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@DanR said in KU Mad, Central Florida next on schedule, part 2.:

Coit falls down after routine passes. Reeks of desperation when not desperate

Coit and kj together on the court is the worst lineup possible no matter who the other 3 players are

Coit makes Yesufu look like an all American

@kjayhawks said in KU Mad, Central Florida next on schedule, part 2.:

So a team jacking threes you counter by playing 3 big men smh

Uh uh uh it’s fools gold don’t ya know bud! That’s uh uh what my old pal Sutton always told me back in my hayday!

@kjayhawks said in KU Mad, Central Florida next on schedule, part 2.:

So a team jacking threes you counter by playing 3 big men smh

Griffin is transferring but that won’t be word from his camp for a while so be prepared for the discord and farmer and bshark to all say “no way” from their sources

Trust me - this trash is obscene to watch and after the game he had last - KJ’s back and he’s already starting getting all these wing minutes when he can’t play the position worth a pigs @rse

@wissox thankfully for the better of the program he will retire after next year and then we can find a new coach to complain about!

@BShark said in KU Mad, Central Florida next on schedule, part 2.:

I'm over Bill Self

He’s the goat don’t let current results tell you otherwise! The game has not passed him by only Cal (heavy sarcasm)

Bill letting kj get cooked at the 3 and his man not even guard him

Bill not playing Rylen

Dolla bill playing 3 bigs when everyone called him a lunatic

We welll no dolla bill deserves to lose what a dumb@$$ and prideful idiot with a bad view of the game

@BShark said in KU Mad, Central Florida next on schedule, part 2.:

Inject Juan's ankle with magic at half

Without Shak running pg and Bill the anti 2 foul guy in the first half we are screwed

Juan is in my top 7 to play for this squad he just gets excuses after excuse from dolla Bill and he’s never been recruited over - that’s my gripes

He’s a great kid and good dude but as a ball player he’s highly flawed

@wissox said in KU Mad, Central Florida next on schedule, part 2.:

Seeing that Pebble Beach commercial made me drool. How about we have the first annual KUBuckets golf outing to PB late March? We won't be distracted by KU basketball by then, may be fun.

Deal! You and I can ride together and you’ll like me by the end of the 1st hole - guaranteed

@approxinfinity When fans with years of watching can structure minutes better than the $10m man…..I’m not sure I can just sit back and “be a fan and enjoy it” lol

@TYOHawk said in My crisis of faith in Bill:

He literally just needs to play Dajuan/Zeke/Rylan/Flory and Hunter.

Stop with the preferential treatment to the core 3

Kj and Shak together in pnr with both attacking mentalities and energy off the bench would be great.

We have a clear 7 and AJ isn’t in it because he doesn’t play like the tcu game very often.

The continual play of diggy is befuddling

@Jhawk69 Man if you deep dive Tom’s career it isn’t goat like

Winning super bowls scoring 13 points

Defense saving him against the Seahawks

Has multiple turnovers and wins playoff games (because of his defense)

If you watched him play he wasn’t the best qb

@kjayhawks Some validity to this but not completely sold

Jalen literally made the Super Bowl without saquon at rb. Saquon has been ridiculous this year but if they have a decent rb I still think they make it.

Go through the Super Bowl champs and check out those rb names

I agree the position is coming back because of the defensive tendencies like you stated so there is some validity but unless you have Saquon or Gibbs it doesn’t change much.

Give me a top qb and a defense all day over an above average qb and the best rb

We’ve seen the Niners with Mccaffrey and plenty of other examples

All that to say I think the eagles win 34-21

Their d line is gonna eat, their secondary with the Iowa product is legit and there is no way that we slow down saquon without Jalen hurting us. If James cook can carve the D up and mixon before him…. Barkley gonna destroy us on the ground

@MoonwalkMafia He’s the height of a 2/3 guard

He has the skills of a bad 5 man (can’t even shoot, doesn’t have a post move)

All he is - is strong and can jump yet

His reach and just awful rebounding iq/hustle hurts his defensive rebounding

But let me tell you - don’t let all that go by the wayside because he effects a game like Ochai - Kj is uh uh that good guys

@approxinfinity said in My crisis of faith in Bill:

@Crimsonorblue22 along those lines, I think the mindset of KJ running back from the locker room with a jacked up shoulder in Ames and Self rewarding that act, which was in the best interest of no one save the Cyclones, needs to be adjusted.

