Posts made by BeddieKU23

Starting to look like we have a reality hitting that’s uncomfortable

Lol

Well where i live we have had 24 straight weekends or rain or snow. Haven’t had a dry recorded weekend since November. Its frustrating beyond words really. We have had at least a full week of weather in the 50’s and today low 40s with no end in sight until Monday. Had to turn on the heat again. My son last night had a baseball game in 47 degree weather with 15-20 mph wind gusts…

@wissox said in The portal.:

So did the kid sign with Duke?

That could be where its headed.

ha, my original take on moving on seems to have come full circle again.

don’t know why i bothered but a lesson learned

@wissox said in The portal.:

This kid is sure taking his time. Doesn’t he know that adults all across America need him to make his decision NOW? Like how rude.

Totally agree

Swain still reporting good things. He knows the decision is made but has to respect til its announced

@BShark

I know. Educated guess based on the tea leaves right now

Sarr picked the good guys. Yayy

what a whirlwind this all this.

Swain confirming once again he expects news today/tomorrow.

Swain is tracking info he’s heard/been given that Sarr may make a decision early this week but this one seems to be still up in the air. Legit info seems to be hard to get. If he did, would seem positive as he’s only visited KU and KU can offer him what he wants NIL wise.

The looming giant is Duke, if Cedric Coward stays in the draft, would they push for Sarr? If they did it sounds like KU would not be competitive enough on NIL. It sounds like Duke’s war chest is deep and can outbid anyone apparently. There would be no way to prove that unless that scenario happened. Duke did get back Evans who pulled out of the draft yesterday- Similar position and skill to Sarr. Perhaps that’s enough to keep them from getting into this.

Darion Williams is still in play; the combine is this week and something to monitor.

So, ball is in Vaughn’s court as far as taking the job. Perhaps he’s negotiating some more NIL (half kidding) but hopefully some news this week there.

Wouldn’t count on Sarr. Moving on

Sarr was a +40% 3 pt shooter this yr so promise there

Man this is a big time add if it gets done. I’m impressed and this is a total ceiling lift to the team

I’m excited for Vaughn, he’s literally one of the reasons I became a Jayhawk fan at a young age, his jersey hangs on my wall in my Jayhawk themed Man Cave. I’m excited what he can bring to the table here with his experience professionally. Hopefully this is finalized soon

@SlimShaddy54 said in Recruiting Notes:

As far sa I know Sarr hasn’t set a visit to Oregon yet-- - which is suppose to be the other contender for him - – maybe he won’t bother

That’s the hope, got the first visit and shut it down.

@BShark said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BeddieKU23 said in Norm Roberts Retires:

So Vaughn, Buford in and then it sounds like more shake up is coming to the staff that we’ll hear about soon.

I like this direction; it certainly signals a major change for Self from the past 20+ years. Both guys have professional coaching experience, will remain to be seen how they do recruiting but we all know right now it’s more about NIL than anything else. This is a potentially positive change in the short and long term for the program.

From what I understand, there was a fair bit of fatigue with the donors and changes were required.

Makes a lot of sense and probably the right time based on the last couple years. It’s sad in a way to see that chapter coming to an end, there are not many programs that had this continuity.

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

@BeddieKU23 I had seen where KU had a big guy visiting today, but then I also saw where a big guy had committed to Oregon so I thought we had missed out. Where is this guy from

Former West Virginia and Oklahoma St role player. Veteran, used to playing the conference and knows his role.

@BShark said in The portal.:

John Buggs is a name to monitor.

Assuming that is the 13th guy spot? Does nothing good besides shoot the 3. Having a hard time finding just how many schools he’s been to, transferred 3 times since 23, think its 5 schools including Juco, wow. 68-99 made shots were from 3. Literally doesn’t do a single other thing at average level. Crazy.

@dylans said in The portal.:

6’8” 225lb limited skill forward? The bigs room is pretty weak I’d hate to have to give him too many (any important) minutes. He’d be good as a deep bench guy for practice and such.

