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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Just read the box score . . .

« on: March 08, 2010, 10:08:32 AM »

On the beating the post double (especially when its the other big that doubles), part of the problem is where the post up occurs and the other is who else is on the floor.

OSU beat KU multiple times because the OSU post was higher up the lane, giving better angles to find the other post. 

Also, OSU usually has 3 legit shooters so there is better spacing - the only time we have 3 legit shooters is if McGruds is at the 3.

We are going to see this type of D for the rest of the year, will be very interesting what adj. Martin makes.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: John Currie, what a stud!

« on: March 08, 2010, 09:55:36 AM »

Buyouts are total false sense of security, Beilien paid at least part of his own 2+ million buyout just to escape Appalachia!

Only the truly ego driven coaches (Coach K, Stoops, etc) really care about the money once it reaches this level - it is many more times about the support of the AD, etc.

As sys said, the buyout money would be nice for the next coach, but in the two highest profile buyout situations I can remember (Beilien and Rodriguez leaving WVU to UM), they both ended up in court anyways, reducing the actual financial benefit of the buyout.

I think it is not a coincidence that Frank go paid almost identical to Anderson at MU - I think that was part of his ego not wanting to be paid less than a guy he doesn't like (and maybe doesn't respect?)

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: HBBIQ Question

« on: March 05, 2010, 12:12:52 PM »

Lu giving us his flustered turnover(s)  (really official score keeper, only 2 TO's for Lu against ku . . . really??).   

Pretty sure the scorekeeper gave the TO to who ever made the entry pass to Colon, which shows very HBBIQ, IMO

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: anybody else in this boat?

« on: March 04, 2010, 03:00:13 PM »

May or may not have screamed obscenities at the 70+ year old lady KU fan that was watching the game at Kites 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: 2010 CBE Tickets Go On Sale Friday

« on: March 04, 2010, 02:56:33 PM »

RockChalkJBlog    Here's a link to buy the tickets: http://tinyurl.com/ycu3hzc #KState
3 minutes ago via Tweetie

Reply Retweet  RockChalkJBlog    Duke, #KState, Gonzaga and Marquette tickets go on sale tomorrow for the CBE Classic in #KansasCity. Buy 1 ticket, get 1 free tomorrow only

according to craptastic jayhawk blog site twitter guy you buy-1 get-1 friday only

IIRC, there was a big stink this fall or last fall when they did a 2 for 1 to sell the left over tickets and the people who bought early were pissed, so, maybe they are going to to 2 for 1 when they first go on sale as a cya? 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Bill Walker...

« on: March 04, 2010, 11:23:36 AM »

Knicks v Nets on NBA TV on Saturday, warm up the DVR to catch the flying tank!

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Fuel-->Fire

« on: March 03, 2010, 04:16:11 PM »

The most facinating thing about that article . . . it took 3 people to write it.

The most disappointing part is one of the three will be our beat writer in 4 or 5 years

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: OMG! PLEASE!

« on: March 03, 2010, 03:29:39 PM »

I am not 'pad, but I think Adonis Jordan was very underrated PG at KU, and to my knowledge, we never involved in any sexual assaults, giving him the nod at GOAT in my book

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: HBBIQ NCAA Tourn. Thread

« on: March 03, 2010, 03:24:06 PM »

There is some streak that every NCAA champ has had at least 2 NBA players on it (usually 1st round draft picks, there are a couple of exceptions like UK in 88 where you have to count Kevin Pritchard )

This is kind of a self-fulfilling streak as going on a 6 game roll can easily lift a marginal NBA prospect to 1st round status, but who would be our draft picks?  I guess the most physically talented guys are Judge and Kelly, maybe Clemente lights up the tournament and JJ Berea has blazed a trail enough where he could be a draft pick.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Fire John Currie

« on: March 03, 2010, 03:10:05 PM »

Incorrect,  Frank is Puerto Rican, how else could he talk to Denis and Lou?   

Frank's Italian.

I don't see the big deal at this point. 

see trim's sig.

so what's changed? 

no change.  whenever an opportunity is presented to opine on topics of interest, it is treasured.

We should "retroactively" fire Currie in August '09.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Hillwalking Hawaii Travel Bate Thread

« on: March 03, 2010, 11:18:50 AM »

Hillwalk, you snorkel?  We did the Hanauma Bay (sp?) last time and thought it was amazing.  Doing it again this trip.  Where is the best snorkling in Maui? 

If it is just you and the wife, the beach at the Sheraton Blackrock is good for the combo of snorkeling/general beach and people watching if the wife gets tired of swimming.  Good compromise if your wife in not as enthusiastic about snorkeling as you are.




