Bill Self w/ 2

[jfish26]

jay wright made all the right moves. made a fortune. went out on top, on his own terms. young enough to enjoy all the fruits of those labors. he's laughing.

we should all be so lucky.





i would not be surprised if got back into coaching.

I love how the punchline here is just ENTIRELY out of step with the rest.

[KUTradition]

It's delusional for anyone to think they are going to get Jay Wright or Brad Stevens to come back to ncaa hoops to coach.

Delusional is just so blatantly overboard to what I suggested lmao JFC

Bill has made this job so good that I don't think there's ANY plausible target that it would be "delusional" to think we can get.

^^^^
(unless said target is pushing up daisies)

[jfish26]

Right. I think it's a top-10 job in all of basketball (and I think it's nearly-unquestionably the best job in college basketball, unless living in a particular place is what wins the day for someone).

[hasbeen]

No Bill today. Damn.

[ramjet]

The Helms banners say that this is something we do.

As pointed out by others, the Helms titles were not self-appointed. It's a really bad look to anoint yourself national title, ask a few UCF fans after they join the conference how their self appointed football title is going.

So you'd feel warm and fuzzy about it if, I don't know, 65 AP writers and 32 coaches had, like, voted on this?

I think it's silly, and small, that we claim the Helms titles. But the logic behind claiming them, and the logic of us treating 2020 the same way as we treat 1922 and 1923, are of a piece.

"Since the NCAA tournament that still exists today made its first appearance in 1939, other organizations were relied on to name the national champions of the years prior, and thus the Helms Athletic Foundation took initiative with the sole creditor of the champions from 1904 to 1937, awarded to the Jayhawks in 1922 and 1923".https://www.kansan.com/sports/1922-23-t ... 49b43.html

I think the Helms banners are legit, and I think claiming the title for 2020 is bullshit. My original comment on the kitties was a pimp on all the proclamations that the staties have made and have been ridiculed on these boards and the preceding boards.

[twocoach]

The Helms banners say that this is something we do.

As pointed out by others, the Helms titles were not self-appointed. It's a really bad look to anoint yourself national title, ask a few UCF fans after they join the conference how their self appointed football title is going.

Forgot about that one.

Exactly.

[jfish26]

As pointed out by others, the Helms titles were not self-appointed. It's a really bad look to anoint yourself national title, ask a few UCF fans after they join the conference how their self appointed football title is going.

So you'd feel warm and fuzzy about it if, I don't know, 65 AP writers and 32 coaches had, like, voted on this?

I think it's silly, and small, that we claim the Helms titles. But the logic behind claiming them, and the logic of us treating 2020 the same way as we treat 1922 and 1923, are of a piece.

"Since the NCAA tournament that still exists today made its first appearance in 1939, other organizations were relied on to name the national champions of the years prior, and thus the Helms Athletic Foundation took initiative with the sole creditor of the champions from 1904 to 1937, awarded to the Jayhawks in 1922 and 1923".https://www.kansan.com/sports/1922-23-t ... 49b43.html

I think the Helms banners are legit, and I think claiming the title for 2020 is bullshit. My original comment on the kitties was a pimp on all the proclamations that the staties have made and have been ridiculed on these boards and the preceding boards.

What is the difference between the Helms banners - which reflect the only real outside validation of who was the best team in 1922 and 1923 - and a recognition that...the only real outside validation of who was the best team in 2020, validates Kansas?

To, again, be clear: I'm not saying we SHOULD do this. I think it's petty and insecure and small.

But it's driving me nuts that anyone thinks there's a difference in the underlying reasoning. There's just not. They would all three be "self-declared" or "mythical" national championships, based on what outsiders declared/voted on.

If you want to say that two zebras are horses, I don't agree with you. Zebras are zebras, and horses are horses. But if two zebras over here are horses, then so's that donkey over there.

[NewtonHawk11]

No Bill today. Damn.

Expected. Won’t be surprised if he’s out this weekend and then next weekend he is back in some capacity.

