@justanotherfan Simply put, Brandon let himself get upset and distracted. Which is similar to saying he got in the way of his own success. Tim kept his eye on the prize. Another way of saying don’t waste time on things you can’t change, or, to put it more concisely, move on.
Non Illegitimis Carborundum Est: Don’t let the bastards wear you down.
@dylans I think the comment about being a role model for young women is due to Hudy breaking down people’s stereotypes about s & c coaches. No one ever doubted that men can be those coaches, but she no doubt brought attention to women that these jobs can be sought by them.
Unless you were familiar with Hudy at UConn, how many of us KU fans even considered that the basketball s&c job might be filled with a woman?
Let’s merge the two discussions in this thread: Maybe Les talks better with a beer.
@BeddieKU23 It’s going to minimize how many effective 4 out teams there are.
It will also make any defense trying to double in the post work much harder to get back to 3 pt defense. If an offense has players capable of making the longer shot, I think 4-out teams continue to run defenses ragged if they try, like us, to continually switch from post to outside.
I just don’t ever again want to see our bigs 10 ft from both the post and the shooter, sitting in No Man’s Land watching shots arc over their heads, and not being in rebounding position because they were lunging outside, either!
@dylans We are grateful you aren’t a fan of a closer team to you. It would be Shockering, to say the least.
I would guess we could accept you being a fan of the NWOSU Rangers in Enid.
@Gorilla72 I live in SC now. Left KU in 78 for UMichigan Law, and moved from KC to DC area in 1981. I never adopted my father’s fandom philosophy, thank goodness! Proud KC fan all the way. My last game at Royals Stadium was when Cal Ripkin was making his farewell tour. Gonna get back to AFH (1979!) this coming year, I hope!
@KUSTEVE My dad alway believed that it was a law of nature that you had to be a fan of a team where you lived. Never understood that myself. But you never decided to a Tampa Bay fan?
After the Royals, I do enjoy the Astros the most, even tho they are in the wrong league.
@wissox Precisely! That, and, a multi-media class with lots of those PSA’s in the 80’s showing the frying egg, with the narration “This is your brain on drugs.” Maybe Reefer Madness for comic relief?
Well, you can let kids avoid college altogether, but that can seriously hamper them later. Maybe schools can work with education specialists (and the certifiers, to avoid being like UNC).
Schools could, for example, create 1 and 2 year certificate programs that actually give them help in transitioning to adulthood, with classes in modern communications, math, basic financials and insurance, life planning, health, etc. Make them available to the regular student population as part of major requirements. Set them up as attractive alternatives for players who think they are OADs and TADs, so they have some practical benefit from going to college. And if they end up having a reason to stay, they can still progress toward more.
Enrolling 1-year kids in classes that are just designed for traditional 4-year students does no one any good.
@Crimsonorblue22 That is awful! I rigged up a large ShopVac once, plus a small drill operated pump, to empty the water out of my flooding cellar when the local stores had sold out of sump pumps. Had to break out a window and run three vac hoses to get the water out over the cellar walls.
Hope your son’s house has been emptied by easier means.!
Texas Hawk 10 said:
Title IX depends on shoe money. Women’s sports would not exist without shoe money.
Neither would craps, if you listen to the number of rollers praying for Baby to get a “new pair of shoes.”
@jayballer73 Hopefully, the Jayhawks in the upcoming months will provide an ever-increasing level of distraction for you! Good luck!
justanotherfan said:
All I want to know is WHY he lost his mind. Did they screw up his order?
Perhaps they asked if he was applying to be their short order cook.
@bcjayhawk @wissox Thanks for the kind words! I have read the site when I could, and I have enjoyed watching the atmosphere return to a more collegial one.
It wasn’t the dark outlook for the team that drew me away–but the optimistic turn in our recruiting sure seems to have awakened a lot of comaraderie! Nice to see!
Optimistic except for that one NCAA cloud with hovering nearby, of course. Well, when a storm cloud approaches, turn the other way, I say!
Hey, this is fun again! I need to play here more often. To you guys, and all my friends here, just help me avoid getting caught in silly cross-currents, ok?
Some things just demand logging in!
