@Texas-Hawk-10 Well I’ll disagree with Baylor being below KU, simply because if I had to bet on the game I’d take Baylor. With the points… They showed against OU that they still have at least a little bit of talent and life left on that roster.

But everything else seems logical and pretty spot on.

What I’ve seen from Highlights:

Pros:

• Big Dave has mastered the drop step to both sides. Something that, for some reason, most freshmen big men can’t seem to do.
• Appears to run well, especially for his size ever since he lost the weight. I’m not worried about him having to play 25 mpg.
• He has decent touch and should be able to at least be a scoring threat on the block.

Cons:

• Not an elite athlete. Sure he is a giant and he runs pretty well. But as far as explosiveness, I don’t see a lot. Looks like he is about to get hung on the rim almost every time he dunks it.
• Does not score well left handed. Typical problem for most freshmen coming in. But I hate to see that from a big guy especially. It takes a lot, lot, lot of work to develop touch with your opposite hand.

I think that he will be a VERY good college 4 year player, and be an impact from day one. I think his lack of elite explosiveness will keep him in college though, much like it has Dedric Lawson. For that reason, this signing is an A+. The frontcourt is going to be solid for at least a couple of seasons now.

It’s some of both. If you don’t prepare players they are going to make mental mistakes. If you don’t practice going on a different snap count people are going to jump offsides because they have been conditioned to go on a certain count. Same with anything. If you don’t practice it, it’s 100% the coaches fault. If you practice it properly and a player doesn’t execute than it is in the player.

@BShark Idk that you could get Kelly. But I think you could sell Les. He’s so old I’m just not sure he will get any great job offers. Seems like a perfect fit. A P5 school that he would get while it is on the rise. He would get to keep using pipelines he had before. If he could just get it to a point where he could hand it off and it not be a total disaster, I’d be pumped.

I think boosters would be willing to pay Chip Kelly $7m a year though, so who knows.

What about seriously going after Les Miles? He’s not a long term solution, but I’m not sure we will ever have that here without it being an alumni hire. Miles could at least continue to build upon the Louisiana pipeline Beaty has built.

McCormack pitch seems pretty simple. Give him a before and after picture of Doke. Should have been enough to seal the deal right there.

Adidas might just be the place to be in 10 years and several us could look like fools for wanting to switch. Eventually, there will be another World Wide Wes and he might just end up on the Adidas side of things. We will see. But I do like that Adidas is really investing big chunks of money into programs. Usually when businesses do that, they protect their investments… Hopefully that means a few stacks.

@BShark I at least respect Dotson for that. He picked the team committed to him for the longest.

Other guys who KU was on and then drop them last minute for no real reason pisses me off.

Another name will come up.

I’m not so sure that the Quickley thing is dead yet. Adidas guy. Adidas could be moving heaven and earth behind the scenes to get the Quickley/Zion show to come to Lawrence.

Every year, I think to myself, how has Bill Self never landed an elite PG? He has clearly developed them extremely well. Sherron Collins should have had a career trajectory just like Ty Lawsons, if you know, he didn’t get fat. Mario made it. Robinson played overseas for forever. DG and Frank were ranked 100ish and will be playing in the league. He made Tyshawn an All-American. Yet, he just can’t land an elite PG. It’s almost like he sold his soul or something and his punishment from the basketball Gods is Tyler and never landing a OAD PG.

And then I think, Adidas will hand him one when the timing is right. But, alas, another year passes and we will be without an elite PG recruit on the roster. While somehow UK can secure a PG commit while having 2 on the roster already. Neither of whom will be going pro after this season. Dumbfounds me. Recruiting is the least logical thing I have ever followed. Which makes it by far one of the most frustrating things in sports…

@JayHawkFanToo Whatever gets the job done!