Tuesday, March 17, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B·Page 5
Readers share thoughts concerns about column
In response to Harley Ratliff's column in yesterday's Kansas, which suggested that Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams should be nicknamed "Mr. Regular Season."
— Sports Editor's note: The Kansan's staff found an anonymous piece of feedback yesterday on the floor in Wescoe Hall: a sports section with Rattiff the mug shot scribbled out in ink.
I commend Mr.Ratliff on his Monday article on Kansas basketball. He stated the facts and got right to the point. Bottom line: KU choked once again!!
For one more year, we get to listen to all the Catbackers calling KU a bunch of chokers. They are right. We can't argue with them.
Now, we get to look forward to football season!! Yeh! Can we win five games again? I doubt it.
Brian Goetz
Kingston junior
Brian Goetz Kingman junior
I swear, I'm tired of everyone ripping on KU basketball. I've lived here for 19 years. I saw the chaos of the '88 championship, the tears from the '91 and '93 upsets and all of the "close ones" that everyone pondered about after each game thereafter.
True, the "Big Game on one day was played horribly..but hearing immediately after how badly "they choked" isn't the way to go. What angers me the most is how a week ago, everyone (including members of your
staF) was talking about how great WE were and how unstopable WE are. Now, all you hear is how terrible THEY did and THEY let all of us down. Why is it that a majority of the student body jumped off the bandwagon and became fair-weather fans? If you are going to be there for a team, either do it 110 percent or not at all!
The entire campus is in a state of mourning because of the untimely end of our postseason.
untimely end of our postseason.
But why?
But why?
Is it because most of us lost money in our private pools? Is it because we had big plans for the next game party? Or is it because we all wanted those bragging rights because we have a great team?
I think a vast majority of people aren't taking into consideration the condition of our boys.
We're all walking around mad and upset at them, but in reality how do you think they feel? Hell, Roy could barely speak to the press because he was so upset.
press because he was so upset. It is good to know, however, that some people are able to look past that and support our team after what they've gone through.
The last thing they need is pple ripping on them for how bad they played, Trust me, they know. In fact, they know more than any of you will ever know!
Lawrence freshman
I really resent your comments about the men's basketball team. Why is it that everyone has to be so selfish. Yes, the Jayhawks didn't go as far as they could or should have, but who are we to complain?
are we They gave us one of the best season's in Kansas history. Let's have a little heart.
After losing a game that they should have won, I doubt that Raef, Paul or Roy want to read a column questioning their abilities as coaches and players.
not good enough in our eyes anymore?) And it certainly didn't have anything to do with Roy Williams. It had to do with six for twenty three-point shooting. Two-point conversions just don't add to the Rhode Island's three-point buckets that were virtually unstoppable.
If my memory serves me correct, Sunday's loss to Rhode Island didn't have anything to do with Paul Pierce or Raef La Frentz) or is a double-double just
Next time you write a commentary, think of who all will be reading it.
I believe that we should all be thankful that we have a team to be disappointed about.
Some of our other Big 12 counterparts are not so lucky.
Amy Simmons
Overbrook freshman
in response to the photo on the front page of yesterday's Kansan, which featured a dejected Lester Earl sitting in the Kansas locker room next to... what's that? A urinal.:
I found this picture especially amusing... the juxtaposition of Lester and the urinal... well, is that some kind of hidden metaphor for Kansas Basketball? No, really.
Usually, sports photographers try to exclude that sort of thing from their photographs... and did you know that nowadays you can digitally alter photographs to take out things that *might* be offensive to people?
I'm not saying that I'm offended, or even that urinals are offensive... I just thought it was amusing, and pointing out something that in the future you might want to consider *not* putting on the front page of the paper.
Liz Doughty
Lindsborg freshman
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