Posts made by BShark

Nothing but good things being said about Kohl. It’s early though, we will see when games start.

@TYOHawk said in Staff Change:

@BShark said in Staff Change:

Believe a final interview type thing is occurring this week… Wish I had the name.

Swain just said the same

Always good to see confirmation like that.

Believe a final interview type thing is occurring this week… Wish I had the name.

@dylans he was listed as a full assistant coach

This is going to be interesting.

Tony Bland another name to monitor.

Being reported now that Chase Buford should be taking a job with the Nuggets.

@Jhawk69 said in KU Roster for 25-26:

For me the question is whether Bill Self can work the ol Bill Self magic on this group. Historically he is good at getting the most out of his teams but that sure as hell didn’t happen these past couple seasons.

The last two years did have quite a bit in common. The hope is that it was just a rotten core. I still think bringing in Hunter was ultimately a mistake but alas.

@Jhawk69 said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@BShark I agree for the most part. I will also note that KU’s defense last year was a paper tiger. Sure, they could completely stiffle Cincinatti and Arizona State to inflate their numbers, but any above-average offense absolutely carved them up at will. They allowed Baylor to score 60 points in one half! They gave up an open three in pretty much every “must stop” situation too.

As bad as the BYU game was the Utah game was absolutely horrific as well. Just many cases of them being horrific defensively.

@dylans I think unless we see some kind of major change this is the future of college athletics.

@Jhawk69 I think it’s worth giving the team a shot, we largely have new players.

I would take KU’s roster over Arizona. I believe a lot of Dylans being down on the situation is not believing in Flory in general. I know him and Approx went at it on this subject before. I am somewhere in the middle with him but I think it’s very much within the realm of possibility that he proves to be a better all around player for the team than Hunter was. Defense can be hard to measure. I know last year’s team graded out well on that end but I believe that is largely due to Bill’s genius. That team was not getting a stop when they needed it. I suspect this team will be better on both ends if things play out right. This roster has quite a bit of positional length and should be getting after teams, attacking the ball to generate turnovers and thriving in transition. This team should actually play fast again, which was impossible to do with Hunter. As far as the offense in general, I know the KJ/Juan horse is long dead, but the impact of not playing a complete non-shooter and an unwilling shooter will open things up tremendously. That’s the thing some people (not saying anyone here) don’t understand about this topic in general. Jalen Wilson in the title year shot 26% from three. The important thing is that he was a willing shooter that had to at least be guarded out there.

TL;DR I’m going to believe in this team until they give me a reason not to.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in I'm Back:

what’s the dr say? I’m so sorry!

Not really any answers at this point. Is what it is, just have to try to keep living. Last few days mostly better again but his weight is down a lot since the blockage. Needs to try and get it up but eating potentially makes him feel much worse so he often does not want to.

@dylans said in I'm Back:

Chemo is tuff.

“cure” as bad as the disease etc

@approxinfinity said in To hell with the summer:

Is it KU sports time yet or what?

I need it more than ever

@benshawks08 not looking great lately. He doesn’t want to eat

@Kcmatt7 said in Jayhawk football schedule. Wissox Forecast.:

My opinion, JD6 should be sharper. I expect meltdowns to not be so horrific. I think the offense gets back its mojo.

7+ wins

7-8 and I’d be pretty happy. More than that OR one of the wins is against KSU and I’m thrilled.

Back on the chemo grind next week

Great moves by the Royals.

@patoh3 said in I'm Back:

@BShark what was the medicine? if the medicine was a pain pill/narcotic, it is to help lessen his pain with a potential for constipation, which could cause another blockage. He should have been given something along with it to prevent the constipation side effect. If he was receiving the pain medicine while hospitalized and was having normal BM’s once the bowels started working again, then the likelihood of a blockage is low. You should have been told about that potential side effect though before being discharged. Unfortunately, discharge instructions, too often, are not as thorough as they should be. This occurs because of staffing shortages, staff apathy, and the patient wanting to get out of the hospital hours, if not days, before it occurs.

He did not receive the medicine until after discharge as far as I know. Though I will say I don’t know exactly what they were giving him while he was in there. I’m doing what I can but I can only stand being in and around hospitals so often, that I wasn’t there a ton during those 10 days. I did visit several times and talk to the nurses etc… This is stage 4 colon cancer so normal bms don’t really exist anymore.

@benshawks08 Definitely a major takeaway for me has been how overworked people in this sector are.

I need to vent/cool off right now. So they prescribed him meds as he left. One of the meds for pain…right on the FUCKING LABEL “do not take if you have or are recovering from a bowel blockage or narrowing of the intestines”. Nothing was said by the doctor about this when going over the meds before he was discharged. First few days back home he was miserable until we figured out he needed to stop taking that. Last couple days much better so far…

Things are very not great atm

@rockchalkjayhawk I’m pretty happy they are at least allowed to continue if they were already aboard. NCAA is pretty daft sometimes.

