Hey, hope everyone is well. I’ve been on stealth mode for awhile, but I always read the posts. No, there are not pages of analysis like there was before, but there is still very good stuff. This is the best collection of KU fans on the intraweb. So, let’s get to analyzing: We kind of crapped the bed a bit yesterday, but maybe we realize how important Remy is when we pontificate why we looked so crummy yesterday. Our offense simply has to start 2 point guards, or we end up looking like last year. JCL>Jalen. Put him in, coach…he’s ready to play… Big Dave is in a state of mental confusion, so whatever they are doing to help him ain’t working, folks. They need to make a mix tape of last year when he smoked it during conference, and make him watch it about 1,000 times… It really sucks we couldn’t get our feet wet in conference at home against the Purple Toads, and now have to go on the road for our first 2 conference games, followed by a Clone invasion. Geez, the road gets much more difficult from here on out. I still think the ceiling is national championship. Let’s win the conference, and beat Dook and Ratface for the title!

Love getting the W in Stoolwater. That’s a place that has been rough for us too many times. The blown lead and the 9 minute drought sucked, but we managed to come back, and post a double digit victory. No doubt we have issues. We certainly don’t look like the 6th best team in the country. But, we live to fight another day. Rock Chalk.

Saw this…

"For what it’s worth, Remy Martin’s dad Sam texted me this tonight. He’s seen some of what’s been said/rumored.

“I can tell you 100% that remy has NO problem with coach Self or any other coach/player within the KU program. Remy loves Kansas basketball.” #kubball"

It’s a win. So ugly…lol.

Well, the Rat is back trying to gnaw on opponent’s legs again. I guess he takes the title of US Coach from the Olympics to mean he is the only coach in America, which allows him to impart his rat wisdom onto the players his team faces. Here Mr. Thin Skin takes exception to a Georgia Tech player that threw him some shade: https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/coach-ks-farewell-tour-mike-krzyzewski-exchanges-words-with-georgia-tech-star-in-blue-devils-victory/

The biggest day of upsets of the season yesterday. 6 Top 25 teams went down.

I would like to think that Remy has another gear, and he’s been pulling the Tyshawn Taylor senior year trick. I think there is another level to his game that could truly change our fortunes. Hopefully him and Bill can mindmeld and unlock his talents. Remy going off will really help Braun and Och, and open things up. As much as I want OCH and Braun to be alphas, the real alpha is Remy. I bet he’s the guy that’s going to take the last shot.

I also think Big Dave will now be known as Good Dave the rest of the season. The benching helped, and we saw some really nice work the other night. He made some nice shots, and actually rebounded the ball for once. I know- he also had some sucky moments, but Good Dave has finally reappeared.

JW is literally killing us on offense. He can’t possibly continue his level of suckness - it’s mathematically impossible. Well, maybe it is possible, but I’m still going with the “impossible” line to push my narrative: 2 for 23 from 3. He will get better, or Coach will make him stop shooting 3s. Either way, we suddenly get better. He is our best rebounder, and it’s not close.

True story- I met my first Clone fan recently. Dude is a general contractor, and is remodeling our offices at work. He wore a Clones t-shirt one day, so we got to talking. Turns out he’s a Clones freak…lol. Of course he had to gig me about losing to T Tech. I’m going to light him up like a xmas tree tomorrow.

@drgnslayr said in Bill Self "growth stunter":

I really like this team! Maybe someone needs to spike the water jug with testosterone (joke). Anything to bring out some alpha in all our guys.

Winner, winner chicken dinner. The group consisting of Och, Braun, Dave, and Jalen need to show us something. I need to see some badass.

BIG DAVE…BACK FROM THE GRAVE!!!

@Kcmatt7 Substitutions seem to trigger slumps for us. I wish he had spread the time around more in non conference games, so the subs wouldn’t look so shell shocked when they finally get time. No way JCL should’ve sat the second half, no matter how bad he looked first half. We need him to be that spark off the bench that can be a source of instant offense.

Another thing that causes collapses is our mental approach. We seem to let up once we get up in a game. Mentally soft. We need a big old boot that stomps teams in the throat, and demoralizes them. If we’re up 10, that’s not good enough…let’s make it 20. And for gosh sakes, quit being so damn polite. Now, I’m not calling for a chair swinging Silvio, but I’d sure like to see some Mason, Graham, Josh Jackson type mentality. Some Dotson tough ( look at the way he destroyed the cream puff named Quinten). Some Doke tough. Come on guys, let those balls drop!

@wissox Did he learn that from Devonte???

Christian Braun hit a game winning shot. The “invisible man in conference” stepped up. That’s front page news for me. My memory banks are telling me that this is his first game winner ever, although I could be wrong. That’s the big news- the beta is becoming an alpha…hubba, hubba.

A little off topic, but did you notice the younger Tanner brother bears a striking resemblance to Napoleon Dynamite? I kept waiting for him to bust a move…

For the record…KU 2 Tanner Groves 0.

@jessejayhawk Wow, my first was 1972 in the NCAA tournament- KU vs. Villanova.

@jayballer67 He had 3 shots where the ball was in the rim, and it just bounced out. He lacks the quickness to get around people, and his small frame makes him a target to be posted by bigger guards. He is fine as a distributor, but as a main focal point of the offense, he certainly isn’t ready and might not ever be ready.

Dejuan was overexposed in this game. Got posted up, made numerous errors trying to drive the ball, and his shot just would not fall. Took 10 shots. I know OU was laying off of him, but he has to do better, or play less.

@jayballer67 Those 6 years have paid off…

@jayballer67 I like our chances.