Kansas Crimson

I don't think it's just injury.

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:55 pm

hasbeen wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:53 pm I am not confident about this team in March/April.

I bet a healthy Remy changes your mind in February.

The Mitch thing is worrisome, though.

It would, but I don't trust Bill with Remy even healthy.

Lol.

#freeremy

#cognac

dave looked great tho lol

Lol

pdub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:21 pm I'm just not seeing anything from Yesufu.
It's been 14 games.
Pettiford injury actually may be slightly bigger than we thought it would be.

I agree. He has no confidence rhythm or role. Hes gotten worse as the season has progressed. early in the season he was aggressive at least. But I know he has the tools to be good. We've seen it before just not at ku

Its tough to balance egos and minutes with this deep of a team. But self did a shitty job with yesefu

hasbeen wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:53 pm I am not confident about this team in March/April.

We depend too much on perimeter shooting. So we have potential to beat or get beat by anyone

randylahey wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:09 am

pdub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:21 pm I'm just not seeing anything from Yesufu.
It's been 14 games.
Pettiford injury actually may be slightly bigger than we thought it would be.

I agree. He has no confidence rhythm or role. Hes gotten worse as the season has progressed. early in the season he was aggressive at least. But I know he has the tools to be good. We've seen it before just not at ku

Its tough to balance egos and minutes with this deep of a team. But self did a shitty job with yesefu

Self has only had about 6months with Yesufu. He's not a miracle worker. It takes time to develop a player. Yesufu isn't a high level lotto pick that you just trot out there and let go crazy. He's a long term project.

Our best player wasnt aggressive on defense and got beat often.
Our second best player missed some shots and was rejected at the rim several times.
Our third or fourth best player got fourteen minutes and got totally lost in a play right by the basket.
Our other third or fourth best player was awful and dribbled the ball too much.

Our bench was bad.

The only guy who was good was the dude who had been one of our worst players since he started playing again.

randylahey wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:09 am

pdub wrote: ↑Sat Jan 08, 2022 6:21 pm I'm just not seeing anything from Yesufu.
It's been 14 games.
Pettiford injury actually may be slightly bigger than we thought it would be.

I agree. He has no confidence rhythm or role. Hes gotten worse as the season has progressed. early in the season he was aggressive at least. But I know he has the tools to be good. We've seen it before just not at ku

Its tough to balance egos and minutes with this deep of a team. But self did a shitty job with yesefu

I’m not sure it’s possible to say he has gotten worse as the season has gone on. He’s been bad the whole time.

He kinda has.
I thought hed be way better.

at this point tho it may be worth giving Yes a longer leash in some attempt to get him up to speed

weigh that against asking ourselves how many 2 points in 29 minutes type performances do we wanna live with from Dajuan

I guess?
He can get down the court in a flash but does he do anything well? Dejuan at least can facilitate if our other guys are on and plays defense the best of our starters.

Juan is actually shooting the 3 better than Yes...both under 25 percent.

How many points does Yesufu need to score to offset all the things he does worse than DH so that it would be a net gain to play him over DH?

What's Yes's game high this season?
Has he scored double digits?

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:36 pm What's Yes's game high this season?
Has he scored double digits?

but at drake....

yesefu has gotten worse in the sense that early in the season he at least had some confidence and swagger. would attack the rim and knock down a few threes. he has no confidence or rhythm right now. he came in expecting to play more and we expected more from him

but its pretty simple why dajuan plays over him. self trusts him more. dajuan plays d the way self wants, moves the ball, and knows the offense. but what did dajuan really do to earn that trust? was it high level play last year? no. we were shitty last year and he played cause he had to. so dajuan became experienced in selfs system because there was no better option. there are better options this year. give them a chance to gain some experience. this team is better than last years, but we depend a lot on shooting. shooters get better shots when they are out there with playmakers. dajuan is not a playmaker, he is a role player

and I'm not trying to trash dajuan, I like him a lot. hope he plays his entire career out here at ku. he does several things well. He should keep putting on weight in the weight room, increasing his athleticism and explosiveness and improving his shot the next few seasons. He is a smart heady player that'll keep getting better and can turn into a very nice college player.

but.
He isn't in the right role for this team to peak this season. too much talent on this roster for a "safe" player to take up 30 mpg and not getting much out of it