@rockchalkjayhawk said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@BShark said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@AsadZ said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@BShark He is 26 years old.

Right, it’s pretty crazy that he has eligbility left. Modern times I suppose.

@rockchalkjayhawk I would be rather surprised if that spot was filled. Only so much $ and playing time.

Yea on that roster spot? Seems weird for a major program like Kansas to not have a full roster of players. Times are changing i suppose.

It is also more than it used to be now. 15 instead of 13. Admittedly it was always a big bigger with walk-ons. The last spots now are essentially walk-ons. Finding cheap players in this era will be important.

@AsadZ said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@BShark He is 26 years old.

Right, it’s pretty crazy that he has eligbility left. Modern times I suppose.

@rockchalkjayhawk I would be rather surprised if that spot was filled. Only so much $ and playing time.

@Jhawk69 He only has one year of eligibility left. Frankly I’m not even sure how given how old he is and how many years he has already played.

Name to monitor Quentin Coleman

They ran some more scans this morning and are going to see if the surgery isn’t needed. It responded better than expected. They are going to see if he can drink liquids without getting sick.

@approxinfinity They don’t think he will need a colostomy bag at least… Hopefully that proves true.

ETA: It really does help to just have a place to talk about this.

@approxinfinity said in I'm Back:

@BShark best outcome! Whew. Glad to hear.

Does seem like they are going to have to surgically remove it now. They were hoping it could go away naturally with help but it isn’t.

Turns out it was an internal blockage, they said it’s not uncommon with people who have had surgery in that area. Should hopefully be back home in a few days.

taking him now, hopefully just food poisoning (I got sick yesterday as well after we ate somewhere)

@Crimsonorblue22 said in I'm Back:

@BShark oh no! I thought he was thru the worst of it. is he back on treatments? I’m so sad for you, hang in there.

I am not fully sure but he seems to be sick again. Sometimes it can be hard to know what it is, but will need to take him to the hospital probably.

@mayjay wonderful news

It’s getting worse with my brother the last week or so.

Completely agree on Agyemang. AWFUL.

@approxinfinity said in Recruiting Notes:

@BShark nice. Would be great to put the core of that class together early

I have heard part of this is wanting to get a big centerpiece commitment early to get the ball rolling. Do think Holt is most likely and Stokes is now trending Nike.

@approxinfinity I’ve been catching the last few Gold Cup matches. I’d say this is a B/C type of squad for the US, but they have done well considering. This isn’t a high stakes even so it’s good to see what we have in some of these guys.

Catching some Caleb Holt chatter. Adidas play perhaps.

Wow, Diego Luna is on some kind of run right now.

5 ACC opponents this year.

Demir ended up signing with Oregon after KU won out for Mbiya.

@dylans said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@wissox I’d hate being forced to work in Utah as well. The draft is kinda bull crap - definitely not how I’d like to be chosen for work. But I don’t know how you’d force parity on the league without salary caps and weighted drafts. You’d end up with a bunch of Duke, Kansas, Alabama, Ohio State, Dodgers, Yankees garbage where the biggest checkbook wins.

I really hate how it works in baseball. Part of it is just the sports involved but I do fully believe that the way the NFL has created major parity is a big part of the success. Obviously having an elite QB solves a lot and can make a team consistently good. But we always see a lot of season to season change in the NFL.

I can confirm what Farmer is saying about revshare. I seriously would not expect much at all with a potential last addition.

@kjayhawks said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@BShark our defense and rebounding should improve drastically. Ge last 3 years have been sub par for a Self coached team.

Yes. Hunter was a huge liability on that end. All the bigs in the rotation are athletic again.

@approxinfinity said in KU Roster for 25-26:

What a difference a year makes. Would be fine if espn hype train ignores us completely until we make some noise.

I’m perfectly fine with that. KU should have to earn it after the last two years.

I think this is now a top 10 roster. Before the additions I would have said moreso top 20 range. The back-up big was a must. The roster to me makes sense, and feels properly built around Darryn Peterson. I also really love all the length this team has. Positional length across the board. Elmarko at 6’3’’ will be the shortest rotation player. Council and Dawson both appear to have major plus wingspans.

@wissox said in The portal.:

If I could get paid for each of the comments on this thread…Wondering if it’s safe to shut er down now? Is Bill done? Roster is set?

I don’t think the last addition will be meaningful if there is one but you never know I suppose.

Bill Self is BACK folks

Answering multiple questions here

Tre White should start at the four.

I have the starting line-up as DP, Elmarko, Council, White, Flory based on early practice reports. Dawson will play a lot whether he starts or not.

@HoraceZontal Yeah you have to space it out more than you would think. Checking the preview is a good way to see what it will look like when the post gets submitted.