Kansas Crimson

BiggDick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:26 pm I think I follow, but not sure. Will prob offer my own thoughts, but first lemme ask:

who do you think is getting leashes that are too long?

Are they the same guys whose minutes are sporadic and inconsistent?

BiggDick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:26 pm I think I follow, but not sure. Will prob offer my own thoughts, but first lemme ask:

who do you think is getting leashes that are too long?

Are they the same guys whose minutes are sporadic and inconsistent?

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:17 pm Ous favorite breakfast dish? Rehash browns

BiggDick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 4:18 pm

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 3:17 pm Ous favorite breakfast dish? Rehash browns

.....but we've been over that.

TDub wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:26 pm KJs injury might become Storrs last chance at finding something positive to add to this team. He's gonna get more minutes if Kzj misses time...if only because Bidunga can't stop fouling.






Also...please play Rylan at least 25 minutes. minimum.

having Rylan and Zeke in together at the wings does so much to open up spacing.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:08 pm

BiggDick wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:04 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 1:02 pm “Misfit parts” is the story of a lot of our last decade. So, too, are a hell of a lot of wins and trophies.

I...guess?

but so many other seasons, if parts were "misfit," it was as much as anything prob cuz of things like injury, or getting F'd by the NCAA.

With this season, we have pretty much all the guys we wanted to have, don't we?

and yet...

I think it is - like most things that go VERY wrong for VERY competent people - a case of multiple things going wrong at once.

Bill’s impatience with newcomers.

Bill’s loyalty to established guys.

The portal making for tantalizing roster adds.

The portal making for greater risk of losing guys.

Guys not developing.

And I will not DENY that there can be complacency and distraction from NIL etc.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:57 am
Add to this - perhaps it is also true that the changes have diminished one of Bill’s biggest strengths, which is figuring out which #50-150 guys have the potential to become all-conference (or better) types.

It’s harder to bury those kids and keep them around.

And maybe Bill isn’t all that much better than his peers at scouting transfers.

BiggDick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:48 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:57 am
Add to this - perhaps it is also true that the changes have diminished one of Bill’s biggest strengths, which is figuring out which #50-150 guys have the potential to become all-conference (or better) types.

It’s harder to bury those kids and keep them around.

And maybe Bill isn’t all that much better than his peers at scouting transfers.

Self has historically had a skill for identifying the 50-150 guys to develop, for sure.

But, the portal era is a different thing now.

Maybe Bill isn't all that much better than his peers at scouting transfers.

Or, maybe it's difficult to make conclusions about portal era thus far, if it's also difficult to distinguish the portal era from what has historically been one of Bill's weaknesses:

stubborn loyalty to certain players, even if or even as they seem to be underperforming.

I can't help but wonder how much a factor the Hunter/Dajuan/KJ core is and has been, and maybe it's something about part or all of that core that makes it difficult to successfully plug-and-play transfers.

BiggDick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 12:48 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:57 am
Add to this - perhaps it is also true that the changes have diminished one of Bill’s biggest strengths, which is figuring out which #50-150 guys have the potential to become all-conference (or better) types.

It’s harder to bury those kids and keep them around.

And maybe Bill isn’t all that much better than his peers at scouting transfers.

1)Self has historically had a skill for identifying the 50-150 guys to develop, for sure.

2)But, the portal era is a different thing now.

3)Maybe Bill isn't all that much better than his peers at scouting transfers.

4) Or, maybe it's difficult to make conclusions about portal era thus far, if it's also difficult to distinguish the portal era from what has historically been one of Bill's weaknesses:

5)stubborn loyalty to certain players, even if or even as they seem to be underperforming.

6)I can't help but wonder how much a factor the Hunter/Dajuan/KJ core is and has been, and maybe it's something about part or all of that core that makes it difficult to successfully plug-and-play transfers.