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@focojayhawk said in Generic soccer thread:

I'll be interested to see how the transfers (or non-transfers) for USMNT players pan out. I was hoping Pulisic would end up moving so he could be on the field more consistently. The moves by the goalies to get playing time...even at a lower level...hopefully will pay dividends in November

Poor Pulisic. He just doesn't fit Tuchel's at times non sensical tactical formation. Not sure who does, really. Mostly seems like he doesn't like true offensive wingers. he's got a guy or two just running around up front. Weird, because you'd think "mr all i do is run around Timo Werner" would fit right into that mayhem, but he doesn't. why?

Well, what do i know. Chelsea was Top 3 last season. So, maybe he knows what he's doing. Just seems like a bunch of pissed off players on the team.

His wingers appear to be wingbacks mostly. I'd be frustrated if i played on that team (as Pulisic should be).

@wissox said in Generic soccer thread:

This aint generic

I’m a big soccer fan, but I am definitely growing slightly disillusioned with all the whining, diving and bullying the refs.

It’s worse than the NBA sometimes — watching every single player put up his hands in disbelief every time there’s a whistle. Who, me?

I wish they’d put an end to it. Talk back to the ref? Card.

Surround the ref, booted from the game.

Ha, good story @nwhawkfan .

I was lucky enough to see Pele play in the NASL for the Cosmos in the early 80s? Not that i remember, but i'm sure it was exciting!

Agreed Liverpool looked off today. First half at least for sure. I didn't really look to see if they have bunch of new players that need time to adjust.

Chelsea sure needs time to get its new players comfortable. And i'm sure they have coming and going in the next few weeks.

Back to Liverpool/Fulham...was fun to see Antonee Robinson mark superhuman Mo Salah! what a challenge. Looked like he generally kept him in check the first half. made some bad marking decisions in the second though. maybe he was winded.

Watched some of Chelsea-Everton yesterday.

Chelsea has a slew of new players I don’t know much about yet. This one defender with a name I’ll never be able to pronounce is huge (heavier than most)! I assume he must have some speed as well to pair next to Thiago Silva. He’s getting slower by the game.

Pulisic came on as a late sub. Made a few runs.

Anyway, I hope others find this a good place to chat about whatever the new soccer season brings us. Enjoy!

Thought I’d create a thread for all three of us soccer fans.
Can be a catch all thread...the EPL season started, US players abroad, World Cup run up, etc.

@Kcmatt7 said in Conference realignment:

@drgnslayr said in Conference realignment:

I got it. Let's just sign up all remaining teams that aren't in the Big10 or SEC... We'll form a 60-team conference and have more viewers than both of these conferences. All of our media will be built by Jay-Z. We'll figure out what we are doing later... lol

I've got a great name for that conference.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

@Kcmatt7 Ha. not like that name will be in use in a few years! :)

Agreed, but this time of year that's about all you're gonna get, right?
The defensive front line could be a mess.

@nwhawkfan said in Conference realignment:

As a Big 12 (nee Big 8) grad who lives in Pac-12 (nee Pac-8) country, it's interesting to watch fans in each conference badmouth the other.

I'm hearing exactly the same rhetoric from both sides..."How dare we lower ourselves by taking in schools from THAT conference. They don't compare to the teams in OUR league." The truth is that both conferences are "walking wounded" after they lost their sugar daddy schools.

Personally I'd like to see more cooperation and less backbiting. Let's face it, there's a reason that the Big 10 and SEC didn't come calling for the others: The dollar bill. And the Notre Dame situation makes it even more unlikely that any of the have-nots will join the two majors. The sooner the larger left-behind schools figure this out and start making the best of the situation, the better.

It's open season for attacking each other at the moment. Biggest mouth the winner, they think.

Hard to blame any of em, as they are fighting for survival.

Not sure it matters that much in the end. the BIG and SEC are the top dawgs from here on out. The rest will nibble at the bits.

DE Carlos Dunlap is onboard, finally.

$8M seems like a lot for a guy at this stage of his career. Hoping he has enough left in the tank to contribute.

@bskeet said in Conference realignment:

For Kansas, the question is: Are we better off (long term) as a big fish in a little pond or a little fish in The B1G pond?

I choose Big fish, big pond! :)

@BShark said in 2023 Recruiting:

@justanotherfan 2 wings and a guard probably. 1 wing for sure. Of course if you can get it done for Evans, you do it. I could see looking at the portal for most spots. Especially since most departures could be up in the air.

