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Vegas Golden Knights On The Brink Of Greatness
June 11, 2020 May 23, 2018 by Admin
At the start of the 2017-2018 season, the Las Vegas Golden Knights were an ambitious expansion team with mixed reviews. Now, the "Golden Misfits," as they've named themselves, are 4 wins away from winning a Stanley Cup title in their first season. This feat hasn't been accomplished for some time and is a testament to what is brewing in Las Vegas.
An expansion team was in the works long before the Las Vegas Golden Knights were announced. It wasn't until June 2016 that Las Vegas beat out Quebec for a new team. The team was part of the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft and were able to select an unprotected player from all 30 NHL franchises. Teams can choose to protect certain players from free agency, trades, etc. This is where the term "Golden Misfits" comes from, as these players feel they weren't considered good enough to warrant protection. Some of the more notable signings included goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and winger James Neal.
The Vegas sportsbooks had the Golden Knights as the team with the lowest odds of winning the Stanley Cup this year even before the NHL postseason was set to begin. They were a new team with no chemistry. Big names like the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning were looming in the background. However, these players were able to finish with the second-best record in the regular season and have stomped their way through the Playoffs. They swept Los Angeles and steamrolled both San Jose and Winnipeg.
The Golden Knights' success boils down to a culmination of factors. For one, they have a strong goalie in Fleury. The 3-time Stanley Cup winner is coming off a Stanley Cup-winning season with the Penguins. Pittsburgh seemed more than ready to part ways with the 33-year-old after moving him to the bench. To be fair, his contract took a nice chunk of cap space, but it appears it was Pittsburg's loss in the end. Fleury gave the Knights an instant leader and veteran with winning experience. Despite his age, Fleury posted career bests in save percentage (.927) and goals-against average (2.24).
Vegas was assisted by the Florida Panthers in more ways than one. They picked up ex-Panthers coach Gerard Gallant after the Florida franchise fired him. The Golden Knights also acquired star center Jonathan Marchessault from the Panthers—another unprotected outcast. The Panthers did the Knights one better by trading forward Reilly Smith for a fourth-round pick. These 2 players did for the offense what Fleur did for the goalie position.
William Karlsson became a prolific scorer for the Knights and in the entire NHL this year. The former Anaheim and Columbus player tallied 43 goals this season. This is a drastic improvement compared to the 18 goals he scored over the past 3 seasons combined. Karlsson finished third in the total scoring this year behind Patrik Laine and Alex Ovechkin. Karlsson's resurgence is reflective of the theme of the Las Vegas Golden Knights. That redemption angle is the last piece of the puzzle.
The Golden Knights are indeed a bunch of misfits. They were cast out by the former teams and left to fend for themselves in a new expansion team. People forget Las Vegas is in the middle of the desert, which doesn't exactly scream "hockey town." The Vegas front office capitalized off the NHL Expansion rules in order to assemble what has turned into a winning formula. Now, these players that were once told they weren't good enough to play hockey in the big leagues are close to being told they're Stanley Cup winners. The battle isn't done yet, but the Golden Knights proved that even the team with the lowest odds can come out on top.
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A Universal Message at 'March for Our Lives' — Vote This November
Demonstrators chanted 'Vote them out! Vote them out!'
Posted Mar 24, 2018 6:19 PM
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Demonstrators watch speakers on a monitor at Saturday's student-led March for Our Lives rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington to call for action to prevent gun violence. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
As hundreds of thousands of people from all over the United States flocked to the "March For Our Lives" rally in Washington on Saturday, the message was clear: Hit the polls this November.
"Vote them out! Vote them out!" the crowd of roughly half a million people chanted throughout the afternoon, referring to members of Congress who have resisted calls to enact sweeping gun control legislation.
Pennsylvania Avenue was packed with people as early as 10:30 a.m. and as late as 3 p.m. A group of a few dozen high schoolers dangled their legs from a limestone ledge on the eastern facade of the National Archives Building. Toddlers mounted the stone horses outside the Federal Trade Commission. When the original route from Twelfth St. to Third St. filled up, the crowd spilled south toward the National Mall into the numbered streets intersecting Pennsylvania Avenue.
Watch: 'Vote Them Out': Thousands March on Washington to Protest Inaction on Gun Violence
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, worked with the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety for over a month to organize the march and more than 800 sibling marches across the country Saturday.
A gunman entered the Parkland high school and killed 17 people with an AR-15 on Feb. 14. The survivors of the shooting took to social media to build up a groundswell of pro-gun control sentiment across the country.
Millions of nationwide demonstrators voiced their opposition to gun violence across the nation Saturday.
Marchers wielded signs decrying the National Rifle Association — which spends millions of dollars per election cycle on pro-gun candidates — and the (mostly) Republican candidates backed by the group.
"The only thing easier to buy than a gun," one sign read, "is a GOP candidate."
By and large, demonstrators were eager to discuss this November's midterm elections, which many predicted would result in a "blue wave" to sweep a Democratic majority into the House.
"We can't kid ourselves. It's going to take Democrat control to make this change [to U.S. gun laws]," said William Blain, 62, a retired computer systems analyst from Tampa, Florida. "[Republicans] aren't going to change. They're not going to make the laws necessary for this new generation coming up."
Blain, clutching a sign blasting lawmakers for their fealty to the NRA, said he may not see sweeping gun control laws in his lifetime. But he issued a warning to GOP leaders about the power of America's liberal youth when they turn 18.
"If the Republican Party does not conform to what the kids want, then they're just going to vote them out," Blain said.
Demanding more
President Donald Trump on Friday signed the 2018 omnibus spending package, which also included provisions to bolster the federal background check system and clarify the polarizing Dickey Amendment that Democrats said prohibited the government from funding gun violence research.
The bill's passage marked the first time in a decade that Congress has passed any form of gun control legislation.
"After the tragedy in Sutherland Springs, I vowed to that community to do what I could so no family, school, or congregation would have to go through that again," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas said in a statement Friday about the "Fix-NICS" measure in the omnibus to strengthen the background check system and referencing a church shooting last year that left more than two dozen people dead. "While it's not the only solution, I'm confident this bill will save lives."
Both parties also agreed to provide funding for grants to schools to implement safety training and protocols, as outlined in the "STOP School Violence Act" the House passed last week.
Demonstrators at Saturday's march questioned Republican efforts to address their concerns about gun violence and mass shootings.
"It's definitely not enough," Taylor Tarter, a 9th-grade teacher from Prince George's County, Maryland, said of the funding for safety and training programs for teachers.
"I think that what the Republicans will do is superficial," said Mark Adolph, 61, another Tampa resident. "They'll do something to make themselves look good for a little bit."
Ultimately, "it's going to take people voting out Republicans, voting in new candidates, voting in younger candidates," Adolph said.
Youth march
Older demonstrators were struck by the large number of young people in the crowd.
Children not even tall enough to stand in the shallow end of a swimming pool toted signs that read, "I am not a target" and "How many more?"
"I came to the Vietnam march in 1969," said Ann Arbor, Michigan, resident Brad Wernle, 67, a former high school English teacher. "The '69 march was college kids. This is college and high school, and even, you know, grade school. There are some real youngsters here. It's the future generation."
Two sisters from Newtown, Connecticut — 10th-grader Sophia and 7th-grader Olivia — were among them.
They have classmates whose siblings or friends died in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012.
Gun violence is something that has "affected more lives than people might think," Sophia, the 10th-grader said, toting a sign with the hashtags #SandyHookStrong and #NeverAgain, the battle cry of the Parkland student-activists.
"If we can show most Americans that this is something that affects more people than just the victims, we can make a big impact," she said.
Across generations
Paul Galligan, 55, lives in Summit, New Jersey. Lucia Cotelo is an 8th-grader at Good Hope Middle School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Both cited Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez's television appearance the day after the Parkland shooting as their inspiration for driving down to Washington for the march.
"My friend showed me the speech of Emma Gonzalez online, and she really moved me," Cotelo said. "She has such a powerful voice. She stands for all of us. She really made me want to share my voice, too."
After watching Gonzalez's speech, Cotelo, 13, asked her dad to take her to the march. He said yes. Even if he hadn't, she believes she still would have found a way to sneak down to D.C.
"I'm very lucky that my parents agree with me. Even if they were against me, I would still go," she said.
Galligan, who is from Dublin and has been living in America as a permanent resident, was likewise moved by Gonzalez.
"When that girl Emma spoke on TV, I could see her anger and frustration. It was contained anger, but it was powerful," he said. "It was very moving. I was in tears. … I saw they were organizing the march in D.C., and I said, 'That's it, we're going.'"
The uptick in mass shootings in recent years and what he sees as little action by Congress has lit a fire under Galligan to obtain his citizenship.
"I'm going to get my citizenship," he said, "so I can vote some of these guys out."
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America's Most Stressful Cities
Beth GreenfieldContributor
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Gallery: America's Most Stressful Cities
So much for California dreaming: By our measure, five out of America's 15 most stressful cities are in the Golden State, where residents contend with a wicked brew of job woes, high costs of living, traffic congestion and poor air quality.
Los Angeles tops our list, but New Yorkers should stop snickering, as their city comes in second, followed by Chicago, which comes in third. The Big Apple has the least affordable housing in the U.S., the most extreme population density and the highest cost of living—a mass of stresses tempered only by its current unemployment rate, 8.6%, which, while high, remains below the national average of 9.1%.
In Pictures: America's Most Stressful Cities
Chicago, meanwhile, has the worst traffic congestion in the country (along with Washington, D.C., which tied for the No. 1 spot); commuters there spend 70 hours a year sitting in jams. It's also got an unemployment rate of 10.3% and is the fourth most densely packed city in the nation.
Washington D.C. and San Diego rank fourth and fifth, respectively.
To come up with our rankings, we analyzed quality-of-life data from the 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and as used by the U.S. Census Bureau. For financial indicators, we looked at unemployment rates for July, and because it's not only a lack of employment that causes anxiety but also too much of it, average weekly working hours as reported by the Census Bureau in April. We also factored in housing affordability, as measured by the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index for the second quarter, and cost of living data from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
Because air quality plays a role in mental wellbeing, we looked at the number of days per year with dangerous ozone levels, using the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2011 report, which is based in part on data supplied by the Environmental Protection Agency. We also took into account traffic congestion data from the 2010 Urban Mobility Report by the Texas Transportation Institute; 2010 Census numbers on population density; and cities' historic average of sunny days, as recorded by the National Climate Data Center.
Who's Stressed Out and Why
"We can't stand uncertainty, and feel enormously stressed when we feel out of control," says Kathleen Hall, founder and CEO of the Stress Institute, based in Atlanta. "A lot of that comes from finances, especially right now. But even if you're employed, you're working tremendously long hours—or worrying that you might be next." Traffic congestion and long commutes are also serious anxiety producers she says, adding, "Commuters can experience greater stress than fighter pilots in battle."
That all certainly applies to Los Angeles—home to a whopping 12.3% unemployment rate, the third least affordable housing of the cities we looked at and a cost-of-living index of 135 (on a scale where the national average is set at 100), putting it sixth-highest in the country. In addition to its financial troubles, L.A. has a host of environmental worries: the highest ozone levels in the country and the third-worst traffic congestion. But it does have at least one bright spot to balance that all out: an average of 266 sunny days a year.
The nation's capital, meanwhile, has some of the worst traffic congestion in the country, plus a high cost of living.
The biggest surprise? Seattle, coming in at number 10. The fair-trade, organic, indie-rocker city may not be a total utopia after all, considering these factors: It ranks eighth among our cities for housing unaffordability, has the 8th worst traffic congestion (forcing commuters to lose 44 hours a year), a cost of living index that tops that of both Chicago and Miami, and a mere 157 possible sunny days a year, making it the gloomiest city on our list.
Cities may be a source of angst, with urban dwellers experiencing a higher rate of mood and anxiety disorders, according to a study published in the June issue of the journal Nature, but Hall says the urban crush can have positive aspects. "In cities you have more physical contact, so for some people that actually is more comforting," she says, while rural life can be isolating. "The only thing that matters," she concludes, "is your state of mind."
**An earlier version of this article listed Washington D.C. as No. 2, based on an unemployment rate error. Washington D.C. is No. 4 with an unemployment rate of 6.1%.
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Specific information related to business practices, salaries, wages and other economic data can often be found within Maine court records. In addition, the investigation of a single term of court records can provide incredible insight into the lives of the state's residents during a particular time in a particular place in Maine.
The state archives maintain the different types of Maine court records, including case files and dockets, from all sixteen counties. These records have been accumulating for many, many years since 1636.
Court records typically include bound record volumes, bound docket volumes as well as case files, all of which include the actions of the court during each session or term of all courts at every level.
Throughout the years, there has not been an absolute uniformity in the docketing and filing practices of the court clerks responsible for the maintenance of Maine court records.
However, the decisions of the courts of general jurisdiction and inferior courts are not published in the collected volumes of Maine court records. Those decisions can be reviewed upon appeal by the Supreme Court. In addition, the decisions made by this court are binding.
If you need to search Maine court records, you should be prepared to pay a fee for a number of the service performed during such a search. For example, a certified copy with research included will cost you $15, while a plain copy with research will only cost you $7. A printer copy with no staff time committed to research is only 50₵, while just a photocopy will run you only 25₵.
In addition to paying for copies of Maine court records, if you require the assistance of court staff while performing your search, you will be responsible for the related fee. For example, research that takes less than fifteen minutes will only cost you $10, while research that takes fifteen to thirty minutes of a staff member's time will cost you $20. Keep in mind that the cost of any photocopies that you might need is not included in these prices.
Although the state's website is quite extensive and provides a great deal of information that is accessible to the public, docket or case information is not posted on the Maine website. If you need to review Maine court records pertaining to a specific case, you will need to contact the clerk's office of the court where that case was heard.


Ragland's History of Logan County, Logan County (WV) Banner, 11 December 1895.
Harts Creek Stills, Logan (WV) Banner, 19 June 1925.
The Morris Family Cemetery, which I visited on 27 March 2016, is located at the mouth of Spring Branch of West Fork of Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
NOTE: For my list here, I used name spellings and dates as provided by tombstones. Errors appear to exist and additional information is available.
Thursday Cook obituary, Logan County (WV) Banner, 4 September 1895.


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Next exciting phase of Regent Street flyover project to start next week
The next exciting phase of a multi-million pound project to rebuild a major bridge in Leeds city centre commences next week.
Construction started in summer this year to rebuild the Regent Street flyover, which carries traffic over the A61 Regent Street, after it reached the end of its usable life.
Over the past five months the southern bridge sections have been successfully demolished, new abutments and pier have been built and concrete repair works have been undertaken to nearby retaining walls.
Work to fit the new southern bridge steel beams will start from 10 December. This will involve a series of night closures which will run for eight consecutive nights between the hours of 10pm – 5:30am the following day.
A specialist mobile crane will be used to negotiate the bridge beams, weighing a total of 220 tonnes, in to place. The bridge will have an overall total span of approximately 66m, with the largest steel beam measuring 44m in length and weighing 69 tonnes.
Forty-seven thousand people hours have been spent on the project to date and 82 per cent of the workforce employed are local.
Leeds City Council chief officer for highways and transportation Gary Bartlett said:
"I would firstly like to thank people for their ongoing patience while this essential project is carried out and apologise for any inconvenience caused. We are working hard to ensure the works are delivered safely and efficiently while minimising disruption as much as possible.
"We are working very closely with local stakeholders and businesses to mitigate the impact of these works during the busy Christmas period and we appreciate that this is even more important at this time.
"We have worked to rejig our programme so the major works will now be completed overnight and we will be reopening the main routes during the daytime.
"Since demolishing the southern section of the bridge earlier this year, the team have made great progress and we are currently on track for the scheme to be complete by spring 2022."
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It has been a long time between posts. A few issues have kept me away from modelling. I decided to start something different.
I'm a fan of the variety of Armoured Trains and other related armoured and unarmoured vehicles that were used on railway lines used in Europe in WW2, particularly in the east, in the war between the germans and russians.
Tanks with big guns are the eye catching 'glamour' items of that war, but the reality was that tanks, and every other piece of war hardware was moved vast distances by trains, not by trucks, or aircraft or ships (except a very small percentage) on the eastern front. Ammunition, food, spares, replacements etc all was moved vast distances to keep the army formations and all the tanks, artillery, other armoured & unarmoured vehicles, & men that made up those armies, supplied. Without fuel, ammunition, and spares a tank was useless. Trains were the primary means of supply. One train could move as many supplies as hundreds of trucks. The trucks would need hundreds of drivers and were prone to flat tyres, freezing or over heating, getting bogged, and other mechanical breakdowns, and would use vast quantities of petrol. A train with 2 or 3 crew could move the same number of supplies, using just water and coal, which were plentiful and cheap, unlike petrol, which was in increasingly short supply as the war progressed. And trains of the era were much more reliable than the 1930s era designed trucks that were mostly in use.
The only problem with a vast rail network in conquered territory was that it was vulnerable to attack by partisans and infiltrators. It is well documented that the Germans encountered partisan activity from the early stages of their invasion, which only increased as the war progressed. And train lines and trains were a favoured target. To counter this the germans employed armoured trains (Panzerzugs) as well as other varieties of armoured and track protection trains. These were specifically factory designed by the Germans (as in the BP42 and BP44 designs). And many captured Russian trains were also used. Some army formations field engineered their own armoured trains from Russian rolling stock. Armoured trains and Track Protection trains were used for other duties also - in defensive and offensive operations against the Russian Armies, especially as the war progressed, and fighting moved onto German soil in Prussia and other eastern provinces of Germany.
Track Protection train Blücher was one such train. It was built on Russian rolling stock (Russian 60 tonne 4 axle flat wagons). Whether it was originally armoured and armed by the Russians and then captured by the Germans, and put to use is uncertain. It originally was armed with T-34 and T-70 turrets (and possibly T-26 turrets). This suggests it was originally a Russian fabrication, though the Germans were also known to make full use of captured Russian arms - so it can't be ruled out with certainty that this train was not a German construct, though it is most likely a Russian build.
