@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Famous Buckets Blunders:
@mayjay said in Famous Buckets Blunders:
Did anyone mention Josh Selby? My belief he would become a star certainly got dashed!
I will always believe KU wins the 2012 title if he swallowed his pride and came back for his sophomore season.
Selby is another one that was probably mis-cast and miscoached. Self had a habit for a while of trying to make certain guys fill a specific role. He wanted Naadir Tharpe to be Russell Robinson, for example. With Selby, he wanted him to play more like Sherron Collins, but that just wasn’t his game. Once Selby started to struggle (and was working through injuries, too) it all just kind of unraveled.
If Self had given Selby the kind of patience and freedom that he gave Remy Martin, KU probably wins the 2011 title. Think of what that win would have done for Self’s legacy with two titles in less than 10 years at KU, plus the conference title streak, etc. But Self was still developing as a coach then. He was still adapting his style.