I prefer 2 wings and a thigh when i order from El Pollo Loco. Mmm, El Pollo Loco...

Apologies if there's a thread already...couldn't find one!

Anyways, the Big 12 better get its sh*t together quickly if they want to survive. Rumors now that the BIG wants the rest of the top tier Pac 12 schools.

Rumor mill:
For the past week or so, the Big Ten commissioner, Kevin Warren, has been steadfast that the conference is not looking to further expand after already poaching both USC and UCLA from the Pac-12 earlier this summer. However, there is a new report out there from CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd that shows that the Big Ten could be after another group of Pac-12 teams in the future.

“According to my reporting, the Big Ten is now targeting Cal, Stanford, Oregon, and Washington in a further expansion that would bring the league to 20 teams at least,” Dodd said. “There is another report out there that the Big Ten is also looking at Florida State and Miami, and at that point would be a monopoly of college athletics at the top of the food chain.”

That would be painful to watch, and painful for the Big 12.

@FarmerJayhawk said in IARP update:

@rockchalkjayhawk said in IARP update:

@FarmerJayhawk said in IARP update:

@rockchalkjayhawk said in IARP update:

@drgnslayr said in IARP update:

I think the key moving forward is to realize there are still rules governing players and universities. The rules have changed... but we have to abide by those rules.

Makes me wonder... since college basketball is so competitive... what are the new areas to cheat in and give your school an advantage? There has to be that line again.

Anyone like to comment on that?

It’s still all about “boosters”. That’s the gray area. How you define booster in the days of NIL is baffling to me.

Boosters still cannot recruit nor funnel money to recruits.

But, they are setting up shell companies to do just that. How do you defend that if you’re the NCAA?

KUAD is making a big push to RCJH, a newish c3 that exists solely for NIL. Have some spare cash laying around and want it to go to the welfare of our SA’s, it’s a great choice and the one preferred by KUAD*

*unofficially

I understand that, but I don’t understand that.

If I’m a guy who went to KU, donate money to KU in many ways, then give money to this RCJH fund, aren’t I a “booster”?

Boosters can give to current players for NIL. The way they’re getting around is saying hey these are the types of opportunities we offer players like you wink wink

Texas Tech is a good example of how this works in practice. Donors have pledged to provide all football players a $20k annual stipend. They’ll absolutely use that on the recruiting trail and say hey kid, come here and it’s $20k in your pocket as long as you’re at Tech. So they aren’t providing inducements per se, but that’s a big part of their recruiting pitch.

My brain hurts trying to figure out this NIL stuff, Farmer!
But coaches and universities can't discuss NIL stuff during recruiting, right?

@drgnslayr said in IARP update:

Can't we start a "KUBuckets Player Assist Program" and essentially raise funds and dish them out to players for use of their likeness in our blog?

Seems like we can just add a donation button to this site and start a fund. (hint)

Dang, Dragon...
For a second there i thought you were going to help us poor KU buckets participants! :) $$$

@FarmerJayhawk said in IARP update:

@rockchalkjayhawk said in IARP update:

@drgnslayr said in IARP update:

I think the key moving forward is to realize there are still rules governing players and universities. The rules have changed... but we have to abide by those rules.

Makes me wonder... since college basketball is so competitive... what are the new areas to cheat in and give your school an advantage? There has to be that line again.

Anyone like to comment on that?

It’s still all about “boosters”. That’s the gray area. How you define booster in the days of NIL is baffling to me.

Boosters still cannot recruit nor funnel money to recruits.

But, they are setting up shell companies to do just that. How do you defend that if you’re the NCAA?

KUAD is making a big push to RCJH, a newish c3 that exists solely for NIL. Have some spare cash laying around and want it to go to the welfare of our SA’s, it’s a great choice and the one preferred by KUAD*

*unofficially

I understand that, but I don’t understand that.

If I’m a guy who went to KU, donate money to KU in many ways, then give money to this RCJH fund, aren’t I a “booster”?

@drgnslayr said in IARP update:

I think the key moving forward is to realize there are still rules governing players and universities. The rules have changed... but we have to abide by those rules.

Makes me wonder... since college basketball is so competitive... what are the new areas to cheat in and give your school an advantage? There has to be that line again.

Anyone like to comment on that?

