I've been on daddy duty all day with my oldest on spring break, my wife in Miami for work and my youngest missing his mommy so I'm a little late getting this up.
Thoughts on Pat Kelsey at Louisville?
- With how quickly things moved leading to Damon’s hire, was Kelsey ever realistically close to getting the job here at any point in the process?
- Would you say he was the runner-up or was it Bob Richey?
KQ- I'm not sure what really happened with Kelsey or Richey with the GT job. Batt really liked Damon and that turned everything over very quickly. I think Kelsey or Richey would've done fine at GT, I think Damon is out recruiting them and the real question will be sustaining that and how his coaching looks when he has the type of roster from top to bottom built to run his system. It was cobbled together for year one with some guys who were not great man defenders or not good enough shooters or just inexperienced guys. The player development piece will be something to really watch going into year two with Damon. I think Kelsey should do fine at Louisville. He will have probably the third-largest NIL budget in the ACC next year to work with.
@Russell Johnson Considering how the baseball program is run, I can’t see Danny retiring without it being announced in advance in preseason so that he gets a retirement tour and gets his flowers on the way out. As this did not happen before the 2024 season, I can only assume he has no plans to leave. How bad would this have to get to fore it? His contract runs through 2025, so I assume he is getting next season no matter what.
KQ- Paging RJ
Is the current weight room being moved to the new Fanning Building.
KQ- Someone can correct me if I am wrong, but I think it is moving but over to the East stands area. I really can't remember, but I'll try to ask tomorrow when I'm down there if I'm right about that.
Same song, upteenth verse with Baseball. Do you hear rumblings in your inner circles at the AA that this may be it for D Hall after this season if we keep sputtering along ?
KQ- There is a lot of smoke building to a large brush fire with each loss. They wanted to equip Danny Hall with the tools to win, that has been done and they still are not winning so I think the end is near, but it is baseball, they could snap and go on a run and have some grand finish.
who looks most ready to start among the freshmen? How about the transfers?
KQ- Keyland Rutledge even though he isn't out there is really an impressive looking OL for the portal guys, EJ Lightsey at LB portal, Warren Burrell portal guy, Jackson Hawes portal guy. Out of the freshmen, Jordan Floyd, Jordan Boyd, Anthony Carrie and Trelain Maddox are the most physically impressive off the top of my head.
1) who amongst the freshman looks like this years Eric Singleton? Any standing out in terms of athleticism?
KQ- The two freaks are Anthony Carrie at RB and Jordan Boyd at DE. Both are freaky athletes.
2) any early standouts from spring practices? Any players poised to make a big jump this upcoming season?
KQ- Evan Dickens is having a great spring as is Carrie and even Key has singled them out. Avery Boyd is another guy they are creating a role for in the offense. Defensively, Kyle Efford is responding well and Zeek and Horace could be primed to become a problem inside.
With all the pending legal actions against the ACC, as weak as it may seem, do you think that maybe pushes ESPN to opt out and renegotiate a deal to keep things in tact as a Conference?
KQ- Not really, they are getting all of that on a bargain even without Clemson and FSU down the road. The ACC will just go add USF and Memphis or something like that and be in a good position to be on par with the Big XII who is actually very weak in football when you break it down compared to GT. GT would be the second-best team over the last 20 years in the Big XII and that hasn't exactly been the highest point of GT football for the last six or seven years.
No one knows what is happening. No one knows what tomorrow will bring with CFB. If they make them employees and there is collective bargaining and all that shit then this all will get really interesting because no one wants to be on an even playing field amongst the big two. The whole thing is a giant debacle right now. Anyone telling you what will happen in 2026, 2028, 2030 or whatever is full of shit IMO.
