LSU Interested In Kennedy?
Word on the street from Neal McReady of RebelSports.net and Parrish Alford of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is that LSU might be very interested in Andy Kennedy. The question that comes immediately to my mind is “Why?”.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Andy Kennedy is a fantastic young basketball coach. However, with 2 years as a head coach, 1 year as the interim coach at Cincinnati, one has to wonder if the Bayou Bengals might want to go after someone with a little more of a proven track record. In 3 years as a head coach, Kennedy has taken his teams to the post season every year… Unfortunately, that post season has been the NIT every time. Combine that with Ole Miss’ serious road woes this year and tendency to fall apart against the weaker teams in the SEC (see Auburn twice and South Carolina) and you have to think that might scare the Tigers away.
Personally, I’m of a mind to hope that the way this year’s Ole Miss team “underachieved” might scare potential suiters away… I think we’ve got a gem in Kennedy and think that we’re only a year or two away from having something really special in Oxford. Unfortunately, until our administration starts seeing the $$$ that the basketball program can bring in, I don’t think we’ll see the will from Pete Boone and Robert Khayat to do what it takes to keep a coach like Kennedy in Oxford.
I hope I’m wrong…