It’s still all about “boosters”. That’s the gray area. How you define booster in the days of NIL is baffling to me.

Boosters still cannot recruit nor funnel money to recruits.

But, they are setting up shell companies to do just that. How do you defend that if you’re the NCAA?

But if I did react to the Self/Townsend recruiting news...

I’d say it doesn’t appear to be a good sign they’ve been benched.

KU has been fighting this every step of the way (as far as we know). Self-imposing a penalty (no pun intended) can be read no other way than admitting guilt of some sort.

Honestly, speculation is just useless during this invisible IARP “process”.

It completely sucks. An embarrassment for the NCAA and years of torment for all the schools still waiting for a ruling.

I truly can’t believe they haven’t aborted this entire thing, or at the very least realized they need to hire more people to handle the workload. How hard can that be???

In the draft, the Nuggets selected Christian Braun with their own first-rounder (21st), an experienced, athletic wing who helped Kansas win the NCAA tournament in 2021/22. Head coach Michael Malone has praised Braun, implying that he might have a regular role as a rookie.

The Heat have signed Marcus Garrett and Darius Days to two-way contracts, the team announced in a press release. Miami had to waive Javonte Smart and Mychal Mulder to create space for Garrett and Days, who signed ahead of the club’s final summer league game.

Garrett, a defensive-minded guard, has impressed the Heat with his effort and athleticism. Miami signed him to a two-way contract after last year’s summer league, then waived the 23-year-old in January.

@DCHawker said in Ochai's Summer League debut:

@KirkIsMyHinrich Unfortunately, a bit more of a struggle for CB. A couple of really bad shooting games. 1-10; 0-5 last night. But, he otherwise filled the stat sheet with 12 RBs, 5 assists, and 3 blocks.

Hoping CB finds his NBA shooting range. Didn’t he shoot like 38% from 3 at KU last season? He’ll be fine soon.

@dylans said in USMNT:

@rockchalkjayhawk A couple ends of the spectrum - I believe Yellowstone is on paramount+ as is that new star trek show - discovery. the new Sonic the hedgehog movie is as well - I have a 6 year old. There’s a few decent shows/movies if you dig around, but it’s no Netflix that’s for sure!

Oh cool. I Was debating watching the new Star Trek, and Yellowstone. Thx for the recommendation!

BTW, i do like the Paramount+ platform so far.
Seems easy to navigate, stable, clean.

Slightly bummed that i could not watch the USWNT game on replay last night, i had to wait til this morning before it was posted. (couldn't watch live).

So far so good though.

@dylans said in USMNT:

@rockchalkjayhawk There are a couple good shows on Paramount+ as well. Helps justify the cost. I figure it’s several hundred dollars to go to a game, so I don’t mind spending a few to watch it from the comfort of home. -and it’s still much cheaper than cable or satellite for me.

Oh good. what shows you like? Always looking for new material. i put a few on my fav list last night so i could check em out.

Well, disappointed that the last few games for both the men and women have been on a streaming pay service. Paramount+
just another one i gotta shell out cash for now i suppose.
insert grumpy old man joke here: ____

Just saw this, but it’s a few days old.
For you Kansas folks, the girl plays for Nickerson High, and just committed to Iowa. Her father died in the accident. She’s on a ventilator. Sounds awful.

https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/34214636/father-iowa-women-basketball-recruit-dies-being-struck-car ↗

The Nuggets have signed first-round draft picks Christian Braun and Peyton Watson to their rookie contracts, the team announced in a press release. Denver also officially signed undrafted Villanova guard Collin Gillespie to a two-way contract.

Braun, 6″7″, was drafted No. 21 overall last month. He helped Kansas win the NCAA championship this past season, averaging 14.1 points and 6.5 rebounds in 34.4 minutes per game. He also shot 49.5% from the floor and 39% from downtown during those outings. Assuming the usual 120% of the rookie scale, his deal will be for four years and $13.77MM.

@approxinfinity said in USMNT:

@rockchalkjayhawk twas. Reminded me of the womens dominance.

They were competing with themselves.

It really did remind me as well of the women's dominance.

I don't really follow the under 20s much, but if i recall they haven't qualified for the olympics in like a decade? that says something about their performance this week.

Hard to get into the nitty gritty of their play without knowing the talent by name, but more than a few stood out. Aaronsen's little brother tore it up!

Just a dominant tournament for the US. They crushed the Dominican today.

I mean literally barely a shot taken on our goal in all games.

