759 --> 00:09:24.799 Maybe Kentucky ends up being underwhelming this year, You really 196 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:28.120 never know, but they dominated the two dud teams they played, 197 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:32.159 and then they beat Duke. And again, I don't know 198 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:33.879 if you could have scripted a better start for Mark 199 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:38.279 Pope with Pat Kelcey, I think you could say the 200 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:43.000 exact same thing until the Tennessee loss, and in our 201 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:46.039 conversation that I had with Kent and really just the 202 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:51.399 more time that passes since Saturday, I'm still willing to acknowledge. 203 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:54.159 None of us know how the season's gonna go, and 204 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.759 none of us really know how Louisville will be able 205 00:09:57.799 --> 00:09:59.759 to handle those types of games until you're in and 206 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.759 other game like that. Now, fortunately you have or maybe 207 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:04.440 it's unfortunately depending on how you look at it, if 208 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.519 you're Pat Kelsey. But they're gonna be playing a lot 209 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:09.279 of teams of Tennessee Tennessee's caliber. Maybe not teams that 210 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.720 are as physical and that are such a bad matchup 211 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:13.399 for you, but teams that are believed to be really good. 212 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.120 You're gonna play a lot of them in the next, 213 00:10:15.480 --> 00:10:17.200 you know, six weeks or so. So we're gonna find 214 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.720 out if they're making improvements when it comes to how 215 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:22.960 to execute and have better results than what they had 216 00:10:23.000 --> 00:10:26.240 against Tennessee. So I'm not ready to say, man, we 217 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.600 should just expect trus met. Look, none of us know 218 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:31.679 how they're gonna respond. They didn't mean they in real 219 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.799 time on Saturday afternoon. 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That's b A R 252 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:17.159 T s I a n dot com slash cocktail. 253 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:21.399 So you know, I'm not down on Louisville basketball by 254 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.000 any means. As far as thinking that we now need 255 00:12:24.039 --> 00:12:26.639 to reset expectations and just expect this team to not 256 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:29.039 be a tournament team, I still think that you have 257 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.039 the pieces to where you can make the tournament. Now 258 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:34.639 will it happen? None of us know, And unfortunately, the 259 00:12:34.679 --> 00:12:36.840 next two games aren't gonna give you much of an indicator. 260 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:39.080 But I'm sure these guys want to get that bad 261 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:41.519 taste out of their mouth. They got Bellerman next week, 262 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:43.679 a game they should win by a lot. Bellerman's really 263 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:45.919 struggling Winthrop. I don't know a whole lot about them, 264 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:49.000 but doesn't matter. You're now, as Austin pointed out earlier, 265 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:54.639 you're now in a new era to where like it's 266 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:57.679 always been for Louisville basketball. Other than the previous era. 267 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.360 It doesn't matter if Winthrop's good for Winthrop, you're Louisville, like, 268 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:03.720 you're gonna take care of business. You're not gonna lose 269 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.480 to them, at least, you know, I hope not. I 270 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.480 don't think they will. But when they take off of 271 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.320 the Bahamas around Thanksgiving, that's when you get to see, Okay, 272 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:14.639 how much did they really take, like how much did 273 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:18.759 they learn from the Tennessee game? How able are they 274 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.320 to handle that kind of a situation when you're out 275 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:26.200 there against those kind of teams and look, talent always matters, 276 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.399 but there's all kinds of teams that have better talent 277 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:30.360 than the opponent at night in and night out, and 278 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:33.360 they lose. I mean, Louisville basketball the last couple of years, 279 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:38.519 that was the exact story. Louisville did not go four 280 00:13:38.519 --> 00:13:41.120 in twenty eight and eight and whatever it was because 281 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:44.399 of players. I mean, I think we all know that. 282 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:49.679 So if Louisville does end up beating Indiana, and let's 283 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:54.159 say they beat I don't know, West Virginia, and then 284 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:56.320 they lose to whoever else they go to and one 285 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.240 in the Bahamas, again, easier said than done. And let's 286 00:13:59.240 --> 00:14:01.039 say they come back in the beat Ole miss who 287 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.759 will be their first opponent when they return from Bahamas 288 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:08.080 and the acc SEC Challenge. I mean, I'm not saying 289 00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.360 this to kind of you know who know And again 290 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.559 I'm not even saying this stuff that these results are 291 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:13.519 going to play out that way, but I would be 292 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:15.840 willing to tell you that they beat teams that actually 293 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.240 had more talent on them. So it happens often. So 294 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:19.799 like that's one of the things that I keep getting 295 00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:24.480 from people in the text line that I'm worried because 296 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:27.360 Tennessee showed that we're not nearly as good as them, 297 00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:29.080 and we played teams that are going to be a 298 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:31.279 lot more talented than us, and I'm worried it's going 299 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.879 to be a long season. Nick, Well, who knows. Maybe 300 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:38.360 you're right, but you can beat teams that have more 301 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.559 talent than you. Now, again, there's really no way to 302 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.759 know the exact level, right, there's not a meter on 303 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:44.919 every player out there as far as their talent level. 304 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:47.639 But talent meets nothing if it's if you're not executing 305 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.799 and you're not ready to play. In fact, there's a 306 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:52.960 lot of guys that have so called talent that never 307 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:58.000 do anything. Talent's probably one of the most overused words 308 00:14:58.080 --> 00:15:00.960 when it comes to sports, and it's such a gray 309 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:05.799 area because maybe people mean talent differently, but yet that 310 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:09.200 word gets thrown out their NonStop. And this leads me 311 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.279 to my next text I wanted to read. This came 312 00:15:11.320 --> 00:15:13.440 out on the Ellenn Federal Credit Union text line five 313 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:16.039 two six five three zero seven nineties the number if 314 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:17.840 you want to join us. But he says, Nick, you 315 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:20.279 called it after seeing what Tennessee did to us. I'm 316 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:23.879 not watching. I'm now watching guys that transferred out that 317 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.639 I know could really help us this season. I really 318 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:29.120 wish Pat Kelsey would have considered keeping at least three 319 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:33.039 of them. We talked about it last week, and you're right. 