@Crimsonorblue22 said in 2024 MLB Season:
Finally! Got rid of the tightwad
Sounds like the ownership is spending money so they have a competitive team to fill the new stadium when it opens.
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@Gorilla72 said in The Furph:
The Furph is, what, 17? His maturity level would be a problem hanging around older players with different, shall we say, perspectives on life. I’m sure his parents will have valuable input. I agree, the money is bigger every year he stays.
The second NBA contract is where the money is at. If properly developed, the sooner you get into the NBA the sooner you make generational wealth by getting to the second contract. It’s tricky - if drafted high enough you are pretty much guaranteed a few years, but beyond that your have to perform.
Being a KU homer I want to see them all stay until well seasoned. Furphy is on the Ochai development arc it appears, but will he stick the 3 it takes to fully develop into a NCAA game wrecker?
How many of KU's players that have stayed until they are "seasoned" have gotten that big second contract? Only 4 KU players in the last decade have signed those life changing, generational wealth creating deals and 3 were OAD players. Embiid, Wiggins, Oubre, and Graham are only KU players drafted in the past decade to sign big second contracts.
@kjayhawks There's a real chance they go 0-18 at this point. Yesterday was by far their most winnable game against Vanderbilt. Their other two remaining winnable games against Arkansas and LSU are both road games so I wouldn't be surprised if they run the table at this point.
To put into perspective how good KU's offense was yesterday, here's a list of every other time UH has given up 78+ points since the beginning of the 2018-19 season began which is when they became relevant nationally.
March 7, 2019 - SMU scored 79 points in a loss
November 19, 2019 - Rice scored 89 points in a loss
November 22, 2019 - Oregon scored 78 points in a win
February 3, 2021 - East Carolina scored 82 points in a win
April 3, 2021 - Baylor scored 78 points in their Final Four win
December 11, 2021 - Alabama scored 83 points in a win
February 9, 2022 - SMU scored 85 points in a win
March 24, 2023 - Miami scored 89 points in a Sweet 16 win
Houston is arguably the best defensive team in the country and KU's starting 5 made them look bad. I fully agree with Jeff Goodman's assessment that when KU's starting 5 is on and playing well, they are the best starting 5 in the country.
Best all around performance of the season. Only team to hang 70 on UH in regulation this season. 18 turnovers is the one black eye for today for Kansas otherwise this is probably a 25 point win. Shooting almost 70% for the game against that defense is insane because UH is legitimately a top 5 defense in the country.
Today is why KU was the preseason #1 because when they play like this, nobody can beat Kansas. KU is also 4-1 against current top 10 teams so we know our ceiling is high enough to win a title because nobody else has done that so far this season that I'm aware of.
Avoiding Utah and Oklahoma St. is huge this season. Utah getting Cam Rising and their RB back are why they won back to back Pac 12 titles and will probably be the B12 favorites this year. OSU is still going to be strong with Ollie Gordon coming back so missing then is huge. If Arizona was returning in tact, that'd be very advantageous to miss, but I think they take a big step back with the coaching change.
10 or 11 wins could be a realistic possibility for KU this season if they stay healthy.
Is there any word on what Bryce Thompson's injury ended up being yet?
KU officially announced the plans for 2024. KU will play its 2 non-confernce home games at Children's Mercy and its 4 conference home games at Arrowhead.
@kjayhawks said in The Furph:
@approxinfinity I didn’t realize they had traded away so many players so I’ll shut up lol. I just don’t have faith in the G
The G-League today isn't what it was 15 years ago. 29 of the 30 NBA teams have their own G-League affiliate now. Only Phoenix doesn't have one now. That means that NBA franchises now are controlling the development of their young players by controlling who the coaching staffs are, who the training and support staffs are which means those G-League teams are developing the skills the NBA franchises want to see developed. Like I said earlier, 50% of the players on the NBA today have spent time in the G-League. By the end of the season, that number will be over 50%. At the end of last season, the number was at 55% of players that had spent time in the G-League. Those numbers will only continue to rise as older players retire that developed before going to the G-League was common.
@kjayhawks said in The Furph:
@Texas-Hawk-10 maybe you guys know more about than me but I still don’t see players developing in the NBA. I see them overseas very quickly if they don’t have that 3 year contract.
