BOOTCAMP STARTS TODAY!
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Speaking of short necks, I am suddenly doing a little hand wringing about Cheick Diallo.
He is listed at 6-9, which means he could be as short as 6-7.
Okay, so Self has routinely played 6-7 big men of late.
But in the picture on a story over at the old site, it shows Cheick with a fine, long neck.
Long necked players play at least an inch shorter than their heights.
How would this sound coming out of a public address announcers mouth: starting at center, for the University of Kansas Jayhawks: 6-6 Cheick Diallo!!!
And this is assuming Diallo gets “clearance” to play.
I am running out of finger nails on this one, coach.
Down to nail beds.
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@jaybate-1.0 He could be listed at 5’10…he plays like a footer. Im replaying the all star games in my head, he was everywhere those nights.
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Yeeeee hawwww!! Glad to hear it. Now, if he can be cleared.
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@jaybate-1.0 Come on, none of this “long neck”, “short legs”, “crooked pecker” stuff. Ok, maybe not the last one, but still …
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Don’t tell me you have drunk the kool aide that body morphology doesn’t matter.
Body morphology is crucial to how tall you play.
Just as a footer is still a footer at the end of the game.
A long necker is still shorter than his height at the end of a game.
Fast twitch muscles can only compensate for a long neck for 3/4s of a game and then old man effective height sets in.
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Regarding the effects of crooked pecker, well, I reckon I am not qualified to comment on that effect.
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Svi with a normally proportioned neck would basically be a 6-5 inch wing with a lot of agility and good dribbling.
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@jaybate-1.0 You know I buy it. Ellis, Tharpe – it is an important consideration. You sold me on this some time ago. I never look at long necked dudes the same way. Shorter than advertised on the court. And poor Tharpe … has to peddle a bit harder.
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@jaybate-1.0 Notice I have several “supporters?” Sorry, couldn’t pass up the opportunity. BTW, you being an advocate of grits, for breakfast this morning I had a nice bowl of yellow grits with two eggs over medium on top and a liberal dose of Crystal’s hot sauce splattered over the top. Damn the cholesterol, full speed ahead.
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Anybody…Even though Diallo has not been cleared couldn’t he still partake of boot camp? Or is he?
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Way to go, Brooksie, grits, grits, they will do you good!!!
If you take to them, get on line and lose your mind and order the super expensive white grits from Anson Mills. They are absolutely outrageously priced. But they are ground from old strains of corn, and well, I mean their placebo effect is strong, even if they don’t really taste better.
BUT THEY DO TASTE BETTER!!!
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OH, THANK GOD, HEM!!!
I didn’t want to go all Rhinoceros and be the last sane mind in the world about this is issue.
Eugene Ionesco.
He still da man.
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@jaybate-1.0 When I read Coach’s quote about Diallo, I felt he could just be sick and tired of the questions. But also, it could mean we wont see Diallo on court. Its so up in the air right now. I still believe Diallo will get cleared. We have time. But, not much left.
I think the jury is still out on Selden’s “tweak” He played awesome in the WUGs.
If DIallo gets cleared before our first game in November. Hunter starts at the 5.
If Diallo gets cleared tomorrow or even next week, Hunter starts at the 5 until Cheick is ready. If Diallo doesn’t get cleared any time soon, Hunter starts at the 5, and maybe, just maybe Diallo comes back one more year.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iDMm-pGDE1A
Frank sounds like Motown’s Barry White.
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@LandenLucas33: Ay KU Parking, it’s boot camp this week and I am trying to limit walking distances. Please understand and stop with these tickets. Thank you
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Svi up from 190 to 207lbs
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@brooksmd according to KU sports, they are holding him out. Even Cliff practiced.
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@Crimsonorblue22 Cliff practiced because he was declared eligible. His eligibility was questioned much later for non-academic reasons.
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@ParisHawk and he still practiced
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@Crimsonorblue22 Cliff was never ruled eneligible. He was “under investigation.” Because he pled the fifth they never got any further. KU pulled him out at that point because if they didn’t the investigation may go further and cause us more of a headache than just pulling him out.
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@Kcmatt7 I realize it was 2 different issues, but Cliff still practiced. Didn’t b Mac and Mari have to sit out practice for a semester too?
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And Selby had times when he had to sit out practice – that was more on par with Cliff as it was an impermissible benefits issue. That caused me to question him practicing last year. I recall when I looked into comparing that to Selby, Self had said at some point that the NCAA ok’d Selby practicing. I wonder if that was the case with Cliff, that the NCAA ok’d him practicing?
