2 years in a row with bad portal acquisitions

Agree about Rob. He and Birdsong are the best guards to play at UH.

Williams could shoot it from distance, drive and pass. His game should have translated well to the NBA but drugs took their toll. He averaged 25 pts without the benefit of a 3pt line.

Rob is also responsible for the great Phi Slama Jama team as his signing with UH caused Drexler, Young and Micheaux to sign here.

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DJ is a great example of why it’s silly to dismiss Uzan after a couple of games. DJ started out as a great athlete who had no idea what he was doing on defense and caused Sampson repeated heartburn on offense. As good as he ended up being, he was often out of the lineup in the early season.

Uzan doesn’t have the luxury of coming in as a 6th man to learn the ropes, but he’s already putting up respectable numbers in almost every category while learning to play a new system with a new group of guys. His numbers are actually comparable to Shead’s 2022-2023 season, with a better assist:turnover ratio.

Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but the dude has stepped into some big shoes with a fair amount of success. He just needs to get better on defense so that he isn’t always in foul trouble.

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Exactly, if people were expecting Uzan to come in and just be last year’s Shead that’s a ridiculous expectation and results in the terrible take that he’s a miss.

Like I said if we’re still seeing this in late January going into February ok then this take might be more warranted but 7 games in is ridiculous

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Uzans defensive limitation, potential, and the requirement for time to learn are duly noted.

Another area where he must improve is penetration from the top of the key in our set offense. Against SDS, it appeared that there was a force field that he would bounce off of. I’ve noticed this in other games as well. IMO it’s an attitude that he hasn’t yet developed.

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For sure, he still has a long way to go to be where we need him to be come March. No one is saying otherwise. But ā€œ7 games in and he’s at Damian Dunn’s level of not materializingā€ is truly a terrible position to take.

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Where are you seeing that’s a requirement for football? I’m seeing the following on Wikipedia:

The National Football Foundation outlines specific criteria that may be used for evaluating a possible candidate for induction into the Hall of Fame.[67]

  1. A player must have received major first team All-America recognition.
  2. A player becomes eligible for consideration 10 years after his last year of intercollegiate football played.
  3. Football achievements are considered first, but the post-football record as a citizen is also weighed.
  4. Players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years.
  5. The nominee must have ended his professional athletic career prior to the time of the nomination.
  6. Coaches must have at least 10 years of head coaching experience, coached 100 games, and had at least a .600 winning percentage.[68]

Agree. Rob Gray and Damyean Dotson were pretty good too.

I’ve been to the College Football HOF in Atlanta. I remember seeing the criteria posted there.

I mean maybe things changed from when you saw it, perhaps a misunderstanding But it’s definitely not the criteria these days. Below is the official criteria.

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Man love this thread

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I had to read the whole thread for the first time tonight because apparently I didn’t give it the time of day back in December — man, am I glad that I didn’t read it then.

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Patting myself on the back for having one of the more reasonable posts in this thread lol

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People not trusting the process in Year 11 is wild to me. lol

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i think people trust CKS but tbf the expectations have gotten dramatically steeper compared to even just 2 years ago

back in June 2023 people would have been pretty happy if we just went 12-6 in the B12

we do that next year and people would act like the sky is falling :sob:

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Lmao. I’m glad we were all being reasonable after 7 games.

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It’s absolutely bonkers we only have 4 losses in Big 12 play. People need to understand that is KU 2000s level dominance.

It should not be considered the norm and should be appreciated at the highest level.

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If we kept Dunn, we beat Florida. I said it

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Skip Bayless and Stephen A approve this hot take.

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Yeah him and his 5 pump fakes that never work lol

if you know anything about advanced stats and metrics, you would understand. Per evanmiya Florida is #376 in falling for the 4th pump fake. Its a clear pathway to victory against the Gators. This is why people just dont understand how advanced metrics could win you a title

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