Turtle Town, south of Wailea is also good but a bit of a swim to the underwater caves where the turtles hang out.  http://www.hawaiisnorkelingguide.com/turtle_town_maui.html

If you or your wife is not a great swimmer, try renting a kayak or paddle boat to use as a "base" for resting, bottle of water, etc.  This is the diff between a 10 swim and my wife wanting to turn around or seeing some amazing stuff up close.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: KSU 2025

« on: March 03, 2010, 10:10:20 AM »

NABF will make KSU the premier reseach institution for ag and bio type stuff, right 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Dear Frank Martin

« on: March 03, 2010, 09:49:16 AM »

It was nice to see a good play call down the stretch for once.  I never realized how bad Wooly was down the stretch til this play.

Yet Stan Bot spent the first couple years of the Wooly era taking about his NBA (assistant) experience made drawing up end of game plays a strength 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Did Billy Donovan make a huge mistake?

« on: March 03, 2010, 09:38:32 AM »

Crean is really an interesting case - if he fails to produce next year, he may fall back to bottom of the coaching barrel ala Billy Clyde.   The talent level at Indiana is horrible, prob the worst at one the big 5 (UK, UCLA, KU, Duke) since Pitino's first years at UK

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: So...

« on: March 02, 2010, 02:50:42 PM »

Yes, there were some of the best photoshops ever of the post game pictures of hollis and "calvin" after the game looking like some had just died with TJ Ford laughing in the background. 

I actually looked for them yesterday but could not find them, maybe someone who has mad skill with the internet wayback machine can find them.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: OMGF FAKE PATTYS DAY is this Saturday!!!!

« on: March 02, 2010, 02:39:04 PM »

Wow, so parking and eating and drinking in the ville before the game will be as or more difficult than any game day?  I cannot wait to witness this!

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: OMGF FAKE PATTYS DAY is this Saturday!!!!

« on: March 02, 2010, 02:11:37 PM »

Hope to be attending my first FPD (is this correct acronym? FP Day should be when we honor Ron Prince) before and after the game and have a couple of questions.

1.  Do they block off Moro or other streets to allow walking around with a beer ?

2.  Is it more or less crowded then a big football weekend (NU when we both were good, I guess KU for a more recent comparo) ?

TIA
 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Just to clear something up...

« on: March 02, 2010, 01:53:32 PM »

That codpiece is the size of women's basketball! 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: tiebreakers for the phillips 66?

« on: March 02, 2010, 01:48:51 PM »

I believe that site was created by an ISU fan, so it may be a blatant Land Grant/Ag school bias 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: Tension...

« on: March 02, 2010, 12:37:56 PM »

we have to score the ball in the first 5-8 minutes and not turn it over.  our defense during that time is irrelevant, imo, because ku is going to get theirs, especially at home (my hope is that luis gets in foul trouble in the first 2 minutes of the game). we do that and it might end up being a ball game. 

In the first KU game, whenever Lu was in Aldrich would double Kelly (or Samuels) immediately in the post and we were generally unable to make them pay like OSU did Sat because Lu cannot finish like Moses or the OSU fresh did.  Add in the fact that at Allen we will be lucky to get the ball out the double team w/o a turnover , I fear for history repeating on Wed  

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: tiebreakers for the phillips 66?

« on: March 01, 2010, 06:11:43 PM »

FWIW the B12 bracket generator on notnothing.net always gives KSU the number 1 seed based on the draw everytime I have mapped out our improbable run to tie for the title (basically, right after every game since 1/30/10)

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: How they voted..

« on: March 01, 2010, 03:14:08 PM »

Clearly Lamond is still holding a grudge because his bro never got to fulfill his GRCOAT destiny :GRCOATrocketshipmspaint:

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: ku game moved to ESPN?

« on: March 01, 2010, 03:11:07 PM »

It really is surprising ESPN did not pick this game up.

They decided this summer that KU @ KSU = Gameday (one only 8 all year) but KSU @ KU = pass 

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: "Hi, I'm BMW..."

« on: March 01, 2010, 10:35:47 AM »

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This is how I feel about little wig boy going for like 14 against KSU, for what was his highest scoring total all year.
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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Re: I'll have me a "Scott Greenwalt"

« on: March 01, 2010, 10:25:07 AM »

The Chef is amazing and contributes to the eliteness of manhattan.

also, a tip for sounding ridiculously elite when ordering a drink at a restaurant is to order a "John Daly."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=John%20Daly