No exact dates as to its build date and use are known. It had a camouflage pattern that was seen on both German and Russian armoured trains. The train probably was constructed in 1941 or 42, and may have come into German use as early as 1942. It is unknown what actions it took part in, but typically anti partisan and track protection activities, as well as in support of army units in both defensive and offensive actions were likely. Records show that in early 1944 Track Protection train Blücher was ordered to be rebuilt. In Autumn 1944 it was modified, with the T-34 turrets being replaced with Panzer IV H turrets. The full extent of modifications is unknown as so few pictures exist. Probably the flak position also was a 1944 modification. The train was rebirthed and rechristened as Panzer Zug 52.
Track Protection Train Blücher, in german markings, prior to 1944.
Panzerzug 52 (ex Track Protection Train Blücher) sometime from October 1944, rebuilt with a quad flak position in the rear, the T-34 turret replaced by a Panzer IV H turret, armoured splash guards added around turret, changes to external window openings. The full extent of changes is not known, and can't be gauged from this one photo.
In October 1944 Panzerzug 52 was sent to Tilsit and took part in the recapture of Goldap in East Prussia in November 1944. In January 1945 it was ordered to Konigsberg, but was unable, escaping west via Marienburg before the line was cut by the Russians. It then saw action on the Vistula, then on the Konitz-Czersk-Preussisch-Stargard line. Panzerzug 52 was then ordered south west to Dirschau in late February 1945. It was unable to due to the Russians breaking through to the Baltic on 01 March 1945. As a bridge was blown it had no choice but to head back towards Gotenhafen (near Danzig). Panzerzug 52 fought in the Gross-Katz area and was captured in a Russian advance on 21 March 1945. (Source Wolfgang Sawodny, German Armoured Trains on the Eastern Front).
Problem with this build is that so little is known. Only a few poor quality pictures exist of the train. I used the only picture known of the '1944' update and used it as a guide. As the Panzer IV turret has known dimensions I used this as a point of reference to scale out all the other dimensions of the wagon to 1/72 scale.
What was very evident was that the wagon was built on a Russian 4 axle 60 tonne flat wagon, which was long enough and strong enough to carry two medium tanks, such as 2 x T-34s or 2 x Panzer IVs. This was a good choice for a chassis. These wagons were very similar to an American design. Whether they were imported from the USA or built under contract in Russia to an American design is not known. By comparison the German BP-42 and BP-44 wagons were built on 2 axle German Ommr wagons or 2 axle Russian wagons, which could only support a maximum of about 25 tonnes. This limited the thickness of armour that could be used on BP42/44 wagons to 30mm maximum, and as a result the BP42/44 wagons were very vulnerable to armour piercing shot. The thickness of the armour on this Panzerzug 52 wagon is unknown. The additional load capacity of these 4 axle wagons gave the builders the ability to apply thicker armour if they wished. I fashioned the sides from 1.0mm plastic card, using strips and rod for the smaller details.
A base was added and some strengthening strips. No attempt was made to accurately detail the underneath as no references could be found, and the underneath will be unseen.
Bogies added and fitted between two BP-44 armoured train cars to assess if height from rail was right.
Two T-34s were loaded on to see how they looked, as period photos show was a common load for these wagons.
I started by finding appropriately shaped bogies (or trucks) of the 1930s era. Fortunately these were not hard to find, appears that similar designs of that era were used in many countries around the world. I found a pair of HO scale bogies. These have a gauge of 16.5mm. To emulate German gauge (1435mm) I needed to make them 19.93mm to be 1/72 scale. I cut axles in half, drilled holes in each end and used steel rod in the axles to make them the right width, then put some hollow plastic rod over the thin steel rod to cover it. The bogie frames were widened with plastic strip. The bogies are marginally not long enough, but are hidden behind steel skirts.
These bogies bear a very close resemblance to types seen on these wagons. The bogie on the left has had a start on sanding down the flanges to a closer to scale depth.
This picture shows the difference in width at 1/72 scale. The closest bogies now have a width of 19.93mm (or something very close to it) which is Standard Gauge. The bogies in HO scale are 16.5mm which is too narrow for 1/72 scale, and equals 1/87 scale. If left at 16.5mm they do not equate to any known gauge in 1/72 scale.
Using the only photo, parts were again scaled to 1/72.
Again 1.0mm card was used. First 2 sides were made and temporarily attached with Blu-Tack.
Next the forward compartment was made, the panel that housed the Pz IV turret and the angles pieces that made up the sides and front. Anti skid treadplate was cut and added to the raised floor of the Quad 20mm flak gun. Turrets were test fit.
For fun I fit a T-34 turret to see how it looked compared to the known photo of Blücher. The T-34 turret was temporary, the Panzer IV turret will be inserted.
Update Sunday 17 November 2013.
The Panzer IV turret is the basic Esci/Italeri. But has been modified. Details were added to the escape hatch doors, incorrect details were removed off turret roof. Grab handles were added above escape hatches, the turret mantlet was sanded down into a more correct shape, and vision block added to the front. Revell Panzer IV gun barrel added and Revell cupola and hatch added.
The quad flak started life on a ready built model. Barrels removed and replaced with brass, seats removed and refined and added back on, careful sanding and scraping of cast lines.
The reason I recycled some parts was the unavailability of buying a new quad flak or Revell Panzer IV turret. And I already have cannabalised other kits for turrets for Panzerjaeger cars, so did no want to add more unturreted Panzer IVs to my stash. The ready made quad flak was quite good - far superior to the old Esci/Italeri, and better than the MW offering, even before it was tidied up a bit and brass barrels were added.
Updated Monday 21 April 2014.
Hello.I regret that it has been a long time since the last post.
No changes to the wagon, as it is finished, excepting a couple of details to the underchassis.
I have given the wagon a paint job, but am not sure if it is the best possible paint job for this wagon. I have posted a few pictures below. I may yet do a new paint job on the wagon.
Photos have not been "photoshopped" or changed in any way, only "cropped" to cut out unwanted detail. Pics take with Fuji Finepix camera on macro settings, with and without flash.


I swear I have become the crazy bag lady even more since having a kid. I am all about buying new bags for traveling and just because. I really have such an addiction that my wife and I have a closet full of bags.
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Reed leads KU hoops weight exploits
Kansas defenders Mario Little, left, and Tyrel Reed look to trap Missouri guard Marcus Denmon during the second half Sunday, March 1, 2009 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Nobody is ever going to call Tyrel Reed an 184-pound weakling.
"I think it's incredible a men's basketball player who weighs 184 pounds is able to hang-clean 308 pounds. I think that's a pretty impressive feat," said KU hoops strength coach Andrea Hudy.
"It happens in football all the time (but not basketball)," she added of somebody that size pumping so many pounds in the solid barbell exercise.
Reed at times stole the show during the Jayhawks' two, four-week sessions of voluntary strength and conditioning workouts.
His hang clean was the best on the team, ahead of the Morris twins, Cole Aldrich, Brady Morningstar, Travis Releford and Conner Teahan, who came close to 300 pounds.
Reed also completed a whopping 40 pullups on the bar, ahead of junior guard Teahan, a former high school football standout who had over 30.
"I don't have to say much to Tyrel. He's self-motivated," said Hudy, KU's sixth-year assistant athletic director/sports performance.
Hudy reports that the entire roster of Jayhawks had productive summers working out.
"We had a pretty consistent, successful summer in terms of the weight guys were throwing around, squatting and benching. Our consistency in the weight room was really an advantage to where we are trying to go," Hudy said.
Freshman forward Thomas Robinson, who was listed at 6-foot-8, 220 pounds upon his early-June arrival from his hometown of Washington, D.C., now weighs 233.
"If you ask Thomas, he's a horse. He's a self-proclaimed horse," Hudy said, laughing. "He is very gifted. His best advantage is his work ethic. His physique is great. He has long arms. He looks great.
"It's impressive for somebody to put on 13 pounds in eight weeks when he's continuing to run, play (pickup games) and do conditioning work as well. He's competitive, and it shows."
Freshman transfer Jeff Withey, who likely will be listed as 7-foot on KU's 2009-10 roster, is about 228 pounds, up from 212 when he first arrived at KU last January.
Withey, who started his career at the University of Arizona, has loaded up on Gatorade/nutritional shakes this summer, as have teammates Aldrich, Morningstar, Releford, Robinson, Tyshawn Taylor, Elijah Johnson and the Morris twins.
"He has to eat all the time," Hudy said of Withey. "I'd meet him for breakfast at 7 or 9 a.m. before class at the Burge (Union). He'd eat either an omelet or a burrito omelet. We'd follow up on what he was having for lunch and dinner. He'd get at least two shakes a day. He does what we ask him to do."
The Morris twins — 6-8 Marcus and 6-9 Markieff — have been "two of our most consistent guys," Hudy said.
Marcus is about 232 pounds, up from a low of 210 last season and Markieff at 242, up from his low of 215.
"I think the twins went through the season and realized how much stronger they could be and needed to be in the Big 12," Hudy said. "They took it seriously as a goal to put on weight and muscle, to get stronger and become more powerful. There was a point last season we were hitting critical values in a negative area. The season is long. It's hard. There's a lot of energy expenditure. They realize eating is a primary goal for them. Since they've done that, they've seen positive results."
KU sophomore Releford also has had a significant weight gain. The 6-foot-5 Kansas Citian is at 210 pounds, up from 192.
"He realized he needed to put on some weight as well. The learning curve from their freshman to sophomore year is one of the biggest," Hudy said.
Summarizing the summer, Hudy said: "We are pretty athletic this year. Their work ethic doesn't amaze me. When they are at Kansas, there is an expectation. When they want to come to Kansas, we need them to play like Kansas players do. They take pride in their work. They want to get better."
KU basketball players bulking up during offseason
Hudy: UNI loss in hoops 'brutal'
Jayhawks hitting weights
Scott MacWilliams 10 years, 5 months ago
Sounds like the guys have been doing their work, and it's paying off in more muscle all around. I'm looking forward to seeing this crew put it all together on the hardwood.
i just hope that if they do start the season #1, they go ahead and lose one and get that monkey off their back. I always feel better when they are a little underrated, seems like it's easier to sneak up on folks...
But what the hell, they're the Jayhawks, they're always going to get everybody's 'A' game. Be sure to eat some extra burritos for the second half! ROCK CHALK!!!
Tribehawk 10 years, 5 months ago
"...Their work ethic doesn't amaze me. When they are at Kansas, there is an expectation. When they want to come to Kansas, we need them to play like Kansas players do."
Great quote. KU doesn't set a standard... we ARE the standard.
waywardJay 10 years, 5 months ago
there is a down side.... perhaps she didn't mean it that way.... but it's a dig at our kids too....
Their work ethic doesn't amaze her ? yet, she has nothing but flattery for them ..... perhaps it's certain players who have not been working as hard as others.... particularly more notable ones...... who are fringe NBA players.....
Hmm ...maybe im reading too much in.
waywardJay - The certain "fringe" NBA player has had entire articles devoted to the coaching staff telling him to completely shut it down after the season, and the resulting weight gain followed by his resuming workouts and dropping most of the excess in the following month. The certain "fringe" NBA player will be just fine for us this year, and will once again lead us to many victories.
Dagger... I totally concur... i was being tongue in cheek.... Im a big proponent of said player, however.... i wonder if there wasn't something in what she was saying.... it seemed a little weird don't you agree ?
yates33333 10 years, 5 months ago
Maybe if we do not win the NCAA basketball championship, a slight maybe, we can win the NCAA weight lifting crown.
fansincewilt 10 years, 5 months ago
The expectations are so high. Physically, we are going to be tough. However, one mental breakdown in the big game can end it all. Just ask the "Fab Five" of the Wolverines. I wonder if we are mentally tough enough. I know coach knows the importance of mental toughness. I wonder what the guys do to get to that mentally tough point. Another example of a letdown was the Memphis Tigers just a couple of years ago. When Mario hit that shot, it was over. They were done. They had plenty good enough players. However, they didn't have the mental toughness to come back from that disappointing end of regulation. Our boys were the ones that were tough enough. They never gave up even when it seemed there was no hope. That was an amazing game. I still live it. If these guys give us another ride like that one,... what can you say?
fansincewile - there's only one thing you can say.
Thank You, Add a Rock Chalk Champions and there is nothing else.
I do think that memphis's toughness was personified with Joey Dorsey..... and he fouled out with 2 minutes in regulation.... Plenty of players, but no grit.... CDR, Rose, Taggartt, Anderson.... great players but none with Dorsey's ....... intestinal fortitude.... I really do think that was the begining of the end for them..... not only did it take him out of the game it got mario shooting free throws... and you know what happens when a clutch shooter gets free looks.... he tends to find the range....
As for Toughness..... Think of the Journies of some of our "lesser gods"- Mario Little's academic ineligibility that forced him out to a JUCO, and then his ressurgence at kansas hampered by mulitple injuries..... OR, CJ Henry's First choice of Careers going out like a campfire in a soft rain storm..... Or Withey's Commitment to "zona under the knowldge he was getting lute and then Lute..... scooted..... OR those who still think Brady doesn't Belong......those who ignore Tyrel's 308..... Morris squared thinking lawrence was going to be their dunking grounds on the way to the NBA in 1 season.... having to fight fan scorn for shooting some lady in the toucas, the bumped official....
Sherron's arbitrary weight concerns and lack of NBA street cred because he's 3-4 inches short, Cole's escpaing Blake Griffin's shadow, even after he turned Hansborough into the softest "PSYCHO" player since Latrell Sprewell got found out. Or tyshawn's sitch with marquette .... You know, where he was going to take over the point when Dominic James went pro but dominic came back which left Taylor without a team.... until Kansas Opened up Mario's schollie..... Or what about the heaploads of Press one Xavier Henry has, to prove he can be a catalyst on a TEAM first unit..... especially considering about 65 percent of that teams fans are convinced coming in he's more Giddens than Rush......
Moxie we have plenty..... It's cohesion we need.... we need Self to sit them in a room and get these kids bonding.....
Andy Hess 10 years, 5 months ago
Taylor left Marquette because Tom Crean went to Indiana. It had nothing to do with Dominic James.
FlaHawk 10 years, 5 months ago
I am more interested in how Collins weight is dropping?
You got to wonder how this will effect his NBA draft potential. If Collins has not learned to control his wieght year round in college, the NBA season will give him plenty of opportunity to back on the pounds!
I feel that this will limit his draft stock and off-set his potential value to an NBA franchise.
Swish- Crean's assistant buzz Williams took over at Marquette..... I was living in the area at the time..... Tyshawn woulda honored his commitment had Dominic not gone pro.
had Dominic gone pro that is.
Collins is fine! Let HCBS worry about that issue.
From Boyz to Men...Can you imagine when other teams see the obvious size of these guys this coming season? Crap they're going to be beasts!!
Keep up the good work guys it will all pay off!!
RCJHKU
if these numbers come to bear.... we could be starting a 260 cole, and a 250 pound marcus..... with 260 markieff, 240 Withey and 240 robinson backing them up.....that's just under 1,300 pounds of of fouls coming at any front line.....
And if we manage to foul all of them out... w play mario little as the center, with X, Sherron Tyshawn and Ej and play a 5 guard line up..... with Brady,Travis, tyrel Cj and Connor off the bench..... the sheer nastiness of this line up on paper just makes me chuckle..... It's like a Hocky team.....
Gretzky line- Sherron Xavier Brady
Messier Line Tyshawn Tyrel Cj
Anderson Line EJ Travis Mario / Connor
Defense 1 Aldrich Marcus Morris
Defense 2 Withey Markieff
Spot defender T Robinson
Goon Line- Buford Connor Stu Grimson
} Tyrel leading the team in weight lifting? This is even stranger than him being the fastest guy in the wind sprints. Tyrel is putting himself in very good physical shape to contest for minutes.
} One thing I learned, even back in the dark ages when I played, is that weight lifting can massively increase shooting range...if you have a good touch to begin with. If you don't, it merely increases the range you can miss from. :-)
The great news is that KU has two very good shooters in Tyrel and Brady that Hudy is saying are waaaaaaaaaay stronger than last year. This means the accurate trifectation range has probably jumped 2-3 feet. These guys are going to be able to stretch the hell out of zones this year, and that will really open it up for Cole and Sherron and Tyshawn and whomever else rises to the top in the getting-to-the-rim club.
} The Twins, up 20 pounds a piece, are going to be running around kicking gluteous maximuses and taking nombres later with that extra weight. Just hope Hudy found and developed their springs.
} Robinson gains 12 pounds of muscle in only 8 weeks? Better buy some backup back boards. This guy could be breaking a few before he's done.
} KU is going to look like Michigan State out there on the court this year.
} No more Mr. Nice Jayhawk.
KGphoto 10 years, 5 months ago
Amen waywardJay.
I'm seeing it too. And the source of the mental toughness is pure. It's proven now. We're seeing some of the toughest Kansas teams to ever lace it up.
Self has found his market. He's gapped the OAD mentality that's plagued almost every other team. He's instilled the midwestern fortitude into the locker room. Each and every player realizes, in their own way, what hard work turns into.
Sik'em Tyrel.
I stand corrected........ I just did some research and Found that Stu Grimson cannot walk onto Ku because he's on Kentucky's Coaching staff with Rod Strickland, Bill laimbeer and Darth Vader.
Yo, Andrea, I almost forgot. How much did Jordan Juenemann add? He was at 195 last year. Is he packing 215 now, too?
KG,
I think I have learned from about 6 years of fire we can be pretty damned rugged..... think of the soft metality Self's first team had, the turmoil with roy, their inability to adapt to Selfball....Jr Giddens, Padgett.....then look at the championship hawks.... each year they were that much more HARD in the clutch.... Even last year, I think we were mentally tougher ( considering the losses ) ..... If we need someone to buoy us for stretches we have Cole.... but i expect this team to be NAILS come conference time.
jchief40 10 years, 5 months ago
Tribehawk is an idiot.
so i guess the quote from Tyshawn was BS, about how he felt betrayed after Crean left and that's why he was leaving Marquette? but you lived there. you would know better than Tyshawn himself.
Jonathan Andrews 10 years, 5 months ago
Hudy is the BOSS!
quigley 10 years, 5 months ago
NJJAYHAWK: Thanks for the early morning laugh!!!
Swish betrayal does not mean he would have made a different choice. Considering the options at the time, there there were no other schools out there looking and James had not gone pro yet.... When Mario Stayed in and Dominic Opted out, that made the decision clear to Tyshawn....
I seem to recall Miles, Langford and Simien all feeling betrayal when Roy left, No one offered them a better oppurtunity with no penalty to leave..... things might have been very different had they not already played 2 years at Kansas..... What i Know of tyshawn, he seems like a person of integrity.... He wants to run the Point of a national Championship level contender.... Anyone who watched Marquette last year saw the GLARING hole they had without Tyshawn, especially after James Broke his Foot..... Marquette was close to that for most of the year last year, and it's arguable he might have made a bigger impact on Marquette than Kansas last year......
That being said, Im glad he's here. I stil Maintain from what i heard in the press up there, it was more impact than it was Crean.... and notice no one's giving Crean that " i'm here for YOU !!!!!!" treatment at Indiana.... most notably Jordan Crawford......
I believe him when He says it bothered him that he left, but let's face facts.... If Marquette could have offered him the same starting minutes last year, he's not necessarily a Jayhawk now..... More oppurtunity to play near his home, he's more famaliar with the Big east ballers, and he signed a LOI there for a reason.... Marquette had ALOT of talent there in Place. i wouldn't begrudge him for that, either. it's a business decision in alot of ways.... whether it makes him money or not.
He's getting the better end of the deal here in Kansas in the long run, don't you agree ????
NebraskaJayhawk 10 years, 5 months ago
Wow...It really just goes to show that competition for playing time really improves your team. That's the way I am looking at this. These guys know that in order to play this year, they are going to have to improve in all areas and it sounds like they are doing just that. I can't wait to see this team when the season starts. Anything less than a national championship will disappoint this team and it's following.
Beak 10 years, 5 months ago
I agree, but from the add she's "EBONY" in my book.
labbadabba 10 years, 5 months ago
Football. Season. No basketball fluff pieces allowed 2 days before training camp.
Flip the script on ya swishy, take the fandom out of it.....
Your Tyshawn Taylor.....
Your options are Marquette ( where all signs point to James going pro ), Virginia Tech where your a back up point guard for a year, Florida where you didn't even make a visit, or Georgia tech where your again a backup for a year.....
With Tyshawn's skill set, you would be crazy not to choose Marquette.....
Until..... Dominic James says..... Ehhhh i wanna play college one more year..... Now your a backup for a year no matter where you go, except for Flrodai who doesn't look like they are accumulating ALOT of talent, and what talent they are getting is going early in the draft......
At least you still get to play with James, Macneal, Hayward and Matthews for 1 year.... maybe they get a Big man coming in after the seniors graduate..... by far the BEST team of the teams tat recruited him to that point..... UNTIL
Chalmers stays in the draft for the defending champs, who may not have even been on your radar .... but certainly have the street cred..... having just won the title..... Hey, let's go Check them out....... April 28th 2008
Mind you It's firmly in Print on Espn on may 1st that Dominic James is back and out of the draft..... Conicidence, I think not.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3376459&type=story
If only i can find the smoking gun here..... Ahhh there it is.....
april 10th 2008.... 18 days before the visit to Kansas.....
http://www.gomarquette.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/041008aaf.html
http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/barrier_noentry.asp?ReturnTo=&sid=910&script=content.asp&cid=795247&fid=&tid=&mid=&rid=
The day BEFORE April 9th, Tyshawn after asking for his LOI 8 days previous..... he meets with NEW COACH Buzz Williams..... Buzz tells him... look we love ya but we are getting dominic back , we can't offer you the minutes this year.... Will you back him up for a year..... Im sorry Tyshawn, good luck....
Tyshawn Most definetely would have stayed had Dominic not gone pro. Don't think it's not hurting Buzz right now, either.
again... had dominic GONE pro.....
Larry Smith 10 years, 5 months ago
I think swish may be more on the right track as far as why Tyshawn asked out of his loi. Seems to be all about the coaching change.
http://njmg.typepad.com/zagsblog/2008/04/taylor-to-ask-f.html
"St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley said he plans to ask Marquette to release senior guard Tyshawn Taylor from his Letter of Intent now that Tom Crean is set to take over the Indiana job.
"I would like the opportunity to have him released from his scholarship in the event that we don't like who's hired," Hurley said Tuesday night after his team was honored at the 76ers-Nets game for winning the New Jersey Tournament of Champions."
Another quote
"Hurley said Taylor was understandably "confused" about the situation with Marquette, and that Taylor had initially chosen Marquette because of Crean.
"Yes, he liked the school but there's no doubt that the decision was based on Tom Crean," Hurley said."
Again, It sounds like swish is right on.
It's ok to be wrong sometimes.
Another quote from a Coach Hurley interview
""It's unacceptable but it's one of the things wrong with college basketball, that they would hold a kid for this long when there' s such uncertainty."
Marquette assistant Buzz Williams has been mentioned as a possible successor to Tom Crean, who took the Indiana job, but Hurley said that that might not be enough to keep Taylor.
"No disrespect but that (Buzz Williams) was not the reason why this kid went to Marquette," Hurley said.
Swish, your case is getting stronger
rockchalkjayhawk4ku11 10 years, 5 months ago
Tyrel has always impressed me, and I can't wait to watch him next year. As well as all the other guys. One thing I NEED to see next year is Teahan MAKING SOME THREES! I miss that from his freshmen year...
OK..... Timeline
April 1, 2008 - tyshawn askes for realease from letter of intent.... April 9, 2008 - Tyshawn goes to Marquette to discuss the program with NEW COACH BUzz Williams.... april 10, 2008 - Dominic James officially removes his name from the draft. April 14th 2008- Taylor and Bobby Hurley BOTH meet with Buzz Williams about Marquette. April 23rd, 2008 Mario CHalmers declares for NBA draft April 28th- Tyshawn Taylor visits Kansas and verbals commits ( cannot sign a LOI because he had his 1 at Marquette ).....
Why would Tyshawn have two seperate meetings to discuss Marquette basketball, if he were decided COMPLETELY against Marquette Basketball......
The timeline is clearly displayed on Rivals.... look it up for yourselves.... Matches everything i heard then... and know now....
Dominic James stays in the the NBA draft 2008.... Tyshawn taylor is 90 percent a Marquette Golden Eagle... I do not discount he was spurned by Crean..> but clearly not enough to AVOID meeting with Marquette's INCOMING COACH about Marquette basketball.... Did I fail to mention they promoted Buzz Williams From within, he was one of tom crean's assistants !!!!!.... It's amazing how many people downplay that this kid wanted MINUTES... and knew he was capable of playing at that level.....
It's their loss, It's our gain.... but despite the fact Taylor said he was spurned... that was not his only motivating factor..... it clearly viewed by this timeline is not even his MAJOR factor...... he wanted to play a starters role.... and Buzz couldn't give him that... So when Mario's spot came free... he choose to go to Us....
Correction.... Kansas visit was april 25th ( 2 days after Mario said Cee-ya ! ) and he commited april 28.....
Thank you rockalkjayhawk4ku11, for coming up with the longest username in the history of this website. And for remembering that this is an article about Tyrel and not Tyshawn.
Tyrel... is.. a.. Kansas.. Stud!!
Whad'ya think Xavier is putting up? I bet it ain't 300!
Another Correction- Goes to Marquette april 9th... stays through that friday the 11th.... with Hurley and discusses Marquette basketball....... with Buzz Williams... It was an extended multi day meeting..... that happened to coincide with the april 10th announcement of Dominic James coming back..... and Taylor decides april 14th to reopen his recruitment ocmpletely......
it's all about minutes, but tyshawns a Professional type kid...and didn't want it to BE about minutes.... because he was taught right byt Bobby Hurley.....
Why is it so hard for you to take into account what both Coach Hurley and Tyshawn himself said. Tyshawn commited because of Coach Crean. Coach Crean left and it swayed his decision. Did he visit with Buzz? Yes, because thats what good kids do. He gave Buzz the opportunity to sell him on his program, and he could not.
How does this quote not show you the light?
"Marquette assistant Buzz Williams has been mentioned as a possible successor to Tom Crean, who took the Indiana job, but Hurley said that that might not be enough to keep Taylor.
Can It get any more plain than that. Regardless of the timeline.
You can speculate all you want, but I will take Coach Hurley and Tyshawn at their words. Coach Crean left, so Tyshawn did as well.
btw, TT was not the only player that asked for his realease. I believe other players that were on the team, as well as recruits asked for tranfers as well. Did all of them hinge on the Dominc James decision as well? I think that just as TT, they only commited to play for Coach Crean. Once he was gone, so were they.
Joe Ross 10 years, 5 months ago
God bless Andrea Hudy!
jaybate (anonymous) says... Robinson gains 12 pounds of muscle in only 8 weeks? Better buy some backup back boards. This guy could be breaking a few before he's done.
