Comments on: Roy Williams is Not a Story

By: molemaninthemorning

molemaninthemorning — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:02:15 +0000

Damon had a distinct Red Sox personality

a douchebag?

By: Spydey

Spydey — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:56:38 +0000

My thoughts are along with Jay. show up and show your support for Kansas, sit in their crowd, cheer like a little girl with Chalmers sinks that shot.

DO NOT WEAR A FUCKING KU STICKER ON YOUR BLACK T-SHIRT. That’s the only problem I have with it. The fucking sticker.

By: MyPinstripes

MyPinstripes — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:30:02 +0000

it would be like Johnny Damon showing up at a Red Sox game wearing a Sox t-shirt.
Johnny Damon spent four seasons in Boston.
Better analogy: Jeter leaving the Yankees for the Red Sox, playing there for two years, and then sitting in Yankee Stadium for a playoff series with a Yankees sticker on his shirt.

Doesn’t matter, Damon had a distinct Red Sox personality. Same thing.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:52:34 +0000

I have no problem with him being at the game and pulling for Kansas. Just don’t wear the fucking shirt. You lost that right.

By: Crookednose

Crookednose — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:51:53 +0000

Yeah, he’d be vilified, Jay. Boggs made his name in Boston, was in fact my favorite player growing up, and now it’s like he never even played there. If he’s fine with that, the fans are too. Nobody’s sitting in Boston these days, pining over Wade Boggs, that’s for sure. (Well, maybe Margo Adams.)

As for Williams: If last night’s championship game was in Lawrence, Kansas, not a neutral site, I doubt you would have seen him at the game with a Kansas sticker on.

As a Sox fan, I thought Millar throwing out the first pitch was funny. If I were an O’s fan, however, I’d have been irked. Unless you’re a fan of the team being dissed, you’re really in no position to comment.

By: Jayhawk Rach

Jayhawk Rach — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:48:48 +0000

I actually thought Roy openly supporting KU was pretty classy, though I wish they had not interviewed him about it at half time. I will probably always be a little bitter about how he left back in ‘03, but I have no doubt that he really does love Kansas.

And I have to echo a few other comments — a non-story gets a post? It reminds me of PTI when both Wilbon and Kornheiser agree that something is silly/a non-story and then go on to talk about it for two minutes. I really wish they would instead protest by not saying anything until the bell rings.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:40:00 +0000

Crookednose and TBL, how about Wade Boggs showing up in Fenway?

By: Crookednose

Crookednose — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:36:21 +0000

Roy Williams at Kansas = Derek Jeter in New York? That’d make sense if Roy Williams had actually won any titles while head coach at Kansas, TBL.

By: PurdueMatt

PurdueMatt — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:35:55 +0000

Oklahoma State, a relative nobody on the CBB landsape?

Per wikipedia, they have won the national title twice and been to the Final Four six times (most recently in 2004).

By: stalkingerinandrews

stalkingerinandrews — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:35:46 +0000

it made me question just how hard he prepared his team to play a school he still obviously loves so much.

He loves KU so much he left to go coach at UNC. Kansas got their revenge in the Final Four. I think it was OK to wear that sticker. His team was no longer playing, and he was showing his support for the school that made him into a household name. He actually owes his UNC gig to his success at Kansas. Actually, I’ll bet that this token gesture ups his recruiting credibility. “Coach Williams cares about you, and will care about long after you leave UNC. Look, he showed that he still cares about KU long after he left there”