Darryn Peterson
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Good article. You come away thinking, "Man, if Coach Self and the team figures this out... Wow."
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@JoJoAndMe I think that's just his face and demeanor. Not much you can do about that. I fully believe he's a silent killer on the court when he's healthy. His teammates haven't said anything negative about him and they seem to appreciate his presence. Just have to get playing time with each other.
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Agree... I don't read much into the smiling thing.
When I was working, I don't think I was smiling much. And when he's on the court, he's working.
I mean, I smiled when I was in conversation with people and was friendly in those kinds of settings. But when I was focused on my work, I doubt that I was smiling much. We don't have much of a view into the locker room or the non-working interactions of Darryn Peterson, so this doesn't seem like a fair indicator to me.
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Another 30 minutes from DP tonight, I thought he played the best defense off ball he has all year. Let’s keep it going young fella
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Looked like a good teammate too!
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@DCHawker I have had some similar thoughts on this and will talk about them among friends but I avoid it on X or the bigger boards because it just devolves into people getting upset about the subject for some reason. It's very clear to me that when he is out there in loafing mode for the sake of being out there that it really and truly hurts the team.
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@DCHawker 100% agree and I’ve said similar above.
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@JoJoAndMe I did notice that after the game last night when they were interviewing Tre ---Darryn was smiling with the group & he kept putting a towel over Tre's head joking around so he has a little anyways
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@rcjhdraft Darryn reminds me of a guy that is like when times are tough he is still like not getting that upset-- -just sticks with it and when things are good he just doesn't get all juiced-- seems like his demeanor stays pretty even keel . Seems he just happens to be a type of guy that just doesn't show his emotions vert much either way
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The basic problem is that DP, for all his obvious talent, isn't making his teammates better. The offense isn't fluid and the ball doesn't move quickly when he is on the court. The others appear to be deferring to him. When he is on, like the first half of the BYU game, it doesn't matter that much, because he is capable of carrying the offense. But when he isn't, as in the Cincy game, the offense completely bogs down. We scored 82 against the Wildcats without DP. Just 68 against a .500 team with him playing 30+ minutes. If his shots aren't falling then I would argue he has a negative impact - high usage but very low assist ratio. He and Tiller are the only two players with more TOs than assists.
At this point, he would ideally be in a Remy-like off-the-bench role. Let the others get into the flow and come in to generate instant offense off the bench esp. given the paucity of bench scoring. Obviously that isn't going to happen with a projected #1 (or 3 or 5) pick...
Following up on this - KU is 12-6 in games DP has played...
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I was glad to see DP on the floor again for 30 plus minutes. I think we need to make Council bring it up more when they’re both in the game. I put very little blame on DP for today’s out come, he led us in scoring, rebounding and blocks. When you have a guy with the talent of Flory and he plays 32 minutes to finish the game with 2 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.. that’s unacceptable.
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@kjayhawks2.0 Flory was overwhelmed by too much size around him. Michigan and AZ both have mobile, athletic 7' 2" centers . . . and players around them.
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@JoJoAndMe he looked like he had better things to do much of the day to me same as Tiller not either player put forth a winning effort on both ends
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@kjayhawks2.0 tiller took himself out of the game w/2 quick fouls and then another before half. Flo had no help back there, at least experienced. They are big, tough for playing Tre at 4.
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@crimsonblu22 ya idk if Flory thought because Tiller got two quick ones, he couldn’t play aggressive at all. I feel like there were several double digit minutes stretches that a person couldn’t even tell he was on the floor. I mean he didn’t go after rebounds, blocks or even move to get open on offense. That may very well have been the worst game of his Jayhawk career. We really need wins next week and at least in KC to stay on the 4 seed line.
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I'm not sure what happened but we underscored Ariz by 20 points from the line. We shot okay from three but they are just better than us. DP shows his freshman self on defense and you can see Flory directing traffic getting back on defense because all our other starters are new to the system. You see other teams doing the same thing. DP shows his smarts when poking at the ball and following his shots. He moves so quickly you have to pay close attention or you'll miss it. He is shooting 47/81/41 percent from the field, line and deep. As much as he gets picked at he is the only consistent high scorer we have. Can we get tournament type results from Bryson, Elmarko and Jamari enough to get past the first weekend? We force our passes on offense and get burned by it and we should appreciate Melvin's aversion to turnovers. Primary ball handlers easily can get three or four miscues a game. We are actually not bad at ten a game. This time of year we see a lot of pretty good teams getting beat two or three times. Bill keeps stressing we have not played at the level we are capable of. Win our next two games warts and all and maybe when we get to win or go home it will surprise us. Maybe just maybe. I have thought okay we know what this team's identity looks like, but nope not yet.