Review this kid's highlight videos...he is awesome. Just think what he will do now!! His footwork, ball skills and intelligence is amazing!!
Thomas Robinson High School Highlights by sremlahc10
labbadabba (anonymous) says... Football. Season. No basketball fluff pieces allowed 2 days before training camp.
This is a b-ball story!! We are all waiting on football and looking forward to an outstanding year. It's all good...
Don't forget Elijah!! I can't wait...These guys are backups to starters!!
Elijah Johnson High School Highlights by sremlahc10
This kid can fly for his size.
Rivethead 10 years, 5 months ago
Yes, thank God KU hired Andrea Hudy. Now Coach Dawson can quit wasting his precious time on basketball players.
Labbadabba......we're still a basketball school. Didn't you get the memo?
Withey will own the paint. He has benefited so much with Cole and will get to play a year before Cole leaves. This kid will be dominate. Dang he rules the paint!!
We will rock this year and the next 2-3 years folks!! I'm stoked!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Fqnm4Ldsw&feature=related
kvskubball 10 years, 5 months ago
Sounds like most of the team is getting physical. That will be good news for the team.
I'm with the earlier poster who questioned what they are doing for mental toughness. In the MSU tourney game, we were playing great for about 10 minutes before half-time, and then went thud in the second half. I don't think the second half flops in the MSU gameS and the other games we were leading but lost the lead in, and lost the game were due to being physically challenged. It seemed to be mental, a lack of confidence seemed to be evident in the supporting cast in the tournament game against MSU. Seemed like everyone except Sherron and Cole couldn't or wouldn't shoot the rock.
Good work Tyrel, and the rest of the Rock-hard, Rock-Chalking Jayhawks!
Oh, as an aside...There was some chat about Sherron being the Best-ever or GOAT KU guard earlier this summer...
If you can, go back and watch the MSU tourney game. I recorded the game and watched the first half recently. Then anyone who watches the first part of the first half and still thinks that Sherron is the best KU guard ever....needs to re-evaluate. Yes he is very good, and yes, he kept us a-float in the second half, but in the beginning of the game he was pretty mediocre. I think he has the potential to be one of the best ever, but the inconsistency he showed in that game is why I can't give him the G-O-A-T KU guard, just yet.
The great thing for Sherron is that he has another year to raise his game! I think he will. He should be much more confident in his teammates this year. That should help him play at a higher level, reducing some of the pressure he felt last year. He should be really hungry because this is his last college doughnut (pun intended). If he's at his best, we'll be very good indeed.
I agree with the earlier posters who were chatting about Sherron, but playing coy by not mentioning his name....He's only got one more go around to impress the NBA scouts. Winning will definitely help. Him playing great will help. But the fact that he has gained bad weight in the off-season each year while at KU (for whatever reason) will be a negative. Add that to his height, and Sherron's glass is most likely only half full in the eyes of NBA scouts. If he leads the KU team to a great season, then he will be the toast of KU fans, his glass will be full of his favorite drink at the end of the year, and he'll get drafted by an NBA team too. Sounds like a solid recipe!
waywardJay,
Oh, no! Tell me Laimbeer is not really on their staff!!!!! This means UK is going to have the dirtiest, most annoying bigs in the country!!!!!!
kvskubball (anonymous) says... anyone who watches the first part of the first half and still thinks that Sherron is the best KU guard ever....needs to re-evaluate.
kvskubball- I understand your point about that one game. I too have reviewed that game and painfully it wasn't a good game for the hawks at all, obviously!! Most of your post is close to the truth. You tend to negate your point though about Collins; either he is or isn't!! I don't think you're trashing him, but to say this for one lousy game where the entire team collapsed is a little harsh. Collins is a proven leader. He was and is the most consistent player on the team.
I think you'll see a refined and focused Collins. You're right, the need to place the team on his shoulders will not be there for most of the season. He will be more selective and stategic with his play. I watched Sherron miss a huge three in that MSU game and watched him glide through the lane passing the ball to Cole, only to throw it away. I really didn't see more than that throughout the game. Collins was money most of the game. I saw Brady and Reed take a poop during that second half. My biggest overall disappoint was Brady. BTW, wasn't Sherron Chevrolet's Player of the Game that game w/ 20 or 23 points? But, it made me sick and mad at the same time.
Wha ? Jaybate ? You mean to tell me they weren't heading there already ???? The sad thing is.... 1 of those 4 is ACTUALLY COaching at Kentucky. Multiple DUI's, Trainwreck in the Locker Room. Selfish Me first Player. Never won a championship.
Right. and They cannot choke people with a menacing stare ( though latrell is down with learning that noise ).....
Michigan State 2 wasn't about us not being mentally tough.... it was our back breaking..... we rode Collins and aldrich to a point where they could carry us no more and let's face it.... on that day the better team won.... just like in East Lansing,.... im convince we are better off for it... because pain and hunger are great motivators.....
Jayhawk86, Why can you see past the words and read their ACTIONS ??? Bill self say that Cole aldrich has a stress "reaction" in his foot and we read in between the lines and know Cole's hurt..... Coaches don't always tell you EVERYTHING, Especially good coaches..... All Im saying..... If you don't want to go to a school, and you are so riffed about the former coach leaving, Why meet the INCOMING coach TWICE over a span of 2 days whom you have your LOI ( no one blocks a LOI release because it's recruiting suicide )release from.... Because you still wanna go there if the minutes are there, because nowhere else you WANT TO PLAY has that freedom.... Everyone's schollied up at that point with the except of people who jump LATE..... The Buzz picks..... Like Mario who seems to have jumped at the right time........ It's fine to believe just their words if all they are doing is talking but there is CLEARLY ACTION behind the scene that you are ignoring..... From someone who heard directly of this action, at the time it was going on.... they reported on this every night on the news, they thought of him as the Next dwayne wade..... Is it so Impossible that im right on this one when most of the evidence agrees with me ??? The only thing that goes against me is the word of coach speak point guard and the word of a Coachspeak Coach who are willing to say about 25% of what is actually going down.
I had a long talk with a Marquette alum about this one, and he was definetely upset about losing tyshawn, he said you have no idea what your getting yet.... you will though..... he was not surprised about rec game where he put up 47 points and 17 rebounds....... he was not surprised when tyshawn turned out to be the best guard on our floor at points last year....... Ty was a big boon for us. Bill's recruiting secretts seem to be the late bloomers, the people who show up much MUCH later on..... So far his late recruits....
Brandon Rush Tyshawn Taylor Xavier Henry CJ Henry ( have to throw him in because it was a 2-1 Deal..... and i expect him to play too )
We know Brandon's legacy, we are starting to see major fruits of what kind of game Tyshawn's going to have, and im convinced that by december we are going to see Xavier becoming a dynamic force......
Annette Lee 10 years, 5 months ago
I watched the MSU tourney game again and I noticed Cole didn't have his A game because he was hurt.. it was not Sherron's A game either.. but Tyrel was flying around and showed the mental toughness that we've been talking about..and Brady looked good the first half and the twins did some nice things.. I guess my point is that they were more balanced in that game.. which is why I think Cole and Sherron opted to return for another run at the NC..
monterey... Im convinced the toughness is there... I just think we maxed out last year with what we had at that time,.
Jonathan Allison 10 years, 5 months ago
You're forgetting another of Coach Self's late additions in Darrell Arthur. And you can almost count Jeff Withey in the same group because of the circumstances of his leaving the Arizona program. Though we've yet to see what he can do.
I saw two guys step up when needed: Reed and Taylor. I think Reed will do great things this year and Taylor will be our next point guard after Collins, if he doesn't opt for the NBA. I saw Reed drill a huge three and Taylor tied this same MSU game in the tourney at the stripe, twice. I didn't see Brady do much during the last of the first and all the second. But, they will all use that last game as a learning tool. It seems they all realize where they need to improve individually. I think the "team" idea is there, they just need to be a little more selfish. I know that sounds wild, but it's true. They all need to know when step up during a game.
truehawk...
If you have a chance to watch the game, one example of him not being 'with-it' happened before the tip-off. He was lining up at the wrong end of the court and would not be defending the opponent's basket. One of the other KU players said something to him and he changed ends....The first 8-10 minutes weren't Sherron's finest either...
The MSU game was a microcosm of a constancy. Sherron was inconsistent, sometimes, even often super, sometimes only serviceable. Those that think he is the greatest ever tend to ignore or down-play the parts of his game that need work or where he has limitations (His height, for example, is seen as a draw-back by pro scouts), or the times or parts of games where he wasn't all-that. Most of the time it was through trying too hard, which is better than disappearing, like Tyrel, Brady, and others did in the second half of the MSU game. When Sherron is on, he definitely qualifies for consideration as GOAT KU guard. As a Junior, he still exhibited too much off-time, IMO. I'm hoping that was because so much of his energy was spent trying to carry the team. If that was the case, he and KU are in great shape, because, as you say, he won't need to carry so much of the load this year.
