Sad day. Would love to know why.

Marco said:

Kcmatt7 said:

Marco said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

If KU pushes they can get him. Robinson and McBride are tight. But he’s also down the board a ways.

I say we try to sign as high-profile a point as we can. Bill runs pretty much a three-guard set, I get that, so question. Do you think McBride and Harris are more than serviceable? I.e. can they as sophomores get us to where we want to go, which is always a conference and national 'chip? Where do you think they will play? 1, 2 or three? Who do you think we have more than just a chance to sign? If you say Nix - despite some of my posts - I would certainly not be disappointed. I want Thompson bigtime but he is a two, I’m talking PGs.

Caleb Love

I hear you, Thompson is starting to look a bit problematic, isn’t he?

I don’t have a good read on the situation. Seems like he’s Nike bound, but things can change fast… A bag of cash can travel mighty fast down I-35.

Marco said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

If KU pushes they can get him. Robinson and McBride are tight. But he’s also down the board a ways.

I say we try to sign as high-profile a point as we can. Bill runs pretty much a three-guard set, I get that, so question. Do you think McBride and Harris are more than serviceable? I.e. can they as sophomores get us to where we want to go, which is always a conference and national 'chip? Where do you think they will play? 1, 2 or three? Who do you think we have more than just a chance to sign? If you say Nix - despite some of my posts - I would certainly not be disappointed. I want Thompson bigtime but he is a two, I’m talking PGs.

Caleb Love

FarmerJayhawk said:

Can’t emphasize this enough. We HAVE to make progress on the field (4+ wins) to keep this group together. There will be a lot of schools keeping tabs on our guys trying to poach if things go south.

They absolutely have to win the first two games.

And then they need to win 1 of the next 3. BC, WVU, TCU. If they get swept here, I think it’ll be almost impossible to win 4 games. And, truth be told it would just be extremely deflating for everyone.

And then the other win needs to come from Tech, KSU or Baylor.

Imagine Bill and Les doing a in home visit together.

Marco said:

@Kcmatt7 I do… Not that I necessarily want them to be - would take Nix in a heartbeat! - but we would already have McBride, Harris and Garrett. That is a pretty deep and talented group.

Garrett isn’t a PG. I don’t understand why people keep lumping him in with the PGs. He hasn’t been one since he got here. He isn’t one right now. And he won’t be one next season.

BeddieKU23 said:

Andre is a 4 year guy. Is he better then Harris who we just took? I say we look for an elite option like we are. I see the value in offering. May just be that.

Could be that Bill is hedging that at least one of the two will turn out.

I don’t expect an elite PG to get scared away by any of the PGs projected to be on the roster in 2020-2021.

kjayhawks said:

@BShark very true but I still think Dee Ford was better. The defense was terrible last year in everything but creating turnovers. I’m worried that they will be a touch better statically wise but wont duplicate turnover numbers. Oddly enough I feel the same about KUs defense.

Ford has been out for a couple of weeks now. Having knee issues.

I think it was best to move on from a run porous DE with a bad injury history to a guy two years younger who is stronger in the run and still an elite pass rusher.

justanotherfan said:

Last year’s team was flawed. Unless Grimes had come in and been a Ben McLemore or better type player, its unlikely KU’s roster would have gotten us through the Big 12 last season. Even if Grimes had been that good, there’s still a chance that with two strong teams in the conference, KU may not have been able to knock off both. Last year was the perfect storm - flawed KU team, two other programs with one of their best teams in the last two decades (probably the best Texas Tech team ever). I think Tech wins the conference last year even if Grimes had come in and met expectations, unless he played like a top 3 pick (something that even the most optimistic people would not have been thinking last year).

Last year’s team was so short-handed. No Doke. No Silvio.

I think the season could have turned out differently had we been at full strength.

approxinfinity said:

@Marco one beautiful educated Australian bartender woman didn’t want to talk to you, and so Americans shouldn’t have more affordable higher education… yyyyyyy…

ROFL