Goodbye Tharpe?
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Interesting the KU players on twitter, at this time talking about working out and mentioning zero about their teammate! Well trained.
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Did we know about his daughter?
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@Crimsonorblue22 : Do you mean did we know he had a daughter? If so, yes.
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@Kip_McSmithers no, meant her having health issues. Although it’s none of our business, just these issues come up when questionable things happen.
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I hope all the best for him in his endeavors apart from KU. It’s obviously for his best interest. I pray the best for his daughter too.
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Just a shot in the dark here… but HCBS told Tharpe it’s in Tharpe’s best interest if he transfers now because Self knows he’s got the next starting point guard for KU suiting up next year.
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Sad to see Tharpe go. Always liked him. Seems like a really nice kid. Hope he goes to a program where he can get big minutes and gets a degree after his Senior year.
Also sadly I agree that as a team we are probably better off with him gone. Could be a huge year for Mason and CF.
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I know there was talk about this player would make us win in this game and that, but one has to wonder why the guys who would have helped us win weren’t starting but playing well at the end of games late in the season.
To me it’s because they have fresher legs, knees and bodies if they are only plying 7-15 mins a game and not 30 to 35.
Might be why we all think that Tharp was a better choice than EJ and EJ was a better option over Taylor and so on. When you are back up you are a little fresher than the guy that’s playing two to 3 times the amount of minutes.
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I as many had extremely high hopes for Na as a freshman in Bill’s “box”.
As a sophomore we also envisioned a different outcome to the Michigan game with EJ off the court & Tharpe in his groove at the end.
As a Junior, it was rough sailing from beginning (suspension} to an anticlimactic end (selfie).
But maybe HEM summed up the playing issues most accurately in saying that perhaps Tharpe was just more comfortable running a veteran team than leading younger guys. What ever the cause, the effect is powerful. Sad to hear of his family problems & I’m sure there’s more than truly meets the eye, but more so yet, because we’re losing a diehard Jayhawk, no ifs, ands, or buts. This opens the door even wider for our returners plus Graham if he does end up here. Also, it maybe even gives us a shot at a more elite PG in 2015 or 16.
But from all the rats on kubuckets, our deepest gratitude &sincerest thanks to you Nadir, for all you’ve accomplished, given, and the efforts you’ve put forth. Find the right path for your family & yourself. Sometimes things happen for reasons we don’t fully understand, and just maybe it’s better this time that we really don’t.
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Good luck Nadir and hope your daughter is 100% soon.
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Just a shot in the dark here… but HCBS told Tharpe it’s in Tharpe’s best interest if he transfers now because Self knows he’s got the next starting point guard for KU suiting up next year.
Now this is funny after a difficult story. The pic is priceless.
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@HighEliteMajor And here I thought Al Gore invented the internet.
Who Knew it was Abe?
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@HighEliteMajor : That’s my kind of humor.
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"And here I thought Al Gore invented the internet.
Who Knew it was Abe?"
No… it was definitely Gore! He invented the internet. He just lied about his age!
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Not just an issue of freshness, also an issue of exposure.
Teams prepare specifically for starters. Most college teams don’t prepare specifically for reserves, which means a reserve doesn’t have to go to his secondary skills. This is why guys can look great as reserves and have people clamoring for them getting more time, then struggle in an expanded role because they just don’t have the secondary skills to back up their primary package.
This is also why I am very cautious about avoiding recruiting top level players. I don’t mind OADs because you are pretty sure they can play. Guys ranked below 50 may develop like Tyshawn or may turn out more like Naadir. But you don’t know until you are 2-3 years down the road.
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Thanks to Naadir Tharpe and best wishes. Addition by subtraction as far as guard play goes. This should free up minutes for deserving players to get an opportunity to contribute. The cupboard is never bare at the University of Kansas!
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I predicted weary loads for Naadir, his coach and team unity come 2014-15. Now he gets a chance for a new breath of life, sitting a year to get his game and life together in a different program, perhaps starting and thriving his 4th eligible season. Unfortunately, his presence probably would have cast a distraction on the next Jayhawk season. The highest acclaim I can give him: I think we would have whipped Michigan in 2013 if he had subbed for EJ. His junior season was topsy turvy bittersweet sad…and then the nude photo. We will be no worse off with Mason and/or Frankamp running the point. Maybe much sounder. Hope springs eternal, says the ironic poet. And if Graham or someone new shows up, well then…
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@REHawk Actually, I feel somewhat energized by this announcement. Had already begun to dread the point guard logjam for November.
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@REHawk I agree with that. The logjam seems like less of an issue now.
Let’s assume that we don’t land Graham for a minute. I for one would love to land him but think he may play behind CF and Mason no matter what. At any rate, what is our lineup? This is kind of what I think but not sure how things will shake out.
PG - Mason starts with CF backing up but getting 50% of the PT. SG - Selden will obviously start. Greene backing up…but can he handle the ball well enough to play lots of 2? SF - Oubre starting with AW3 backing up. PF - Ellis obviously starting with Jamari off the bench. PF/C - Alexander starting with Mickelson and Lucas splitting off the bench and one of those guys will get more minutes than the other.
Thoughts?
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@joeloveshawks Now I see this discussion was already started…beat me to the punch.
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@HighEliteMajor OMG…I feel like we just won the lottery, HEM.
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I am shocked how good it makes me feel that Naadir wants to spend more time with his child. I assume he will now devote more time to reality, and less time to playing doctor and nurse. Or maybe, the woman who bore his child also saw the picture of Dr. Tharpe’s close examination of his nurse, and had a conniption fit. I realize my hypothesis is pure speculation, but stranger things have happened. Wow, the one day I work really late, and don’t jump on the internet, and all hell breaks loose …in a really good kind of way. This is great news, indeed.
