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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@dylans said in Norm Roberts Retires:

@BShark Jacque Vaughn is the only person I can think that fits that mold. I’m sure there are others, but I just have a hard time imagining him wanting to go down a level.

Aaron Miles would be the other name that would meet that criteria.

Vaughn is damaged goods in the NBA. Raw deal or not, he's not likely getting another chance to be an NBA head coach without showing on court success and the only way at this point would be to drop down to the college ranks. There is a little history of NBA coaching flame outs dropping down to the college ranks and being successful so hopefully Vaughn can follow those footsteps.

Same I’d probably hope more for Miles. Definitely wouldn’t consider the HCIW deal either. That’s how you end up with Hubert Davis running your program.

I’d be betting more on Aaron Miles than Jacque imo.

@BShark said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

@BShark said in The portal.:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/pat-suemnick-1.html ↗

Didn’t he cook us once?

Had the game of his life frying Hunter. Legitimately was the best game of his career and it wasn't close.

Seems like a good vet bench big to have.

@BShark said in The portal.:

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/pat-suemnick-1.html ↗

Didn’t he cook us once?

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

May not STILL be to late to get in on that big w need to team up with/Flory. Jor Tipton pasted that 6" 11 Louisville Big Man James Scott Soph , has entered the ported. This came out about a hour and a half ago.

Not huge numbers and yet averaged 7.1 ppg 7 6.1 rpg not monster by any means but team him with Flory think it would be very suffice production wise and the two combined would make up a quality tandem at the Five. We could at least dabble our toes get a feel what the water might be like on this guy.

Rumor is Will Wade tampered with him.

@BShark said in The portal.:

Rylan visiting Kentucky

Honestly a good fit for him

Push the chips in for Stokes. That’s where I’m at. Go big or go home

He’s gotta get a left hand but man he looks just like Tyshawn

Tyran Stokes come on down…

I’ve seen KU make it happen for a football player I grew up with. I have no doubt they could make things work with Tyran.

You drop the bag for this kid. He would be a monster at the 4

@kuballin10 said in The portal.:

Rumors we got Council and passed on Lee

I’m good with that - Council is the superior athlete

He, DP, Dawson, White and Flory is a solid 5 Self should roll out there but I’m sure we get another big and he finds a way to play two lumbering bigs who can’t shoot outside of 5 feet

They need an athletic wing and a good rim runner at the backup 5 spot imo.

@BShark said in The portal.:

Talk of a second visitor this weekend as well....

Please be a big or a wing

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk We already signed two wings 😂

I’m being respectful and I’m rooting for the kid like all the Jayhawks….but I don’t expect Calderon to play like at all.

@BShark said in The portal.:

Kansas is also recruiting Jamir Watkins, per source @TYOHawk @BeddieKU23

An actual wing..

I can’t believe it…

@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:

I dunno. We really have no true PG on the roster. I know DP will dominate the ball though.

And what, three total playable guards right now? DP, Elmarko and Jayden Dawson? Tre White more of a 3-4?

We still need a lot, IMO. Bigs and littles. Bring ‘em on!

I’m rooting for the kid but we genuinely have no idea if Elmarko is playable at this point.

Really good player

But at some point dude you need some bigs and wings…

He’s gonna have a 14 scholarship roster with 9 guards at this point

@BShark said in KU Roster for 25-26:

He won't contribute

Jeremy Case part 2

@BeddieKU23 said in The portal.:

Council visit confirmed on this weekend

6’4 and 6’5 guards in the backcourt who can attack and create in iso situations who can guard…

I get what Coach is going for…just need an athletic wing and a backup 5

https://m. ↗

Well deserved…he earned that. These sites typically have a bias for EYBL kids.. so to be # 1 as an Adidas kid says it all.

@BShark said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?

Leader, competitive, fiery kid and excuse my language but he gives a damn.

After what I just watched for 30 plus games…sign me up for that. No more smiling after mistakes or players wilting as soon as things get tough.

Bonnie fans called him the marathon man because he never took himself out of the games man. ABSOLUTE DOG.

I want to go to war with that kid on my side. When you go play Arizona, Houston, Iowa State or little bro I want kids like that on my team.

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk What have you heard about him off the court?

Leader, competitive, fiery kid and excuse my language but he gives a damn.

After what I just watched for 30 plus games…sign me up for that. No more smiling after mistakes or players wilting as soon as things get tough.

The stuff I’ve heard about the kid off the court makes me want him in this program. You need kids like that to succeed.

@BShark said in Welcome Tre!:

@TYOHawk Tat Hawks. FOE. KUCMB

No more podcast mics or players with Storr merch. Just a bunch of dogs surrounding a prodigy. I LOVE IT

All I see is a Dawg in these highlights approxinfinity.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in The portal.:

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

KJ Lewis ?-- from Arizona is still out there - -How about Kenon Katchings from BYU as a quality player as back up off bench ?

Probably just a bunch of lips smacking together hot gossip not nothing but:-- Read from TOS poster said we should have two other players locked up about this time next week.- - -One w will be very happy about and the other one not sure. Like I said it's just a FWIW. Wait and see next week.

KJ Lewis should be off the table now with Tre White's commitment since they play the same position and doubt either wants to come off the bench next season.

KJ’s an even worse shooter than Tre. I’ll pass

Jayden Quaintance please Bill…

Nature is healing. Coach is getting guys with toughness and not podcasts…

@BShark said in The portal.:

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@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

What do we make of Jayden Dawson?

The answer to what Kurtis Townsend was actually doing in New York. :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

Now relax..he also had a party to attend with Darryn and family as well.

Truly a legend.

No more jokes from me for the duffle bag legend.

@BShark said in The portal.:

@Jhawk69 said in The portal.:

What do we make of Jayden Dawson?

The answer to what Kurtis Townsend was actually doing in New York. :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

Now relax..he also had a party to attend with Darryn and family as well.

We good?

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk Well we could use that

Hoping he can be somewhat similar to Sion James from Duke.

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

Not sure I should even mention the way things been going on the front but supposedly Tre White is very interested on KU. Heard also that again I guess things heating up with 2-3 players interested on KU and visa versa.

Tre would inject this program with some much needed toughness.

Yeah I got nothing…

We could use a commit for morale purposes

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk E - - X -- A - -C - -T - L - -Y ! ! get a couple of bruisers, mix it up, players that love contact and drive looking for contact . Kina like ol time Daryl Dawkins ( Choclate Thunder was his nick name )

He said when he went up for a flush/slam don't gt in my way because that is MY TIME-- need those kind of players, guys that can out tough you Physical- or players even like Christan, guys that play with some edge , cockiness to them , some one who can talk the stuff and yet who has game to back it up- -- No more tippy toe , emotionless that just show notjing

For the first time in decades…opposing teams came in the Phog and weren’t afraid. It was a rough season

Go get me some dawgs

We had too many pretty boys like Jamari Traylor said last year. I can deal with losing but not cause we were getting out toughed. Those Houston losses still piss me off

@approxinfinity said in Are you watching Peterson's clinic in the McD's Game?:

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I laughed I can’t lie.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in Are you watching Peterson's clinic in the McD's Game?:

Wears same number as Wiggs did and me!

We know you were a bucket back in the day so this reaffirms my confidence in the kid.

@dylans said in The portal.:

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

Heard Auburn’s number for Flory is around $3m

Need a salary cap. It would be more interesting to see how big schools budget their resources as opposed to just outspending everyone Yankees style. More interesting (at least for me- I like the numbers side too) as well as more competitive.

Isn’t the revenue sharing more or less about to put a salary cap on things?

@BShark said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

@BShark said in The portal.:

Storr could return,I'd still call it unlikely.

What a plot twist

The talk is he wants to return at this point and that Bill is mulling it over.

Gonna keep it real..I’m not opposed to it.

@BShark said in The portal.:

Storr could return,I'd still call it unlikely.

What a plot twist

He’s better than Wiggins was and that’s very high praise coming from a Wiggins guy like me.

@SlimShaddy54 said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk Do we remember who Frank and Devonte both were recruited by BEFORE Coach Self started recruiting them.--Most of the Schols were those so called schools recruiting them BEFORE SLEF was mid major.-- Then you have idiots that said Self couldn't develop players.-- sure look like they became much , better players AFTER they had been here for some years

Frank Mason was a success story and deserves all the praise in the world. But Frank was an elite athlete and guys like Jerry Meyer routinely said he was undervalued.