Dick was a lottery pick. Toronto is going to do everything they can to develop Dick into the best player he can be. This is why he's spending time in the G-League because NBA teams have generally figured out how to use the G-League system now to develop players.
He's down to get game minutes to work on the holes in his game against game competition which right now is moving and playing without the basketball which was an issue for him at KU as well.
The defense is bad at this point. Furphy and Jackson can't guard statues, Dickinson's knee has further limited his already limited mobility on that end. This is causing a significant drop in defense from Harris, McCullar, and Adams as well because we know those three range from very good to elite defenders.
This team is really missing Arterio Morris right now. I'm not saying that KU screwed up by kicking him off the team because Morris absolutely deserved that for his actions, but his skill set is desperately missing from this team this season. His defense was up there with Adams and KU would be a top 10 defense with him.
He was also the guy that could've gone and gotten his shot whenever he wanted to help with spacing on the floor. He also would've allowed Elmarko to play off the bench from the start and taken a lot of pressure off of him early. KU probably has better bench production as well with that rotation instead of what we have now.
Self's got at least two more roster spots he can fill next season so getting a high level, playmaker guard should be the top priority in the portal this offseason.
@kjayhawks said in The Furph:
@FarmerJayhawk hasn’t he already been to the G league twice so far this season and it’s not even all star break yet?
What exactly do you think the purpose of the G-League is? Would you rather the Raptors have Dick as a DNP-Coaches Decision, or have him playing in the G-League getting meaningful minutes and coaching from the Raptors staff? Going to the G-League as a rookie doesn't have the stigma attached to it that it once did. The Phoenix Sun's are the only team that doesn't have a G-League affiliate at this point.
50% of NBA players this season have spent time in the G-League at some point. Pascal Siakim, Rudy Gobert, and Jordan Poole are among those who spent time in the G-League early on. Playing in the G-League isn't the issue you think it is because it's grown and developed to the point that it is a true development league that by the end of this season, the majority of the players in the NBA will have come through at some point.
Harbaugh officially going to the Chargers. Current Michigan OC Sherrone Moore is the heavy favorite to replace Harbaugh. Should something fall through there, Leipold's name will likely get strong consideration.
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Playoffs:
Nance really jinxed that kick by Bass. I always feel bad for kickers when they miss with the game on the line.
It's Buffalo, missing FG's in clutch spots is their legacy.
@dylans said in OMG now we got people having a stroke thinking LL is leaving.:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Doesn’t give me the warm and fuzzies. Pretty much foretelling of KU’s future ineptitude once Lance is gone. Lawrence is not a football destination and no amount of money will change that.
Reality is what it is. This season was only KU's 7th time ever winning 9+ games in a season amd only the second time making a bowl game in back to back seasons.
Long term, post Leipold era, I'll be happy if KU can maintain as a program that can make a bowl game about 75% of the time (3 out of 4 years), and not change coaches every 3-4 seasons due to ineptitude.
@mayjay said in Almost 5 years ago, Mayjay as fortune teller:
I happened to run across my post from Feb 14, 2019, where we were all trying to figure out what would happen with the NCAA case. I was arguing that they had no proof KU knew about Adidas' shenanigans, but they could still get us for having ineligible SDSousa:
" If they hold KU responsible for everything adidas did, it will be bad. If we show we had no way of knowing, then vacating wins and the F4 are probably the result."
Every once in a while it is fun to find out I was so smart when I was younger!
Sorry....
I posted the same thing, don't know when my first post about was, probably the day the NCAA announced the investigation that KU would end up vacating the games Silvio played in as a freshman.
@dylans said in OMG now we got people having a stroke thinking LL is leaving.:
Peterson would rather be co-position coach than co-coordinator? Step down doesn’t speak well of KU’s prestige.
It's his alma mater and likely better pay than here. As much as people talk about why would anyone who's affiliated with KU want to leave here, A&M is one of those places as well and Mayne even more so than here because there is a running joke abiut Texas A&M being a cult.
@kuballin10 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@FarmerJayhawk Juan had 5 steals but hand down man down every other time
Agree effort defensively was poor but we should be able to outscore these guys and if Juan gets his double digits we’d won….
He was aggressive then just stopped shooting
You must be extremely flexible to pull off those mental gymnastics to put all the blame on Dejuan for today.