I like math, so I'll use some numbers to explain my thoughts on Sherron. The numbers aren't meant to be exact, only to give emphasis. I would say that last year, Sherron was 'Super-Fantastic' 60% of the time. He was 'OK' 30%, and 'not very good' 10%. Again, those numbers and the categories aren't meant as exact. I'm just saying that he wasn't always 'great'. Part of the measure of KU's success this year will be how much he can move his game to 'Super-Fantastic'. If he goes from say 60% to 90%, KU will steam-roll the competition, with the improvement we all expect from the other players.
Sherron has represented KU very well. He has contributed to the team and been a good leader. He's done what coach has asked of him. I like his bowling ball style. The opponents are the pins and they aren't going to stop him. Sometimes he has played out of control, and has sort of stopped himself, sort of like a gutter ball, infrequent enough to be kind of be hidden by his often stellar play, but still there.
What I see in Sherron's game, as a junior, reminds me of Paul Pierce's junior year at KU. Paul showed flashes of how good he could be through-out the season. Then in the NCAA tourney, he took his game to another level and really showed that he was ready for the NBA. I regretted that we didn't get to see Paul play his senior year at KU.
Fortunately, Sherron has decided to come back. We saw Paul play really great for a handful of games. Then he left for the bucks, and adding salt to the wounds, was locked out for most of his rookie season as the NBA players went on strike. I hope we'll see Sherron play great for an entire season....Dream the dream!
As for GOAT KU guard, as of this moment, I will pick either Paul Pierce or JoJo. I base this on their talent level, more than on their stats while at KU. Both Paul and JoJo played above the crowd in college, but showed how good they really were by having great pro careers. Sherron doesn't seem to have the up-side those two possessed, but I'm hoping he'll show that he does by having a super great senior season. If he plays super and leads us to say an undefeated season, then he'll earn the right to join those guys in the discussion. IMO, until then, he's 'only' very, very good.
I forgot about the dream... that should be added....
Brandon Rush Darrell Arthur Tyshawn Taylor Xavier Henry CJ Henry
Sounds like a pretty interesting team there ALONE..... Too bad we don't have in late to the show true posts..... but im pretty sure with two lengthy 6'6s and a gangly 6'9 we'd do Ok in the post...... If we included withey.... we would certainly have that lengthy post player.... Let's not forget...this list WILL grow with time..... By the time Harrison Barnes makes up his mind he very well could be the next NBA star in waiting....
jayhawkboogeyman 10 years, 5 months ago
Who the hoot cares why Tyshawn left Marquette. He is here and a stud and what his motivation to choose Kansas was in actually none of our concern
yovoy 10 years, 5 months ago
wayward!!! - we really overachieved last year - period. we got stopped about where i thought we would. so then, we DID max out last year.
"ivory towers" for cole and withey? after christmas will be the first chance to see the towers together.
does robinson remind anyone but me of ju? i don't think he's got that sort of motor, and i don't think he has that skill, but i DO think he's got that inborn "just play" attitude and ability that ju had. people are saying that he's a hoss, but i'm not seeing it. he's heavier than ju, but not even as big as darrell was. he's got some work to do, but i'd never seen clips of him. he'll be a good addition to the twins.
I do boogeyman....
honestly, everyone one of those late game recruits seems to add up to a key player and cog...... i LOVE the fact they liked him up there..... he wasn't even on our radar until the whole crean mess started.... Don't think that National Championship didn't make him think twice.......
I'll take as many late steals as we can from these mediocre to great school schools who accidentally cast off parts they desperately wanted to keep.....
Yovoy - you sure love to play the race card ;)...ivory towers.....you crack me up..... Let's hope they amount to more than Pollard and Lafrentz in the ring department.
Thomas Robinson is totally my sleeper pick to come out of nowhere and be a HUGE performer on this team..... But he's not julian.... he's alot more Darnell.... iMaagine if you gave Julians hops to Darnell.... this is about what you get with Thomas Robinson, fortunately he appear to be there defensively already.... and he has the right work ethic which sometimes plagued JU.... I think he has the potential to surpass them both very quickly.....
kvskubball (anonymous) says...
Part of the measure of KU's success this year will be how much he can move his game to 'Super-Fantastic'. If he goes from say 60% to 90%, KU will steam-roll the competition, with the improvement we all expect from the other players.
Collins had his moments of mental lapses. But I liked that he tried and succeeded for the most part. Taylor was only a Freshman and he stepped up like no other Frosh in that game. He attempted a trey, but it hit iron. I totally agree, Collins will have to be super polished, but the other guys will have to step up when Collins has one of "those games" of which you speak so eloquently here on your post, with math no less!! LOL They'll be fine. I just hope they err in trying rather than not trying at all. This seems to be their achilles when the entire team follows the leader down, rather than someone stepping up big. To me, Brady Morningstar is that leader behind SC!! I expect him to be a seasoned leader. I hope they all have balance and get rid of that Superman mentality.
yovoy (anonymous) says...
but not even as big as darrell was
TRob is a Freshman!! F-R-E-S-H-M-A-N !! He is nearly as big or bigger than Shady was as a Freshman. I think he' smarter and makes plays when needed. He is much more aggressive. It took Shady longer. Shady didn't really start rising until the '08 tourney championship, specifically the Memphis game. Shady would've been massive if he stayed another year. Did you hear what TRob's weight was entering KU and what it is now? This kid will be a phenom if he stays for all four quarters!! NBA scouts will be frothing over him. He has a better shot than most 6-8 players in college. I think he plays better than most Fowards KU has had over the years. I think he will play much like James Worthy!!!
Withey is 7'0".
Finally a publication realize what Kansas & Arizona posters have known for quite sometime -- the kid is not one inch taller than the twins.
He's REALLY tall!
We seriously have the twin tower shot blocking/ dunking/ rebound machine combo if Coach Self ever decides to go that way.
After the holidays, I think Self will begin to experiment with utter domination of the first 7 minutes of each game.
Withey
CJ or Tyshawn
Sherron
*The 2 position is by far the most interesting evolutionary piece of the season.
100 (anonymous) says...
100- I see Brady in that 3 for 45-50% of time during preseason leading to holidays. I've said it b4 and again...X learns the system, it's over and the ratio changes drastically. X will take 50-60% and Brady might get 30-40% pt. I think Ty will get the majority of the 2. But I agree things will change after the holidays.
Holy jaybate, wayward! You've got it!
I haven't seen someone so interested in reading themselves since jaybate was in diapers.
The passion is appreciated. Now don't go breakin' yer keyboard.
Nice insight truehawk. The off guards will be only making themselves better in practice for the first month, that much is certain.
It just baffles the mind to think of the numerous tough/big/ skilled posts we can run at the opposition.
Yes 100.
This is the deepest team in KU history.
I can't believe I just said that.
Back to the headline.
You can't judge a book by its cover. Which is why you can't predict KU's season by it's OADs.
You work for wins. You work for championships. Tyrel will be a factor.
there-there....yes, virginia, i realize he's a frosh. look at darrell's physique (shoulders, chest, biceps, and triceps) when he walked onto this campus, he was already put together. i haven't seen t-rob since he's been hitting the iron. alllllllllllll i was saying is that in the clips i saw i didn't think the descriptions i've been reading about him matched the pics i was seeing. since you were pointing out his age, i don't think that any of us can say that he makes plays when needed. we haven't seen him vs. d1. we will, and i hope he's as good as he looks to me. i will agree that he seems much more aggressive. darrell let the game come to him, but to say that he didn't really start rising until the ncaas, is crazy. that reverse-pivot fade-away (that he came here with and refined as signature move) was always good. he rebounded well, and his athletecism bailed out/complimented our guardplay wonderfully. i wasn't trying to take anything away from your precious. i was just saying that he didn't look to be the wide-body i'd heard about, and that he really has some finesse to his game. it looks powerful but he really does seem to have some nice skill with that power. i'd love to see him be a james worthy type. i always thought that darnell would develop into that at this level. he turned out to be special, but not (like james) worthy.
let's let him play some college ball before we start setting draft predictions for him.
this "glut" of talent is what happens when a masterful recruiter wins an nc, and sells the school like it should be sold. if ourSelf can put a point guard on the floor, he can put almost anyone at the other 4 positions, and be pretty successful.
btw, i was wondering would you rather have 2 julians (skinny and crazily mullti-skilled) or 2 guys w/ less skill that are just beasts strengthwise? i don't know.
Another, evolutionarily speaking, highly interesting developmental piece of the 2009-2010 Jayhawk puzzle is not, "who" will start at point most of the year, but, rather, "how" Coach Self will use his tandom of four (4) truly skilled point guards throughout a forty minute game.
Again, after the holidays, he will be able to really mess with another oppossing defense by simply surprising the opposing coach every so often by shifting Tyshawn to the point & Sherron to the wing, sending him on a curl around Aldrich after Tyshawn receives a rare high pick from X, leaving either three major matchup problems or one easy layup (or a wide open kickout to X if the helpers converge on Sherron, presuming Aldrich's defender doesn't switch).
The confusion of "who is point" the 2nd half of the season should really give opposing coaches headaches....
Thus we will see a lot of zones. This is an even bigger reason to play Aldrich & Withey at the same time (contain one in a zone maybe, while the other dunks on a back zone pick set by the 2 guard).
