Louisville made it clear with their promotion of David Padgett to interim head coach that they have minimal expectations for the 2017-2018 season. With likely severe NCAA sanctions in the pipeline, it clearly wasn’t worth it to fork over a multi-million dollar contract for an elite coach whose first few years would likely be stunted by recruiting restrictions and potential postseason bans.
But what if they had brought in a big name? Someone who can at least claim to have rebuilt a former basketball power program, even if said program eventually regressed to the point of celebrating a few year old regular season victory over our own Wildcats.