We dont always need KJ on the court healthy to win, we almost certainly did not need him on the floor injured that game, and sometimes we need healthy KJ on the bench to win.

I am concerned that by “rewarding” him in that circumstance for something detrimental to the team but could be construed as “toughness” or “sacrifice” is sending a lot of wrong messages.

Let’s get real, keep KJ healthy and ready for those moments when we do need him.

Quit preaching - Bill doesn’t have blind spots or play favorites he always plays the best players that give us the best chance to win!!!

@approxinfinity Shak should have taken all of diggy’s minutes. This was a big boy game and shak is the most athletic guard on the team.

He had a stupid foul that dolla bill harped on him for and then never put him back in. Comically bad coaching but I’m not shocked as we are going on two years of this.

The continual end of half and game reliance on d2 to initiate something might be the most egregious part yet which says a lot because we’ve seen a ton of blunders these past two years!

@Bosthawk If the ncaa grants the 5th year and Juan and kj come back - dolla bill will really wonder why afh is so empty

If the 5th year isn’t granted I’m afraid he gives DP the Oubre treatment and f’s him up

Also think he loves Elmarko and “trusts” him which watch it will limit a top transfer pg we are in on. We will be in on 3-5 of them and if we whiff that would be why.

If we do get the stud transfer pg watch him sit behind elmarko lol

I’m so done with Self. He consistently ran the Wac version 2.0 for a decade and fell flat on his face in the tourney.

His style of ball isn’t ran by anyone in the nba or div 1 based on the players we have.

He and Cal are on their way out

@MoonwalkMafia Uzan for Houston had 17-9-9……Juan also didn’t get credit for his atrocious pass to Griffen

Diggy is a complete waste

Shak shows he can effect a game more

Shak eff’s up and only plays 19 minutes yesterday and Diggy gets 11 spastastic minutes

Self then makes an excuse for d2 being tired and missing game winning free throws

Bill has become what he preached against for decades - what a pu$$

@approxinfinity I think context is needed

2008 - Memphis did exactly what we did last night clanking free throws and handing us the game. We still went out and took it

2022 - Kalkebrenner not playing and Bacot severely hobbled. We still delivered and the game against nova was awesome

My thing is we never just rolled through the field or anything - games are always close.

This looking back is because the style Bill plays. Right now he’s just cashing $10m checks and adding to his investments so he can spoil the grandkids more….but his favorites are brutal.

Rather than get up there and say flory was a stud he references missing a starter. Dude is obsessed with kj and d2. He didn’t even bring up him missing free throws.

I was always told flory would foul out quick if he played and yet he played against a physical team and fouls out in double OT. The Self defenders are blind as heck

@BeddieKU23 March 3 is going to be a double digit beatdown just hopefully not as bad as last year

Anytime we play a top 10 team on the road we’ve seen this story for two years

@approxinfinity Kalkenbrenner and Bacot (he played but clearly limited) is definitely fools gold

@approxinfinity - we have our answer already per postgame

Self: If people think this is the frickin end of the season, it’s not at all. We played right with maybe the best team in America tonight without one of our starters.

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@TYOHawk Juan Harris is the worst PG in the Self era maybe you could say Tharpe is right there with him. I can not wait til he is done in a Kansas uniform we have recruited over some damn good players in Selfs day but not him for some reason. He doesnt even have the talent to play over seas.

Bill doesn’t favor guys to the detriment of the program and he always recruits the best players. He’s always willing to get the best even if it hurts some kids feelings

He has no pets and always plays the best players!

Heavy sarcasm

@TYOHawk d2 is the greatest pg at KU - just ask bill

@dylans I hope d2 takes more ownership of “free throws” than you are doing

@dylans Shooting 3’s isn’t one dimensional it makes the other team guard the entire floor

This comment from dolla bill sounds like what he learned from Sutton in the 70’s or 80’s

I love that after this comment we went on to the final 4 playing 4 guards and made 13 three’s to dukes 7.

We shot 36 and they shot 29….Svi had a double double and did great against Bagley

We go to the final 4 and start the game looking for those “easy baskets” through Dok and get absolutely trounced

We shot 21 threes and made 7 meanwhile nova shot 40 and made 18…..

