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Dooooooomed said:
Payne's postgame presser was actually worse than the loss. Tough days ahead for Louisville basketball fans.

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No. A D2 team shouldn’t have been a tough game & it definitely didn’t “need to be a tough game”
 
Fishy said:
Honestly, even if you won like one less game, the costs savings between the Boneyarder coaching and Payne coaching more than makes up for it.

UL really has to consider this…so which one of us will it be?
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Okay okay, I know when my name is being called. I will do it.
Give me 10% of Payne’s 3.35M salary and call it a deal.
 
Vowelguy said:
Trying to rank these great moments in Lou sports history:

  • This
  • Kragthorpe as their FB coach
  • their NCAA title bring stripped
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Dude, how could you POSSIBLY leave off the 'Petrino motorcycle accident/extramarital affair' scandal?
 
I was on one of the better D2 teams. Second in the conference 2 of my years.

Thinking back to when we scrimmaged D1 teams, the difference in talent, athleticism and size was staggering. And that was mid-major teams.

To think a P5 team lost to a middling D2 team is shocking. It shows a deep, deep lack of care AT ALL. It's not even about the talent or coaching. Give Louisville a JV HS playbook and they should destroy every d2 team in the country by 30+. They just didn't care enough to bother playing the game.
 
husky429 said:
I was on one of the better D2 teams. Second in the conference 2 of my years.

Thinking back to when we scrimmaged D1 teams, the difference in talent, athleticism and size was staggering. And that was mid-major teams.

To think a P5 team lost to a middling D2 team is shocking. It shows a deep, deep lack of care AT ALL. It's not even about the talent or coaching. Give Louisville a JV HS playbook and they should destroy every d2 team in the country by 30+. They just didn't care enough to bother playing the game.
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Payne said Louisville will never be the most talented team. That isn't just a totally insane thing to say, it's offensive. You're the friggin' head coach at Louisville. I can understand why they may not care about playing for him and I'm sure they're seriously regretting their decision to go there.
 
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gsmooth said:
Okay okay, I know when my name is being called. I will do it.
Give me 10% of Payne’s 3.35M salary and call it a deal.
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Wait, I'd have to live in Kentucky? And deal with Louisville fans? Better pay me a lot more than that.
 
HooperScooper said:
Wait, I'd have to live in Kentucky? And deal with Louisville fans? Better pay me a lot more than that.
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You could live over the river, but you’d still need to deal with the fans. And they have lots of bourbon at their place.
 
husky429 said:
I was on one of the better D2 teams. Second in the conference 2 of my years.

Thinking back to when we scrimmaged D1 teams, the difference in talent, athleticism and size was staggering. And that was mid-major teams.

To think a P5 team lost to a middling D2 team is shocking. It shows a deep, deep lack of care AT ALL. It's not even about the talent or coaching. Give Louisville a JV HS playbook and they should destroy every d2 team in the country by 30+. They just didn't care enough to bother playing the game.
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That bolded part reminds me of what a friend of mine who played QB for Northeastern University football told me in 2006. He played there before NU nixed their football program in the early 2000s. I asked him about coaching and schemes and how they can help out teams inferior in talent. He said, "to a point yes, but if USC is playing Northeastern in football, does it matter what schemes Northeastern uses?"

Louisville lost an exhibition which isn't the end of the world and not the end all be all, but damn a D2 team? They shouldn't have had any issues with them.
 
Rich said:
Dude, how could you POSSIBLY leave off the 'Petrino motorcycle accident/extramarital affair' scandal?
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If you expect me to keep up with every single Louisville scandal, how do you expect me to eat or sleep?
 
husky429 said:
. Give Louisville a JV HS playbook and they should destroy every d2 team in the country by 30+. They just didn't care enough to bother playing the game.
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Nah. A top-level D2 team (which KY Wes is not) is on par with a 16 seed, if not better. They should definitely lose, but any one night ...
Remember that Chaminade (then NAIA) did beat #1 UVa long ago.

But yes, losing to a mid-level D2 team is embarrassing.

FWIW, last year's Massey Rankings for all of NCAA (1000+ teams): Ville 241, KY Wesl 544
 
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Vowelguy said:
Nah. A top-level D2 team (which KY Wes is not) is on par with a 16 seed, if not better.
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1) a top-level D2 team is not on par with a D1 conference champion however lowly the conference, which is what a 16-seed is.

2) Yes, and? Louisville is in the ACC. They're never going to be a 16-seed. My whole point was that LOUISVILLE, not some random, made up 16-seed has the talent to beat every D2 team in the country. That's why I wrote "Louisville" in my original post you quoted and not "some random 16-seed."

3) NAIA is not D2. It's different, and a generally better talent level overall.
 
