The Floyd Street Tribune: A reader Q&A for Derby Week!

Inside: Readers fire questions in, and I answer them the best I can. Let's all have a great weekend.

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It’s a great time in the cadence of our newsletter to stop and answer some reader questions, so please enjoy a wide-ranging reader Q&A. If you have any further questions, feel free to drop them in the comments and I’ll try to get to them.

Adam Eadens @eadens

@jeffgreer What positions remain open on the greater staff now that the coaches are set? Seems impossible to have knowledge of his plans, but do you have any insight or guesses on who will fill them?

Everything is so secretive now that it’s really hard to say. (And that’s fine — it makes this all kinda fun.) The only other two spots the school hasn’t announced/confirmed yet are director of basketball operations and strength coach. Beyond that, I’d assume there would be a video guy or two, some grad assistants, perhaps an associate AD/administrative type as well as some adviser-type roles.

With Payne’s salary starting out lower and interim AD Josh Heird’s dedication to coaching resources (as demonstrated in helping Scott Satterfield recalibrate his staff), we can all presume there will be more structure and more people involved on the basketball staff from an administrative/support standpoint.

C.D. Bradley @cdbradley2

@jeffgreer Are they ever gonna sign a guard?

Yes.

Ethan Moore @_EthanMoore

@jeffgreer Assuming Bates and Hunter commit, who could be next to round out KP's first class?

If those two (Emoni Bates and Tyrese Hunter) commit, Louisville will need another guard who can shoot, but you’d also be getting up there in scholarship numbers. Both of those guys are sub-33% 3-point shooters, though Bates came into college with a reputation as a better shooter than his freshman year numbers reflected. Louisville would have 11 players on scholarship.