Also, this "Syracuse type" zone we will see all year, is all the more reason to work an hour a day on off the pass loosely guarded threes to finish the last month of summer for Tyrel, Brady, X, CJ, Tyshawn, Sherron & Elijah.
Offensively speaking, crisp passing, tight ball fakes & solid picks will be the keys to absolute domination next year.
Remember Tubby Smith's last game in the fieldhouse? I think the score was 73-46... That's how we should look all year long, except with four times more dunks than we had that game.
if withey can pass, then we can play him w/ cole vs zone, but otherwise, no. you've got to have a big that can flash-from-weak, catch, face up, and hit the low post or shoot a free-throw jumper. find some clips of ju vs a zone if you want to see what i mean. he might shoot, dump it down, go down the gut on the bounce, skip, or kick back out for the open shot. he did it picture perfectly (most of the time). gooden, collison, and padgett did a good job at that spot, but we normally used screens to get dunks off of oops from guards. i look for one of the morris twins to flash the post vs zones.
Brett Glover 10 years, 5 months ago
Haha, this may sound weird, but my girlfriend and I saw him at the mall today, just a bit ago. He was ripped beyond belief!
Yovoy,
Excellent commentary. We are extremely solid if it's the twins snagging that 4 spot to slice up the zone.
From all I've read & seen Withey is truly a 4 & Little is truly a 3. I've not heard that he was a bad passer at all, and surely this will be his first time to pass to a wide open fellow 7 footer in the game 2 feet above the rim. He's very athletic &, like Wilt, is a heckuva volleyball player -- I've never seen a volleyball player that couldn't pass.
In fact if you want a good vintage Wilt dish at Allen, I believe there's one on YouTube. Very much like one Danny did 2 & 1/2 decades later, dribbling full speed, behind the back pass.
Like you, I'll wait until I know more -- but I do know one thing -- he's been in Self's system (practicing) since late December, and Self surely sees that as one of his most important pieces of development, not only for here, but for the NBA.
So Withey, if you're reading this, while the guards shoot assisted zone 3's for an hour a day, you work on tight pivots, court awareness, creating space which leads to a crisp big man dish out of a double team. While you're at it, work on the simplicities of quick, tight ball movement so you don't have to worry about getting trapped.
Gonna be one heckuva year no matter whose at the four spot past the holidays.
KGPhoto.... Who do you think Inspires me to write sso prodigiously..... if there ever was a reasonf or me to comment it's so he alone cannot manipulate the conversation !
Yovoy.... IM pretty sure it's marcus's baby until he sells it on the black market or takes it too the bank..... The 4 is locked up tight..... The 2 is not in my opinion, I still think it's brady's despit what alot of Jayhawks say about Tyshawn, despite what Carl thinks of Cj..... and despite what Bill Mayer thinks of Sherron.....There will be a time or three when we have them both in there at the same time.... Eagle Mountain and Mount Whitney will be playing side by side..... but let's not forget we have a 5 headed beast down low this year.....
Comfortability of starers by position most to least..... at least how i see it.... Cole Sherron Marcus Brady Xavier
I do concur....we are gonna be scary awesome come February
You know that whole 2 weeks I posted on Kentucky boards, just for kicks.... I never once received that sort of well though out commentary ....... fans breaking down the "syracuse' 2-3 junk D or 1-3-1 or box and 1 is why we are the elite of all blue bloods.....
They can have their Stricklands..... I'lll keep my Mannings
I really don't think Xav is going to start right away, He's gotta work just like Bill said. There's no doubt he's going to put the five he trusts most and that's last years starters, no Xav until maybe mid to late big twelve time.
Nice, wayward.
By the way, as I see it, a one three one pretty much puts us in auto-dunk mode with Aldrich & Withey down there waiting for alley oops.
In this situation we need to pass the ball crisply a couple times to get the D out of position -- luckilly, all Bill Self teams seem to do this skill extremely well (except for 2005 team which was a very average team against a zone simply due to growing pains & also I think that Bucknell loss might have been the most important, learning loss Bill Self has ever had, in terms of the utter simplicity of losing to an opponent because of standing around one pass basketball magnified by waiting on our heels to play D).
I digress -- back to the point at hand -- next year, against the one three one, our two guards up top (if Self pulls them out into a similar Dean Smith four corners protocol that has been so successful the last couple years) should be trained to pull the top defender & a wing defender closer & then choose one of two wide open 7 footers over the top.
Gonna be a great year to see the 1-3-1. However, I'll bet we never see it.
mjlindsm 10 years, 5 months ago
I like the comment that gave due appreciation to Julian Wright's mastery of playing against zones. It was really unbelievable to watch him against the 2-3. He had the perfect combination of the ability to hit the 15-foot jumper and to find the open man. I don't remember losing a game against a predominantly 2-3 zone team while Julian was a starter. Against man-to-man teams like UCLA on the other hand... eh, I won't go there; I'll keep this positive.
I agree with Wayward about Morningstar having his starting spot more solidly than Xavier Henry at this point, though the vocal ones out there seem to disagree vehemently. I'm really wondering whether it's going to be Xavier starting at the 3 with Brady at the 2 or Brady at the 3 and Tyhawn at the 2 at the start of the year. I'm thinking it will mostly depend on Tyshawn's (hopeful) defensive improvement and Xavier's ability to play D, which we don't know that much about. I also agree that at least for the start of the season, McMorris is pretty much a lock for the 4.
Now come second half of the season, nobody has any clue who's going to be starting other than Sherron and Cole. Hopefully Xavier will prove he's as good as we think and that he can play D, so you'd think he'll be starting. Then I don't really know if it matters if Brady or Tyshawn is the other starting guard. I personally think that even if Tyshawn improves to the point that he's better than Brady, with this lineup with 3 scorers already, Brady's game fits better with this lineup, and Tyshawn is the perfect player to be a spark off the bench, to fly past people when they're tired or second-stringers. I'm thinking Tyshawn as the Big XII 6th man of the year, now that I think about it.
As for the strength stuff that the article was about, I'm a bit wary. It seems like whatever frame someone has, Hudy tries to change it. If you're skinny, you need to get big. If you're big, you need to drop weight. Lots of muscle isn't always great. Simien and Jackson were both playing their best basketball as seniors after having noticeably lost muscle and weight in general between their junior and senior years. It was especially noticeable when watching Darnell suddenly dunking all over everyone.
Muscle doesn't always seem to help everything in basketball. When I think about the strongest, most muscular guys, I think Shaq, Ben Wallace and Joey Dorsey first come to mind. I also wonder if it's coincidence that those are the three worst shooters I have ever seen. I'm just hoping these guys keep their quickness and leaping ability, especially the Morrises. Or maybe the coaches just figured that those guys aren't particularly athletic anyway, so they might as well make them strong bruisers. Eh, then again, chances are these people know a lot better than I do, or so I hope and so we shall see.
One last thing, for those of you who haven't read it, I really, really recommend reading this article, and then reading WaywardJay's blog on this site regarding "what I did on my summer vacation." It goes with this article like a Barbera D'Alba to spaghetti and marinarra.
KGphoto,
As I've said for awhile now, if KU's players live up to expectations, this KU team will be the deepest team in college basketball history.
If it goes undefeated and wins the ring, it will also have to be ranked the best college basketball team of all time.
Big, but not gigantic ifs.
Fab Melo is off the board. Guess we can stop hoping for him as our next big guy recruit.
Ross Hartley 10 years, 5 months ago
She never comments on advances by Cole
KanKu 10 years, 5 months ago
mjlindsm, I agree wholeheartedly on your point about Taylor and Morningstar. Morningstar would fit in better at the 2 with Sherron, X, Mk Morris, and Cole. I think Tyshawn is a stud, but isn't as good a defender or 3 point shooter.....yet. If he proves to hit the 3's at the jaybate coveted "40%" mark and play tougher defense, I think he'll be our main 2 guard. I would love for him to come off the bench as Sherron did his sophomore year, but I wonder how Taylor would take that, especially with his success in the U-19 games.
mjlindsm (anonymous) says... Fab Melo is off the board. Guess we can stop hoping for him as our next big guy recruit.
Where did you learn this tidbit?
He's heading to the Cuse!!
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090805/SPORTS03/308059934/-1/SPORTS
K_Easthouse 10 years, 5 months ago
Everyone keeps forgetting that McMorris' preferred position is the 3. We're stacked at the 4-5 - especially after January - so I can see him sliding down into that position.
Starting lineups during non-conference won't matter; Self has to experiment with personalities and combination that we can only begin to speculate about. However, once everyone learns the system and the team melds together, I can see us starting like this:
Sherron Xavier McMorris Whithey Aldrich
With Tyshawn playing "6th starter" role Sherron played in our championship season. Let Sherron truly run as a point with two beasts down low and two slashers at the 2 and 3. His scoring production may go to hell, but he'll average 12+ assists a game, and we all know that he needs to prove to NBA scouts he is capable of more than just being a "scoring point guard."
Tyshawn's a Hurley PG.... im solidly sure he will do ANYTHING that will help this team win a championship.