Very fun to watch.

I have been completely impressed with the U-20 team. Not something i typically watch, but I caught a few of their games the last few days in the CONCACAF U20 championship.

They seem confident as hell, dominated the ball, with some great shots on goal. They made the championship game, so can't wait to watch that on Sunday.

Quinn Sullivan really seemed impressive. It's my first time seeing any of these guys really.

Very fun to watch. Happy to see that. Very much hope that translates to the big boy team.

The Cavaliers have officially signed 2022 draft picks Ochai Agbaji and Isaiah Mobley, the team announced today in a press release.

The 14th overall pick in last week’s draft, Agbaji received the rookie scale contract that is standard for first-round picks. Assuming he signed for the full 120% of the rookie scale, which is the norm, he’ll earn approximately $3.9MM in year one and $18.7MM across four years.

The 22-year-old Agbaji won an NCAA championship with Kansas as a senior in 2021/22 and enjoyed his best college season, averaging 18.8 PPG and 5.1 RPG with a shooting line of .475/.407/.743 in 39 games (35.1 MPG).

I vaguely remember something about bland gumbo, but sure as hell can't find any reference to it!

@wissox maybe the shrimp went bad in your gumbo when you went back thru the NC thread! burp.

@FarmerJayhawk said in 2022 Transfer Portal Thread:

Bates just turned 18 in January. Wild he'll be a sophomore in college. Maybe heading down a level will help him out. Being away from media and all that jazz.

I was 17 frosh year in college too. Thank god I didn’t get carded much at The Hawk!

Wow. shocker. Saw an early mock draft for next year, and surprise, surprise! Gradey Dick mentioned as the last pick in Round 1.
Here we are debating his chances to start, when he's a projected NBA pick!
Wadda we know...

1. G Gradey Dick
   Ht./Wt.: 6-7, 195 pounds | Kansas: Freshman

Dick is way more bouncy and athletic than what meets the eye. On top of that, he can shoot out of the gym. He averaged 17.9 points per game on one of the best high school basketball teams in the country, Sunrise Christian Academy. He knows he'll have to work for that starting slot, but can slide in and help fill the void of Ochai Agbaji (No. 14 this year) and Christian Braun (No. 21) next season.

As the 14th pick, Och will potentially earn $2.9M and $3.1M his first two years.

As the 21st pick, Braun could earn $2.1M and $2.2M in his first two years.

Millionaires! That’s awesome for them.

Och in the lottery!
(dude, lose the freaking gum!)

Well, every year I wait til the current year’s recruiting class is settled before digging into the next year’s recruiting thread.
(2023).

Somehow I still don’t feel like the team is set!

But maybe it’s time ...

I've been thinking for awhile now that Braun would be a perfect fit for the Warriors.

Just saw this story on the Warriors thinking:

"The Athletic's Zach Harper reported in his latest Q&A column, that Golden State is open to moving the pick in order to free up guaranteed money. If they end up keeping the pick, the Warriors are rumored to be interested in Michigan's Caleb Houstan, Kansas' Christian Braun and Ohio State's E.J. Liddell.

"The defending champs are apparently open to moving their 28th pick in the draft, and that could be tied to some guaranteed money causing them an even greater luxury-tax bill, although there isn’t a huge difference between a minimum deal and what the 28th pick would command," Harper writes. "If they do decide to keep it, the Warriors are thought to be interested in Houstan or Christian Braun. E.J. Liddell would be the dream scenario, but it’s hard to imagine him falling to No. 28."

@approxinfinity said in USMNT:

@rockchalkjayhawk

"Kate is a fame hungry wannabe wag. She was never going to stop until she bagged a footballer."
— Damian Burke, ex-husband.

Fun times

And the story gets better!

@nwhawkfan said in USMNT:

The manager of the Wales national team just resigned today. Ryan Giggs, the one-time Manchester United star, is facing domestic assault charges. His assistant took charge of the team in their last few games. Hard to tell how all of this will affect the USMNT in group play, but it ought to at least remove that possible distraction for the Welsh side.

https://www.espn.com/soccer/wales-wal/story/4688788/ryan-giggs-steps-down-as-wales-manager/ ↗

There are some interesting charges levied against Giggs. The charges make him sound very controlling and jealous. Crazy. They say he kicked his girlfriend in the back, and booted her into the hall butt naked at a hotel! Too bad. He was a good player to watch back in the day.

