By KEVIN HASKIN
TopSports.news
Musings at the mid-month:
- Discussion regarding Bruce Weber’s effectiveness as the Kansas State coach has droned on like a recurring topic on ‘The View.’
- Frankly, it has moved the fatigue needle to full while gutting interest in K-State hoops.
- Yet another case in point came Monday when a sparse turnout at Bramlage Coliseum rooted on a team coming off an impressive comeback win on the road.
- The Wildcats again pulled off a rousing comeback, adding to another familiar refrain that K-State is squarely on the bubble.
- So again, the K-State administration is at a crossroads deciding Weber’s future, though apathy could finally be what prompts a coaching move.
- Especially when a team that is often enjoyable to watch cannot spur excitement among a conflicted fan base torn about Weber.
- Would terminating Weber completely fix the problem?
- Depends a great deal on the success of his replacement, though not entirely.
- Prolonged apathy can establish deep roots.
- Mike Boynton commented Monday on KU’s loyal basketball following, which Jesse Newell first posted on Twitter:
- “Our (Oklahoma State) fans have been great, but (Allen Fieldhouse) is packed every night, not because of who they are playing but because they are playing.”
- Apathy at KU, of course, is a challenge assigned to Lance Leipold.
- If you’re surprised when each of KU’s starters scores in double figures and plays lengthened minutes at this point in the season, you haven’t followed along for 19 seasons.
- Bill Self whittles better than your stereotypical Ozark grandpappy when shortening KU’s rotation.
- But what happens when/if Remy Martin returns?
- Nineteen seasons for Self and still not a home defeat on Big Monday. Let that sink in.
- Consistent superiority attracts consistent sellouts.
- After much of the discussion about the Chiefs’ collapse in the AFC championship game subsided, we got bombarded by talk radio’s usual offseason staple.
- I know there must be rapt interest in cap space, salary restructuring, roster construction and draft moves.
- Speculation runs rampant and shapes hours of radio chatter.
- Yet it bores me. I can only listen to so much on how the Chiefs should reinvent their defense, or obtain one, two, even three phenomenal receivers
- Details about the MLB lockout either bore me or burn me. Weird mix.
- To me, some of this is about preserving an aged sport oozing with tradition by concentrating on the top-shelf product.
- Would it be possible for independent teams to assume a contractor’s role and fully take over minor-league development?
- That would require several more rounds of discussions. (Yawn.)
- Is it counter-productive to diminish the minor leagues?
- Tradition says keep it, but big-league franchises in other sports get by without many minor-league opportunities.
- In general, labor disputes in professional sports seem tone-deaf, given the financial amounts attributed to both sides.
- Yes, I understand supply and demand.
- I should receive another punch on my “Hopelessly Old” consumer card by admitting my favorite pie, shake or pudding is butterscotch.
- Does anybody ever redeem such a card before losing it? Do you think about the $100 you spent to finally get a complimentary burrito?
- Imagine the game-has-passed-me-by look on my face when watching numerous Super Bowl ads for cryptocurrency and electric vehicles.
- Then at halftime, my wife kept asking me if I’d heard of any of the artists or their songs.
- Yes, I told her, but these tunes are just remakes. Bing Crosby sang it better.
- Seriously, my wife enjoyed the halftime show, so … yes dear, it’s fine by me.
- Glad Snoop Dogg could use his gig at Allen Fieldhouse as a springboard.
- I didn’t need The Rock standing on the field to give a five-minute preamble before kickoff.
- I did like Tommy Lee Jones outracing the Joneses.
- I’d bowl with Peyton Manning, rent shoes from Steve Buscemi, shoot pool with Brooks Koepka and turn my head to watch Serena Williams stroll by the snack bar.
- But I won’t drink hard seltzer.
- Most of us agreed the Super Bowl resulted in a pretty good game.
- Most of us spoke in more glowing terms, however, raving about other NFL postseason games.
- Amazing that it took only one futile half for 13 phenomenal seconds in Chiefs history not to mean much anymore.
