Andy Kennedy : How good a coach is he and what do OM fans think?

He's average but he wins a lot of OOC games usually so he has a bunch of wins.

That's like asking if I like fish sticks

Inconsistent. Dude allows his players to play to the level of competition like a mofo. World-beaters against Kentucky/Arkansas and meat beaters against Charleston Southern and MSU. And yes, I do realize that the Charleston Southern loss was most likely due to growing pains and having the team gel together. Still was only their second win against Power 5 opponents in school history.

So I don't know what to think about him ever. I don't think he does either.

He is a good coach and has done a solid job at OM. Andy Kennedy has benefitted from Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, LSU, and Arkansas having some of their worst stretch runs in program history. He will occasionally pull some big wins (Kentucky in 2011, Florida 2013, etc.) His teams follow up with unexplainable losses (South Carolina 2007, Mississippi State 2013) that make you scratch your head. He is the funniest coach you will ever hear speak. In his earlier days at OM he would show up to speaking engagements double-fisting and make you laugh your arse off. His teams do not play very smart basketball and that gets old, especially knowing he is actually a very smart individual who seems to get it.

Our new arena is going to change the caliber of recruit we can attract to the school and we shall see if he's teams improve based on that. Based on Auburn's recent stretch, I don't know if it will help that much.

We are consistently on the bubble and in the conversation, so from that standpoint and the fact that he works with awful facilities and no tradition (does the 1997-2001 era count for anything?), he's done a standup job.

I see him back at UAB one day.

Dude could shoot lights-out. He was money.

Seriously, there is no doubt he can produce wins. He had a run in with the law a few years back. He called a cabby a racial slur that pertained to his middle eastern ethnicity. Should/could haven been fired. Wasn't but his teams take on his personality, streaky and undisciplined. He is fine for Ole Miss, and maybe the NBA, because of his freestyle of play and letting people loose.