@FarmerJayhawk said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
At this point I think 6 losses gets a share. Tech is currently getting boatraced by BYU, which will mean everyone but KSU will have 2 losses already.
Tech isn't getting boatraced anymore.
@StLJhawk said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@jayballer67 said in [KU vs No More Huggy
Whoever wins is gonna have more then two losses, guys were talking earlier your gonna look at probably the winner having five losses. there are no nights off although I guess these guys think so
13-5 probably wins the league this year. The Big 12 is already down to two 1 loss teams with one of those being a projected bottom 4 team in the league in KSU.
Yea, but losing to bottom dwellers outta the gate does not seem to be a good conference winning strategy.
But still, a lot of ball still to be played.
I didn't say KU would be one of those 13-5 teams.
@jayballer67 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@StLJhawk said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
Furph and Timber looked so good earlier, it really got my hopes up for this to be their breakout game and for us to start clicking. As Kjay said above, I think this one might have cost us the conference. Very tough loss today for the good guys.
Whoever wins is gonna have more then two losses, guys were talking earlier your gonna look at probably the winner having five losses. there are no nights off although I guess these guys think so
13-5 probably wins the league this year. The Big 12 is already down to two 1 loss teams with one of those being a projected bottom 4 team in the league in KSU.
@StLJhawk And KU had an advantage with the unbalanced schedule in playing more games against the bottom dwellers than other teams with 2 each against KSU and OSU. Wins against 1, 6, and 8, and losses to UCF and WVU is one of the weirdest resumes out there now.
@jayballer67 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@jayballer67 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
UCF beats Texas ----UCF beats us ----WV beats Texas - -WV beats us -- bottom dwellars loves seeing these two teams
Texas is the 4th worst team in the Big 12, they are one of the cellar dwellers. And no, I don't care that they upset Baylor today or were ranked until a couple of weeks ago. Texas is ranked right around KSU and UCF in the NET rankings because they're not a good team this year.
that makes this even worse- -- we just sucked today
That's been my point all game. KU played lazy as hell today and did the same against UCF. This team isn't good enough to play lazy and beat bad teams.
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in OMG now we got people having a stroke thinking LL is leaving.:
Really hate ATM. Hopefully they can at least win a title with all their insane spending, but I doubt it.
Peterson is an Aggie alum so probably one few places he would leave KU to make a lateral move for. Hopefully KU can keep their Arizona recruits since Peterson was the guy recruited those players.
@jayballer67 said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
UCF beats Texas ----UCF beats us ----WV beats Texas - -WV beats us -- bottom dwellars loves seeing these two teams
Texas is the 4th worst team in the Big 12, they are one of the cellar dwellers. And no, I don't care that they upset Baylor today or were ranked until a couple of weeks ago. Texas is ranked right around KSU and UCF in the NET rankings because they're not a good team this year.
@Zabudda said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
They only missed 25 shots the whole game and WVU had 9 offensive boards. They couldn't have played much better.
They looked that good because KU played that lazy today.
Yes, the refs sucked and missed some calls, but KU's lack of effort on defense was a joke. Same thing against UCF. This is a team that plays to the level of their competition and now has a quad 3 loss on their resume.
@StLJhawk said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
Hunter getting out rebounded, Juan fouling on a key endgame play, homie refs, so many crazy shots going in for them… definitely some weird planetary alignment I hope to never see again
KU didn't come to play today, simple as that. They didn't deserve to win with this piss poor effort and have now lost to 2 of the 3 worst teams in the Big 12.
@kjayhawks said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@dylans rebounding cost us this game.
Shit effort on defense, not just rebounding, cost KU today.
@kjayhawks said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
Wow we just don’t go after rebounds I guess
Furphy just sucks at boxing out.
Ummm, ok
At this point, find a way to win, move on, and burn this tape.
Getting owned on the glass by a smaller team is just lack of effort. That's all today is on defense is a lack of effort. At some point, these players have to decide they want to man up and put some effort in, otherwise KU is going to have losses to 2 of the 3 worst teams in the Big 12.
Defense started out decent this half for the first 8 or so minutes. Gotten very lazy the past few minutes.
It's looking like the players were looking past today, or at least assuming WVU would be a cake walk the way the OSU game was.
