Posts made by approxinfinity

@dylans lets talk in dms.

@dylans small minds can’t see past Uranus

As for losing culture, i dont think where we are is too far off from where we need to be.

And i dont want a weirdo stalker or wife beater. So thats where i am coming from.

I havent heard any strong argument that Jacque cant be the guy here.

@dylans i went to a ncaa division iii tournament soccer game yesterday. On my left were parents of travel soccer players from a few states away whose children now play for the local team, Hampton Sydney. They were uptight and generally boring, small minded people, full of negativity. The announcer said something about “respect is the name of the game” to which one of the mothers muttered “winning is the name of the game”. Her son was on the bench after season ending surgery.

The people on my right were Hampton Sydney college students who knew less about soccer but were excited and positive about the game. They were enjoying the moment. Fun to be around. Happy to shoot the shit.

I am an optimist and I like to believe the the people to my left are the past, and the people to the right the future.

Everything can be what we want it to be. Sports, society, everything. That requires accepting it for what it is and fulfilling the small part we can play to get us there.

@dylans oh i thought you were talking about the world circling the toilet, not KU sports.

Anyway, reality is perspective right?

@dylans sure with that attitude

@dylans im sure the next century will look a little different than the last one.

Youre just being contrarian

Tre White with a nice interview after.

Pretty happy with what i saw. We scrapped, we figured it out, we had a breakout performance from Bidunga. Lots of contributions from other guys. We got to the line. He had a variety of scoring. We got to the deep bench snd would have won by 20.

All things we sucked at last year.

Good stuff from Flory, Melvin, Tre, Bryson, Kohl and Jayden. Good team effort.

@dylans so youre saying Jacque isnt sleazy enough. You dont think most of the machinery around Self would stay on if he retires? You dont think Jacque knows how the money works having spent 13 years as a pro and then coachng pros thereafter?

Glad we arent getting paid to be fans so nobody will judge how good of fans we are.

@BeddieKU23 if we consider value entirely correlated to cost, then DP playing one our of six games feels very unsettling. On the other hand, maybe once the roster has been set and the season is rolling, maybe that is where the monetary valuation crosses the finish line, money was spent to assemble a recruiting class.

• When one of the first dominoes to fall is the biggest, the others fall with it. That is value.
• When he wins showcase games, that is value
• of course when he wins tournament games that is value
• when he represents Kansas as a succesful pro, that is value

However, during the season, every player on this team should be evaluated for how much they contribute to this seasons success and maybe also our enjoyment as fans.

I suggest we put the money out of our minds for a bit. Its there, but the more we the fans, players and staff can watch play and coach for the love of basketball, the better off we will be.

Of course DP will protect the goods. His value is different from others who may burn brightest at KU, or may find tremendous growth here, or may bleed crimson and blue

There is room for both kinds of players and value in both.

Rock Chalk!

Who cares if he does sit in meaningless games? Lets be honest, we have a roster full of guys that want to play and can win games for us, more minutes for everyone else, great!

We dont need things to look like a fairy tale, our goal is to win another championship!

@dylans Bill was 41, Roy was 37. But 50s the new 41 especially for a former elite athlete.

Jacque Vaughn had a 13 year pro career that Bill didnt have. If he didnt he would be 37.

I think at this juncture hiring an nba veteran is the right approach. Kids want to play for a pro. That pretty much means they are going to be older (and healthier) than Bill when we hired him.

Vaughn didnt coach college. Nba is a different animal and i think he did a good job developing the young talent at all of his stops. I have yet to be convinced that his time in the nba foreshadows failure at the college level. The contrary.

In the 90s we had “The Truth”. Now we have Nginyu “NGL” Ngala.

@focojayhawk awesome!

@bskeet that’s amazing. Thanks for the update!

Frankly i am fine with DP focusing on showcase games and the tourney. I believe this teams ceiling will be determined by the play of others, DP is the floor… like the floor on the 3rd story.

Kohl Tiller and DP may be able to hit the 3 consistently. That seems like a solid core for the 3 ball.

Tiller with a calm thoughtful interview. Nice!

Was Flory pissed at Elmarko on the bench?

Mbiya moves pretty well for a footer

These empty espn+ commercial breaks kill me. Can i choose my advertisements and get a service discount please?

Kohl is very technically sound. Footwork, positioning, form.

@DCHawker first time theyve beaten us since 2002. Their superbowl

DP on ice for a bit might have a silver lining

Nice shot Jayden

Dawson was playing 30 mpg last season 11 this year. Needs to see some shots go in?

Nice touch pass Elmarko

Im just happy to watch a team full of aggressive athletes. The magic may or may not happen but at least it CAN happen.

Council may be my favorite by seasons end.

Dude knows how to go go go

I appreciate the depth at the 5 we have. Why not? Tiller Mbiya and Flory are all very different, let them play to their strengths.

Elmarko whew! Good finish there

Kohly moley!

Well. Im not going to give up on Flory but if its position battle between him and Tiller, Tiller has more upside. Certainly when DP is off the floor.

White has a jaquin phoenix as joker on his tricep. Lil crazy. Lil crazy…

Unmoustached unleashed

for reference, here’s a nice table of the rookies so far: https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2026_rookies.html

Does the seat ever get hot? Predictions?

I have Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel on my nba fantasy team. Theyre already fantasy studs, though Duke flamed out last year in the semis.

Now granted, they only lost to Houston 70-67.

Is Scheyer a good coach? Is he all the coach that is needed at this point, at least for Duke? Would he survive with less talent? Would anyone argue that Dukes roster was more talented than Houstons albeit less seasoned? Will Scheyer ever win a Natty at Duke?

Would Bill Self do more with last years Duke roster? Would Kelvin Sampson? Would Jacque Vaughn?

Is Kelvin Sampson the best real head coach in basketball left?

Just some things to muse over.

@wissox @drgnslayr funny how expectations are heightened for kids who stick around but then we cant appreciate why kids want to start over elsewhere.

Bill Eugene Snickets’ Series of Unfortunate Events

@kjayhawks fwiw Bill Self agrees with you and doesnt want his players switching out of laziness on “weak ass ball screens”: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3029910/2021/12/23/off-switch-coming-for-kansas-breaking-down-lazy-ball-screen-coverages-and-what-needs-to-change/?source=user_shared_article

I think switching is a necessary evil in the 3 ball era and even moreso in the NIL era where rosters are built every year.

We have a roster with length and athleticism this year. If we play with consistent energy our switching only when its a necessity should theoretically work.

@patoh3 seems like cause for optimism. This team doesnt seem offensively deficient.

39 rebounds for unc to our 27

We shot 48% from 3

Unc kid is a carry machine

Haha jinx @nuleafjhawk