Darryn Peterson
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There’s a Twitter post going viral that HCBS and DP got into it before the game. It came from a courtside ESPN staffer. Anyone have insight? KU Athletics commented but didn’t deny it.
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I don't think anything in the message would be too surprising. We know Self rides his players, especially when he thinks they aren't giving full effort. Sounds like DP wasn't feeling 100% yet and it was showing, and Self expects that if you make yourself available, you give 100% effort. Is a little concerning given how often DP has missed time and his ongoing hesitancy to play though small knocks, but I'm sure clashes like this happen more than we know between Self and players.
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I saw Tiller had leg cramps last night, went to the bench… and was back in the game later.
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@FormerlyStlJhawk Yup. Not everyone is delicate.
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At this point we just have to hope he is ready to go in March. I’d say the previous two games are a good sign with him playing 30 plus minutes
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I think he can, and wants to, play a key role the rest of the season for us. And he most likely has some legit health concerns. Maybe it’s just compared to some of the other dawgs on the team - Tiller cramping then going back in, Elmarko fight back from a season ending injuriy, or Melvin getting six stitches then just minutes later immediately back in and made an impact with an assist, a forced turnover, and a score - the optics just aren’t good by comparison.
He’s a valuable weapon, good exposure for the program, and seems like a good person. Hopefully he knocks my socks off in the weeks ahead enabling a deep tourney run. But for now, beyond a couple of admittedly great performances, he’s more an interesting (and often distracting) side story to me this season.
(But I’m still totally wearing loose fitting socks in hopes of getting some serious knocks!)
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Who had DP in the doghouse going into Arizona and home with Iowa state on the road after that? Lol.
This stuff is so crazy but I still believe there’s time for it to work out. But we are running out of it. March is around the corner.
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I like how the announcers said we won in spite of not having Peterson available. I prefer to think we won because of that.
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FWIW the flu this year is no joke. My stepbrother has it now and totally lost taste and smell and his fever got to 103. And he’s a healthy dude.
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Hope the rest of the team doesn't come down with it. Would have been interesting to ask Self what precautions are planned to make sure the virus doesn't rip through the rest of the team.
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@Gorilla72 Barstool Arizona is the source? They rank up there in credibility with Brittanica, NE Journal of Medicine, and Sports Illustrated of the golden age (1960s-1990s)?
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I do think “we hoped adrenaline would kick in” is as close as we will ever hear self to calling him soft. Can’t say it because he’s a superstar and we need more of em down the line. But man is he close to using the s word…
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@mayjay - Just throwing it out there for conversation.
