Releford put up 28 on RSCI #2 overall prospect Jrue Holiday. Holiday is one of the best defenders in the country. No joke.
Obviously K-State has offered some pretty bad players in the past. However, I wouldn't include Releford in that same category. Put your bias aside for one minute and tell me that K-State wouldn't love to have the #27 overall player in '08 right about now.
As for the missed layups vs. UCLA, are you really blaming that on Coach Self?
I understand that he put up 28 on this kid. That doesn't mean the kid played him like Releford will be played in a game. Defense isn't played too hard in a lot of games like the one they would have been in. I've read and seen that all you have to do is guard Releford tight and don't give him a cushion at the top of the key and he disappears. He can step up and hit a shot but if someone's in his face then he can't do anything.
It's funny that you're hooking on that RSCI ranking. It's a compilation of a bunch of different rankings right? And since they released it, Releford has plummeted in both Scout and Rivals's rankings right? He won't be so high up once they update. And for you question...there are quite a few players who I would take other than Releford. One of the reasons he got his offer so soon is because he's an instate kid. If Releford played ball somewhere other than the Midwest then I can almost guarantee that he wouldn't have gotten an offer.
Not being prepared for a game and being focused - yeah I can put that on Self. I also put the losses to Bucknell, Bradley, Oral Roberts, Depaul, Wyoming, URI, etc. all on Self. Are you ever going to answer my question about what players have improved under Self or have you just come to the realization that few if any have done so?
My, my! Here's someone who is certainly trying, with great diligence, fervor and passion, to 'prove' how dreadful the current state of the ku basketball program is.
Very interesting!
Once again, I'm taken aback at the remarkable level of disrespect towards that ku basketball program that I'm seeing here. It would be hard enough to fathom a level of disrespect toward the ku program from anyone, anywhere, on any level; but so much more so coming from any fan of the Kansas State basketball program. (You know, considering the enormous, gargantuan disparity between the accomplishments of the two programs. When you factor in head-to-head competition since the Paleozoic Era between the two teams, it makes that disrespect come off as being almost surreal, don't you think?)
Now that lack of disrespect appears to carry over to ku's coach, as well. Hmmm.
Let's make a little comparison, shall we?
In his storied career at Kansas State, the great Bill Snyder won zero national championships. To date, Bill Self has won the same amount at ku. ADVANTAGE - Even.
In his storied career at Kansas State, the great Bill Snyder won one (that's 1, as in o-n-e) conference title. To date, Bill Self has won three at ku. ADVANTAGE - Self.
In his storied career at Kansas State, the great Bill Snyder was 1-2 in Big 12 title games. To date, Bill Self is 2-0 in Big 12 title games at ku. ADVANTAGE - Self
In his storied career at Kansas State, the great Bill Snyder was 6-5 in post-season competition. To date, Bill Self is 6-4 in post-season competition at ku. ADVANTAGE - Self.
So whatever deficiencies Bill Self may have, the record shows he's at least proved, by any and every criterion and standard, that he's
indisputably a superior coach to the great Bill Snyder. No brag, just fact.
Look again at that record of the great Bill Snyder. Look at how clearly and obviously inferior it is to that of Bill Self's. Now I wonder if anyone else finds it interesting that, despite that, you people thought Bill Snyder did such an incredible job, you were
so eternally grateful to him, that you accorded him the singular honor of naming your football stadium after the guy and his family. Well, noting the disparity between Self's and Snyder's records, if you ever had a basketball coach who did for your program just what Self has done at ku, it beggars the imagination as to what honors you clowns would then bestow upon him. It's simply hilarious to even contemplate. Why, you'd re-name every building on your whole freakin' campus after him!
So either the great Bill Snyder ain't so great after all, or we just might have to reassess that which has been done by Bill Self. Won't we?
Laughably idiotic, moronic fans who strive mightily to concoct transparently insincere revisionist history of the accomplishments of their in-state rival's more successful programs? ADVANTAGE - Kansas State
