Here is video of Les Miles going over the new recruiting class. I flat love this guy- this guy conducts himself on a higher level than Beatty could. The difference is pretty stark. Watch him handle the press conference:
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@Kcmatt7 It was great for Svi, but a terrible move for the Pistons. They gave away Bullock for a lot less than he should've went for.
I thought we played excellent for a nice stretch. Mainly after Vick and Q were pulled. I liked the way we fought back to make it a game. This loss doesn't bother me as much as the other ones. A young team playing an E8 team on the road. Their game of the year. Little brother's break through game. We'll be lower seeded this year, so no one will expect much from us in the tournament. So, maybe we put together a nice little tournament run, and surprise ourselves.
@mayjay That's a good spot for him. He'll carve out a larger role in Detroit.
we beat silo tech because Charlie finally came to play, our our long lost Lightfoot comes out of cryogenics, and kicks ass. That's the narrative so far, right? We have a double Lazarus effect going on...
Does Virginia have a chance??? WHO GIVES A RAT"S ASS....THIS IS KU BB... ya jerks...
i'm not a sotu kinda guy. i have avoided watching them for decades...
Those guys are so much better than frannie, it's ridiculous. no agendas ...they're complimenting ku, and i certainly remember us facing chauncey back in the day...
excellent first half.
feed the beast... feed charlie...
the real charlie finally shows up....
THE BANK'S OPEN!!!!
KU 71 Silo 67.
@jayballer73 If it helps, I could wear my lucky mood watch. I'm more than willing to do it, but I'm going to have to have you stay engaged in the tight moments. I understand that icky feeling...reminds me of driving onto the Sky Way Bridge on a windy day. " See the bridge...the bridge is your friend". Get behind that wheel in tight games, my friend. Your faith could be the key in us getting over the top for a win. If you need a life line, pop on here. We're here for ya...
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@BeddieKU23 If we were ever going to do it, now would be the time. For multiple reasons.
@BeddieKU23 I think it has to be a change of approach. We've had two number 1 ranked recruits that both started from the git, and neither one led to a national championship.I guess you could say Selby was number 1, but he never looked like it after he served his suspension. Diallo was held out to get approved, and that ended up being a real bust. Cliff ... well, that was a disaster. The Preston incident...and now Silvio. I wish we could find the Devontes and Franks, and leave the Prestons and the Mitchell Robinsons alone. Does Tennessee have one and dones? Hasn't "Man Bun" at Virginia been there for as long as Perry was here? Roy gets a top 10 recruit every few years, but he mostly takes the guys that are 4 year guys. These are successful programs that win every year. Our willingness to take anybody highly rated that has a pulse is going to force us into taking the lower rated guy anyway due to all the smoke created taking jaded recruits. Why not go all in on it? We have a good base, from Dotson, Garrett, Ochai, Q for at least next year, probably KJ, Big Dave, Lightfoot, and our new guys coming in. We can add some size...maybe a pg prospect in case Charlie bolts, and we have a nice core of athletes, with good college game experience. This could really be a power house next year with some experience and leadership.
What I'm looking at has Silo as 2.5 point home favorites. I think we'll win by 5 points.
@DCHawker I modified it. I forgot the pounding they took from the Aggies. Nice catch.
Biggest game of the year ... so far. You have to say the Kitties have been one of the hottest teams in conference play , and their permanent quest for relevance always seems to rear it's ugly head playing us. They're just so desperate to beat us - the stark envy and jealousy can be a shock to a young team. Especially since we're 1-5 on the road. Ouch. If we lose, we're 2 games back. Win, and it's all knotted up. Maybe we could fly Devonte in for a live chalk talk. We need this one. Somehow...some way. Maybe we can bottle up that magic from Saturday, and bring it with us. RCJHGKU.
@BShark Yahtsee. I don't begrudge Long trying to help one of our athletes in any way. But, the bottom line is going to be the results. After I thought about, it occurred to me that I was selling Long's ability to facilitate way short, and i was looking for a villain other than the NCAA. No way would Long have complied with the NCAA request without the express consent of our Hall Of Fame Coach. I'm sure they weighed the possible downsides, looked at other recent similar situations, and concluded it was worth the risk. And they pushed all in. I can't fault them for trying everything possible, but I can fault them for ever trusting the NCAA. So, I'll cede our side a "shame on them" without the hypercritical review. No doubt this entire episode feeds my worst fears about the NCAA ... 2 years suspension. Sexton gets a game.
Dropping the RPI for a new cockamamie rating system that had us rated 20th BEFORE we lost to Tucky and Tejas. And that's with the number 1 RPI rating, the 3rd hardest non-conference schedule in the country, the number 1 overall most difficult schedule in the country, and 3 wins against the current Top 10, including the only team to beat number 1 Tennessee .... my inner "jaybate" is going off the Ricter scale. The powers that be in college basketball don't seem to be doing us any favors.
