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@drgnslayr foul problems and his sprained ankle, Embiid developing, not seeing the 4 spot for him. I did love him and Mari together. He was put here for a purpose!
@drgnslayr remember when almost everyone griped about him? No glasses! Maybe this was a nice move by Coach Self? Maybe?
@JayHawkFanToo coach Cal's offense is, go hard to the hole. That's it!
@drgnslayr could probably say a lot, but you were very fortunate to have a mentor, you know a lot our players come here w/out one, or even a father. I hate what Tharpe did, cringe to think if that happened to a kid of mine! But, we don't know the whole story, and frankly it's not our business. I too did some dumb stuff, so thankful none of that was put out there for all to see! To look at this and think that Self is not close to the kids. Remember when the KU family rallied around TRob? FOE became a theme for our kids. Look at our academic success, the great support group that has surrounded our team. Cole came back to graduate, Ben is coming back this summer. These are all the success stories that I see from Bill Self. I guarantee as long as there are college kids, there will be slip ups, but if we're going to put that on Self put the success stories on him too!
@jaybate 1.0 how about Cliff notes?
@jaybate 1.0 not sure what that means???
@JRyman great post! You speak for me as well!
@JayhawkRock78 yes!
@wissoxfan83 to bad we couldn't get together and ??? Something!
@nuleafjhawk do you know who got voted off on Dancing w/the stars?
@jaybate 1.0 very appropriate!
@nuleafjhawk love your post! Little problem w/Liberace. I read this pill post on ku sports, loved Tony Bandles aka oakville's post. Didn't know if we could copy and paste it here or not??? Wish I had yard work done.
@wissoxfan83 we're sorry for you!!!
@drgnslayr did you see the pic of coach Cal w/his hand on Wiggins in St. Louis? I saw it on twitter and most of the captions said things like "get your hands off me!" Whether you agree or not, Wigs was the #1 recruit and he picked us over Kentucky! That speaks volumes to me. I feel certain it spoke volumes to coach Cal.
@jaybate 1.0 you are surprising me. Mari just started looking at the goal this year, I thought you liked a 40% 3 shooter at the 3? I know some want Selden at point, but I think he's to slow, and turn-over prone. Wish we knew what Embiid was going to do and how his back is doing?
@icthawkfan316 tornado
@icthawkfan316 sucks!!
@JayHawkFanToo thanks!
@jaybate 1.0 I was never saying Mari would start, just off the bench at the 4 spot.
@JayHawkFanToo yes we did. just wish we had another chance!
@JayHawkFanToo if we could handle their press???
@JayHawkFanToo the no step and max vertical jumps-on TRobs draft stats. I didn't know coach said Jamari's was better, be interesting to see.
@icthawkfan316 crazy! Match ups and madness! This is exactly why it's so special, NC is hard to get. Ollie had a great game plan, kept their heads w/slow start. Still doesn't make me feel any better. Just want to add UConn played great D!
@JayHawkFanToo him and Tyshawn!! As long as we're wishing, wish Sherron could get his act together!
@AsadZ or SMU, Brown's doing a great job and looks like they'll be even better next year. Do you think AW3 will transfer?
@HighEliteMajor so, if we keep Embiid and have Cliff, who do you see starting at 4 & 5, and then who subs in for them? This is saying Self is NOT going to a 4 guard line-up. Traditional line-up. Just wondered what your thoughts were.
@JayHawkFanToo konkeyDong nice posts! Do you think verticals play into this too?
@JayHawkFanToo do we know Mari's wingspan? Or perrys's? Do you think ku's roster has the height right?
@Hawk8086 I think Traylor and Cliff will be another edition of the loved "bruise brothers"!
@HighEliteMajor was thinking about you saying Perry and TRobs build being similar, or closer then Mari's-I think Perry and TRob are listed as the same wt and ht, but I disagree w/builds being similar. Mari is an inch shorter and 20 lbs lighter than both. I try to watch TRob when ever I can, haven't seen him take one jumper, but he's doing well. Rebounding great-as expected, cleaning up around the goal is his main goal. Love the guy, who doesn't!!? I also want to see Mari be able to make a good living! He's developed a jumper and I think if he continues to improve he will have a chance. I still think, although he's a little bit smaller, he reminds me so much of TRob. They both have that motor- you can't coach and Self has an eye for finding those guys.
@JayhawkRock78 you are super blessed!
@globaljaybird I like Ryan's comment about the one and done rule. If you didn't hear, he said he thought OAD was when his mom told him he couldn't have another pork chop-OAD! I also threw up in my mouth a little when coach Cal said OAD should be succeed and proceed.
@HighEliteMajor Mari surprised me this year w/improvement so I hopeful it will happen again! He backed up Perry and Tarik backed up Embiid, right? I thought he was our # 2, 4 guy?as far as next year, have to see who else comes in.
@wissoxfan83 thought you might like this!
Mario Little update
@JayhawkRock78 cool story!!!
@HighEliteMajor one thing they have alike is their motor!!! No way Perry can compare w/that.
It looks like our Danny took the wake forest job!
@ralster dunk and 3 pt shooting contest. Heslip won 3 pt, Jefferson was 2nd in dunk. Coach drew looked like a cheerleader. Little overkill!!
@JayHawkFanToo Duke girl got 2nd. Louisville girl won.
@ralster speaking of scot drew, he's pretty excited w/his players tonight!
@globaljaybird did you see CleAnthony's miss? Holy cow, thought somebody was going to be hurting!
@konkeyDong thanks, ready for preseason!
@konkeyDong got to say, Lucas seems to really be fundamentally sound, blocking out, rebounding, post moves. So is Hunter, quicker?
@Hawk8086 I think Mari didn't start playing bb til, maybe 10th grade???
@JayHawkFanToo I thought I read Turner was NOT a OAD. Anybody else read that? He seems like a really quality kid, strong family. I hope we get him.
@HighEliteMajor heard that. I actually feel bad that he's that stupid!