I am just wondering if it is his height that he really thinks keeps women from being attracted to him.
He fantasizes a whole chorus of conflicted hotties thinking, “Gosh, he is SO sweet, so pleasant to talk to! Great sense of humor, dignified–I bet he has money, too! And that SMILE!!! Gosh, EVERYTHING going for him…but oh, wow, he is only 5 feet tall. Okay, where’s that tall ex-con with the MS13 tats?”
Personality vs. height–hmmm, what could keep the babes from flocking around him?
Sorry, I need something to amuse me this summer!
kjayhawks said:
Let’s all take a moment to laugh at Dook, 3 guys in the top 10, no title tho…
I had to log in for this! I am in Hawaii (please, no tears, we will get through it!) and saw a blue Duke Tshirt with a big “2019 ACC Tounament Champions” banner.
I figure he had a full set of postseason Tshirts in mind, and ended up with just the one!
Bye again for now, and kudos to all of you sharing so much good info. Good luck to the KU free agents!
Hi, everyone! This is worth logging in for! I hope people show some appreciation for the administrators and staff who worked hard on this! Does this give Long some much-needed credibility with the faithful?
But I also wanted to wish all of you in the MW well as you go through all these storms. I hope you can all dodge the tornados. So scary–I remember those days, but these seem worse. Stay safe.
Thanks to everyone for keeping up the spirit! See you in the fall which I think we all will anticipate with lots of excitement!
We finally fell from our lofty perch, which was inevitable. Sad, but this is sports.
Also inevitable is the chorus of bitter and negative comments about the players, the season, the recruiting, the coaching, and the attacks exchanged among Board Rats. The endless "if only"s and the snide dismissing of anyone who doesn’t agree that the world is ending and that Self/Vick/ Moore/Lawson/Morningstar/etc are responsible for the end of all pride related to KU. The threads I just read show the trashing has already begun.
This year, I have decided life is too short to go through the usual crap as the board descends into endless speculation and cynicism.
I have so many better things to do while I wear the Crimson and Blue holding my head high. I hope the usual doesn’t happen here, but I see the usual suspects are formimg the usual mob with the usual torches and chanting. It is too much for me and way too distracting from what I enjoy about KU basketball.
So, goodbye for now! I do hope you all find a way to happiness as fans. Thanks for the fun stuff and good luck to all!
Where are you, Jaybate? JayhawkFanToo? KUinMisery? Red Rooster? Let:s go have a drink and toast all the players who have tried so hard and given us so much!
The man is a showman with charisma, even if I don’t like him. LA and Hollywood and Cal seem a perfect match.
wissox said:
@kjayhawks IDK. I don’t follow it as closely as some who know as a matter of fact that Duke cheated to get him.
They are so certain, they must have the serial numbers of the bills. I demand to see the evidence!
@Kubie Try turning wifi off when you need to go on the data network if you haven’t done that yet. My Samsung hangs like crazy when I switch and then seems to wake up if I go ahead and turn off wifi. (Neat thing about this is you can try it anywhere.)
@DanR Unfortunately, Zion has been having other teams for breakfast, so ESPN’s review will continue.
For all of our whining about their focus on Zion, he is one of the most amazing college players I have ever seen. Let’s face it: We gripe so much that, if he were at KU, and if they gave him the same level of attention as they do now, we would probably still complain that ESPN was not giving us our due.
@wissox Maybe they are just trying to give us a chance to be humiliated further by their shenanigans.
I read from a trustworthy source that Self is not going anywhere.
The worst thing for expecting any shot discipline from Charlie was him watching Grimes’ shot go in at the end of the first half.
Bwag said:
#ZSPN: Zion stool samples have been collected and anaylzed, full breakdown after the game.
No, they are collecting them for the Hall of Fame, along with used toothpaste, pencil nubs, and other important priceless mementos.
@wissox We will see. Depends on what I wear between now and the first week of April… Bound to be something tasty up there I am sure!
@wissox I get to pick the hat!
So, this past corruption criminal activity involved schools using middlemen to get athletes allegedly by paying the parents to accept a scholarship for their kids.
