The Moss Chip
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Devon’s chip came out in the interview. He doesn’t like losing. That’s a thousand lb chip. He looked that camera square in the eyes said we have unfinished business. Remember when Major Payne got punched by the biker? Remember when he spit the blood out of his mouth, stood up and said " the party is just getting started", and beat him like a red headed step-child? Dotson seems just as determined. This is a guy when you’re going into battle, you want a Dotson on your team. He’s an EF Hutton- when he talks, people listen. If he says unfinished business, I believe it. The fact that his great year could get him into the NBA is also huge motivation.
The Doke chip is our reward for not having this human specimen in our lineup last year. Last year was the breakout year, and he was well on his way when injury once again knocked him out. This is his year. There’s a wonderful God out there that is going to give this young man an injury free year. The force of nature, the man mountain will have his huge year. This is motivation x 3 … this is the sweet spot for us fans, as we have a player in a spot where he wants to be effective every second he’s on the court. This is it. This last rodeo. Do you want the NBA, Doke? Then you better have your best year yet.
The Silvio chip might be the biggest chip of all. Can you imagine how motivated he is to excel? We’re going to get his best every second this year. Because there probably won’t be a day goes by he doesn’t realize how special it is to be on that court in a game. That attitude is just priceless on a team.
The Moss chip is the chip that doesn’t look like it fits at first glance. Moss wasn’t happy with the minutes distribution, or the fact that the coach’s son, a 20% 3 point shooter replaced Moss at the end of games. Moss was a starter, but wasn’t allowed to be a finisher. Maybe his inconsistency was too much to bare … maybe Daddy trusted his son more than Moss … who knows? But even if there were legitimate reasons to pull Moss, There is no way Moss will ever think it was anything other than nepotism. And that burns a fire inside a man. So he is going to want to show the world what a huge mistake that Iowa made by minimizing him at times. The fact it’s a Daddy/Son situation adds fuel to the fire. We probably wouldn’t have even looked at Moss except for Devon’s connection to him in the first place. Moss played ball for years with Devon’s older brother, and Devon as well, so Moss is going to feel right at home. Is it going to help him to be close to Devon…our point guard? Probably not going to hurt. I just have a feeling that this guy is going to be a guy we’ll remember. He shook the corncobs off Iowa, and landed on his feet at the right place at the right time. He will thrive in our offense. This isn’t beating somebody off the dribble- this is wide open shots created by our offense with space he’s never seen before in college. I see stars lining up. I see this guy becoming a beast.
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KUSTEVE said:
Devon’s chip came out in the interview. He doesn’t like losing. That’s a thousand lb chip. He looked that camera square in the eyes said we have unfinished business. Remember when Major Payne got punched by the biker? Remember when he spit the blood out of his mouth, stood up and said " the party is just getting started", and beat him like a red headed step-child? Dotson seems just as determined. This is a guy when you’re going into battle, you want a Dotson on your team. He’s an EF Hutton- when he talks, people listen. If he says unfinished business, I believe it. The fact that his great year could get him into the NBA is also huge motivation.
The Doke chip is our reward for not having this human specimen in our lineup last year. Last year was the breakout year, and he was well on his way when injury once again knocked him out. This is his year. There’s a wonderful God out there that is going to give this young man an injury free year. The force of nature, the man mountain will have his huge year. This is motivation x 3 … this is the sweet spot for us fans, as we have a player in a spot where he wants to be effective every second he’s on the court. This is it. This last rodeo. Do you want the NBA, Doke? Then you better have your best year yet.
The Silvio chip might be the biggest chip of all. Can you imagine how motivated he is to excel? We’re going to get his best every second this year. Because there probably won’t be a day goes by he doesn’t realize how special it is to be on that court in a game. That attitude is just priceless on a team.
