Does Kenny Payne make it to January with Louisville??

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They won't win 10 games this year. Danny Manning may get to reclaim his interim head coach role for the second year in a row.
 
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Please, with the transfer portal and NIL, Kenny P will be fine. He's untouchable @ UofL for now.
I don't know if I would say untouchable. They literally have not won a game yet. With the transfer portal and NIL, he should've easily had the resources to at least make a bubble worthy team. It's LOUISVILLE for pete sake
 

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They won't win 10 games this year. Danny Manning may get to reclaim his interim head coach role for the second year in a row.
They may not win 5. Hard to believe, even with the shambles Kenny inherited. Hope he does well there (his dad was my home room teacher in 8th grade and is a nice guy), but I keep thinking there must be a reason he hasn't gotten a head coaching job before now.
 

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I don't know if I would say untouchable. They literally have not won a game yet. With the transfer portal and NIL, he should've easily had the resources to at least make a bubble worthy team. It's LOUISVILLE for pete sake
True, nobody is "untouchable" (see Pitino) but I would say he is fine this season as it's still the leftovers from Hookergate. I have two kids @ UofL, one is an athlete (swimmer), so I understand how they do not accept losing, ever.
Still think they will be fine.
 
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Just saw where this is the first time a major conference team has ever started the season 0-7. But Louisville's got company. California is also 0-7, so they both make history.
 
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The most unbelievable thing is that Stricklin chose Rick Ray over him….and in a vacuum with just those two choices - it seems to have actually been the correct decision.

Don’t hear what I’m not saying though - both are awful and there are numerous more qualified guys who would have taken the job that should have been considered.
 

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Just saw where this is the first time a major conference team has ever started the season 0-7. But Louisville's got company. Cal is also 0-7, so they both make history.
When I read this I thought you were talking about John Calipari- my brain was working overtime trying to figure out a context in which that was true.
 
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When I read this I thought you were talking about John Calipari- my brain was working overtime trying to figure out a context in which that was true.
Sorry. California. I edited my post for clarity.
 

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Please, with the transfer portal and NIL, Kenny P will be fine. He's untouchable @ UofL for now.
I’m surprised he didn’t get some guys in from the portal that could help, but maybe the NCAA stuff was a brick wall. That whole process and the length of time it took to resolve crushed that program. And the Mack hire just me made matters worse.

Now that they finally have some clarity around that, he’ll need to restock in the spring. Not getting Wagner was not a good start.

He’ll likely get a pass this year but he’s definitely on the clock starting in April.
 

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True, nobody is "untouchable" (see Pitino) but I would say he is fine this season as it's still the leftovers from Hookergate. I have two kids @ UofL, one is an athlete (swimmer), so I understand how they do not accept losing, ever.
Still think they will be fine.
That is long gone. Mack could use that excuse. Payne can't, he just sucks, even worse than olblue.