@focojayhawk said in USMNT:

I'm in Mexico on vacation right now. I've asked a few locals if they remember what happened 20 years ago today in world soccer. Then I reminded them of the fat 'Dos a Cero' the US laid on Mexico in the round of 16 in World Cup '02. They didn't seem particularly interested in remembering...but I sure remember.

You’re typing, so you must still be alive after mentioning Dos A Cero while in Mexico. You got big balls!

@nwhawkfan said in USMNT:

Good start to my afternoon...Kansas City and Seattle both get named as host cities for the 2026 World Cup ! The USMNT's youth movement should by coming into its own by then. As for this year, I'll be happy if we make it out of our group.

Getting out of the group may be a close call this year. England the clear cut No. 1. I think we can do it, but the US, Wales and Iran aren’t too far apart in the world rankings. I truly believe we have more talent though. Just gotta play to that level and minimize the stupid mistakes.

@approxinfinity said in USMNT:

@rockchalkjayhawk good article. I liked their takes across the board. They told it like it is And didn’t hesitate to criticize american coverage contributing to lack of interest in USMNT:

Sure, Friday’s NBA finals Game 4 held more interest for the average American sports fan than a Nations League stroll in a Texan sweatbox against the world’s 170th-ranked team. But did the Grenada game need to kick off on a Friday night at 10pm ET and be broadcast in English on the cavernous ESPN+ subscription streaming service, where viewers may have been distracted by alternative delights such as the La Crosse Loggers versus the Bismarck Larks in the Northwoods baseball league?

Tuesday’s clash in San Salvador, on FS1, Univision and TUDN, also kicked off at 10pm ET as the USMNT continued its war on people who have to get up early the next morning. The game even clashed with a rescheduled home MLS match for one of the continent’s most popular clubs, as Seattle hosted Vancouver. This on the day that MLS announced a lucrative and comprehensive deal with Apple TV; compare and contrast.

Way more entertaining. You nailed it, they truly say it like it is.

Isn’t that just way more fun than reading something like this?

From Ives’ site: The USMNT was put under pressure in the first half by El Salvador and conceded 10 minutes from halftime with Alexander Larin supplying the opening goal.

Zzzzzzz

OMG, English “football” writers just crack me up. This story about the US squad had me crying. An excerpt: It was an archetypal febrile, bad-tempered, VAR-less Concacaf scrap on a dreadful surface, a context that will bear little resemblance to the Group B games in Qatar against Wales, England and Iran. You’d hope.

The Guardian story: https://sports.yahoo.com/world-cup-sight-usmnt-still-111447019.html ↗

@BShark said in 2022 Transfer Portal Thread:

@Crimsonorblue22 said in 2022 Transfer Portal Thread:

@BShark that's not so great.😳

Not you, the delusional people that think Cam is good. Nance is good. If Cam is a factor we are in trouble but I believe Bill would play the FR bigs over Cam.

But he's got tattoos.

Doesn't that make him good?

@approxinfinity said in USMNT:

@rockchalkjayhawk home field advantage was maximized. No VAR, mudbowls, Concacaf is RAW

TOTALLY!!!!!!

I thought about giving up at half as well.

At the start of the match, seeing the horrendous conditions, I couldn’t help but think that Pulisic and any other semi fragile player or valuable player should be OFF the field and on the bus to the airport. Who cares about this result.

The field was just so bad that as you say @approxinfinity , talent was minimized.

Well that El Salvador game wasn’t too pleasant to watch!
The Arriola red card should’ve been a yellow. The Adams yellow card maybe a red.
Musah was very energetic, but could not finish a few prime opportunities.
And that El Salvador goal: a blister of a shot, no doubt. But WTF was Harvath doing??? Cover the freaking post, the only place dude could have sent the ball given the defensive positioning.

Who’s Nance? Don’t recall his name...

@focojayhawk said in USMNT:

I don't think it'll happen, but I'd like to see Berhalter play either Weah or Reyna up top in one of these lead up games. So much depth with Aaronsen, Musah, McKennie, Pulisic, Weah, Adams, Reyna, De la Torre...to then put someone up top at the 9 that is far less talented seems like a bummer to me.

NBC predicts you may get your wish tonight...

Horvath

Yedlin – Zimmerman – Carter-Vickers – Robinson

Adams – Musah – McKennie

Pulisic – Weah – Aaronson