This new corruption involves parents paying middlemen to get schools to accept non-athletes as if they were athletes.
Maybe Lori Loughlin paid $500,000 to get her kids into an athletic program at USC because of all that shoe money floating around?
@dylans I remember that quote. I always thought it was Self’s way of deflecting credit for the streak from himself to the players. Interesting twist you have suggested.
@jayballer73 Any coach trying to “prove something” by moving to the NBA at this late stage in a college career would be the insane one. Self’s coaching strategies don’t really seem to develop lots of NBA stars. Currently, it is a star-driven league with isolation offense dominating, not something we have seen at KU except with Frank, perhaps. Why would he risk being a failure?
@Gorilla72 More likely, Eddie Haskell would come by my sound stage and throw rocks.
And we are back to normal, I see.
Quick question: is your attack (“lies” “lying”) not “moralizing”? Or is it just me, because mine is directed toward wanting more civility toward Self and players, whereas yours reflects condemnation because–boo hoo–you are not happy with their failure to meet your expectations?
@HighEliteMajor Try again. Lots of compliments from Self on KUSports. This guy you have such disdain for has managed to stay on track to graduate in May. That also benefits KU.
“While away from the team, Vick has continued to take care of his academic responsibilities and next week is expected to complete an 8-week online class that was one of two classes he needed for graduation on his schedule for the spring semester.”
You seem to love kicking every player who leaves for any reason you deem unacceptable. Perhaps you know it all (your famed secret information) but I doubt it.
KUSTEVE said:
We’re coming off 3 straight 30 win seasons, 2 E 8s, and a Final Four. With 14 straight conference championships sprinkled on top. For us, this is Skid Row. Oh my goodness, the clinching of teeth. Our rebuild year is a 4 seed. Oh the agony and pain…death, where is thy sting?
Yeah, I was actually expecting to be more disappointed by it ending. But it isn’t painful since I guess I have always known it is inevitable.
Whaddya think Joe D’s primary reaction was? “Thank God it’s over!” is one possibility. But I bet it was “Get another hit tomorrow–or 3 or 4.” It cetainly wasn’t "WAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Now we find out if it was the pressure of the streak that prevented KU from winning NC’s, as promised by-- [Whacked, upside the head! “Hush!”]
BShark said:
@nuleafjhawk That KSU is so desperate they would call being ranked ahead of KU one year a decade of dominance.
I didn’t get that joke. Because I thought the joke was them not being able to accurately count to 1…
@Woodrow Plays like that are fun to watch, but are not very smart when 2 hands are available.
@jayballer73 I remember lots of arguing on this board when Embiid sat out. “Can’t hurt it any worse” “Can, too” “Cannot” etc etc etc
So, Bill Self is tightening shoes for Nike now. This is a crazy tangent even for this year.
Forget the arc. Put a big foam tube under the cylinder all the way to the floor. All charges and blocking fouls would be eliminated. Let everyone crash away with only the foam to protect them.
@Fightsongwriter No, he is toast still. He should sue the guardian.
@HighEliteMajor Since the KT recording was not admitted, there was no authentication, etc, so it may not even be in the hands of the NCAA, only the defense lawyers. NCAA has no subpoena power, so…settlement with defendants on restitution coupled with a connfidentiality clause?
@truehawk93 I can see benching one, especially if Webber was hoping KU would implode in the 2nd half. But not both. Should have rolled the dice with one of them at least.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Gad, what has the world come to when a Big12 team has to rely on a victory over Wofford to establish its bona fides?
@HighEliteMajor Actually, it makes a lot of sense. As I recall, the only testimony that was admitted by the judge in the trial was that KU/Self did NOT know about the payments. Filing the claim buttresses KU’s position (rogue booster, at worst) before the NCAA, which could well be hard-pressed to use some testimony to establish “boosterness” while disregarding other unrebutted testimony disconnecting KU from money.
All the suspicions notwithstanding, it is a strong move.
@jayballer73 What was the name of John Madden’s all-star regular Joes team?
I didn’t find the energy difference as notable as I did his big happy smile in the handshake line. Actually looked like he had fun last night, and that is huge in motivating players.