Won’t disagree it’s not a loaded room. Flory will improve a lot this offseason I believe. Tiller has skill but obviously hasn’t played in a while. I think the room needs another body. History says a big will get injured and test the depth of that room. I’d feel so much better about this team with a 4th big on the roster.

Dame Sarr visit happening starting tonight, confirmed by Bossi. Sounds like we are in a very good spot getting that first visit.

Closing time

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

@dylans we just spent 2 seasons giving 30 mpg to a “defense optional” center. Hopefully we at least get consistent effort from this kid?

Scored 20 on that defense optional center in Morgantown 2 seasons ago.

So Vaughn, Buford in and then it sounds like more shake up is coming to the staff that we’ll hear about soon.

I like this direction; it certainly signals a major change for Self from the past 20+ years. Both guys have professional coaching experience, will remain to be seen how they do recruiting but we all know right now it’s more about NIL than anything else. This is a potentially positive change in the short and long term for the program.

Backup big potential Patrick Suemnick visited KU today. Wait and see mode now with him

Still looking like positive buzz for KU with Dame Sarr at least going into today. Sounds like we have an offer out there that meets what he wants. We’ll see if anything happens this week there. Not getting my hopes up here but sure would be a big time add.

@BShark

Big name or walk-on type?

@BShark said in The portal.:

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Sounds like we may lead for Sarr, may hear good news there this week and then still swing big at Williams if he doesn’t stay in the draft. Very interesting.

The backup big prospect Mbiya picked Oregon- blah.

Mbiya NC State

woops your right. Slater and Wade are a problem

@rockchalkjayhawk said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BeddieKU23 said in Norm Roberts Retires:

Vernon reports this has been in the works for a bit, KU apparently has someone identified for the role but not sharing at this time. Also interesting that replacing Norm may not be the only Assistant Coach on the move…

Doesn’t think it will take long.

Bring on Danny and Sherron!

Frank!

Sounds like we may lead for Sarr, may hear good news there this week and then still swing big at Williams if he doesn’t stay in the draft. Very interesting.

The backup big prospect Mbiya picked Oregon- blah.

Vernon reports this has been in the works for a bit, KU apparently has someone identified for the role but not sharing at this time. Also interesting that replacing Norm may not be the only Assistant Coach on the move…

Doesn’t think it will take long.

Congrats Norm on a great career here! Thanks for all your contributions to the program!

Now we get to see who fills that spot… Any ideas?

@approxinfinity said in Recruiting Notes:

Are we going to get Ahamad Bynum? https://amp.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article305156881.html

They passed on him

@drgnslayr

It’s certainly possible there could be less money for the available players that are left in the portal. I think the top end guys like Williams, PJ Haggerty, RJ Luis are going to get what they want if they play in college next year due to their talent and value they would provide at their next school. I think guys who entered late or have held out for whatever reason and are not top end valued guys will likely have to settle for whatever they can get. Perhaps there’s a good chunk that think once the house settlement money goes through you might see another wave of signees. You might even see kids who signed already for whatever price, try to renegotiate or drive the price up more by threatening to leave or enter the portal again and try and get more suitors. There’s just no end to what may happen with young kids and agents trying to cash in on this.

I think it’s been confirmed Self chose a different approach this cycle- vetting players better, not getting into bidding wars for guys that had unreasonable asks or were only money chasing. It still remains to be seen how good this trio + whoever else may join later is going to be but we do hope this approach/this year leads to better results. I can’t imagine they ever want to repeat what they went through with Storr again. Still surprised they didn’t see the writing on the wall there…

Swain’s latest update for today:

Sarr is a legit target- KU/Oregon the two to watch, UNC also interested.

Nothing new on Williams- committed to draft right now, don’t think that’s uncommon for prospects that are focused on getting drafted to be relaying that feedback until its time for them to make a final decision about their next step.

Bynum the UTEP transfer is not a serious target.

KU is looking at the international route for a Center. Perhaps a new target is emerging but he’s trying to confirm the interest first before reporting.

Also saying things have slowed at the moment.

@SlimShaddy54

He’s not in the draft as I understand it. His former teammate that went to Illinois this past season, is in the draft.

@MR11

It sounds like White will play the 4 here as of right now. Sarr looks strictly a wing, Williams is a grown man that I think you can get away with playing some time at the 4. Tiller is the backup there currently if healthy. Definitely need a wing scorer to pair with Dawson. Whether its an expensive option, a less expensive option or something even cheaper is what we are waiting to see what domino falls.

@drgnslayr

From what I’ve seen I know Self went around asking for more NIL $ and perhaps maybe we can infer that led to retaining Bidunga and getting White/Dawson/Council as well. I believe Self may have asked for more recently given their interest in Williams from Texas Tech and it looks like we have the funds to be competitive for what he’s asking or match it, if he pulls out of the draft. All speculation, but that seems to be the prevalent theme I see posted around right now. Depending on what domino falls there, they may have to try and shake the tree again for the backup big and 13th guy but who knows. This is where having a GM might have already been impactful to have in place.

I think some of the slowness now rests on the Settlement case & the Draft fallout. Nobody has cash laying around except a few perhaps until colleges can access and distribute those funds. I can imagine a lot of teams’ investments are tied to that going through. I’m sure most teams are hoping things settle, asking prices for some of these guys still in the portal are more realistic and then KU can finish the portal class strong. I can’t imagine navigating this bologna. Nothing amateur about it anymore

@SlimShaddy54

Illinois had one of his teammates and he’s headed to the draft so they were thought to have a slam dunk in landing him but seems like they are out after getting Andre Stojakovic.

Sarr played on Barcelona’s top-level team as well so lots of promise for a kid not even 18 yet.

247 confirming interest and that its KU/Oregon battle at the moment. Would be a big time add if it happens

@dylans said in Recruiting Notes:

Sarr news?

yes, this is in regards to Sarr. Just speculation at this point. Hoping Swain on 247 can confirm interest/target

Not a transfer but seeing Dame Sarr could be a potential KU target (international kid). Italian kid who’s 6’7 with 7 foot wingspan. Illinois was heavily on him but apparently out now. Rumored to be KU/Oregon and the latter possibly having a big NIL pitch but who knows

@dylans

Media people have said he’s a handful.

Swain on 247 posted that the staff is very high on Council and expects him to be one of their best players. Interesting

@DCHawker

Surprised Bama didn’t get him but I guess Duke’s NIL won out

KU has a zoom call on Tuesday with Ahamad Bynum, transfer guard from UTEP. Unorthodox perimeter shot but made 44% from deep on 5 attempts per game (68/153). Depth piece for cheap? Clearly not a starter type but definitely a guy who can shoot

Looks like he started at Depaul, went Juco to UTEP.

I agree it’s been underwhelming but here’s my rebuttal. We took high profile transfers the past two seasons and got what for it?

Perhaps after 2 years of hindsight they had to find better fits and guys that were affordable which is very hard to do. The war chest isn’t unlimited and Peterson and Flory take up a ton, plus the 3 transfers you did get.

Still work to be done to judge this offseason. I don’t see how you can stop until you find at least 1 more starter and a legit backup big.

I’m optimistic that after all this circus is over and the roster is set that there will be a team ready to buy in. Peterson leading should be a welcome change in town. He’s got a chance to be the best player in the country and guys will play up around him

@SlimShaddy54

He’s apparently also saying his focus is the draft right now so there may not be anything happening as quickly as we hope it will. Things are subject to change as always. There’s a competitive offer for him but perhaps not the number he’s seeking atm

Wonder if Desmond Claude would be an option if Williams doesn’t work out. Previous relationship from HS…