Former KU receiver Steven Sims just had a 67 yard punt return for a TD for the Texans to tie that game at 10.
Offense has been as bad this half as the defense was the first half.
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@AsadZ said in KU vs No More Huggy Bear Game Chat:
@KirkIsMyHinrich Who is leaving?
Jordan Peterson is going to Texas A&M
Peterson is an Aggie. Sucks to lose him, but the allure of doing big things at your alma mater sometimes is too much to pass up.
Shit defense by both teams today.
@jayballer67 said in Hunter:
@BeddieKU23 said in Hunter:
Interviewed by Jeff Goodman along with Armondo Bacot of UNC.
Says the door is open to come back next year.He just turned 23. His NIL is definitely a reason he could entertain another year.
What do we think?
Did you hear Hunter saying hat he was Driving? - -A Range Rover lol - -Armando is driving and Audi - -really good interview , heard it yesterday with Gpodman in the field of 68 after dark . love that podcast
Being 23 is a big handicap regarding draft position. ???
If Dickinson was an NBA caliber player, he'd already be in the NBA. 25 years ago and he'd be a top 3 pick because his lack of athleticism wouldn't be a big issue. Now, it's the reason he'll never be an NBA player and will make his living playing around the world instead. It's not a bad trade off, but the money is nowhere near what it is in the NBA. I would say more likely than not, HD is playing in Lawrence next season because he'll make more in NIL than any other option he'll have.
@benshawks08 said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:
Can you imagine if we had Grady and Hunter on the same team? Oh the spacing! I think the space of having 3 or 4 threats to score from beyond the arc on the floor at the same time is the biggest reason for the improvement in scoring and rebounding. Furph is also oddly, more of a threat in transition than we've seen from Elmarko (who seems fast and like a good finisher at the rim?).
It will be interesting to see how he holds up once some film gets out on him and some of the big 12 coaches make some plans to stop him. But he's at least made it clear, there has to BE a plan to stop him or he will score in bunches. 15 in the first half? Whew!
Elmarko has always played with the ball in his hands. He's having to learn how to play without the ball and we're all seeing how much he's struggled with that change in roles.
@Crimsonorblue22 said in Other bball games:
I thought Nooner might have made a difference last year.
He probably was the biggest reason for the two good seasons Schneider has had here.
@Crimsonorblue22 I don't think Schneider is a good coach at this level. At this rate, we're looking at failing to reach a postseason tournament in 7 of his 9 seasons.
I notice that when KU plays well and Dejuan plays well, a certain someone has nothing to say or contribute to the discussion.
@kjayhawks WVU is absolutely terrible. They have home losses to Monmouth and Radford this season and barely beat Bellarmine at home.
Saw on the scores scrolling by that the KU women got their asses handed to them tonight losing by 35 to Texas. I know they upset Baylor over the weekend, but this season has been a disaster for KU. This looking like another season in which KU won't make a post season tournament which would be the 7th time in his 9 seasons that KU has failed to make any postseason tournament. He's made 1 NCAA Tournament and 1 WNIT in his first 8 years. Why is that acceptable?
KU women have made 3 NCAA Tournaments in the past 20 years. Our football program has more bowl appearances in that time. There's no reason why this program shouldn't make it to the NCAA Tournament most seasons with the resources they have, but instead KU has been one of the least successful major conference programs of the past 25 years.
@kjayhawks said in KU vs Oklahoma St Game Chat:
Okie state maybe the worse team in this conference by a wide margin
2nd worst. West Virginia laughably bad this year. OSU likely wins 4-5 Big 12 games this year. WVU may win 1-2 more games total this season.
@kuballin10 Did you just claim that Kevin McCullar has regressed this year?
@AsadZ said in Other bball games:
I do not consider losing on road to a decent conference foe as an upset
UCF isn't a decent conference foe. They're a bottom 3 Big 12 with OSU and WVU and this isn't a Big 12 where every road game is a Quad 1 match up. WVU isn't far off from being a Quad 4 game and KU's game in Stillwater tomorrow is barely a Quad 2 game, almost a Quad 3 game.
@jayballer67 Michigan's OC is the front runner for that job if Harbaugh leaves. Players love him and he handled himself well as interim against Michigan's difficult final 3 game stretch.