Bill Self basks in glow

That's interesting. Last time I checked the OU football team was doing very poorly in the NCAA tournament. Exactly 0 wins. Clearly a systemic problem.

May 16, 2013 at 8:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bill Self basks in glow

And? We've got kind of a lot of banners up there as it is.

May 16, 2013 at 8:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bill Self basks in glow

I see the mythos of the Jayhawk choke still has its adherents.

Bucknell and Northern Iowa are the only ones that I think are reasonable to be considered as under-achievements during the Bill Self era, and its the Bucknell loss alone that has created this mythos.

But we still have the most tournament wins of any team, I believe, during the years Self has been coaching Kansas.

May 16, 2013 at 4:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

Harding would be my first choice. He had almost modern-age levels of scandal in a time before TV, much less 24 hour news stations. For only a two-year term.

But I'll accept other recommendations.

May 15, 2013 at 7:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Opinion: Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate?

Anyone who thinks that either this or the last administration is the most corrupt just demonstrates that they haven't studied anything more than a decade or so old.

May 15, 2013 at 2:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Were you surprised Andrew Wiggins chose KU?

I agree with the basic gist of your post, but next year isn't one of the years where a long-term, hardworking player is going to get shorted by a one and done, because we don't really Have any long term players that would be expected to start in absence of the new recruits. (Tharpe, Ellis, Traylor as obvious exceptions, but I suspect that both Tharpe and Ellis will start. Traylor needs more work).

And of course there's almost 6 months before the ball is even tipped (:( but from what I've been reading about our class I suspect that there will only be Wiggins as a one and done and Embid and Seldon will stay at least two years. Next year's draft class is supposed to be quite a bit more stocked than this years was.

To the question: yes, I was quite surprised.

May 15, 2013 at 8:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Top prospect Andrew Wiggins chooses Kansas

You mean the one that broke the freshman scoring record that was 25 years old?

May 14, 2013 at 6:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Top prospect Andrew Wiggins chooses Kansas

I've followed enough to know all of that.

I was referring quite a bit more to his attitude and how he jelled with the team.

May 14, 2013 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Top prospect Andrew Wiggins chooses Kansas

I think at multiple points I expressed the desire for him to just pick UK and be done with it. But he chose us, which I didn't expect him to do, so I'll enjoy watching him play and hope sincerely that we have a player like McLemore, and not one like Selby.

It was going to be a fun team to watch regardless, and it will continue to be one.

May 14, 2013 at 11:45 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Families pack courtroom for hearing in Ottawa murder case

Has nothing to do with intelligence. If your brain doesn't fire properly to allow you to feel certain emotions, then social mores and social norms are going to mean very little.

From wiki:
The World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth edition (ICD-10), defines a conceptually similar disorder to antisocial personality disorder called (F60.2) Dissocial personality disorder.

It is characterized by at least 3 of the following:

Callous unconcern for the feelings of others;

Gross and persistent attitude of irresponsibility and disregard for social norms, rules, and obligations;

Incapacity to maintain enduring relationships, though having no difficulty in establishing them;

Very low tolerance to frustration and a low threshold for discharge of aggression, including violence;

Incapacity to experience guilt or to profit from experience, particularly punishment;

Marked readiness to blame others or to offer plausible rationalizations for the behavior that has brought the person into conflict with society.

There may be persistent irritability as an associated feature.

The diagnosis includes what may be referred to as amoral, antisocial, psychopathic, or sociopathic personality (disorder.)

The criteria specifically rule out conduct disorders. Dissocial personality disorder criteria differ from those for antisocial personality disorders.

It is a requirement of ICD-10 that a diagnosis of any specific personality disorder also satisfies a set of general personality disorder criteria.

May 14, 2013 at 8:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )