I will put my edit first: Read this as though I am making no comparison between AL and JP. I have no use for AL and plenty of respect for JP. This post is about some other things too, that have to do with neither, remember.
You all want someone to tell you something. Look with your own eyes. Read between the lines. Kelly sees it at hand. Now that the team has tipped in his direction, more players with a work ethic than a party demeanor, and now that he has the right assistants in the right place, expect the corner cobwebs and other hangers on to be removed.
In high school, my freshman and sophomore year the teams were huge and had more talented players than you could shake a stick at. When we were sophs, we had a stacked JV, many of us alternated between JV and varsity for games, but we practiced JV. We scrimaged the first team varsity and kicked their @sses! More than once. Those two teams were the only two varsity squades in like an eight year period that didn't play in the city championship game. For four years after I left. Then the next big team full of superstars missed. Go figure.
It's all about heart, and fire in your belly, at whatever level of competition you are talking.