[ramjet]

So you'd feel warm and fuzzy about it if, I don't know, 65 AP writers and 32 coaches had, like, voted on this?

I think it's silly, and small, that we claim the Helms titles. But the logic behind claiming them, and the logic of us treating 2020 the same way as we treat 1922 and 1923, are of a piece.

"Since the NCAA tournament that still exists today made its first appearance in 1939, other organizations were relied on to name the national champions of the years prior, and thus the Helms Athletic Foundation took initiative with the sole creditor of the champions from 1904 to 1937, awarded to the Jayhawks in 1922 and 1923".https://www.kansan.com/sports/1922-23-t ... 49b43.html

I think the Helms banners are legit, and I think claiming the title for 2020 is bullshit. My original comment on the kitties was a pimp on all the proclamations that the staties have made and have been ridiculed on these boards and the preceding boards.

What is the difference between the Helms banners - which reflect the only real outside validation of who was the best team in 1922 and 1923 - and a recognition that...the only real outside validation of who was the best team in 2020, validates Kansas?

To, again, be clear: I'm not saying we SHOULD do this. I think it's petty and insecure and small.

But it's driving me nuts that anyone thinks there's a difference in the underlying reasoning. There's just not. They would all three be "self-declared" or "mythical" national championships, based on what outsiders declared/voted on.

If you want to say that two zebras are horses, I don't agree with you. Zebras are zebras, and horses are horses. But if two zebras over here are horses, then so's that donkey over there.

I do enjoy your comments, they are entertaining ...

[Deleted User 863]

Ok, that was a good one. Zebras horses donkeys and such.

[dolomite]

No Bill today. Damn.

Expected. Won’t be surprised if he’s out this weekend and then next weekend he is back in some capacity.

So, if not coaching today, what will Self be doing and where? In the locker room watching and texting Norm? What about halftime?

[MICHHAWK]

he will be watching the game from the hotel.

[Sparko]

Helms was all there was back then. There was no post-season tournament til 1939.

And...nor was there a post-season tournament in 2019-20.

I truly don't care if we claim, or don't claim, 1922, 1923 or 2020.

All I have said - and it's not really even a question - is that if you DO claim the Helms titles, you should logically ALSO claim the 2020 thing. Whatever it was.

Because it's the same thing, substantially. There is not a meaningful difference to the reasoning of claiming Helms "titles", and claiming whatever 2020 was.

And the only team that could claim 2020 is Kansas. Otherwise that was an exhibition season. And KU won the exhibition.

[ramjet]

Helms was all there was back then. There was no post-season tournament til 1939.

And...nor was there a post-season tournament in 2019-20.

I truly don't care if we claim, or don't claim, 1922, 1923 or 2020.

All I have said - and it's not really even a question - is that if you DO claim the Helms titles, you should logically ALSO claim the 2020 thing. Whatever it was.

Because it's the same thing, substantially. There is not a meaningful difference to the reasoning of claiming Helms "titles", and claiming whatever 2020 was.

And the only team that could claim 2020 is Kansas. Otherwise that was an exhibition season. And KU won the exhibition.

YEA! Let's hang that banner, make t-shirts, have a parade with horses and zebras and donkeys!

SMH...

[Deleted User 863]

IF the NCAA decided to do it then that'd be different to me.

They didn't.

[Sparko]

To mark exceptional performance you hang banners. The tournaments are nice too. But we all know that they are mostly BS too. They mark a part of a season. The emotion here is a little weird.

[Deleted User 863]

To mark exceptional performance you hang banners. The tournaments are nice too. But we all know that they are mostly BS too. They mark a part of a season. The emotion here is a little weird.

It's an interesting conundrum.

Dok will have a banner hanging.

Their conference championship banner hangs.

[KUTradition]

https://kuathletics.com/facilities/the- ... athletics/

perfect place for some sort of recognition

[Sparko]

Power outtage here. Watching via phone.

[Shirley]

Power outtage here. Watching via phone.

Sorry to hear that Sparko.