Did I say I was excited to see how Mick does this season? Interesting to see.
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@Crimsonorblue22 But boot camp isn’t part of official practice is it? Late nite marks the official start of practice. So wouldn’t boot camp be similar to playing in pick-up games for the guys? Not official but your butt better be there. I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking.
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Any organized activity that involves the coaching staff is considered “official.”
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@JayHawkFanToo Ok, but I was under the impression there could be no official practice until a certain date. That was why not many years ago at the stroke of midnight during Late Night the team played their first coached practice game. Just call me confused by old age.
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@brooksmd Any time the coaching staff is involved, it’s an official team activity guided by the NCAA rules. Cheick Diallo has not yet been ruled eligible by the NCAA and therefore cannot particpate in any NCAA sanctioned activities. Diallo was allowed to help out for the WUG in Lawrence because that was sanctioned by another body other than the NCAA.
Cliff was entirely a separate issue. He was NEVER deemed ineligible and Bill Self could’ve played him in games had he chosen to. Cliff was practicing because practicing wasn’t rubbing it in the NCAA’s face that they couldn’t prove anything like playing him in games would have done.
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@brooksmd good question! Maybe 'cause coach is there and directing it?
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http://www2.kusports.com/news/2015/sep/21/svi-now-stronger-more-vocal-ku/
“I weigh 207. Last year I was 190,” Mykhailiuk said of an 17-pound increase in just one year on a college campus. “I’ve gotten more physical, more strong. I can go inside a little bit easier, get body contact, have more contact.”
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Another story about how Svi spent his summer.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article36056688.html
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Mason calls Mykhailiuk the kind of player who will put up “unlimited shots throughout the night.” KU players are welcome to use their practice facility, which sits adjacent to Allen Fieldhouse, late into the night. Mykhailiuk is the kind of player who will test the limits of that late-night policy.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article36056688.html#storylink=cpy
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I just finished talking to Svi on FB! He is a pretty cool cat! He said he is 6 foot 8 inches in shoes… I didn’t want to bother him to much or he might block me lol!
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Cool. In all the recent photos I have seen, Svi seem to be the one player that is as tall as advertised.
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@JayHawkFanToo In all honesty I didn’t think he would respond to my text. Diallo has responded to my texts too but I dare not ask about his eligibility?
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@Statmachine you’re right don’t ask.
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Frank and boot camp.
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2015/sep/22/even-mason-finds-boot-camp-grind/
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@Statmachine Very cool that you got to converse with Svi and Diallo on social media!
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@Lulufulu I thought so too! Its mostly small talk. I don’t want them to unfriend me on fb… They do post new pics and selfies from time to time that are not on any other social media.
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@Lulufulu Graham and Lucas added me on their FB accounts today! Graham is a good apple and very polite! He must have checked out my profile before he added me to his friends list because he IM me and thanked me for my service and all that I have done for our country! I exchanged IM’s for a min or two and told him “Now that you guys have won a gold medal its time to go after that NCAA Championship!”
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@Statmachine Too Cool!
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boot camp complete!
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My memory is about as reliable as a British sports car…
But didn’t we have real military drill instructors run boot camp a few years ago? Or something with the military? And it helped our team concept, leadership and execution?
Would be nice to continue that situation…
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I see no Brannen Greene in that photo.
Svi does look more solid, as does Graham. Vick always looks taller than 6-5 in pictures. I don’t know if its the angle or what, but he looks more like 6-6 or better.
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@justanotherfan I’ve seen him on campus a couple of times and I think he looks more like 6-3.5-6-4. Definitely not 6-5. But that’s about as reliable as asking the cashier who just got robbed how tall the burglar was.
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@drgnslayr we had a military drill instructor in last year for boot camp. I like the idea, but maybe HCBS pulls a Calipari and pumps them up this year instead of breaking them down. We have a ton of upperclassmen that have been mentally broken down the last few years. It’s now the time to build them up and get the most out of them.
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@drgnslayr I believe that was for a week last year because KU didn’t have a leader and Self was trying to make a leader emerge, and the drill instructor said Graham was the one who was deemed the best leader but nobody was really a great leader.
@justanotherfan Greene and Diallo did not participate in boot camp. Diallo because of his eligibility, and Self had Greene on a different regimen for boot camp because of his hip so Greene wasn’t a full participant this year.
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…and the rings came in today. Here’s Devonte’s. His quote is Bling Bling!
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