Curiosity about coaches

Good call, phogthedog! Woodling's pathetic claim and failure to look at the men's sports for women coaches reminds me of the old "some of my best friends are..." attempt to deny bias. Just what was the value of this article? I've gotten to the point where I have to stop reading Woodling's pieces. With all the other things of value that I have to spend my time on, reading what has become his inane drivel is no longer even on the list, not just below the "cut lines" for Must Read, Nice to Read, and Why Is This Even On The List To Read.

January 27, 2009 at 7:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU basketball defeats Ottawa, 95-60

La Vannes Squires was the first black player for KU men's hoops(1952-54).<http://www.rockchalk.com/jayhawks/squirlav.sht>Maurice King (1955-57) was the first black starter.<http://www.rockchalk.com/jayhawks/kingmaur.sht>

August 31, 2008 at 9:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas Comet honored by Sports Commission

Open mouth, insert foot -- ah, well DONE, KG, well done! Ohhh, wow! BOTH feet! At the same time!Best to learn about a subject before opening your mouth (okay, in this case posting your comments) and demonstrating what an unknowing fool you are.But hey, at least you can point to your uninformed posts and say "I did that!"And the rest of us will continue to laugh as you further embarrass yourself.

June 20, 2008 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Chamber not paying for canceled banquet

The Holidome is not "the enemy" for charging the KUAC for the legitimate business costs the Holidome incurred in banquet prep before the KUAC cancellation. Neither the Chamber of Commerce nor DLI are "the enemy" either, as the bill was not theirs to pay -- absorbing those costs should have been factored into the KUAC's business decision to move to AFH. And the KUAC's Marchiony is not "the enemy" either -- he just made a bad business decision public relations-wise in asking the CoC and the DLI to pay for costs that are peanuts for the KUAC and, again, should have been included in the KUAC's business decision to move the celebration. If the Holidome cancellation costs weren't included in the business decision to move to AFH, then that's another strike against the KUAC. It's too bad that such a great period in KU Athletics history is marred by such a minor and totally avoidable "controversy".

May 25, 2008 at 2:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

The $6,400 question: Should KU Athletics be reimbursed?

Even without including all the previously mentioned offsets KU got from the other events to help defray the cancellation cost, here's the bottom line up front, from a former CPA and CFO who annually dealt with multimillion dollar budgets that were NOWHERE as big as as the KUAC's -- $6,400 is BUDGET DUST.The "good will" alone from having the parade more than covers that cost.The KUAC admin comes off as cheap with this request.Even more so than the bad PR is the fact that the bill does not appear to be related to the parade! The decision to have the parade was, to the best of my knowledge, separate from the decision to cancel the banquet and move the banquet celebration to AFH. I found nothing in the LJW archives tying the parade decision to the banquet cancellation decision, and I do not remember hearing anything to that effect while the KUAC was pondering the parade decision. (If I missed an article that does, please provide a link, thanks!) The KUAC tied the two events together on the same day as part of the decision to have the parade.So, tying the cancellation costs directly related to the decision to move the banquet celebration to AFH -- which was going to happen whether there was a parade or not -- to the parade and asking the Chamber and Downtown Lawrence to cover it is ridiculous, and REALLY makes the KUAC look cheap! So, Marchiony and the KUAC are WRONG. Asking is NOT reasonable AT ALL. In fact it is STUPID economically (both short and long run) due to the bad press it is generating and its negative impact on university-community relations.And to restate my bottom line again, even if it WAS a legitmate parade cost for the KUAC (which again, it is NOT), it is BUDGET DUST for the KUAC!I gotta ask, who does the financial advising for the KUAC? Because this was a BAD financial and PR decision, especially given the miniscule amount of potential return.SUCK IT UP, MARCHIONY! You cheapskate...

May 7, 2008 at 10:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

This year's party wasn't like 1988

lance1 -- how do you know he hasn't? Lots of folks, myself included, leave Lawrence only to return years later. It's just a nice place to live. Best hoops coach I ever knew personally (perennial Top 20, often Top 10 in national JUCO ranks) never left the little town of Cumberland, MD because it was where he wanted to be. Olin may just feel the same about Lawrence.

April 19, 2008 at 1:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Final(ly) Four

More than a couple of points --

1. Rush did not "fall" on the last Davidson possession, he was TRIPPED by Sander (#15) who was trying to screen Rush off of Curry. Find a copy of the video starting with the inbounds pass and you'll see it, Rush trips over Sander's stuck out right foot. Thankfully Mario was Johnny-on-the-spot to pick up Curry, forcing him back to a recovered Rush, who went vertical to take away another Curry opportunity. Sherron then moved in to close off Curry's last chance and force Curry to dish to Richards, who missed an off-balance shot from at least 24 feet away.

2. The h^&* with not calling out the refs! They were pro-Davidson, almost as if they had instructions to get Cinderella to the FF. If this game had been competently called, KU would have won by at least 8! Check a tape of the game and just count the out-of-bounds mistakes by the refs, then add the bad calls on Jackson and Rush (Curry was clearly still moving, it was a block, not a charge -- not even *CLOSE*!) and you don't need a degree in higher math to figure KU lost a handful of points thanks to the refs.

3. Sherron has been ill *and* his knee has been bugging him. Thankfully it did not seem to hinder his defensive performance, only his shooting.

4. KAUN (it's spelled K-A-U-N, people, one is his name, the other is NOT!) was SUPERB! Great game Sasha!

5. Finally, when ANY of you presumptious "brains" (read cretins, or, if you prefer, "village idiots") get your own program and have MORE SUCCESS than Bill Self, come on back and spew your crap. If you should ever know enough and be fortunate enough to be able to do so, you will come back with a much greater appreciation of the man with the highest winning % (81.4%) of any coach in KU history -- even better than Roy Williams (80.5%). The ONLY reason his 15 year career 71.7% is "just" a % point behind Phog Allen's 72.7% KU record is that Bill spent his first years at Oral Roberts resurrecting an all but dead program. I do not know if he is right or not, but Duke alum Jay Bilas recently noted that since 1999 only Roy Williams has more wins than Bill Self.

So go stew in your own brew, you cretins! You're so blind that you don't even know when you've got it not just good but GREAT!

As the sole remaining reps for the Big 12 and thus by "marriage" the state of Texas, I encourage all Jayhawks to Remember the Alamodome!
And also to remember --
It ain't over til the Fat Lady Sings!
And she don't sing with the 'Hawks on the Wing!

March 31, 2008 at 11:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Self preparing Jayhawks for early start

kansasjayhawks -- give it a rest, youngster (troll, more likely...okay, young troll). When I was in school we didn't even make the Dance, didn't have a chance to win or lose in round 1.

From 1999 on only Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski have won more D1 games than Self. He'll get his NC.

For now, the focus is on beating the Vikings.

March 19, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Aldrich proves tough

Having just recently had six stitches on my left hand, I can tell you from personal experience that it's a pretty worrisome thing *UNTIL* you can see that the bleeding can be controlled -- and I'm way older than Cole and spent 25 years in the Army Medical Department. I don't fault the youngster or his buds one bit for their response to his injury.

March 13, 2008 at 8:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Stayin' alive

Okay, ladies, you got past game 1!

Now step up the ball control, keep up the hot shooting and dive bomb them 'Pokes!

March 12, 2008 at 10:03 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )