@Texas-Hawk-10 appreciate the enumerated take. Makes a lot of sense
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@drgnslayr were you suggesting this year? Seems like that ship has sailed. I assume you meant generally speaking, order of operations.
Again, i am not talking about this season.
Things change quickly, and posturing is a thing, we know.
We hang our hats on organizations we believe in, like the Spurs, wishing some things to be uncorrupted, but things fall apart.
Things also come together.
But nothing is static.
So proclamations of absolutes certainties and intolerance for counterpoint seem to be irrational takes.
Hope we can live in the middle.
Its a beautiful place.
If I am projecting and this is in fact a molehill, thats cool.
@SlimShaddy54 yeah. Tyler also lives in Texas fwiw :) I’ll stop. Just saying theres a tiny chance if he is like “to hell with cbb landscape, but I’m not done”
Pop is 76, Bill’s a spry 62!
@SlimShaddy54 yep. I get it. Just wondered if the equation might have changed since last he weighed in on that avenue.
@BShark not sure I follow though, thought everyone is being nice here. Do you think there is zero chance Bill ever dabbles in the league? I ask that because:
1. College basketball is now pro basketball with handcuffs
2. Pop just retired
3. Bufford is Self’s best friend
If Bill were to do anything besides retire, seems like Spurs would be high on the list.
Haha, man! In this age of non committal internet posturing you’re pretty confident @Crimsonorblue22
Im not saying this season. Im sure he is in it to win it this season.
What are the chances Bill Self ends up a Spur? ;)
@Jhawk69 i heard hes also good at cooking frozen pizzas.
I could listen to Langford talk basketball all day. Dude’s impressive. Glad he went to Europe, its a part of who he is, seeing the world.
@benshawks08 i just really dont understand how divorced from the truth we are. I guess the truth costs money. And its easier to serve up a pile of trash.
@Kcmatt7 think i was incorrect about those guys. Jesus. All i did was ask google the ones i thought i recalled being lefties. Apparently Google really wanted to tell me “yes”. So much misinformation. Just looked at the youtube vids thx.
Did you know that Lodrick Stewart is left handed and Rodrick Stewart is right handed? Their names worked out well for them I guess.
@Kcmatt7 Hunter, Josh Jackson, JCL, Wayne Selden, Keith Langford.
@Kcmatt7 oh i missed what he was saying. I thought Jose Hernandez was some sort of eccentric left-handed kid. Have we had a lefty on most of Selfs teams?
@drgnslayr :brain: :light_bulb: :fa-hand-o-up:
@Jhawk69 Frank Mason was a baller and my favorite Jayhawk ever, but he did not get to the final 4 in 4 seasons.
He did everything he possibly could with his body and he was an athletic freak, but basketball is a game that favors the tall. Being a prolific 3 point shooter is the great equalizer of course, but Frank was a 30% 3 pt shooter at KU and only hit 40% his senior year.
Steph Curry was a 41% 3 pt shooter on over 9 attempts at Davidson over 3 seasons.
Peterson could be better than Frank. Freshman Kevin Durant was better than Frank. Just cant teach tall.
@MR11 Frank was I think the all time scoring leader at Petersburg HS, ahead of Moses Malone. I dont think Council is that capable offensively, is he?
@benshawks08 MDNAWWAM … make “diversity” not a “woke” word any more…
Acronym rolls right off the tongue! Haha
Also, the above is not intended to be political, just a rebuttal to the idea that sports cannot (should not?) be separated from politics. There is value in keeping things in their lanes.
I think @dylans has a fair point that we need separation / compartmentalization of concepts.
It is a noble goal to find common ground, compassion and consensus with and for people with different beliefs than yourself. If all concepts bleed together that goal can become increasingly hard.
We need to fight back against the winner-take-all globalizing singularity of all entities (including ideas) and be able to appreciate things like moderation, diversity, balance, satisfaction.
Lets not lose our taste for these beautiful concepts!
Yeah, guys, lets move it over to political if we want to continue, please
@Gorilla72 good with this. :thumbs_up:
can we not go scorched earth? I know it’s stressful times, but can we avoid getting personal? ie its better to be disgusted by an idea than a person, its better to discredit an idea than shame a person who thinks it. Defensiveness is antithetical to change, so anyone who is committed to winning over hearts and minds should try to not force people of differing opinions to defend themselves, and thusly make it hard for people to separate themselves from the opinions they hold.
@nuleafjhawk love it!
@dylans ha, run that back!
Now i want thongs that you soak that conform to your feet. Sounds like an experience to have.
Thats throngs, not thongs. Gonna go ahead and head you off at the pass there…
Looking at the throngs
And it occurred to me how much I love people
And how glad I am this isn’t 2020
Let’s keep this thing going a little bit
And not make any of this political, or about revenue, or about our differences, or about our problems.
Just people.
We, the people.
@dylans Flory is going to be a beast unleashed.
I’m happy that the programs our transfers are coming from dont seem to have fanbases claiming their departure as a win. Some actually seem disappointed. Thats a step in the right direction
I have been screening new posters and thats how they get verified to post. They are starting to use the context of the thread to craft a response that seems legit. Like a user with a profile peddling sex dolls responds about ncaa eligibility rulings.
It would be a shame if I have to lock down registration further. Weird times.
@SlimShaddy54 we got 3 role players from the portal and we need 2 more starters. If we cant recruit 2 more guys that are at least as good as the ones we have gotten from the portal, my hopes
arent going to be super high. If we dont have 5 clear starter level players we at least need high level depth.
@FarmerJayhawk would be nice! Whether i can make it or not, this sounds like a great idea and i nominate you to head up the discovery committee to see if it could happen :)
Elite athletes treat their body like a mormon temple… surrounding themselves with non-athletes that do the same might actually make higher standards easier.
I didn’t drink coffee in college…
Beer though.
@Jhawk69 wow this i learned today. Thanks
Mormons are also taught not to drink “hot drinks,” meaning coffee or any tea other than herbal tea…
Now that you got that grill fired up @rockchalkjayhawk heres some nerd raprock to blast while you grill. I saw these guys live twice. Fantastic show.
Would like Zeke back as well.
To you and yours. Hope you find chocolate, thoughts of Jesus, and/or other positive things more relevant to you today.
Finished season 1 of The Last Of Us. As far as zombie apocalypse shows go i found it to be believable and well scripted.
Season 3 of White Lotus started slow but rounded into form beautifully. Wasnt sure it would.
@BShark https://www.tiktok.com/ ↗@streamonmax/video/7491003613771238699
@wissox not like those guys who originally committed to Towson and Appalachian State.
@drgnslayr you keep making these posts that i think should be their own threads!
I am optimistic. I probably need to temper my optimism more than I am.
I’m sure our team won’t always look like a high ceiling, high floor roster full of alphadawgs once the season starts, like they appear to be when they’re bright, shiny signees.
There will be stumbles, there will be underperformers.
But none of the signees thus far have seemed like bad fits, or guys I don’t want to root for (Hunter, when his transfer to us was announced). None of them seem soft, or contact averse. All of them seem to have demonstrated leadership qualities on their teams. All of them appear to be interested in playing some defense. Bill has seemed involved in the recruitment.
We retained Flory.
I’m happy and excited about basketball again, but I would be happier still to see some staff shakeup and when we see the roster rounded out.
If we get 4 more guys cut from the same cloth as those we have already acquired, it could be something special.
Looking forward to no crutches, no excuses, and no bullshit. Bring your hard hats and man up boys.
!aj ↗
@Texas-Hawk-10 we’ll see what beard can get out of him. Should be interesting.
@rockchalkjayhawk join me :)
@BeddieKU23 :exploding_head: