Kansas Crimson

JayhawkInIowa726 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 8:51 pm At the game the obvious thing is you need youth and energy in this thing. Truth told, KU’s team was too old.

Sideline cancer much younger (same with the Iowa team playing now).

Hard to put together a younger KU team though when most are still chasing the NBA dream.

I couldn’t think of a lot of younger players we should’ve had on the squad off the top of my head.

Paul1 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:06 am

pdub wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:28 am

gutman wrote:I could get a gig as an assistant at a community college and I never played HS ball let alone for KU.

Doubtful.

Not "doubtful". Connections help but I might not even have to rely on them.

As far as getting a gig as an assistant at a Community College, maybe not as an assistant head coach but I am pretty sure could get a job holding a dry erase board and telling kids what time to get on a bus.
Heck, I'm not saying I could land an "assistant coach" job at a major university but I am fairly confident I could get at least a piddly job. Through "connections".

Sparko wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:27 pm Other than Rel, Perry and Young, this was a team of guys who were hard to love. You have to practice more than they did obviously.

NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:46 am

CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 2:18 am If I’m Perry’s Japan team, I’d be pretty pissed. Wouldn’t be a shock if they invalidate his contract.

Depends a lot on what was in contract. Surely he had to clear it with them before playing. But even then, I’m sure they aren’t happy.

IllinoisJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:40 pm

Sparko wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:27 pm Other than Rel, Perry and Young, this was a team of guys who were hard to love. You have to practice more than they did obviously.

The team that beat them didn't practice together a single time other than an hour long shoot around the day before the game....their "coach" didn't even get into town until the day of the game.

Our problem was guys like Case and Landen just aren't that good. Arthur was by far our most talented player, but he's a rusty retired NBA guy who hadn't played in a game in over a year.

Truthfully most of our young former players who are worth a damn are all still in the NBA or chasing the NBA so it's hard to put together a team that is capable of being competitive. I thought EJ and Taylor were going to look better than they did.

Really sucks Perry went down. That's going to cost him some money. Hopefully he can recover 100% and have some good years ahead of him.

I tried to think of guys we "should" have had....the 1s that came to mind were Mario, RussRob, BRush, and Cole....maybe Julian Wright and of course Mari would be better suited for this style than someone like Landen. Obviously Mario is still trying to get back to the league and is doing the BIG3 thing (same with JuJu). Not sure what Rush's chances are of landing with an NBA team for next year (don't think he signed anywhere this off season?)....anyone with NBA chances for next year can't really risk playing in something like this I suppose. Collison and Gooden maybe, but they're old now. Still kinda think those 2 would be way more talented that nearly all guys in this, but old and out of shape most likely. Fun to think about. Maybe Sherron could get in shape so he can actually play instead of just post TBT pics on social media of his glory days.

Fun idea.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:04 pm Can we at least just enjoy this much?

IllinoisJayhawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:40 pm

Sparko wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:27 pm Other than Rel, Perry and Young, this was a team of guys who were hard to love. You have to practice more than they did obviously.

The team that beat them didn't practice together a single time other than an hour long shoot around the day before the game....their "coach" didn't even get into town until the day of the game.

Our problem was guys like Case and Landen just aren't that good. Arthur was by far our most talented player, but he's a rusty retired NBA guy who hadn't played in a game in over a year.

Truthfully most of our young former players who are worth a damn are all still in the NBA or chasing the NBA so it's hard to put together a team that is capable of being competitive. I thought EJ and Taylor were going to look better than they did.

Really sucks Perry went down. That's going to cost him some money. Hopefully he can recover 100% and have some good years ahead of him.

I tried to think of guys we "should" have had....the 1s that came to mind were Mario, RussRob, BRush, and Cole....maybe Julian Wright and of course Mari would be better suited for this style than someone like Landen. Obviously Mario is still trying to get back to the league and is doing the BIG3 thing (same with JuJu). Not sure what Rush's chances are of landing with an NBA team for next year (don't think he signed anywhere this off season?)....anyone with NBA chances for next year can't really risk playing in something like this I suppose. Collison and Gooden maybe, but they're old now. Still kinda think those 2 would be way more talented that nearly all guys in this, but old and out of shape most likely. Fun to think about. Maybe Sherron could get in shape so he can actually play instead of just post TBT pics on social media of his glory days.

Fun idea.