Posts made by kuballin10

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:

@approxinfinity said in The portal.:

@kuballin10 I think we will be fine with Flory playing some 4. Not terribly worried about that; Flory can guard anyone as long as he avoids fouls.

Flory, Tiller, and Dessert (if he commits) should not play a single minute at the 4 this season unless any of the have significantly extended their shooting range. All 3 have more limited range than KJ and with the primary offensive skill set of this team being the ability the drive the ball, you can’t have two non shooting post players on the floor together.

Right now, we know Peterson, White, and Flory are starters while Council, Dawson, and Jackson are fighting for a starting spot (probably Dawson and Jackson in reality). This is why Self has been targeting starting caliber 3’s so hard because KU doesn’t have one right now and is a huge hole in the line up.

You and I 100% agree the issue is the guy calling the shots and dictating minutes loves two bigs so much he played 3 bigs at the same time……multiple times last year!

No way would I play any of the bigs on the roster at the 4 - I’d be running 4 guards all day as I’ve always said but Bill loves him some size and will sacrifice skill/ability to score for some height and arm length.

That’s specifically why I brought it up because we all know it will happen if he’s “not happy” with how the guards have been playing in practice. He did that this year with KJ at the 4 and even 3……he did it in reverse when Ernest and Zuby didn’t satisfy his practice itch and then ran 4 guards around KJ at the 5.

I’m starting to think Bill values practice so much in comparison to game results

If Bill attempts to have Flory play the 4 because he’s not happy with the guard play just go ahead and pencil us down for another 5-7 place in big 12, 7-10 seed and rd 32 exit

I’m good with Dessert as long as it’s off the bench at the 5 spot only

@approxinfinity Yeah congrats to her on the promotion but people hoping/thinking Self would pull in a legit gm - this is the furthest thing from it.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Insert Self’s response fart noise as he doesn’t hire a gm but instead Lexi

Self is a total control freak he isn’t hiring a gm and as essentially said that without flat out telling the media

You can see this in the lack of freedom he gives players in his system…this expands to everything in the program

@FarmerJayhawk Haggerty isn’t coming here trust me on this one. I get the whole “things change” but there seems to be a zero chance on this one

@TYOHawk He didn’t treat guys the same and try to elevate the entire team. Valued crappy players with major holes.

The game now is how you handle transfers and the sign of a great coach is they come to your program and take a step forward. In our case, the two biggest ones last year went quite a bit backward and players see this stuff and talk at summer camps, nba combine ect

Self begging for mone…they will push him out much like donors have done at other schools.

He wrote checks with his mouth these last two seasons that he couldn’t cash.

What’s worse is he had jr/sr/5th yr guys these last two years and we still have only gotten out of the rd of 32 once since 2018. So the whole “he can only succeed with 3-4 year guys” was a complete farce with the unstoppable big 3 he rolled out there

Staff doesn’t guard the three or have a clue and Bill just shakes his head but doesn’t make adjustments (ie Hunter hedging for 24 straight months unsuccessfully or D2 being the guy to always have the ball in his hands).

@TYOHawk He’d be the starting pg and move DP to the 2. If you thought AFH looked empty at times this year more so than 2 decades it would be brutal if D2 magically came back

KJ’s recovery is ahead of schedule and Bill is hoping that’s his last starter

@Texas-Hawk-10 You could tell once a runner got on and was bunted over….the dugout knew they had em!

Nothing like a duck fart for the win!

@TYOHawk And staff went opposite like they always do in over correcting. Griffin a shooter to now White who shot his career best 32% last year

Just get Williams and we will be good. I’d rather have Williams anyways as I’ve said

@BShark frick so Duke’s getting both??? The kid returning and Adams

Their pockets must be deep

For 1 year….Williams >>> Sarr

I’ll take either but prefer the Summer Bill massive pickup

@BShark Says a lot about talent evaluation of guys not only once they get here but after they’ve been here

@BShark Sarr will barely play if he comes here versus Williams starting.

Bill should only have Sarr as a backup if Williams doesn’t remove himself from the draft and come here

@SlimShaddy54 Sorry for the confusion my comment was regarding Council per the comment above about the staff really impressed with him

@BeddieKU23 ha that’s funny almost like the first legit 6-3 pg with d1 athleticism is now knocking their socks off because holy heck they’ve been blind at that position for 4 years

So not surprised they get a legit guy in here and “wow they are impressed”

@Texas-Hawk-10 He will be good but won’t have the season Flagg just had because of how we run things

If we get Williams though it was worth the wait!