Rich said:
Dude, how could you POSSIBLY leave off the 'Petrino motorcycle accident/extramarital affair' scandal?
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So close. You really mean the Petino / italian restaurant / extramarital affair with Asst Coaches insane wife / abortion scandal
 
Massey 22-23

Top D2: Nova 64, NW Mo 142, W Liberty 166, Indiana 213

16 seeds: FDU 287, TAMU CC 215, TX So 325
 
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pj said:
Their football team is ranked 15th, and football is why they got an ACC invite ahead of us. Who knows what the ACC thinks now.
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It’s hard to believe that it’s reallly sustainable though. With a few key pieces, even below average football schools can have a decent season or two. Just look at us in 2011. Sustaining that is nearly impossible without a solid pipeline of recruits.

And really, what do you add if you aren’t a continually solid football program year after year? The TV networks are paying the conference for what they perceive the value is over the course of a decade long contracts. They don’t care if you have a great season once in a blue moon.

Not to mention, the ACC football conference is probably a dead man walking.
 
Speaking of KP and Louisville

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Louisville State of Emergency <br><br>With the future not looking bright for KP…<br><br>Josh Heird’s call list <br><br>Dan Hurley <br>Mick Cronin<br>Jerome Tang<br>Steve Pikiell <br>Jay Wright</p>&mdash; The Coaching Portal (@TheCP_Hoops) <a href="">November 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Louisville will get a good coach for sure, but I don’t see their next coach on that list.
 
BullDawg said:
Speaking of KP and Louisville

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Louisville State of Emergency <br><br>With the future not looking bright for KP…<br><br>Josh Heird’s call list <br><br>Dan Hurley <br>Mick Cronin<br>Jerome Tang<br>Steve Pikiell <br>Jay Wright</p>&mdash; The Coaching Portal (@TheCP_Hoops) <a href="">November 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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This list is ridiclous. ACC isn't going to pull a coach of this caliber. Only one remotely possible is Tang, and pulling him away from the B12 isn't going to be easy. Especially not to a conference on the way to implosion.
 
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husky429 said:
This list is ridiclous. ACC isn't going to pull a coach of this caliber. Only one remotely possible is Tang, and pulling him away from the B12 isn't going to be easy. Especially not to a conference on the way to implosion.
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Can Louisville pay more than Kansas State? Yes

Can they provide more resources than Kansas State? Yes

Don't think it'll be that difficult.
 
How Sway?! said:
Can Louisville pay more than Kansas State? Yes

Can they provide more resources than Kansas State? Yes

Don't think it'll be that difficult.
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Mack's contract before he was canned was only worth 4 million and Payne is making less, so I'm not sure they actually have the resources to provide that much more. Tang hasn't exactly earned 5+ million. He's only beena head coach 1 season. It's possible that Louisville would provide that, but I will believe it once I see it.

It's the ACC. Their resources and basketball clout are dwindling fast. A smart, up-and-coming coach isn't going to the ACC over the B12. That would be stupid.
 
I disagree. Is Louisville a better brand than ksu? Yes. Can they paint more money? Probably? Would Tang be coming in for a rebuild that could take years to turn around? Absolutely.

Louisville is not enough of a destination job that a little more money would suck you in to a rebuild. Maybe Tang is looking to get out of Manhattan or has a personal connection to the school or the staff. But there is a reason why the last two hires were an unproven Payne and G5 Mack. They are not stealing from the top tier.
 
auggie22 said:
I disagree. Is Louisville a better brand than ksu? Yes. Can they paint more money? Probably? Would Tang be coming in for a rebuild that could take years to turn around? Absolutely.

Louisville is not enough of a destination job that a little more money would suck you in to a rebuild. Maybe Tang is looking to get out of Manhattan or has a personal connection to the school or the staff. But there is a reason why the last two hires were an unproven Payne and G5 Mack. They are not stealing from the top tier.
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K State lost 37 games the 2 years before Tang got there.

Conference & other factors will definitely likely be considered. But he already took over one rebuild, and with the portal & brand, it’s not like it’s something that couldn’t be done quickly if you had the right guy
 
Fishy said:
Honestly, even if you won like one less game, the costs savings between the Boneyarder coaching and Payne coaching more than makes up for it.

UL really has to consider this…so which one of us will it be?
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I'd put myself up for the job, as it might be fun, but there's no way you'd get me to live in Louisville. (And, if you could, my wife would ban me from going to Italian restaurants there as well.)
 
BullDawg said:
Speaking of KP and Louisville

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Louisville State of Emergency <br><br>With the future not looking bright for KP…<br><br>Josh Heird’s call list <br><br>Dan Hurley <br>Mick Cronin<br>Jerome Tang<br>Steve Pikiell <br>Jay Wright</p>&mdash; The Coaching Portal (@TheCP_Hoops) <a href="">November 1, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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They forgot Brad Stevens.

In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure boeheim didn’t feel like he had given all he could to coaching
 
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