320 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:36.600 I mean, I don't know if I called it and 321 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:38.600 what I said last week or maybe it was earlier 322 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:42.159 this week. I think it might have been Monday, was that. 323 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.720 It may sound crazy to say this, but I believe it. 324 00:15:49.679 --> 00:15:52.480 Louisville last year and the year before when it comes 325 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:57.600 to just god given talent, athleticism, raw and natural ability, 326 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:03.039 those two teams that went four and twenty eight and 327 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.919 eight and whatever, they'll go down as two of the worst, 328 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:07.559 if not the two worst teams in the history of 329 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:10.559 the program. But they are more talented than the team 330 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:12.639 that Louisville has this year. Maybe not by wide margin, 331 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:15.240 but you saw what that got you. Whenever it's not 332 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.039 working and there's not a system in place and there's 333 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.720 not a coach that holding people accountable, there's not a 334 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.000 leader in charge. So you know, I didn't didn't. I 335 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.799 didn't say that to invite you to go watch the 336 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.559 guys who left and think about what could have been 337 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.240 had they stuck around, because the way I mean it 338 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.960 made total sense for that to play out the way 339 00:16:33.960 --> 00:16:36.480 it did. All the players wanted a fresh start, and 340 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:39.240 that's understandable. And if you're Pat Kelsey, you're not gonna 341 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.639 beg guys to stick around whenever you know that whatever 342 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:46.240 was going on here is simply not gonna fly with 343 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:50.120 the way you're running your program. But yeah, JJ Trainor 344 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:51.519 had a big night for de Paul the other night. 345 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:55.240 A long athletic, big experienced guy who really there's not 346 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:57.240 a guy like that on this team for the Louisville 347 00:16:58.600 --> 00:17:01.519 cayleb Glenn. He's coming off the bench for FAU, but 348 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:04.920 he's having a lot of success. He's got a pretty 349 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:09.319 important role energy. The motor never stops with Caleb. So 350 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:16.359 could those guys potentially stuck around and given this team 351 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:20.400 a little more talent, a little more depth than athleticism. Sure, 352 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:24.839 but I think one you can't do anything about it now. 353 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:29.279 But I know I reiterated this many many times last 354 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:31.279 year because what from the beginning, we knew this was 355 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:35.240 gonna be Kenny's last year, and the conversation, probably starting 356 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:37.680 in January, was all right, who do you want to keep? 357 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:40.319 Who do you hope sticks around with the new coach? 358 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.799 Who do you hope that the new coach just you know, 359 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:43.359 tries to convince to stay. I mean, it was a 360 00:17:43.359 --> 00:17:45.599 talking point for the majority of the season because of 361 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:48.400 how bad things were going. And yeah, there were guys 362 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:50.559 that I would have, you know, been okay with if 363 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.680 they stuck around, but I it made total sense for 364 00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:58.279 every player involved to read the room and just know 365 00:17:58.440 --> 00:18:01.119 that I need a friend start. This has been really 366 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:06.319 a traumatic, toxic experience. One guy that I did not 367 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:10.920 expect at all to you know, to have success, that 368 00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:15.359 is having success, Kuran Davis. I don't know if anybody 369 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.720 has paid attention, and I think a lot of people 370 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:19.680 know who Kuran Davis is. But if you don't, I 371 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:21.160 guess I kind of get that too, because he never 372 00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:22.720 played a second for Louisville in a game, but he 373 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:27.599 became a big talking point last year because of the 374 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.599 unusual way in which Kenny Payne dealt with Kran Davis. 375 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:32.839 And yet nobody seems to really know exactly what led 376 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:35.000 to him being kicked off the team, and then he 377 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:38.680 wasn't in trouble. I mean, that was a disastrous situation. Really, 378 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.240 that was of the many things that were a disaster. 379 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:44.960 The way that was handled was really a bad look 380 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:47.839 for everybody involved. Then it really you know, starts with Kenny. 381 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:51.599 But Kuran Davis hit twenty four points on nine to 382 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:56.720 fifteen from the field for Louisiana Lafiette last week. I 383 00:18:56.759 --> 00:19:01.960 did not have that as as. I mean, I would 384 00:19:02.000 --> 00:19:04.240 have believed you if you told me Caron Davis never 385 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.079 played college basketball. But he looked not only I mean, 386 00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:10.559 he was productive, but if you watch the highlights, it's 387 00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:12.279 a guy that's got a lot of ability. We're talking 388 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:16.720 about a six six guard that's athletic, has good range, 389 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:19.039 he's got some tools offensively, and we never got to 390 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.720 see him play. Probably wouldn't have mattered, because again, you 391 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:24.720 could have had Michael Jordan in his prime playing for 392 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.200 Kenny Payin. I'm not sure would have meant much of anything. 393 00:19:27.640 --> 00:19:30.279 And I'm not exaggerating to be honest with you. So 394 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:36.359 you know I don't have any feeling at all towards 395 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:39.400 those guys and seeing them have success like it doesn't 396 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:42.000 make me bitter. It doesn't make me wish they were here. 397 00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:46.279 But you know, if you are somebody that feels differently 398 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:49.039 and you think otherwise, I'm not telling you wrong. It's 399 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:51.200 just I knew all along that the likely scenario was 400 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.880 that there's gonna be a new coach here and it's 401 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.039