When we beat nova in 2022 we started the game with an ochai 3 and made 13 (they also made 13)

Shooting the 3 isn’t fools gold. Thinking how Bill does is what gets you with the tough losses and roster construction he’s had

@BShark said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Moderately annoyed that we continued to have Zeke inbound the ball in crunch time when he was clearly struggling with it. I'd have considered Hunter there. Plus Zeke is a guy you want catching the ball if anything to shoot fts.

Goat coaching!

@wissox Sad to be in your head that bad…even when blocked you still have to comment about me…..

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@MoonwalkMafia said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@BeddieKU23 Again, major bill self skeptic here. This is on the players. The mistakes they made are things you learn in middle school

True the players should’ve made simple plays but why have Zeke continue to throw the ball in?

Putting the wrong guys in the wrong spots - where we heard this before @Jhawk69

If Juan is so smart he should throw it in not zeke…

@MoonwalkMafia The inbounds plays were the worst drawn up plays I’ve ever seen

Where guys were cutting was absolutely atrocious

If d2 hits 1 free throw we win…..

@approxinfinity I think we lose because of the talent

Not even a rocking afh could help us win

NCAA games aren’t played here……

This team is finishing 3-4 in the big 12

Hunter baby just coming in clutch! He’s SAAAWWFFFTTT

This team and how coach has handled them is such trash

He wanted guards and said after Duke we had them then proceeded to not play them or at least without the quick hook

Brutal

If we lose Bill won’t say a word about d2’s crucial missed free throws

Those inbounds plays I can’t get over no one cutting right two the ball

Had two guys cut to the corners (worst spot as it is an easy trap)

What is Bill even thinking that’s jr high level bad

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Some of the blame is on Juan he missed 2 free throws

Huge amount the 6th year sr missed 2…..that’s unacceptable but that’s what he typically does in the clutch

Horrible play BILL!!!

Worst inbounds plays I’ve seen in the clutch

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

After a near perfect game Juan misses free ones to keep them in it SMH. I was just thinking about how great he’s been today and with makes had a double double

Second half he’s been bad especially that final play

Fran “this is why he plays” as he clanks two free throws

@BeddieKU23 said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

@approxinfinity said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Da Flory is da ceiling

Criminal offense if he's not starting the rest of the year. Truly

Hahaha you know he won’t be the second the beloved kj is healthy!

Would hate to play the best players at Kansas!

@DCHawker said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

Flory and Griffen = 34 points. Who'd a thunk it...

You and me and @approxinfinity could see it from a mile away

Bill sucks when it comes to how he’s handled this squad and a literal injury exposed it

Huh Kj can’t play and Rylan gets more run with no quick hook - go figure

Oh and fools gold caused that flory dunk cause the defense had to honor the 3

Final 4 starter who can hardly play here go figure

Self mind f’s these guys treating them like frosh

@MoonwalkMafia Go watch the replay - the motion ran there was brutal…..

@dmurban But stats say he’s a great defender!

Roberts just owning hunt this second half

@kjayhawks said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

I just question wtf we was running on the last 2 in bound plays smh

Goat coach going deep in his bag!

Fools gold baby!!!!

Hey dolla bill why give it to d2??????

He gets trapped and throws it at rylans feet

@Jhawk69 - you need more proof still

@approxinfinity said in Feeling the Fieldhouse magic?:

I want a Flory fathead for our master bedroom. Will run it by my wife.

Hahaha!!!!

@Jhawk69 - you need any more proof of pets and leashes??? Flory getting run with double double. With kj we’d lose this game by 10…he’s 6-5 with trex arms he’d get dominated by Houston’s long arm bigs

Flory meanwhile is showing why he’s the best nba talent on the roster yet dolla bill holds him back cause he just “trusts” kj more!

Maybe you will see it but I doubt it

Great in bounds play dolla bill

Fools gold right????

@approxinfinity He’s so much better than kj and he elevates how good this team can be….its not even funny

When Kj is healthy and playing more than flory I’m gonna puke

@MoonwalkMafia we look slow and scared…..

D2 bailed out by the refs there

Scared to shoot three’s, not quick enough to get to the paint even with a ball screen

Back to laboring to score…..sure wish we prioritized offense more

Houston has made some good adjustments