Devonte was a top 45 recruit when he was at Brewster on Rivals. Bossi and others were pretty high on him after his post-grad year at Brewster.

I’d argue for Ochai and CB as success stories in that regard. But they were elite athletes..Dajuan was never that.

@BigBad said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk Just start the Fire Bill Self thread.

Wanting Bill to change and not play favorites doesn’t mean I want him fired. I want him to run the program and not a charity organization. Play the best players. Amateurism is gone so treat it as such.

@BigBad said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk said in The portal.:

We are partly in this position we are in because Bill was loyal to mediocre players who should’ve largely been recruited over. I don’t care if they stay 4 years if they’re bad players. I consider Joel a Jayhawk just as much as I consider Jalen Wilson one. It’s easy to tell these kids to turn down millions for our satisfaction but that’s not reality.

Does anyone consider this: DeJuan and KJ came to Kansas BEFORE NIL. DeJuan was a kid Self didn't really want anyway. He comes from a horrible upbringing and does not have the academic background. Works his butt off in a redshirt year and then helps Kansas win a title. KJ is another hard worker who lost his mom to cancer while at Kansas.

Yet some of you act like its insane for Bill Self to show loyalty to two kids who basically represent everything he believes in.

If we had the 2008 team this year 90% of the young dumb fanbase would be crying about Darnell Jackson and Rus Rob. Coach is stupid man! he needs to play Sherron and Cole more or they will transfer! At least that argument would have been about actual studs on the bench. The idea that Flory and Coit/Moore were somehow going to take this team to the promise land was fools gold anyway.

Darnell Jackson was a NBA draft pick and Russ was worlds better than Harris. It sucks they went through personal tragedies at KU. But that doesnt mean you let your loyalty to them torpedo your program which Self did.

They always got excuses made for them. TRob lost his mom too…do you think Self gave him a pass for not rebounding like he did KJ cause he went through a personal tragedy?

Coach has always had favorites…it’s just that guys like Frank, Sherron, Devonte and others had rafters talent. This time he fell in love with mid major talent. That’s on him. He’s at fault for this mess as much as anyone.

@BShark said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk Asked a friend (who happens to be a long time basketball coach) about him and he had this to say:

"I pray they don’t go that route. One of the worst defenders I’ve ever seen. He has moments that make Zeke look like Tony Allen"

I’ll be rooting for Bruce Pearl to win this recruiting battle.

@BShark said in The portal.:

@TYOHawk Thought we were on the right track with some other targets but maybe just luck :loudly_crying_face:

Lmao Self switched the search settings after Case tried to save him.

@BigBad said in The portal.:

@drgnslayr said in The portal.:

This is going to make you sick…. Duke seems like they have D1 figured out. I hate that school.

What is working for Duke? Signing FOUR top 20 recruits last year including the overall number 1 guy? They've done this crap for years. Cal made final fours too.

There were people around here crying that we needed more one and dones when that was "the thing to do".

The idea that you want a coach who has 25 years of success doing something to instantly change is hilarious.

There is no formula he can change to guarantee success now. It's all over. If people want to point out Duke as the "formula" then you have to overtake them at ESPN and other media to become the darling.

I've moved beyond thinking this is college basketball anymore and I suggest the rest of you do the same.

You are cheering for an AAU team with a college name on the jersey. You are cheering for a bank name on the floor of the court.

Have fun watching Peterson play one season. If that is what you are interested in you could have watched him this year on youtube. Oh, he will wear a Kansas jersey for a year and he's a lifetime Jayhawk!! Do any of you consider Embiid a Jayhawk? He's the poster child for all this crap. The dude is nonstop injured(including at Kansas) and only cares about maximizing his bank account.

I'm sure I'll watch the games next year but only because I have a 15-year-old son who will turn them on.

I've said this here before and obviously, my opinion and/or fandom doesn't matter but when Bill Self retires I'm out.

We are partly in this position we are in because Bill was loyal to mediocre players who should’ve largely been recruited over. I don’t care if they stay 4 years if they’re bad players. I consider Joel a Jayhawk just as much as I consider Jalen Wilson one. It’s easy to tell these kids to turn down millions for our satisfaction but that’s not reality.