KU women 10th, men 12th at Outdoor

I know from first hand experience just recently graduating from KU that it is not the athletes. The track team has a high standard of athletes that are landed but only certain event groups excell also Stanley does a poor job motivating his athletes. By spring soph. year most are looking to graduation or transfer or just drop out. There lies your problem. Athletes need to buy into the coaching and trust it, that doesn't happen at Kansas.

May 18, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Wissel leads KU track

How did Charity Stowers do? She is one to watch on this years team.

March 8, 2009 at 9:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Some at KU weary of goalpost overkill

wat happens in vegas stays in vegas

November 29, 2006 at 1:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gooden focus for Cavs

it is true that a national championship is a great resume filler but sometimes thats all it is. sometimes staying for your senior year is a signal that you weren't the natural athlete that can jump early and that stereotype can sometimes be more harmful than whats learned that extra year. i dont remember the class he entered the draft with either but the talent in that draft might have been a factor too.

July 11, 2006 at 12:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

At UNM, Giddens 'gets it'

i agree seattlehawk. it seems that questioning someones true loyalty to Kansas athletics is worst than blatant racism. it is sad that we live in such a world and the fact that his comments didnt draw more reaction than mind is very concerning.
however it is reassuring (although it seems less significant) to see that there are other people out there that do not see athletes leaving a cardinal sin and write them off in the name of being a good jayhawk.
as for kuchamp if we all continue to progress toward a better world there will soon be no room for those people. bc we proved here that disagreements can be argued civily.

July 5, 2006 at 6:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

At UNM, Giddens 'gets it'

i would also want to know what your point is jhwker26, i'm 100% positive even my friendly rival tdub wont say that ku hands out degrees to student athlete, but you seem to think so, which implies that you think that we are nothing but athletes with no intellect for a program of free degrees to be in place.

thanks for the support seattlehawk_78 and yes tdub i will see you then and maybe before that. i agree with you it's time to move to a new story. this story is old news just like the moon bar fiasco. lol ;)

July 5, 2006 at 9:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

At UNM, Giddens 'gets it'

agreed seatllehawk and skwahjayog, it's just a shame that sometimes the bad apples are easier to see than the good. and that is something everyone must work on including myself. we focus so much on negative things versus the positive. KU is a great place to be and that is precisely why the athletes here compete with so much heart and everyone that passed through here did so. we fall in love with this place.

as for tdub you are very defensive and missed the entire point. i did not put any emphasis on us being more athletically talented. my comment was concerned with the family atmosphere we display inside athletics and was asking you if thats what you think be a jayhawk should be about. and the only reason we had choices was bc we were being recruited, so we had options to choose from. and you would be remissed not to admit that athletics is the most powerful tool in a universities marketing strategy and not just an extracurricular activity like bird watching. thats is why ku and other schools is a hands down choice for some people. e.g how many people knew bucknell or bradley existed until those horrifying events occured on an athletic stage?

read the post carefully before you feel attacked. most athletes are not elitist. y cant we all just be jayhawks why is there a level. do you fit in the category of what i described as a wannabee? seatllehawk and skwahjayog dont seem to be concerned with being seen as wannabee bc they are truly sports fan and petty stuff do not concern them.

sorry seatllehawk and skwahjayog for bringing your name in this just finding positive examples.

July 4, 2006 at 12:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

At UNM, Giddens 'gets it'

once again i would like to make it known that i dont think all fans are the same, and it was a mistake on my behave not to make that explicitly known in my first post, which would have probally prevented the necesity of a second post.

Some of the early comments were demeaning not only to J.R. but also to the black culture. those particular comments suggested that his learning of a culture that is not experienced by the authors could have led to nothing but superficial things and consequently by making fun of it implied that it wasn't something to be taking seriously.

now on another note bc i think we all have had enough of this racial talk. we had a sensible however sensitive convo on this matter until one uneducated jackA%^ made a fool of himself. do not worry however we are grown enough to recognise he/she is not the majority. but if j.r continues to be more chastised than that character i dont know.

but pray tell what does it take to be a jayhawk. we support this entire university. we support every sport. we sacrafice everyday for the crimson and blue. the reason we are here is bc we chose KU over other schools. we give up holidays and time with are biological families, to stay and improve for ku. so what makes a jayhawk? someone who only cares about one or 2 sports and bad mouths people once they go through tough times or does something they dont agree with. is that what you want a jayhawk to be seen as. is loyalty not important? how about forgiveness? what about support? thats true love and thats what most people who put on a ku jersey do. and its obviously not what SOME of you do. like i should have said some of you are WANNABEE HAWKS.

and i'm still waiting to see who is worst for ku J.R. or KUChamps?

July 4, 2006 at 10:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

At UNM, Giddens 'gets it'

KUChamps not only are you ignorant but you are also dum, the amount of errors you made in your comments statistically can not be chance. especially when you had to review your post at least twice. and none the misspellings are acceptabe shortenings of words for quick internet typing. i dont think you can earn any degree (bu*&sh*t or not), i'll even go as far to say you probally failed your GED test (that means i dont think you graduated from highschool). you can have your mother read this to you.

by the way for the record i'm positive that the majority of ku fans is nothing like this ignorant, and i never meant to imply that a majority are racist.

and for you KUChamps i wish you would come over to wagnon student athlete center and say that. also you mother, sister and girlfriend (which is unlikely you are probally gay) probally fu*&%d a black athlete bball or football player especially. lets be realistic.

July 4, 2006 at 10:16 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

At UNM, Giddens 'gets it'

i cant believe you people who call yourselves jayhawk fans. no one that posted a comment is a true jayhawk fan. y is it not a good thing that j.r. has found a place where he is doing better and apears to be improving himself. the rest of us studend athletes here are happy for him and stay in constant contact with him and he even comes back to lawrence every so often. so if there is no bad blood with us, the people who actually work and sweat for ku why are you all hating on him. j.r is and will always be a jayhawk and we all see him as a brother so if you dont like it i suggest you find another school to support bc you dont have the brotherly love we share as kansas athletes and fans.

also many of you'll are making comments that are racist and the rest of us athletes see exactly how you are. if we do something in out interest we will be bad mouthed and chastised by people who at one point loved us. everyone here was excited when jr signed now all of a sudden u knew all a long he was horrible that's bulls#@t to me not his degree.

and since we are on the issue of strereo types let me put one out there that all of you are proving. you all mostly caucasians only want us african americans here to help your sports team and dont think we are capable of much more and aren't needed once are eligibility or ties with a school is up. u think everything about our culture is bull but its not just tinted windows and j.r did mention jazz etc. what if we jus commented on slavery every time we spoke about yall. yall are worst than mizzou fans there is no loyalty here, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

i bet bill self is happy for him and guess what? i'm closer to coach self than all of yall wannabee jayhawks.

July 3, 2006 at 2:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )