BeddieKU23 said:
Fran had one of the best comments about svi. He said svi should buy real estate in the corners with how good his shooting has been. That was after he put the final nail in the coffin to get the team up 14.
No need to...he already owns those spots. :smile:
If it were only that simple. Any business person knows that when you have limited resources you have to prioritize and work in areas with the biggest return on investment.
The basketball team is not that different. Any one player that has serious technical deficiencies cannot be taught all of them at once; the staff determined that teaching Doke on-court positional awareness and effective go to scoring and defensive moves had priority and the staff has been extremely successful in these areas but obviously the FT shooting technique had to take a back seat. Now that the primary objective has been largely completed and Doke has an effective game the FT issue has come to the front and is being adressed.
Chess players know all too well that often you need to sacrifice some pieces in order to obtain victory.
As I posted before, coach Self is a master tactician, when we are playing checkers he is playing 3-D chess and he is a grand master at it. When we are going somewhere he is already on his way back, we were looking at the the small picture an he was 10 moves ahead looking at the big picture. He conceded the battle (OU) to win the war (conference).
He knew that leaving Doke in the game at OU would not end well but the message he wanted to send was much bigger than losing that one game.
He told Doke...you cannot just concentrate on your game moves, FTs are important and down the road will decide games. He then worked an entire practice with him fixing his FT form and we are already seeing results and hopefully the demise of the poke-a-Doke.
He told the team...we might not have Doke for substantial parts of the game and good shooting might not happen so you need to start playing defense. The result is a motivated team that has now fully embraced defense as an integral part of the game plan and we saw the results against A&M and KSU.
He knew he had OU beaten and that it could beat them again at AFH but it was more important to win at KSU that had been the hottest team in the conference. He telegraphed a strategy to KSU and then unleashed a nasty surprise that took the Wildcats out of the game. KSU had planed on using the poke-a-Doke strategy and facing a man to man defense and the zone, along with great defense and much improved rebounding, prevented them from running their game plan. No question that KU is much better positioned now having lost at OU and won at KSU than the other way around.
...so you see, boys and girls, this is why he makes the big bucks and we don't.
Don't forget he picked up his dribble and started dribbling again; can't have these mental lapses.
Devonte will certainly end up #2 and with a hot finish Svi can end up #3 but #4 seems more realistic.
I generally agree with you. In our younger days, before video games, we spent our off days and vacations playing sports all day long.
NBA players are pros and their full time concern is physical conditioning where college athletes are only doing it part-time.
The NBA does rest players for games at the time towards the end of the season and in preparation for the playoffs.
More importantly, now that Preston (and car) is gone, players have to hoof it all the way from their dorm to Wescoe Beach, going uphill both ways. :smile:
I guess he did not get the memo that indicated...cheating not necessary, we have made arrangement for you to ace the class.
benshawks08 said:
Inspirational DVD documenting the journey to be released by the end of the week.
...and following tradition, will it be called "Decade of being dominated"?..or "Lifetime of futility"...or better yet..."Mitch slapped, again." :smile_cat:
Let's just call it what it is AFH West.
Let's put it in perspective. KU has lost 2 games at AFH this season alone. KU is now 26-4 at Bramlage...think about it...KU has lots 4 times since Bramlage opened in 1988, that is 30 years ago, this is an 87% winning percentage!!! Most every coach would give his right nut and first born to have that record at home!!!
KSU did not anticipate KU playing zone (that one is on squeaky), did not plan for it and did not know what to do; they had plan to execute the poke-a-Doke but never had a chance...and this is why, boys and girls, Coach Self is at the top and Weber is not.
Fightsongwriter said:
Diarra runs well, but he is really loose with the ball. He is excellent squirting out on the break.
Now, are you talking about Diarra or the spell check version...diarrhea?
Yes, he is a lousy recruiter, cannot seem to keep players, has an annoying personality and obviously a super annoying and squeaky voice, other than that he is is a pretty good coach
How soon before a KSU fans start blaming the loss on not being able to play Sandstorm and yell F KU?
I would like to see the video of his post game rant.
During the game they showed him looking up at the replay screen and raising his arms and looking up indicating a bad call while the announcers were saying it was the correct call. I really wanted to Mitch slap him.
Spell check on the iPad does not help either, I kept trying to type Diarrhea...I meant Diarrhea...scratch that D-I-A-R-R-A...there, finally got it. :smiley_cat:
Silvio is not in sync with the team, at least not yet. Davonte fed him a pass when he was all alone under the basket and he missed it. It will take some time before he can see how the play is developing and react accordingly.
I chose Mitch to be the breakout player las season before he even played one game...I guess I might have been one year early. :smile:
Mitch is no longer a liability but a solid contributor.
He played solid defense, rebounded well, 3 block and took a couple of hard charges and should have had one more but the refs callers a blocking foul.
The team is starting to come around, hopefully it peaks by NCAA Tournament time.
Coach Self is a master strategician. When the rest are playing checkers he is playing 3-D chess.
Only Wade showed up? The rest of the team was largely ineffective. Did not help that KU was shooting lights out in the first half.
Ok, does this mean Weber does not get the Avis “We try harder” award?:smiley:
6-13 in FTs, Svi, Newman and Vick have all missed FTs.
As good a half as we could have played. Looking good.
Whistle happy refs are fouling up KU key players.
...and that is why Silvio is not playing more.
Good game for Sam so far.
3 fouls on Garret will do it.
