Silence of the flock
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@Texas-Hawk-10 You see Dick as a one position player?
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@Marco With his size and stroke Dick seems like a good fit at the 3. If you see Self putting Dick in at multiple positions, I think it will be bad news.
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Size and stroke
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@approxinfinity said in Silence of the flock:
@Marco With his size and stroke Dick seems like a good fit at the 3. If you see Self putting Dick in at multiple positions, I think it will be bad news.
There is so much phrasing here my God
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@BShark you’ve been to to many Dicks!
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Silence of the flock:
@BShark you’ve been to to many Dicks!
OH MY GOD PHRASING
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Yeah redshirting is no longer something coaches have leverage over a player to stick around and develop with the one-time transfer rule the way it is. Before a redshirt kind of locked them in because if they transferred after a redshirt year they still had another sit-out year in most cases wherever they went. Now redshirting doesn’t really bind a player to KU. No idea how you massage a situation like that anymore.
Hopefully the 4 freshman have patience because after this year every one of them has a chance at PT in 22. KU is going to be extremely inexperienced and young the way the roster is shaping up. Braun, Yesufu & Harris the only locks to come back that will be in the rotation. Perhaps KU can make Jalen stick another year but we’re hearing the opposite. If the freshman return & all 4 incoming recruits make it to campus Self has 2 open spots to fill in the spring (assuming Wilson goes pro). Can imagine he’ll be hitting the portal for an experienced wing & big to balance out all that youth.
This year is kind of a catch 22 situation. The roster is so deep none of the freshman may play outside mop up minutes. But next year those same kids will be in the starting lineup/rotation with very little experience which isn’t ideal either. Usually those freshman have a better chance at PT their first year which accelerates the development curve for them. I see 22/23 as a real transition/rebuild year.
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Dicksportinggoods?
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At least the backcourt should be solid enough in 22. Harris/Yesufu/Pettiford/Cuffe in the 1-2 spots with Braun/Dick/Rice/Adams for the wing/forward spots. I wouldn’t be surprised if Self was on the hunt for a high scoring guard transfer in the spring.
The real intrigue will be in the post. Clemence/Adams/Udeh/Ejiofer. Again I can see Self looking for a veteran to help these young guys along.
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I really like the look of the back court and don’t think they need an immediate impact transfer there tbh.
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@BeddieKU23 said in Silence of the flock:
Dicksportinggoods?
That would be a perfect NIL. Where are they based? Just checked, according to google it is Pennsylvania, too bad…
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@Marco said in Silence of the flock:
@BeddieKU23 said in Silence of the flock:
Dicksportinggoods?
That would be a perfect NIL. Where are they based? Just checked, according to google it is Pennsylvania, too bad…
Definitely, they are all over the northeast where I’m from.
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Yes…
I think it’s harder to know which players will stick around. I don’t even think some of the players know anywhere in advance. Remy is an example of that.
What I’m getting at… I think coaches, like Self, have to prioritize adjusting their systems to be simplified and easy to pick up quickly. As this happens… it even further encourages a revolving door. I’m wondering how this impacts teams like UVA… focused so much on defense. Can that be taught quickly? Isn’t it easier to teach a little fast offense instead?
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Definitely will be interesting to see how the game trends with the new portal rules. The revolving door may not be as difficult if the majority of the kids you get in are experienced. I would think the transition for kids familiar with P5 D1 coaching, practice etc would make it easier for them to pick things up in a new system. I think it will be something to watch with all KU’s transfers early.
I believe the Big-12 for example has upwards of 50 new transfer players for this year because of the new rules. Half the league added 6 or more transfers in one year. Completely new teams really. The Big-12 will be interesting to watch to see what happens.
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I would be interested to know - though we have obviously benefited - what everyone’s thoughts are on the new transfer rules.
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@BeddieKU23 of course! You know me
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@BeddieKU23 the dicks in Lawrence is small
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@Crimsonorblue22 yeah, probably too small to offer much, I guess.
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My first impression is positive. Give players freedom. Give them more to play for and improve! This will create a better “stepping stone” path for players to work their way up to D1 fame that may translate into a high NBA draft spot.
Now I realize it will have an impact in many areas and it is still too soon to see what happens. Will it strictly poach the talented players away from smaller schools? I think it likely. However… maybe there will come a natural flow of players being available at smaller schools that aren’t getting the PT at a big school. I think it will load schools like Kansas with depth. Just how much does it help Kansas to go 10 - 14 players deep? It is logical that practices are better and if someone gets hurt or under-performs you have replacements. I don’t know. Maybe I’m overthinking this but I hope we don’t become the next Alabama in college football… where they have 5-star recruits lining their bench. How depressing it would be to compare to Alabama… and their fans are bloated with expectations, and often total disappointment.
I like that we aren’t always favored. I like that we aren’t just a team of 5-star recruits. I like the fact I don’t expect us to win a NC every year, or even close.
I like college basketball to have Cinderella teams going far in March… largely because they kept quality players for more than one year.
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Guess I’ll reluctantly give ESPN more money for the + so I can watch more games. I already pay ESPN to watch their channels but they want more more more. With 9! 9! games on some lower tier channel I’d miss a quarter of the season if I didn’t purchase it. Oh well, I want to watch so I’ll grumble and get out the credit card. Too bad it wasn’t like netflix where we all could share the same log in! My TV has ACC network and SEC network so I doubt Duke or Kentucky ever have to play games on such a low rated platform. BIG is great but even a lot of their games end up on BIG+.
