🏀 KuBuckets Archive

stoptheflop said:

Jesse Newell has become overly critical of our football program since he started writing for the KC Star. Yes, Jesse it's really easy to write about flaws and mistakes in a struggling program. That's about the same level of journalism as standing on a Florida beach and reporting about the wind and waves. In a recent article Newell dissected and analyzed the two flawed offensive plays in the fourth quarter, all of which were obvious to everyone. Thanks for adding nothing to the discussion, Jesse. Oh yeah, Newell has KU losing to CC. We'll see, hack.

I’m honestly surprised he ever comes to games since it’s probably really hard to fit his ego in the press box. Jesse is one of this new breed of jouros who firmly believes you can cover a subject very effectively and never really talk to said subject. Contrast with Gary Bedore who I’m 80% sure has a cot outside Self’s office. One guy gets scoops, the other plays with Excel and tells two Hall of Famers how to do their jobs.

@Texas-Hawk-10 yep. Chadwell is still their play caller, and notoriously inflexible.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

@Gorilla72 last year they ran more than they passed at about 2:1. They’d like to run it a lot more often.

Coastal also has a different head coach this year than last year. We don't know yet if the new coach wants to keep that ratio or if he wants to pass more than they did last year.

He was their offensive coordinator last year so it would be very odd if he changed philosophy.

@Gorilla72 last year they ran more than they passed at about 2:1. They’d like to run it a lot more often.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Dorian will be in this neck of the woods Wednesday and Thursday but hopefully it turns out to the ocean. Might delay their travel if it hangs around too long.

Solid win. The line play wasn’t great on either side, but did just enough. Stanley was passable. Kid has stones. Rumor is MacVittie is nicked up. I didn’t love the playcalling, especially in the first half. I think the offense will be a work in progress as the staff gets a better idea of what they have. Pooka will make a huge difference next week. Pooka + a week of film to digest makes me think we’ll be better next week. It is abundantly clear this staff can coach. Les was a steady force out there and even had his great Mad Hatter moment. We’re in a good spot.

Another one! https://247sports.com/player/alonso-person-46057052/ ↗

jayballer73 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

I'm guessing around 30,000. Holiday weekend and possible weather will keep some away.

And your Score prediction my friend?

Ah! The most important part. 31-17 good guys. It'll be a struggle to score at times without Pooka or a settled QB situation. Guessing it's not super comfortable at half but we pull away late.

I'm guessing around 30,000. Holiday weekend and possible weather will keep some away.

Hey! I got the 5. Also, Bryce coming for Late Night. https://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/news/bryce-thompson-finalizes-his-school-list-visits-scheduled ↗

Just watched them all. Miles’s face when the RC was like “nope, just me and a student” was amazing. Explains so much about how garbage the last admin was. Also Miles’s reaction to the RC just having highlights. No wonder we’ve sucked.

The culture change with Long as Miles vs. Zenger and Beaty is already evident. It didn’t do anything for my expectations for win-loss record, but it’s clear the Jayhawks are coming.

Woodrow said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

Woodrow said:

Bryce Thompson is cutting his list of schools tonight at 7 per his Twitter.

KU, UNC, OU, OSU, Michigan St, window dressing, window dressing

You don't think KU has a shot with Thompson?

Oh, I definitely do! Like @jayballer73 said, it's just my guess for his list. I know those 5 will be on it, not sure on the other 2. I think KU, UNC, and Okie Lite are the top 3, not sure on the order. Earlier this summer it looked like it would be KU or UNC and he'd commit before school started, but now it looks like he'll take 5 officials and decide around the early signing period.

Woodrow said:

Bryce Thompson is cutting his list of schools tonight at 7 per his Twitter.

KU, UNC, OU, OSU, Michigan St, window dressing, window dressing

Harris will be a Jayhawk and RS in 19-20. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article234496792.html ↗

Carty Gordon is leaving DePaul and likely won’t play major college basketball again. Glad we got Silvio instead!

I can confirm he does not play the flute, a la the Jethro Tull frontman.

BShark said:

@FarmerJayhawk This kid from Aspire https://247sports.com/Player/Gethro-Muscadin-46057375/ ↗

Right. He was at Sunrise last year so I assumed KU was window dressing. I'll poke around and see what I can find.

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

Rumor is KK Robinson is transferring to Oak Hill to get more blue blood (read: Kansas) attention.

Awesome.

Thoughts on the big visiting in late September?

Honestly don’t know a ton. I saw Sunrise and assumed it was a nominal visit.

Rumor is KK Robinson is transferring to Oak Hill to get more blue blood (read: Kansas) attention.

Good lists all around! I’m quite surprised nobody included Wilt or Clyde Lovellette

BeddieKU23 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

BYU is the rumored leader here, but KU has a shot.

Any idea if he is into the mormon faith?

Muslim, actually. I do think he’s a pretty religious kid.

jayballer73 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

@jayballer73 greyshirts can be on campus the spring semester, just not fall. I suppose he could take classes in the fall and pay out of his own pocket, but I doubt many want to go down that road.

Hey thanks for the info guy I knew I could always count on some one to help. - - I understand your answer But that leads me to another question then , I mean I understand about him not being here until spring but - - -you was saying he could possibly be here in the fall but would have to pay for his classes - - so ok but even if he went some where else like he did obviously - -wouldn't he STILL have to pay for his classes there? - - I dunno. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

For sure. A lot of guys go the JuCo route to save some scratch.

BYU is the rumored leader here, but KU has a shot.

@Woodrow niiiiiice. He's a lot like Oscar Tshiebwe at West Virgina. High motor, shot blocker, athlete.

A bowl game seems a bridge way too far this year. 3-4 league wins is a big reach. I'm still thinking 4 wins: ISU, Coastal, KSU, WVU. We still don't really have a QB, depth on defense is about non-existent, and there's still questions at RG and RT. Beaty went JuCo and blueshirt heavy because HS coaches basically quit taking his calls. Blushirting 10 guys in 2018 (some of whom exhausted eligibility before their IC even counted) was really, really, really shortsighted. Hence the classes are still wildly out of whack compared to others, and we won't add numbers on net until 2021.

My big beef with Beaty is he said he was going to build with HS kids and then just... didn't. Including signing exactly zero HS DT's.

@jayballer73 greyshirts can be on campus the spring semester, just not fall. I suppose he could take classes in the fall and pay out of his own pocket, but I doubt many want to go down that road.

The media person was almost certainly Matt Scott. He had the NBL from about the jump.

jayballer73 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

I was at the Va Tech vs. UNC game last year and watched Willis. UNC's defense wasn't great, but he carved it up both through the air and on the ground. UNC gave that game away by fumbling away the TD that would've iced the game on the goal line, but Willis still had to drive Va Tech 80 yards down the field. Looked much better than at KU. I think he was pretty immature here. Probably good for him to get away from his folks.

pretty good for him to get away from Beaty

Evergreen post!

I was at the Va Tech vs. UNC game last year and watched Willis. UNC's defense wasn't great, but he carved it up both through the air and on the ground. UNC gave that game away by fumbling away the TD that would've iced the game on the goal line, but Willis still had to drive Va Tech 80 yards down the field. Looked much better than at KU. I think he was pretty immature here. Probably good for him to get away from his folks.

@KUSTEVE likewise! This is the best KU board I’ve been a part of. The quality of discourse is terrific.

I like him a lot as well. He’s got a bit of Aaron Miles to his game. He and Mackey are good complements. I very much hope he can get here in December. Sounds like August isn’t happening, but obviously I don’t know his schedule for sure.

http://m.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tait/2019/aug/22/kansas-commitment-dajuan-harris-jumps-in/?templates=mobile ↗

It doesn’t seem like Harris will be in 2019 unless it’s midyear. Could be wrong, but haven’t heard anything lately.

I live in the South. Things are much better than they used to be from talking to locals, but racial division still bubbles up from time to time.

@nuleafjhawk Totally agree on the YTTV thing. I dropped Spectrum for it when my intro rate was going up and haven't looked back. I did buy an antenna for locals in case there's a big internet outage.

To watch this you'll have to download the ESPN app in Roku and subscribe to ESPN+. I think there's a free trial, but it's only $5 a month anyway.

@BeddieKU23 I think Rush got to KU sometime in September if memory serves.

nuleafjhawk said:

@FarmerJayhawk Thanks! Will set my DVR - or whatever it is called now that I pulled the plug on Cox. (aka - one of the best days of my life!)

No problem. It's all on demand so no need to DVR anything!

The team has had almost all of August off. Haven't heard if Moss has moved in yet. Might not until this weekend.

The 29th is confirmed. 18(!) part series will debut next Thursday (RIP my productivity) with the first 4 episodes, then have one/week through the season.

BeddieKU23 said:

Woodrow said:

@BeddieKU23 Oh I agree 100%. Just don't see the need to come out with a list. Just go take your visit and commit.

I hope the staff is prioritizing Love and Thompson.

I think farmer reported recently he thought KU cooled on Nix and that could have been to finding out UCLA was a heavy choice. Regardless its kids being kids, annoying but it's what we sign up for today following how things go down

I just hadn’t heard much lately linking KU and Nix. It’s full speed ahead on Thompson and Love. RJ Davis looks like Pitt or UNC. KK Robinson could get a longer look now.

BShark said:

Not getting any of them imo but esp not JB who will be at Kentucky.

He just cut them my dude.

@BShark especially since as of last week the camps were working on dates.

Well Nix just committed to UCLA. Damn.

@jayballer73 100% agree. If it’s a fall decision, it won’t be UK. Nix was at LA today for an official, but still working on scheduling one to KU. It wouldn’t surprise me to see Nix and Thompson visit the same weekend to develop some chemistry, and KU is the only school they have in common.

BShark said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

Kentucky hasn’t offered yet and is in the top 5.

Omegalul.

Jalen Green is their big target though.

Woodrow said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

Woodrow said:

I read yesterday that Nix was going to cut his list to 5 today. Has anyone seen anything on that?

Also we made the top 10 for Jaemyn Brakefield. Bot sure how big of a player KU is in that one though.

He announced it's happening. Prediction: Kentucky, Maryland, Alabama, KU, UCLA.

Nailed it!

Yesssss. Still got it. UCLA, UK, and KU is the “list within the list” IMO. Kentucky hasn’t offered yet and is in the top 5.

jayballer73 said:

Anybody know for sure exactly how serious things are with RJ Davis? - - I mean are we in any kind of shape with him or what? - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Definitely behind a handful of guys on our board.

Woodrow said:

I read yesterday that Nix was going to cut his list to 5 today. Has anyone seen anything on that?

Also we made the top 10 for Jaemyn Brakefield. Bot sure how big of a player KU is in that one though.

He announced it's happening. Prediction: Kentucky, Maryland, Alabama, KU, UCLA.

KUSTEVE said:

@Marco Have you noticed the NCAA hasn't said a peep about us??? I am starting to think Bshark is right- a big nothing burger.

To be fair, NOA's aren't public. KU and the NCAA don't have to acknowledge one, even if one exists. That being said, I haven't heard a peep from the AD that they've received one or anticipate receiving one.

The whole reorganization of the S&C staff was to limit the AD's liability in this age of concussions and all that. We're the first, but everyone will eventually move to this model.