Darryn Peterson
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@approxinfinity said in Darryn Peterson:
@kjayhawks2.0 imo you got it backwards. Last year I resented Hunter for PLAYING and getting paid millions to be completely meh while we had a top 5 big on the bench behind him.
I don’t think anyone should resent DP for not playing to date because if anything it has allowed other guys larger minutes and opportunities to showcase and grow at a Blue Blood, and we have the right guys to make that a good thing.
This won’t hold true all season but to date I dont see any reason guys should be negative about DP
See I’m in disagreement with 99% of the fan base, last season Hunter got the ball and had 3-4 guys surrounding him instantly. If that team had any remote threat of a scoring guard, they probably get to the Final Four. Our guards this season are light years better than the last 2 years.
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@rockchalkjayhawk Listening todays media conference after last night game is proof to me that Coach Self has absolutely no say in Darryn's whole ordeal. They got hi by the B - - - -
Self was talking about some time line then press asks something like and Bill says oy YA, oh YA THE PARENTS have the say for sure have a day and Bill says and I agree they want him at 100 % & Bill says Darryn wants out there, and he wants out there bad.
Bottom line for me is that this whole situation is that the Parents & his Agent & any ball handlers all the one's calling the shots-- -- not Darryn and not Self & it's not calling any shots what IT IS ---Darryn get kicked in the Ass by people's comments , Self is reading script on how he is suppose to answer questions about when he will return, Like now he says he is really close , but just not quite there.
I think this will continue and at best he plays about one half of Conference games or they shut him down totally
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Give me 13 fist half minutes and 7 second half minutes and call it good. If he can get 12-20 in that time great but still leaves room for the team that has started to really gel to have some fun.
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You rang the bell a lot about the benefit of the team without Peterson and I'd say it's worked. They have improved with being forced to step up around his absence. At least this situation doesn't seem to be negatively impacting them which again is kudos to having a team with chemistry.
The real season begins now and we need a full team to be competitive in this conference. The whole situation with Peterson is frustrating. We were sold on this great steak dinner and all we've gotten is the bread with butter so far
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@BeddieKU23 I definitely agree with everyone that we want to see him as a full participant asap. It just hasnt been a problem yet. But at some point it will be.
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It's certainly a problem. To me it feels 90/10 that he just shuts it down after this next try coming up. When there's 50 million in your first nba contract on the line the prize really isn't playing here from a business standpoint which is sad for all of us fans. They say he's super competitive and wants to be out there and yet we have 10 DNP'S to start the season. I have no doubts he wants to play but then why isn't he. That's where the problem is from the start. Perhaps us fans don't understand how difficult these injuries can be. A broken something would at least require surgery recovery time etc, something with a known timeline. This has been painful hearing day to day for weeks and even months. Something has to give coming up.
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from some other podcasts I've listened too on Darryn's situation and which I totally agree with- ---it.s now become where Darryn himself has zero to very little to say in this thing anymore. I said this awhile back This thing has turned into a joke , it's all being ran ow by his camp- ----agents--- parents etc. Coach Self is/has been frustrated ,getting tired of being asked the same question over & over & over
The podcast I listen to a lot is called the field of 68 after dark.- - Usually is a panel of like Jeff Goodman ---Rob Hummel- --Randolph Childress, and some others They has another guest on last time and he said what KU needs to settle this is a resolution being like look- -like it all comes down to either at this point IS either Darryn plays or not. Either yes he does , or not he doesn.t . - -Get it settled, it.s not fair to KU- -it's not fair to KU's other players just make the decision so KU can move on, this not knowing is getting tiresome,
As far as it ends up for me , I think is he may try again once more , play s bit and the parents & agents will shut him down -we MIGHT see him in limited time once or twice more
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@BeddieKU23 Does he really get a $50 million nba contract if he can't play a single college season due to recurring injuries? IMO, his NBA stock drops every day that he doesn't play.
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Whats ewally going to be interesting is after he starts ro play in the NBA his cramps magically disappear , and he magically has no more problems in the future
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@ROCKCHALK2025 I would predict that as well.
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@approxinfinity You might consider taking down this thread. No sense spending time talking about mythical characters. Or at least start a thread exclusivly FOR mythical characters.
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@nuleafjhawk Man, you're relentless
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@approxinfinity go big or go home!
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To me when Self started talking about the parents wanting him to be 100% before he plays was a little bit of him calling them out for such. I’m willing to bet his parents learn a very hard lesson once he signs an NBA contract, they have zero say in what goes down from that point forward. Ain’t no NBA team listening to that noise, I’ve been told Carl Henry learned that same lesson pretty hard once upon a time. Obviously he’s a much better player than Henry but with how some of the other freshman are actually playing I’d be shocked if he goes number #1 playing so sparingly with the side show circus.
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The first pick is worth that. He is still trending to be the first pick currently despite this saga. He has been heavily scouted.
Now, there should be healthy criticism about these injuries and whether they could slide him a spot or 2 in such a loaded draft especially if Boozer and Dybansta continue to dominate games the way they are.
It sure would be nice to see what the hype is about in a KU uniform
