Gary Parrish

Thanks for the correction, KU62.  Me and my big mouth-opening it and talking **** when I don't know the whole story. 

Beasley for Chalmers?  Beasley for one year, K State wins nothing.  Chalmers for 3 years, win 3 conference championships, and a NC.  As great as Beasley is, I'd rather win a NC.  Now, Beasley for 3 years?  I think that may be a different story. 

If Chalmers would bring us a National Title like he did KU, i would take him over anybody, including Beasely and Walker. Who cares if they are better players (which it is becoming evident neither is, as Chalmers started the entire year for Miami and Beasley didn't even come cloase, and Walker barely saw the court) if they don't win. Chalmers won . . . a National Title. Walker and BEasely got 4th in the Big 12 . . . thats a no brainer.

My god, this is terrible to read. It's Tourney, Elite, Split, Qualification.Yes, those are the correct spellings.  However, he did admit to being a Tiger fan, so we can make some allowances, can't we?

My god, this is terrible to read. It's Tourney, Elite, Split, Qualification.Yes, it are the way those words are spelt.  However, he did admit he was a Tiger fan, so we have to make some allowances.

Drupa -  Just because you don't want to hear it, doesn't mean it's false.
 Probation for Kansas?  Show me where that happened.  I'm a homer too, but do your homework first, please.  The deal was, Roy Williams gave graduation gifts amounting to less than $100 for all of them, to former players.  You'd think that would be cool-they've used up any elgibilty and it provided no benefit.  And shame on Roy for not knowing that was against the rules. Yes, there have been (still are) sanctions.  KU still is operating without two scholarships from the end of Roy's tenure.  So far, thirteen seems to be enough.  I believe by next year we'll be back at fifteen. The graduation gifts were small items (tie pins, etc) from a lady (not named Roy Williams) who wanted the players to have a memento of their Jayhawk years in addition to their degrees, championships, etc.  The amount, because most KU seniors do graduate, was more than likely over $100 in total.  There was also an instance of transportation (to attend a family funeral) furnished for a player.   The department, including Roy, was definitely lax in not finding out the NCAA position on such gifts.  I, like the NCAA, was much more concerned about other issues - academic, not monetary.  The new AD keeps a much better handle on those things through a beefed-up compliance division.

A good example of hiring somebody to keep 1 guy would be Ronnie Chalmers. Before his stint at KU, he was a truck driver. As soon as his son graduated, he is gone. Do you just blather this $#!T, or are you truly so confused?  
Ron Chalmers was a 22-yr USAF veteran who retired in Alaska to coach high school basketball (192-28 record, with a couple of state championships and runners-up once), moved to Lawrence to follow his son's career, and then applied for an opening on KU's staff (an academic, not a coaching position) he was eminently qualified at.  Having a career resumé impressive enough to find good jobs anywhere, Ron now lives and works closer to Miami -- wouldn't you?  I wouldn't be surprised to learn Ron and his wife have season tickets at American Airlines Arena.
Your truck driver reference apparently is over twenty years out of date, as Ed Manning spent some time with a trucking firm after playing more than ten years of pro basketball, including 25 playoff games.  While his older son was in high school, Ed came to Kansas as an assistant to Larry Brown (teammate in the pros), moved to the Spurs with Brown in '88, and stayed with them as asst. coach and later a scout after the notorious itinerant (Brown) left for another college/pro job.  http://www.basketball-referen
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Aside from spreading untrue statements about a rival program you understandably envy, do you have anything to contribute to this discussion, about a player neither KU nor KSU is recruiting?

This is rediculous. I never once said Wally would make us a contender, only that we are better than Mizzou. He is better than anyone on Mizzous roster, period. Also, would you really rather have Mario Chalmers than Beasley, Walker, and more? If you would, that isnt even understandable. Honestly, tell me you would rather have Chalmers on your college team than Beasley. Say it like you mean it.

My god, this is terrible to read. It's Tourney, Elite, Split, Qualification.

Exactly! Even the year they had Beas and Walker KU won the national title, the conference title and the conference tourny championship. We made the elight eight and won the conference tourny this year, we have won the conference in the past . . . all of which KSTATE hasn't even come close to sniffing . . . even with the great Micheal Beasley and Bill Walker. This year they have Wally Judge and won't touch KU, UT or OU. . . . they might splight with MU. Even then, KSU's best year (as was two years ago) is a 4th place victory. And as far as qaulification to be an AAU coach, you can have a 3rd grade education and work at taco bell and be an AAU coach.

They should go after Stephenson, maybe they can make the NCAA tournament and lose in the second round like they did the last time they had 2 first rounders. And you know all this must be true when MU and KU people are agreeing how irrelevant another university and their sports program is.

Lance would fit in great in Aggieville.