The Moss chip is the chip that doesn’t look like it fits at first glance. Moss wasn’t happy with the minutes distribution, or the fact that the coach’s son, a 20% 3 point shooter replaced Moss at the end of games. Moss was a starter, but wasn’t allowed to be a finisher. Maybe his inconsistency was too much to bare … maybe Daddy trusted his son more than Moss … who knows? But even if there were legitimate reasons to pull Moss, There is no way Moss will ever think it was anything other than nepotism. And that burns a fire inside a man. So he is going to want to show the world what a huge mistake that Iowa made by minimizing him at times. The fact it’s a Daddy/Son situation adds fuel to the fire. We probably wouldn’t have even looked at Moss except for Devon’s connection to him in the first place. Moss played ball for years with Devon’s older brother, and Devon as well, so Moss is going to feel right at home. Is it going to help him to be close to Devon…our point guard? Probably not going to hurt. I just have a feeling that this guy is going to be a guy we’ll remember. He shook the corncobs off Iowa, and landed on his feet at the right place at the right time. He will thrive in our offense. This isn’t beating somebody off the dribble- this is wide open shots created by our offense with space he’s never seen before in college. I see stars lining up. I see this guy becoming a beast.
I expect Moss to start - 5 Dok, 4 Silvio, 3 Agbaji, 2 Moss, 1 Devon. Bench - 5 Dave, 4 Mitch, Enaruna (or Dave?), 3 Garrett/Wilson/Enaruna/Braun, 2 McBride or Braun or Harris, 1 McBride, Harris or Garrett.
A good depth problem to have, people! Good times…
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Thanks, bro! Thanks for bringing a chip thread to the board. I was tired of always being the one and sometimes wondered if anyone else took me serious on the chip factor.
Speaking of chip factor… our crowned National Champion, Virginia, was an obvious result from carrying a monster chip. Turned out to play right in their hand from the year before, when they were humiliated in the tournament.
I think our guys losing the record-breaking conference streak creates a monster chip. And then several players are carrying chips, as you mentioned in your post. Devon cried last year over this… you can count on that. He felt it deep and he’s determined to change the results this year.
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@drgnslayr Even better yet, the players not carrying a chip packed up their bags and left!
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We’ve got powerful motivation coming from multiple sources, and the biggest chip on the planet…the Bill Self chip. He’s not going to take losing the B12 lightly. He’s not going to take an NCAA beatdown, a first weekend beatdown without massive retaliation. He’ll be seriously motivated to have a better season. He has a whole team full of great attitudes … this is like motivational napalm. The centrifugal force of all those chips laid out for a common goal…to win. This is going to be one of Bill’s great teams, imo.
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@approxinfinity Hubba,Hubba…
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approxinfinity said:
Roster needs updating. They weren’t ready for Spring Bill.
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There seems to me there are two types of chips … those that are imbedded in DNA, and those that are artificially implanted. Wish the DNA type was more prevalent. Maybe there’s a hybrid. One that is imbedded in DNA, but needs to be shocked out of hibernation. Everyone is different. But give me the “imbedded in DNA” type, every day.
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Swagger and muscle. Mental toughness. Last year, I felt there were times when we lost the game in the first 5 minutes. We have a more grown up group this year that won’t be pushed around by anybody this year.
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“As a kid growing up, I would never expect to be sitting right here in a Kansas uniform. Every day waking up is just crazy to me, sometimes I don’t even believe it but it’s an honor to be here.” 𝙉𝙊 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝘾𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙆𝙀 𝙆𝘼𝙉𝙎𝘼𝙎 | @isaiahmoss4
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Could someone please haul a dump truck full of chips over to the football team?
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a KU team with this much of a chip before.
Individual players had chips coming into this season. Devon carries a natural chip, he can’t stand losing. Doke has carried a chip since last year when he went down so he built his body into Hercules. Marcus has a chip for playing hurt most of last year and now feels ready to prove himself. Silvio… do we have to say anything? Isaiah has a chip from his last school that has followed him here. Everyone not a freshmen has an added chip for losing the streak last year.
Our coaches are oozing with chips. Just listen to Self.
The team has a chip over this NCAA cr@p, too, because they are hearing all kinds of criticism outside of Lawrence.
The fans are carrying a whopper! We are friggin’ set off having been smacked by the NCAA while teams like Duke get the top cream without even a glance.
There is only one way to feel better from all this pain… win! Win every stinking game!
We won’t be bringing a gun to a knife fight. Try a tank!
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Have to love his social media game