So we might get Williams but lose White? Sounds good to me

@FarmerJayhawk He would get healthier sooner and Bill would automatically start him

@FarmerJayhawk Give me William’s - doesn’t seem like Stokes is reclassifying

Your comment on KJ and the 5/5 has me worried because that is the last thing we need is another year of KJ starting in mid-February

@FarmerJayhawk When is KJ predicted to be healthy? Sometimes elite athletes like him heal quicker and if he came back I could see some idiotic stuff lineup wise take place

Sounds like Stokes is 2026 still

Williams we want but will be out of his price range….hed be perfect here

@BShark If he lands Stokes yes - if not what exactly is he on then? We just meaning he’s going all out as best as he can?

Double deleted….must be getting spicy

@FarmerJayhawk said in Recruiting Notes:

I wonder if they’d pull the ole switcheroo. If we get Stokes there’s a non-zero chance Tre White would look elsewhere. So that would give us some extra scratch to pursue maybe a better fit at the 3. We could definitely make White and Stokes work but the fit isn’t amazing. Both in the low 30% from 3 range. We might need a more knockdown guy who isn’t scared to shoot it, but he could be a Coward.

If we landed Stokes and Coward but lost Tre no one would care that would be insane!

Not sure Stokes reclassifies but least he is letting us make a legit run at him

I think we only get Coward if Stokes doesn’t commit and even then not sure we land him

@DCHawker You know I’d be the first to agree regarding scouting guys but the issue is more the system

Will be another good year to compare transfers and how they pan out council vs Lee

I think the staff is adjusting and I think Council is eerily similar to Tyshawn. He’s the better get for Self’s system so I’m happy with it. Good defender - produces turnovers and more athletic. His 3 ball looks like Tyshawn’s and he doesn’t shy away from the big moment.

@FarmerJayhawk @BShark What’s the starting lineup looking like

Rumors we got Council and passed on Lee

I’m good with that - Council is the superior athlete

He, DP, Dawson, White and Flory is a solid 5 Self should roll out there but I’m sure we get another big and he finds a way to play two lumbering bigs who can’t shoot outside of 5 feet

Better be - dudes a stud….

Council, Coward and an athletic backup big

Reload and let DP handle the ball at point every possession

@BShark said in The portal.:

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

The perfect wing. He and Tre at the 3/4 would straight up bully everyone

My new top choice personally

He or RJ???

@BShark said in Hot Take: We Overvalue our own players:

@BShark said in Hot Take: We Overvalue our own players:

This thread might be embarrassing soon

Look at this dummy

Self deprecation/humility is a sign of maturity Many people can never admit they are wrong

I hope to be wrong on Bill this upcoming year!

DP, Flory, Tre and Dawson plus hopefully a still athletic Elmarko……so far looking good!

@BShark said in Transfer Rumblings:

@bskeet Better locker room/culture will be key

Both from players but also from the staff. Staff needs to look in the mirror as my favorite movie says - “attitude reflects leadership….captain”

The other name you haven’t mentioned…do you like him more or less than Flory?

May landing Yaxel

McLasland

McCollum

I think all 3 potentially better than Oats and on par with Golden

@FarmerJayhawk said in NCAA Tournament Discussion:

I respect the hell out of Sampson

Guy’s who got in trouble for getting caught paying players I don’t care about anymore. If you can coach and aren’t a woman beater/predator than by all means who cares about $$$ 10-20 years ago.

Everyone paid players

What do we think of Tre White? More I’m digging the less I like it especially hearing he cost a decent penny….

Flory seemed like a great kid so I’m all for it

Crazy since he’s moved out of campus right? If he fails classes how on earth does that work?

@approxinfinity would be ecstatic and I think we’d both do a little reversal on next year

Flory’s athleticism and ability to protect the rim is what we need at the 5

Pair that with DP and White’s length defensively and we are good

Assuming White plays the 3 and Self looks for another big in the portal so he can play his two bigs

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:

@RockkChalkk said in The portal.:

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

@FarmerJayhawk DaJuan caliber defender?

Hope not! Need way better.

Than a guy who was a 3x all-conference defender and a former conference DPOY? I’d take level of defender any day and twice on Sunday, but apparently that’s not good enough for you.

