Another Super Bowl Loss...
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@drgnslayr said:
All I’m saying is the FACT that Self went to school at OSU… and I wish he had gone to school at KU, so he could relate more motivational stories to his troops.
I disagree too, not with the FACT that Self went to OSU and that you wish he’d gone to KU, but with the ASSUMPTION that it would necessarily make him a better motivator. Like a bunch of Bill’s stories of his heroics from the glory days of short shorts is going to motivate these young guys? Hell, have Greg Gurley give them that kind of pep talk before each game then.
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I don’t think Self needed to be a KU alum to motivate his guys. Most of the players that come to KU are not native Kansans. They rarely grow up around the rivalries and stories about KU’s history. That’s just the facts of being a strong basketball program in a state that doesn’t produce a lot of elite basketball talent.
As a result, KU rarely gets any players that are lifelong KU fans. Of the scholarship guys, I would say only Perry is a lifelong fan. But that doesn’t keep those guys from working hard.
Think about some of the great KU players of the last 15-20 years. Probably only Wayne Simien was a lifelong KU fan. Brandon Rush wasn’t. It’s doubtful that Mario Chalmers was. Collison, Hinrich, Miles, Gooden, Robinson, Morris twins… the list goes on - and probably none of them were KU fans like most of us are. We are dependent on transplants because there just isn’t enough elite talent within our borders to keep us at the top. In that way, maybe Self doesn’t understand the history of being a KU lifer, but maybe he relates better to the players since most of them are not lifers, either.
As for whether the Big XII title game was ISU’s Super Bowl, I honestly don’t think so. Iowa State has designs on a Final Four. Under Hoiberg they have risen to being one of the better teams in the country, and I think they are looking at things as a way of getting to the Final Four. I think they knew a win could move them up a seed line, or improve their position among the 3’s. I think that, more than anything else, was motivation to them - a chance to move up in their quest to get to the Final Four.
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Two life time KU fans that came to play for KU, Conner Frankamp and Zach Peters did not work out well…on the other hand, the pair from Iowa, Collison and Hinrich worked out great.
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@drgnslayr Hi slayer, Sorry I’m late to the discussion on this one. It’s a great to experience both sides of the coin. Champs that are the ones to beat vs nobodies that make themselves champs. I’ve been in both camps too. They are both great, but for me being a nobody team that wins it all is just a tad sweeter.
As for Self, I think he has been a Jayhawk more than a Cowboy for a long time.
I think the players are motivated as well, but I don’t know that ALL of them see these match-ups with a burning desire to beat our foes the way our foes have a burning desire to knock us off our perch.
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I know I said I wouldn’t post again in here… sorry about that!
This entire thread was brought about from my fear after we were smashed by ISU in the second half.
My mind went directly to a WSU-KU match up. I knew this game was going to be set up.
I immediately panicked. Not because we may not have the right team to win. I feel we do have the right team. But I was blindsided by our collapse in that second half. I thought we were done with collapses.
WSU plays tough, disciplined ball. If we have one of our episodes in this game, we’ll not only lose, but potentially get blown out.
I simply can’t accept that!
I can tell you right now. If that happens, I’m going to rip Self a new backside! There is no excuse for having 4 McDs AAs and getting blown out by a bunch of juco players. ISU was the wake up call for me. It can happen.
If we get blown out our players better do more than limp off that court! They better be hauled off in a hearse!
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@drgnslayr “ISU was the wake up call for me. It can happen.”
You were probably in denial for most of the season. I think my wake up call happened at the Temple game.
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Probably so… but what got me this weekend was the thought that we could take a nationally-viewed beating from the Shockers! I never had that thought after the Kentucky game, or Temple game.
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Well good thing Gregg Marshall didn’t play ball at WSU!!!
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He already has enlisted Antoine Carr, The “X-man” and several other past greats to help inspire his troops.
It wouldn’t surprise me if he digs up Mike Jones, too. God… I can still remember that shot as he faded back into the bench!
Lutz didn’t waste any time:
At least he nailed one paragraph:
“The last time WSU and KU met in the regular season, though – back on Jan. 6, 1993 – Kansas won 103-54 in Allen Fieldhouse. As far as I know, there are no T-shirts commemorating that game.”
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As I have said before, you must have been fun to play with.
P.S.: And you ARE absolutely right about the need for us to Savage the Shockers!!! Injuries or no injuries. Two go in. One comes out.
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@drgnslayr think I posted that
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I am thinking of a movie. “Two men enter, one man leaves…”
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Thanks 22. Since I quoted “man” I think you took that as I meant it as in competition period. I have a boy and a girl competing in high school at a very competitive level here in Texas. It is nice that her teams get pretty much equal coverage.
Anyway RCJH.
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@JayhawkRock78 So, Omaha will be the Thunder Dome?! Tina Turner singing the National Anthem - or RCJH?!
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@DCHawker Actually Omaha is one of many-but I just hope KU travels well. Those ISU folks stormed KC. KU can expect the same of WSU fans.
As far as Thunderdome one thing I liked as a Track and Field athlete. We both know our best marks to date, and we squared off for that day.
Time and distance (or height). Mano E Mano. Here is my best- beat it or lose. No referees - time or distance rules.
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Self is a Jayhawk!
I felt the need to share my adrenaline!
Thanks diehards!
You guys rock!
Guess I’m not bad as a motivator!
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#Seven teams that can win the NCAA tournament and two that can’t
By Jeff Eisenberg
10 hours ago
The Dagger
Since we’re talking about ISU and KU here, guess which team Mr Eisenberg thinks can win it all and which one can’t ?
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@nuleafjhawk With all these media things talking us down, if I am on the team, i will bust my everything to see UK at the E8!
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http://www.sbnation.com/2015/3/16/8223115/morris-twins-video-interview-profile
Interesting piece on the twins. In it Self talks about motivating them so I felt like it fit here.
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I hope our guys are reading everything out there. I hope they are as pissed off as I am!
Too many have us not making it through the first weekend.
And if we advance… none has us challenging Kentucky.
Great… let’s get pissed off and go kick some tail!
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@drgnslayr Amen brother! If all these analysts picking against them doesn’t motivate them, I’m not sure what will.
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@drgnslayr Do you think it’s possible for this team to play pissed? I haven’t seen it yet this year!
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@drgnslayr I am all in with you. Why an outright champ of Big 12 suddenly is so weak? Isn’t that we won the toughest conference? Heck, why can’t KU and ISU play Game 4 for the NC? We are legit!
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@benshawks08 loved this!! Double the fun and double the trouble!
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This put a smile on my face this morning:
“what potentially lies ahead of us could be the most talked about game in the state of Kansas in many years,” Self added.”
Okay… he gets it!
