Obviously have confidence in the staff to make it happen.You can sometimes replace a guy’s offensive stats, but it is difficult to do so defensively. Kadary, Smith and Scott were incredibly impactful, generating deflections, steals, rebounds and stops. As we add some players w well deserved scoring accolades, staff will have their work cut out for them maintaining the integrity of a great defense while adding scoring fire power. This is tricky, but Pitino will get it done, but initially it may be a work in progress.
None of us had any clue as to how well this group could play defense. But it did not start out that way. Lethargic early season, and Kadary was getting some heat for being out of shape and possibly never reaching his potential.