Posts made by bskeet

As for the US being one of the worst corporations in the world – I’m no economist or political science, but based on my limited knowledge, the US is NOT a for-profit business. The analogy of the US being a for-profit business is a false premise.

The US is a government. It’s closer to a non-profit if the analogy must be pushed, but it’s better to not try to fit it into either of those models. The practices of running a for-profit or non-profit business are different from running a government and mapping business practices wholesale onto a government is dubious.

That said, it SHOULD have fiscal responsibility and accountability. (I think that’s what Congress is supposed to do, but I’m no political scientist…) I think it is obvious that it should not operate in an ever-deepening deficit.

That said, I’ve heard others explain that the rules are different for governments and particularly for the government that owns the standard global currency. Again, I’m no economist, so I’ll leave it there.

That study sounds suspect to me too… I imagine if I lived in the 1920s and someone said “Go review the government research and get rid of the stuff that seems stupid,” I would look at the research on molds as expendable. Of course, that would have been tragic since that research lead to penicillin. (It was actually discovered in London, but hopefully you get my point.) Studying mold turns out to have been a good thing to study even though it might have looked like a pretty dubious thing to study.

Research… Science works this way… Some studies go no where. Others lead to something consequential. Not every study is going to lead to a revolutionary product like penicillin. Science requires following a lot of ideas. It’s expensive and time consuming. Fortunately, the US has been blessed with the resources to invest in lots of research over the last 100 years and it has led to a steadily better standard of living for its citizens and, in many cases, the global population.

Anyway, the bigger point: I’m all for scrubbing out excessive spending on widgets and over-priced projects – but I’d like there to be some due diligence by people with knowledge of the domain. I’m pretty sure that is NOT happening. There is no telling how many babies are being thrown out with the bathwater right now. It’s preventable.

@kjayhawks said in Lets take the lead into the first TV timeout!:

Odd note here…We were having our worst year in 42 season ms but we still beat the regular season B10 and ACC champions

100% on this observation. I been thinking of this and don’t know how to interpret this. Did we get worse? Did they just get better and we didn’t improve at the same rate? Are the top 5 teams in the B12 that much better than the best of the B10 and ACC?

@FarmerJayhawk Oh, it’s totally amusing and good theater…until I stop and reflect on the real lives that are being affected and how it’s no joke to them. A lot of these folks are innocent citizens who are simply collateral damage that Tornado Trump has zero regard for.

@kjayhawks Yep. Interesting… 1939 was an interesting time too.

Ugh. It’s a bad year when we are dreaming of next season in the first week of March.

It used to be that the only thing that caused me to yell at the TV was the stupid calls by the refs in the B12. But it turns out, watching Trump’s speech filled with gloating, scapegoating, self-adulation and flat out lies actually got me yelling at the TV more. That’s saying something.

I have a lot of passion for KU Basketball and I guess I react whenever I see poor decisions and unfairness… Whether it’s the refs or the president.

Whoever is responsible for coaching defensive rebounding may want to look for another job

Actually we are very consistent.

Just not in the way we want.

Self sent out a note that was posted on Instagram last night. I think this was unprecedented.

All of it following a disappointing loss after a disappointing season where people are losing their sh*t because they don’t know how to lose. It’s all felt unprecedented.

I don’t like to lose. But it is part of the game. You win some; you lose some.

what’s up with Shak Moore? Injured again?

@SlimShaddy54 said in Lets go 3-0 on the new season:

@bskeet how many turnovers did Mayo have --& how many points did Mayo have ?

He didn’t play well today. And given that he didn’t seem his best most of the game, probably not a great idea to ride him for as many minutes as we did and to have him in at crunch time. That’s on the coaches.

Zeke cares, though. He’s a Lawrence kid who grew up wanting to be a Jayhawk… Lord knows he cares. I think his issue is he cares so much he’s putting too much pressure on himself. Many of his mistakes are fumbles or getting out over the skis and losing control. That’s cognitive load issues.

He certainly does not deserve the barrage of hateful and racist comments, although I’m sure that’s not coming from true KU fans.

@kjayhawks said in Lets go 3-0 on the new season:

We don’t have the most athletic team

This is quite an indictment on Self and the staff after last year’s pledge to go and get some athletes and depth…

@kjayhawks I like the way you’re thinking here. I hope lightning strikes twice.

And why is it that teams and players seem to have record games against us on the regular?

Ok, not quite as bad as I thought… but not great given he’s the veteran…

DeJuan lost the Houston game by missing 2 free throws with 17 seconds left and a SIX point lead.

Today he had nearly as many turnovers as points.

@kjayhawks On the surface it’s not terrible. But it’s the third loss this season in AFH… A place we had a 90% wining record and allegedly the highest home court advantage of any sport. And it was a historic day for the field house… And it was March.

So, yeah. I think it was terrible.

@wissox Do not count on anything reasonable coming from the officials this season.

I guess this is the poorest executing team I’ve seen Self put on the floor.

Well, we are ranked appropriately.

Is that how we practice it?

Totally a make up

Garbage.

KJ’s best game. DaJuans worst. Same game

Wave the wheat

Need some 70th anniversary magic.

Of course they have a record day

More of that would be nice.

And NO MORE TT 3s

How to lose a game. Exhibit A

Time to be the grittier team.

Crappy officiating again. They just pummeled Hunter and KJ under the basket no call. Then two guys going for the ball and its a foul on KJ

HOO HAH

The missed opportunities really hurts

SMH

There is no such thing as a flagrant foul against Hunter.

funny bone maybe…

Teams just foul us hard in the paint - It’s a strategy. They feel that’s a good trade.

But most games, officials haven’t been willing to call the fouls consistently. So that’s even better because they foul us hard and disrupt the shot and then we might or might not get to the line. Even if we do get to the line, not likely we get 2 points.

Teams foul us a lot because we are not a good free throw shooting team.

Here we go Flory!!

@jay4ever I see those hesitations as well. I think if he’s not feeling it, he shouldn’t force it. But we need him to feel it!

It’s interesting that the things that bite us are often really basic stuff… Dumb turnovers, missed rebounds… or teams just getting extraordinarily hot.

Our rebounding is confounding

So, let’s be clear – that was drawn up to perfection.

Execution execution execution.

Grab the momentum boys and don’t let go.

Bad trade.

DaJuan has to play better. Also, trading 3s for 2s will not help.

Most important stat from this game: 2-0 in the new season.

Don’t look back boys.

I think it would be interesting to consider NBA coaches like Steve Kerr or Brad Stevens…

It’s good to get a win on the road but I still don’t have warm fuzzies after eeking out a fairly narrow victory over a team that is 2-14 in the conference.

Turnovers are a heartburn as many are unforced

Sometimes our O and D are egregiously out of sync

Hunter was hit in the face and got a bloody nose. No F1. No look at the monitor.

Double standards