The Floyd Street Tribune: On accountability, regression and ... Christmas
Inside: A reflection on what accountability and self-responsibility looks like, plus some Christmas thoughts before the holiday.
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The disconnect
This happened last season under Chris Mack: the presence of an obvious disconnect, the deep canyon between what we’re being told and what we’re seeing.
What we’re told: Coach says he and his staff tell their players to do X.
What we see: Players do Y.
Then, after players do Y, the coach comes in and says, well, I told them to do X and I don’t know why they’re doing Y. If that sounds familiar, again, we heard that less than one year ago — a lot. I didn’t like it then, and I don’t like it now.
What is happening to create the disconnect? And how quickly can it be fixed? The answers to both of those questions probably hold the key to Kenny Payne finding success at Louisville, or at least salvaging what is heavily trending toward a lost season.