It hit me like a lightening bolt : our next coach is ... Devonte Graham. Don't hate on this idea...I could be on to something...The second his pro career ends, I want him on the staff learning all he'll need to do to take over when Coach retires.
@FarmerJayhawk Great post. I'm probably barking up the wrong tree then, if the NCAA could've done this at any time. I was thinking Long's actions were the lightening bolt that caused it. I just can't figure out why the NCAA would ask us to declare Silvio ineligible, and the Adidas bag man a booster in the first place. Isn't that walking us to the slaughterhouse?
@Fightsongwriter That's exactly what happened. Remember that last year they approved him with the same set of facts. I guess my question is...our AD last year navigated the same slope, and got him approved, and our new NCAA "guru" got the same player suspended for 2 years, and put our results from last year in jeopardy. I understand he brought us Les Miles- no doubt that was a huge get. I just can't for the life of me understand the lack of common sense when the NCAA asks you to declare the kid ineligible, and asks you to declare a felon incorrectly as a booster, and no alarm bells go off. That would be a guy I want to play poker against. That's easy money. It's not like the NCAA could turn around, and declare Silvio ineligible because none of the facts of the case had changed. The only way they could come after him or us is if we had declared him ineligible. And the booster declaration was just absurd. What a steaming pile of stupid that was. No doubt...shame on them for being corrupt liars...but shame on us for being totally ignorant. i have to think that Zenger would've smelled that one out from a mile away. Not old Jeff, though.
I like to watch the show " Live PD" because my neighbors to the north ( Pasco County ) are always prominently featured. One of the famous lines you hear again and again is when the cop says " you know, you can really help yourself here by telling me...". Then the suspect always proceeds to bury themselves by rolling over, and telling the cop a whole bunch of incriminating stuff. Jeff reminds me of a Pasco County crack rat after he just incriminated himself.
@FarmerJayhawk Baloney. We'll agree to disagree. If the NCAA had tried to claim that a felon ( the Adidas rep ) was not actually working on behalf of Adidas but was a "booster" for KU, they would've been laughed off the national stage. Furthermore, the NCAA had all the salient facts for almost a year, yet they didn't decide anything at all until after we had declared Silvio "ineligible". If they had all this ammo that your ego is telling you they had, why did they wait until after that? The reason is simple...according to the FBI investigation, we were the victims of a fraud...which is why the only way we could be penalized is if we both declared Silvio ineligible, and that the Adidas rep was not actually a rep, but actually a booster. Now, the NCAA could nail us to the wall, which they did. I don't want to keep going back and forth with you, since you aren't even considering what I'm saying. Like I said...we'll agree to disagree.
Anyone notice that ESPN announcers basically agreed with the decision? Fran saying that "most coaches agreed" is pure crap, imo. Both Frannie and Dickie V only complained about the length of time to reach a decision, and never actually voiced any dissent about the harshest decision I can ever remember. Sounds like they were given scripts what to say. That's why I keep saying that ESPN is not our friend.
@FarmerJayhawk Hyperbole. Knee jerk reaction. Emotional outburst. Over the top. i grant you most of that. However, the dumbest idea of 2019, imo, was to declare a guy under federal indictment a "booster', and declaring a player who wasn't playing "ineligible", so it would give the NCAA grounds to vacate half our season. When the penalties start flying, I think my point will come into focus a bit more.
@Crimsonorblue22 I was being facetious. I'm still at a loss how Long thought declaring the representative from Adidas a "booster"was a good idea, or declaring Silvio ineligible was a good idea. It wasn't like we were playing Silvio. If they take away's Devonte and company's FF, I'm gonna be pissed.
@HighEliteMajor I was thinking the same thing. Burn that sucker down.
@HighEliteMajor It makes me wonder if this isn't Long's way of pushing him out. Maybe Long has another buddy that coaches basketball.
@BeddieKU23 It pains me to say so, but I think you're right. And I think HEM is right about Garrett. There was a flow to the offense we hadn't seen all year. Garrett in the game means it's 4 against 5 on offense. Our offense just eviscerated the number 1 defense in the country. Will Bill begin to see the light? I'm not sure about that.
@HighEliteMajor i will surprised if we don't have an avalanche of consequences, from vacated wins, titles, FF, to probation in the future. It might turn out to be the single most idiotic response to an NCAA investigation in the history of the NCAA.
@jayhawkcsg Don't mistake passion for malice. I agree with KJ 99.9% of the time. He bleeds Crimson and Blue, just like me. To tell you the truth, I hadn't researched what went down at first, and just assumed the NCAA had set Long up. And that's probably true.Then I saw Long's explanation...OMG. i just can't figure out why you would admit the only two things that could put our program on probation...one of which ( declaring the Adidas rep as a booster ) was a lie.
@HighEliteMajor I'm really at a loss to wrap my head around it once I heard Long's explanation. I thought it was really weird when we all of a sudden decided to declare Silvio ineligible. And the Adidas rep suddenly becomes a "booster". And that's what Long thought would get Silvio declared able to play? What that did was allow the NCAA to take away our victories from last year for using an "ineligible" player, and it will allow them to put us on probation because a 'booster" gave Silvio's "guardian" money. So, we now will be blamed and held accountable for the 60,000 that our "booster" paid to get Silvio to play Maryland. As crazy as it might seem, the only person that comes out smelling like a rose is Jeff Long. You might be on to something.
@kjayhawks I'm not going to get into a back and forth with you on this- if you want to shift the blame to the "attorneys" instead of the person who is in charge of the athletic department, then that is your right. But, the fact remains that by declaring Silvio ineligible, and falsely declaring the Adidas rep as a "booster", the NCAA can now set aside every win we had when Silvio played, including our conference title, and our Final Four Appearance. Furthermore, they can come after our program with both barrels, and they most certainly will. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't put us on probation... and probably will ban us from post season play. I don't think many fans have quite grasped how profound this will affect our program, including you. If you're fine with what's certainly going to come, more power to you. But I'm not. If Long had done nothing, we would still have Silvio on the bench. What is ludicrous, imo, is the terrible position he has put our program in.
Soooo, the NCAA told us about a month ago that the only way they would consider reinstating DeSouza is if we declared him ineligible, and also we "declare" the Adidas rep T.J. Gassnola a "booster". And like complete idiots, we did that. That way, the NCAA could ban DeSouza for 2 years, and they could come after our wins, conference title, and Final Four appearance because a KU "booster" gave a guardian money. So, we were misled into screwing ourselves to the wall. This was a despicable act by the guardian, and the NCAA, and might be the most egregious act on the part of the NCAA since it's inception. Somebody has the knives out for us, and stuck it in deep. Here is our brilliant Athletic Director explaining his complete ignorance of what bastards he was dealing with:
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If our conference title, wins and Final Four get set aside, I think Jeff Long should be shown the door.
How nice is this? Hot Diggity Dawg...
@BShark I like him. It's shtick, but not nearly as annoying as Dickie V.
@KirkIsMyHinrich 9 out of 52. Maybe Charlie will transfer there- he'd fit right in.
It's refreshing to not have the announcer talk about "how to beat Kansas" the whole game. I haven't seen 1 Dook or Tucky reference, either.
@mayjay lolol....
BOOYAH....
What a strange "coincidence" that the NCAA waited until Hurt was visiting to announce their decision. They've had months to announce, and they just happen to announce it now. Really? Seriously? Are we the college version of Lemony Snickets, and unfortunate events just seem to happen? They are trying to bury us.
@Crimsonorblue22 i don't care what he thinks during the games, and I certainly don't care what he thinks about Silvio.
@wissox But...they're a NIKE school, and there are two sets of rules. One for NIKE, and the other for ADIDAS...
@jayballer73 I think the ACC has huge influence over the NCAA, especially the enforcement division. That way, the largest academic fraud case in history simply goes away, and competitors not in the ACC get the book thrown at them. Or I should say, ACC members that take Nike money. If you're with Adidas, it doesn't matter what conference you're in- you're public enemy number 1. This is a hit job aimed at our program, and aimed at Adidas. I mean...come ON....are they trying to tell us the top 10 recruits in the country which either go to Tucky or Dook take nothing? What a crock of pure shit.
You want this to quit happening? 1- QUIT recruiting questionable people. 2- DROP ADIDAS. Pick up Nike immediately. Zion has 100 dollar bills coming out of his socks. His mother declared bankruptcy two years ago, and just bought an 800 thousand dollar house. It is on record that KT discussed the "price" for Zion, and these bastards have simply swept it under the rug. Get under the Nike circle of protection- there you can offer players 100k, and nothing happens.
I think Grimes is being overwhelmed by the quickness of the game. He was guarding a player a few games back, trying hard to stay in front of his guy, and he stuck his leg out, and the guy blew right past HIM. By the time he got he got his foot down, the guy had already went by him. If he can't keep up with the speed of the college game, how is that going to work for him going pro?
Wouldn't those dribble drives to the basket from Dotson and Garrett work a little better if they had a Big Dave sealing off a path in the lane to the basket?
@DanR LOL. True that.
@SlickRockJayhawk I think he is afraid to bench Q because he knows if he does, other schools will use that against us in recruiting. It doesn't make much sense to me to allow Q to play through his mistakes, and not Big Dave.