Wasn’t good enough to get out of the round of 32 or 64 in back to back years with the most senior laden team

He was so bad Diggy came and we stormed back

Coaches voting D2 as some incredible defender is exactly what I’d done to as Self keeps running him out there telling everyone how incredible he is

Onto DP and the miracles due to all these transfers talking so much regarding what happened this year

After the sweet 16 2026 exit everyone will be beyond ready for Oats or Golden ***please bookmark this

@BShark That’s not a good allocation of resources if White is fairly expensive. 30 other guys I’d rather have than him at similar or $100k more in cost

Adding: Guys been to 4 schools in 4 years and sounds identical to aj storr. TOS had a guy that went to Illini games and said the dude struggled with effort consistently

He should play the 4 based on his lack of offense but we won’t put him there. Sounds like we are running it back with just different names at the 3 spot

@approxinfinity said in Hot Take: We Overvalue our own players:

Everyone who thinks Flory is a $3 million dollar player is betting against Bill and staff’s assessment of talent. Given the last 3 years, can you blame them?

Dang this sounds like something I would have said lol I’m wearing off on you and that’s not good! Only enough room for 3-4 negative guys not the owner of the site too now!

History and tradition are things kids could care less about now - sad but a true reality

They want $ and a system to best prepare them for playing at the next level

We have the $ but hearing that’s drying up

The system we are currently lacking and no doubt negative recruiting is hurting us right now

Squad is cooking - hitting bombs with decent college pitching

Half of baseball is believing in your team. A few timely hits and you can win games you have no business winning!

@BShark Win a title and I’d bet that isn’t the case!

@BShark shoot I’ve copied and pasted from guys/gals over there before. I’ve taken some time off because it was such a disaster most of us saw coming post January

I want to know about more to the Utah story that’s been hinted at. What’s the down low on that because I know what was leaked about D2 being the “peacemaker” is comical knowing the squad and how things played out

That clearly is the KU staff feeding people…I want Mayo and co’s perspective and this “you’ll never believe it” crap that the dude has mentioned

Coaching wise I 100% agree with the three M’s the guy has stayed and have put that down here similarly….so see where you’d think that

@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:

Heard a destination for Diggy could be Bama. Which is wild

His game suits them better and I bet he’s utilized better

Chuck more three’s, play matador defense and let whatever big athletic 4&5 man stuff guys at the rim

Works when you have big time athletes protecting the paint so guards can be more aggressive

@BShark Self may have made the official “hey guys it’s cancelled” decision but that’s because half the team has checked out of classes and is done. No one was sticking around for that….there were only 3-4 guys on the roster (that played) that respected Self and likewise Self to them (he didn’t respect many from the jump)

I’m curious what people have seen in these last 24 months that make you want to have Self around next year

The only reason I’d keep him is for DP but if it got out DP would come if Oats or Golden accepted the job then Self can exit stage left for the betterment of the program which per his words no coach is bigger than. He did well during his time here but it’s time to step aside

When you don’t play the best players, never attempt 4 guards in a legitimate game except once and then it works but you create some ridiculous reason how we were “so bad defensively” - what a freaking crock so he can keep playing “his guys”. If Self is some defensive genius he should have figured out a way to teach the 4 guard lineup to defend

He’s always done this but as others have said the players having equal leverage with the coaches has exposed it

Storr and Griffin came here after being at big P5 schools NOT THE MID MAJOR EXCUSE — and they digressed horribly

It not the players it’s the coach, his system and how he treated the guys

Issue is he always latches onto a lower level guy who he favors over the higher ceiling guys. Morningstar, Reed, traylor, kj, d2….

That’s why I know he can’t fix this, won’t change his ways and we are wasting years “letting Self go out on his own terms”. I mean fine if you want to watch the house burn down standing inside so be it

Indiana and UCLA here we come! Heck we are letting guys come here for a year and then play in their prime for IU and a coach who without his best player and another injured best Self’s “boys” in AFH

Looking forward to playing a round with Self when he’s retired, looking him squarely in the eyes and asking WTH were you seeing/thinking because it clearly didn’t work!

@BShark I read there and don’t post but agree with just about everything he and quite a few others are saying

@BShark Who on earth is saying this? DP decomitting would be a disaster

@BShark said in Recruiting Notes:

Bossi just told ballin10 to eff himself on 247 woweee

There’s that positivity you were preaching in the other thread you started….oh wait no - no it’s not but hey pot meet kettle brother!