KU Basketball is Hurting

[MakeItRain]

I can picture KU losing 8 conference games this season.  Will any other teams pictures look better?

[steve dave]

if ksu goes 9-9 we are a lock so that's good

[Sandstone Outcropping]

[nicname]

Bill Self is the cool dad.

[MakeItRain]

He wears a Fitbit 

[pissclams]

Bill Self is the cool dad.

idk, he’s insecure enough that he got hair plugs

[Spracne]

Bill Self is the cool dad.

idk, he’s insecure enough that he got hair plugs

It really is a fantastic hair system.

[PurpleOil]

Bill Self is the cool dad.

idk, he’s insecure enough that he got hair plugs

I must be missing something here. What's the connection with hair plugs, insecurity, and Self?

[pissclams]

Bill Self is the cool dad.

idk, he’s insecure enough that he got hair plugs

I must be missing something here. What's the connection with hair plugs, insecurity, and Self?

don’t think too hard, I don’t want you to hurt yourself

[star seed 7]

Purpleoil has hair plugs too? 

[PurpleOil]

I guess I was trying to look too deep into things, thinking you guys were referencing something specific with Bill Self and not just a balding guy wanting hair.

And no, I do not have hair plugs, at least not yet. It is unfortunately thinning though.

[meow meow]

bill gets older and his hair always stays the same age

[sonofdaxjones]

Bill Self's overall hair game far supersedes OSU FB Coach Ryan Day and former Duke mentor Coach K's dye game.

[CNS]

Bill would look awful bald.  He and Frank would constantly be grouped together in a very specific category of bald coaches.  No way he can have that.

[pissclams]

he could just wear a wig, they’re pretty cool on some people

[deputy dawg]

The gap between Massa's forehead and hairline is, well, indicative of a hairpiece. 

[pissclams]

it’s plugs bro

[CNS]

He would look like a comic book evil villain.  DC too, not Marvel.

[Spracne]

"We good?"

[EMAWzifried]

They have Tech, OU, Baylor and Houston left on the road. I don't know who is winning the Big 12 this year, but it ain't KU.

[nicname]

I don't know that the NIL and open transfer era will be great for KU. Sure, they will be able to pay for/get some top-tier dudes, but they used to have Burger boys lined up to sit the bench for multiple seasons before cracking the starting lineup.

Those days are gone. Dudes will either transfer out or not come at all if they have to wait their turn.

[star seed 7]

I can't imagine they can really keep up with the large fanbase schools

[Pete]

I can't imagine they can really keep up with the large fanbase schools

Tradition and reputation are very powerful recruiting tools in the "old world."  In the "new world" I suspect that money will be more important.  In the NFL, NBA, MLB and pro Soccer (globally) the amount of money you pay a player seems to be the largest determinant of landing high quality players. 

So, the question is whether KU (relatively small university) and a collection of alumni from a very, very, very small population state in the middle of the country will have enough money to complete with schools with enrollments, state populations, and donor lists twice their size (or more) in the New World.

After Bill Self moves on, will the next crop of coaches look at Kansas the same way that Bill Self looked at Kansas? 

[Pete]

"Sure Tennessee, Auburn, Rutgers, and Washington are able to pay you vastly more than us, but we have a copy of the rules of basketball in hallway beside our basketball court."

I just don't know if that is going to matter, guys.  I just don't know.

[CNS]

If I am an 18 year old superstar, the last thing I care about is tradition. I would want to see the last couple of years having been successful, I want kids to recently have gone to the NBA, and I want to hear about how rough ridin' great the team I’m gonna be on is gonna be.  Also, money.