Posts made by FarmerJayhawk

And the lack of Vick around the program will be great for Agbaji and Grimes, who I think is about even money to stay or go. I feel for Vick since he has issues that aren’t entirely his own making, but the sense I got was he was nothing but a bad influence in the locker room and “stunted” the development of a couple guys.

Crimsonorblue22 said:

@KirkIsMyHinrich About 10 minutes into the #kubball postgame locker room availability, Dedric Lawson broke down, buried his head in his shirt and openly wept. He said he felt the team should’ve accomplished more and felt it’s his fault they didn’t.

Heartbreaking, and obviously not true

Copied and pasted

Yep. It’s awful video. He’s come such a long way since getting suspended for breaking Mitch’s face. I really want him to come back but I don’t blame him for leaving. https://twitter.com/jessenewell/status/1109680912491384832?s=12

Dedric is going to make a metric f***ton of money overseas

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

My ideal rotation: PG: Dotson, McBride SG: Grimes, Garrett SF: Rayjon Tucker, Agbaji PF: Achiuwa, Lawson C: Azubuike, McCormack

It’s definitely ambitious but certainly possible.

Which Lawson is that? KJ I would assume.

Yes. Definitely KJ. Dedric’s video salute to the fans announcing he’s leaving will probably come out this week

My ideal rotation: PG: Dotson, McBride SG: Grimes, Garrett SF: Rayjon Tucker, Agbaji PF: Achiuwa, Lawson C: Azubuike, McCormack

It’s definitely ambitious but certainly possible.

Player development is going to be huge. Need all the guards to take a big step forward, win a big recruiting battle, and pray for a miracle for Doke or Silvio.

@BeddieKU23 it’s been in the works for awhile I guess. Probably just wants to play major conference ball for a year.

Have heard KU and UNC are leading for Precious. Honestly he may not take any more visits.

Rumored grad transfer. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nathan-hoover-1.html

Sure! Once you’re a recruited athlete you can’t walk on at that school. KU offered Moore a scholarship so he can’t be a walk-on at KU ever. If he were to leave KU he could walk on at another school as long as they don’t recruit him. So like we did with Justin Wesley when he left Lamar.

@Kcmatt7 against NCAA rules chief.

@BShark yup. If a kid doesn’t want to compete with Moore for PT I don’t want him.

BeddieKU23 said:

@BShark

Not sure. Trying to remember whether he redshirted

Affirmative

I’m not in favor of pushing Moore out. He’s a good kid, just not a great player. Pushing out guys that don’t get paid for just not being as good as you’d like doesn’t sit right with me.

BeddieKU23 said:

@BShark

I guess Manning knows where the bodies are buried. That’s crazy

Straight cash, homie. That buyout is massive and Wake isn’t exactly a financial powerhouse. I think it’s the smallest P5 school by a pretty good margin.

BShark said:

Kcmatt7 said:

I wonder why Hoiberg didn’t wait to see what other jobs opened up. You’d think he would have had his pick of the jobs. Vandy seems like a better place to land than Nebraska… The A&M job is more attractive. UCLA. UNLV.

He must just really like being in the Midwest.

Actually, for some people I could see Nebraska being a much better job than UCLA. I believe UCLA did ask Hoiberg.

Also Hoiberg is from Lincoln if you didn’t know.

And his grandpa was the coach there about 60 years ago. Has about as much connection to Nubs as Iowa State.

Woodrow said:

Looks like Avery Johnson is out at Alabama. Looks like they are going to target Prohm from Iowa St. would be wild if that happened and Hoiberg goes back to Iowa St…

I heard Hoiberg is going to Nubs but if ISU was open it would give him A LOT to think about.

BShark said:

jayhawkcsg said:

Nebraska still plays basketball?

Apparently they are putting a lot of money into it akin to what KU is doing in football to try and revitalize the program.

Can confirm. They’re entire athletic complex is bananas nice. All housed in Memorial which is cool.

BShark said:

Great thread title 10/10

I thought about going (slightly) hot(ter) rumor but it was too much typing

Some rumor out there our old friend John Calipari has interest in the UCLA job. Color me skeptical but would be a good time.

@BShark He left Gulf Coast when Dooley went to ECU and Little Rock just had a terrible season under a first year coach so it’s timing more than anything. I would love to return everyone but we’ll see. We may need to go 4 guards again next season.

Another guy I’d take, this time with a KU connection. Rayjon Tucker. 6’5, averaged 20 and 7 boards, 41% from 3. Started at FGCU under Dooley. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rayjon-tucker-1.html

BeddieKU23 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

Would take as a grad transfer. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nate-sestina-1.html

Has he announced?

Yessir

My favorite is Marvin Bagley, who went from a C in Algebra 1 to A’s in 2 other math courses plus finishing a HS diploma in like a year all while playing travel ball almost full-time. Then graduated early and got into dook. Like come on.

There were strong rumors he wasn’t going to qualify if he was in the class of 2018, let alone 2017. The dirty little (well, not so little anymore) is that every single program skirts the rules. All of them. Full stop. Some are obviously worse than others, like Coach Gottfried paying Dennis Smith like $60k and Sean Miller’s crowd breaking every rule under the sun (and some federal laws), but basketball is super dirty. And the scary part is football makes look like a bastion of virtue.

Would take as a grad transfer. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/nate-sestina-1.html

@BShark mercy killing.

Self isn’t going anywhere. Full stop.

HighEliteMajor said:

Any dishonesty and misrepresentations aside, I wonder, is it Beatty’s job to make sure the guy is “certified,” or the University that employs the assistant coach?

In short, yes. He has to know and make sure anyone he hires is actually eligible to have that particular job. I don’t think it’s necessarily his job to make sure they get eligible (that’s on the coach and AD), but it is Beaty’s responsibility to know whether it’s been done or not.

If Townsend walks away it’ll be a mutual parting. He and Self have way too much respect for each other for it to end poorly. Also keep in mind he’s about 60 and has kids at home. He may want to spend less time on the road.

Phew.

Ok now we REALLY can’t afford to lose to Shaka

No news in Dodd’s piece other than KU has appealed the NCAA’s decision on Silvio. If that’s what he actually meant. Knowing most sports journos there’s no use for nuance or even making sure basic facts are correct.

So from what I can gather the main sticking point is about the guy Beaty hired to be OC after he canned Meacham. Apparently the guy wasn’t NCAA certified so Beaty covered up the hiring and promised to pay Love later on. Love mentioned this fact in an exit interview and KU was like dude what the hell. So they investigated and are letting the NCAA take the lead on it. Love is currently an OC at a HS in California, where in their release they said he was the OC at KU. If there’s any doubt in anyone’s mind that Beaty was absolutely awful at his job this should put it to rest.

FWIW I think Memphis and UK are out on RJ if he moves to 2019. The way it’s trending I think he stays in 2020.

This isn’t going to end well for David.

Kcmatt7 said:

Is he actually a PG? 6-5 would not be the prototypical BS PG

He’s at least 6’4 from what I’ve heard. He’s actually a lot like Deron Williams or dare say Grimes

A lot of buzz out there that Shaka is leaving UT. Will Baker and/or Kai Jones come on down!

Sounds like KU is honing in on this guy for a 2020 PG. Hampton could play on or off the ball and they’d obviously be able to defend both guard spots. https://247sports.com/Player/Daishen-Nix-46050728/

Miller seems resigned to his fate. His comments tonight were odd to say the least

Kcmatt7 said:

Where would this team be with Romeo? He would have made a difference imo. And I think Self would have made him a top 7 pick. Indiana sort of exposed him by leaning on him too hard.

No Vick, Ochai probably keeps his redshirt unless Self pulls it when Garrett gets hurt. Maybe Cunliffe sticks around?

Woodrow said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

bcjayhawk said:

BeddieKU23 said:

Will Wade was suspended Indefinitely.

Should last less then 24 hours. The NCAA will clear him LOL

Wow, LSU acted fast. Has anyone heard of any information coming out on U of A and/or Sean Miller?

The rumor is Miller is toast after the season.

While I believe this to be true it is amazing he has signed the #1 recruiting class in the country and Bill can’t even get a top 100 kid.

Look at last year’s classes. Zona was in the spotlight all year and is going to miss the tournament.

bcjayhawk said:

BeddieKU23 said:

Will Wade was suspended Indefinitely.

Should last less then 24 hours. The NCAA will clear him LOL

Wow, LSU acted fast. Has anyone heard of any information coming out on U of A and/or Sean Miller?

The rumor is Miller is toast after the season.

Good call. Well it’ll be a matter of time for UT and Shaka

I think it’ll be Texas. They were really involved in the Tugs Bowen saga.

BShark said:

My guess right now on critical players.

Back: Dotson, Grimes, Doke

Gone: Dedric

Concur. If Doke was definitely leaving we’d be chasing more than 2 bigs right now. Grimes is in the high 50’s-60’s on most draft boards so I can’t see him going anywhere. There just isn’t a 2019 first rounder on this team. Even Dedric is a mid-2nd kind of guy.

Duke getting involved with Cassius Stanley. I think KU has been out of this one for awhile. I think they’re banking on Grimes coming back.

KU has a real shot in this one, assuming RJ comes in 2020. He probably won’t decide on a class until summer.

At this point I think Tech wins the league. They’re playing like a legit top 5 team right now.

Dedric (both in play at attitude) reminds me of a 50 year old who owns pickup games at the neighborhood rec league. I would do unspeakable things to keep him around another year.

approxinfinity said:

Since CBS sucks and I probably won’t get to see rebroadcast, did Grimes bring ball up more today and did his emergence throw Dotson off? Was Dotson’s role changed bc of Q?

Did other team focus on DD and challenge Q to perform?

Not really. Dotson and Moore usually brought it up, but Q was a lot more active driving it since Dotson was in foul trouble the second half. Q was definitely more aggressive on both ends. Idk if others thought the same, but I thought he played more on the ball in the half court.

BShark said:

WOW. Boynton dropping huge bombs.

https://twitter.com/jessenewell/status/1101941346850488320

Smart guy. Self has developed a boatload of guards. Some guys just have a steeper learning curve. Grimes didn’t play against top tier competition in HS and his was steep.