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ESPN+ has been great for me, lots of Bundesliga and La Liga games. If you aren’t into that football though…lots of very low tier college sports on there. Not great.
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@BShark I don’t about you, but I think that the NFL - the whole product - basically sucks. Give me college ball and the rivalries any day.
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@Marco I haven’t watched an entire NFL game this year since Chiefs Ravens…
I typically watch the Chiefs, but now they suck again so not even that.
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The NFL doesn’t suck in my view. It bothers me a lot that it dominates sports coverage, as well as college football at the expense of other sports. MLB has fallen victim to this and quietly moved their World Series schedule a few years back to starting on a Tuesday and ending the following Wednesday. Previously the series started on a Saturday night and would end on a Sunday night. So four of the seven games would be on weekend nights. I always loved an epic game 7 on a Sunday night. Now if they go 7, every other person is preoccupied with their work schedules, kids leagues, etc and viewership goes down. And it’s all because Fox doesn’t want baseball ruining its football ratings. So in my mind Fox sucks more than football or ESPN which is making me pay twice to watch their programming.
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What if ESPN quietly upped their monthly charge for everyone by a couple of bucks and then let us all peruse ESPN+ without ponying up even more money? I know I’d end up paying about the same if they did that but it would still feel like we’re getting what we’re paying for instead of you loyal subscribers to ESPN now have to pay more if you want to watch your favorite teams.
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@wissox Not all cable systems carry or offer (or have capacity to carry) all the ESPNs. Many of us have to buy either a higher level or a sports package to get News or Classic.
Paying a la carte for an additional ESPN service is precisely whay many consumers are clamoring for–paying for what they want and not a bunch of other crap. I will be dead by the time cable service let you select everything, but in the meantime I will be happy anytime I can just buy – or not buy – individual channels for streaming.
Most importantly, having a high level of paid viewership for KU does can only help KU and the Big 12 to have more access as sports broadcasting contracts and schedules get developed.
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@mayjay Oh you’re always the pragmatist making my dinosaurish ways look like i’m the stuck in the 70’s guy!! I do like the ALA Carte model of cable/dish or whatever. I really don’t want to go to a totally streaming type option for viewing. I like my remote control.
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@wissox I hate my 4 remote controls!..LG TV, Sony receiver, cable box, and Roku. And soon our 1 year promotional cable package will go up by $85, so we will be going into streaming more extensively. Peacock, Paramount, HBO Max, and probably Fubo. I guess it’s time for my 4 month ESPN+ subscription, too. Of course, Amazon Prime for more than shipping!
What a mess!
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@mayjay said in Silence of the flock:
@wissox I hate my 4 remote controls!..LG TV, Sony receiver, cable box, and Roku. And soon our 1 year promotional cable package will go up by $85, so we will be going into streaming more extensively. Peacock, Paramount, HBO Max, and probably Fubo. I guess it’s time for my 4 month ESPN+ subscription, too. Of course, Amazon Prime for more than shipping!
What a mess!
Here’s the thing though, with all the different streaming services available, we’re not too far away from a point where cable will be the cheaper option again compared to streaming because of how many platforms you’d have to pay for to get the same options with cable.
Netflix, Disney+ (with the bundle), HBO, Prime, Paramount, Peacock, and I’m sure I’m missing something is about $100 per month, plus a streaming option like YouTube TV, Sling, Fubo, or any other platform for live TV is starting to push $50/month even for the cheaper options, plus you have to have internet to stream so that’s about $100 on it’s own in a lot of urban areas.
I’ve looked into going back to cable because of how much it costs to stream now.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 Unfortunately, here it would run @ $300. Local monopolies suck.
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I know there’s a lot of games on espn+, my mom and probably my sister won’t get. Mom lives in small town, sister lives on a farm, rural area in sc ks. My mom hardly can leave house and she is a diehard fan. My sister and hubby are too. Sucks for them.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Yes, that’s an issue for sure. My mom likes to watch games of all sorts and frequently calling me up asking what channel to find it on, like what numbers to push on the remote. The worst was when the Cubs were playing game six of the NLCS to go to the freaking world series for the first time since 1945 and she couldn’t find the channel it was on because Fox was showing KU against TCU. Can you imagine a game between the Cubs and Dodgers of historic significance being relegated to FS1 because the chosen network of MLB wanted to show a horrible KU football team? I hate the Cubs but I’m still obviously pissed off at MLB because they are so stupid. Compared to most problems in the world it’s small change I admit, but it’s just insane.
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Where is the damn remote?!
I paid a fortune for a top shelf universal remote and all it did was make my tv control situation worse. On top of that… from time to time it will say it needs to be reprogrammed and it makes me take about 20 programming steps to start working again.
The person that figures out a single remote that will really do like these universal remotes claim… and easy setup… will become the next Bill Gates!
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@drgnslayr You may have that in your pocket already which means Bill Gates has already benefited from it!
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@wissox you’d think. if only they hadn’t named the windows phone “The Windows Phone”. What a horrible name.
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If you are to buy the streaming services all on your own, its definitely expensive. Fortunate for me we pay for Prime/Disney and get Netflix/Paramount/Peacock for free sharing. If all these platforms crack down on sharing they will lose even more back to cable
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Curious if anyone in here uses IPTV on a VPN… experiences?
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Too much excellent programming on streaming for us to go back to high tier cable.
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I am going to have to snatch me up some ESPN+ this year myself. I want to see the vast majority of Jayhawk games