5 fouls on KU already and only 2 on KSU, why is Weber bitching so much?
Weber has done nothing but complain the entire game.
Devonte is feeling it ↗ at Bramlage...:smiley:
If KU can win the the conference this year, it will be the most satisfying and, with all the talent coming, next year will be considerably easier.
Looks like Mizzou will be one player short, PG Terrence Phillips indefinitely suspended. ↗
Not quite pro but former Jayhawk Frankamp has now a NCAA record ↗ previously held by Steve Kerr.
Looks like Doke has listened to Coach Self ↗. His form, at least in practice, is not perfect but it is night and day compared to the previous.
Were those the guys that did the Stanford game? I really liked them, they manage to have a long interview with Frank Mason without taking anything from the game in progress and without constantly trying to promote themselves or brag how smart they were.
Was it Dickitch that had split screens with unrelated videos that made it unwatchable?
I agree and it is pretty much what I was saying. Expecting him to contribute immediately was and still is an unrealistic expectation.
Considering how thin KU's margin of error is I can see why Coach Self is not playing him more. Had he gotten here in the Summer, I could see him playing a much larger role but as it is, I just don't, at least not right now.
I see your knife analogy but before you can sharpen a knife, you have to give the raw metal it at least the semblance of a shape with an edge, otherwise you are trying to hone a piece of metal and just wearing out your sharpening tools with no hope of near term progress. Coach Self put that chunk of raw steel (Silvio) to the grinding wheel (game) and saw sparks fly (TOs, Pfs) and no sharp edge in sight only a worn out wheel (team); he decided to go back to the forge (gym) and pound a shape with an edge under fire (practice) before trying to sharpen it again...makes sense?
Jayballer54 said:
@JayHawkFanToo Thank you for addressing to me - -appreciated. - -not sure if you seen the others who are in agreeance with my feel my read but just felt the need to bring it to my attention - -appreciated. - you can talk to the wind all you want your not changing my views , as I'm seeing others the same - - you can talk till your blue in the face and if your gonna try and tell me that 2-3 more minutes over the entire game is gonna to destroy this team cost us games -I can bring you so many counter points about other members on this roster that would cost us the game with their preformances during the game it will make your head spin. - -I don't buy it for one split second that playing Silvio 2-3 more minutes in a game will cost us games you can take that somewhere else cause you trying to point him out for those 2-3 minutes - you best check the other 6 players and see what they did in a 2-3 minutes stretch that cost us games - -sell that theory somewhere else thanks - -'m not buying. - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
I simply addressed some specific points you brought up, repeatedly, but it it makes you feel better and not picked on, I would be happy to change my post and remove your name. :smile:
Why is it if a reply to one of your post stating my "OPINION" you get all out of shape? You state you "OPINION" all the the time including many with which I don't agree and I don't take it personally. This is a forum where we all exchange ideas and sometimes we agree and sometimes we don't...it is the nature of every sports forum.
Bracketology has 7 Big 12 teams and KU with a #1 seed.
Interesting write up ↗ on the NCAA web site about the Conference.
For your enjoyment...looks like we get Fraschilla tonight...
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Everybody except ~~@Jayballer54~~
Practice is where you learn to play the game and follow the playbook, game time is where you put that knowledge to practical use. Silvio is just starting to feel what playing with big boys is like and has not even began to grasp the play book.
Until he gets a basic understanding of those two and learns how to execute in real time he CANNOT be effective at game time. His stat line at OU, 1 minute, 3 TOs and 1 PF, that has to be a record. He looks like the proverbial deer in the headlights and he is constantly out of postilion and the team cannot run standard plays when he is in limiting its effectiveness. At this time, other than a couple of early minutes I just don't see him playing anymore than that. KU has won its conference games by a n average margin of 4 points, think about it...4 POINTS, the margin of error is razor thin and Silvio makes it thinner.
I really like Silvio and I think that down the road he will be a stud, but at this time he is more of a liability than an asset. This is not a knock on him, a few week ago he was playing with HS boys and now he is facing college basketball elite men; unfair to expect him to step in and contribute right away.
Preston would have been in the ideal position to contribute since he had the Summer and pre-season to prepare but obviously that was not meant to be. He would have been the perfect player to guard Wade,
Diarra and Brown have played well lately and both can score at times, particularly Brown and they have decent size. If KU can contain them and particularly Wade, the rest should fall in place. Georgia limited them by keeping the score low but I believe this game will be in the 70s.
I am curious if the measures in place will limit the chant. It seemed to be by now a tradition and students are young and stupid and don’t realize or care how poorly it reflects on the school. I imagine it will happen although not as large or intense; best way to kill it is getting a big lead and building on it.
Wade is a stretch forward that can go outside and hit the 3 and he is a very good shooter from there and he can also score from inside. I know Garret is a good defender but Wade would just go outside and shoot over him. Svi might be a better option but he might end up getting fouled up which is not a good thing and Lightfoot might be the better match up. In any case, Wade is a match up problem for KU.
Yes, Withey was released by the Mavs December 19, 2017. If a team headed to the playoffs has an injury, he might be picked up as an insurance policy but given his decreased playing time chances are he might be done with the NBA; this is one time where I really hope I am wrong since Withey is one of my favorite KU players.
Wade is 6’-10” so probably will be guarded by Doke and Mitch.
Vegas has KU as a 2 point favorite but some of the computer models have KSU favorite by 1-1/2 to 2 points so it really is a tossup. As usual, Weber gets the Avis award.