Is Self Done at KU
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Can Self sustain success without cheating?
In years past KU has De Silvio smoothing over the loss of Doke to injury. Plus Langford (IU) filling in for Vick.
KU’s past their peak imo.
In years past KU has De Silvio smoothing over the loss of Doke to injury. Plus Langford (IU) filling in for Vick.
KU’s past their peak imo.
The Big 12 race is always a marathon and something of a war of attrition.
KU just did not have its typical defense in depth this year.
That's fine we own you in the Tournament and have have a winning record in the last 13. I'll take Toupee Bill.
Gene chizik was firmly entrenched a day or two before signing an Auburn contract.
Maybe.
Exhibit A) He called the Bulls one of the top franchises in the NBA. This is before the 2015 season - Michael Jordan had not worn a Bulls uniform since 1998. Derrick Rose had that one good year or two around 2010, but they sandwiched that with piles of mediocre or worse.
Exhibit B) "I absolutely love this roster. I love the versatility of the players. The different lineups that we're going to be able to play, can play small, can play big. As far as going in there, I try to have enough things on my plate where we can go out there and take advantage of a mismatch. We've really had a system that we played at Iowa State where we've inverted the floor." - Fred Hoiberg.
Broken down Rose and Noah, with pleasant-to-work-with Jimmy Butler as the pillars of the roster. Granted he may not have known that going in, but two of the three were certainly no spring chickens.
Exhibit C) He knows Tim Floyd and I'd wager good money he could've gotten his former coach's opinion about what kind of franchise the Bulls are. Crumbs Krause did Tim worse than GarPax did Fred. Fred knows Gar, just like Krause knew Floyd. Floyd asked the media at his intro "Don't call me Jerry's boy". Fred didn't say anything along those lines, but the Chicago media, who lean anti GarPax because they have eyeballs, certainly slanted it that way. Especially when Fred started to struggle. If he did get Floyd's opinion, and he signed up anyway, well...naive is a better word than stupid.
I like Fred. I really liked him at Iowa State, and certainly don't wish him ill will. And, for the record, I don't think he's stupid. Right now. If he takes the KU job, well, I reserve the right to change my opinion.
Certainly not. I expected him to look at the roster with a trained eye for talent and then say no thanks.
Indiana is about as good of a job as UCLA currently is - everyone thinks they're this "great job" because of what happened in the 1970s and 1980s, But what has either school done in the last 20 years? Very little. The only reason why Indiana is a "good job" is people that have 35-40 year memories keep saying that it's a good job when in reality this generation doesn't care about them.
If we were talking about football Michigan and Ohio State are clearly better jobs than Michigan State, but not a chance in hell they're better jobs in basketball. Take it from someone that lives in the Detroit metro area - Michigan fans like their basketball team, especially due to their recent success, but Michigan basketball pales in comparison to Michigan football and are nowhere near as passionate about basketball as Michigan State is.
They are still bluebloods and top notch jobs. I don't care if they have been down for a while. UCLA was in the final four in 2006, 2007, and 2008. They are in better shape now than Kentucky was when Rick Pitino took over.
Adidas $ vs Oil $ in a cage match - would love to see it!
Not sure I agree "on north carolina treatment". This is FBI..not just NCAA. They won't play nice because they don't benefit from their success.. NC was only NCAA right?
I could be wrong, but I think the FBI can only bring criminal charges to actors of the crime. I don’t think they have any jurisdiction to actually punish the sport team.
Did Kentucky fans stop going to games? I’ve caught a UCLA game once in a while on TV and their crowds are pathetic now.
