I actually said he needs to do a much better job of making sure he's getting higher character guys who can handle the pressure and temptation of being a player at KU. He has not been good enough at that and needs to do better.
I only bristle when people paint with a broad brush. Most of the players have been fine. They've done a very good job of development, unless people think turning Christian Braun, local 3 star, into an actual player for the Nuggets is nothing. There haven't been many problem players. Bragg was suspended in 2015 over what turned out to be a false allegation. We suspended Bouknight to start his career if I recall for "borrowing" a car.
Bill Self (The Rug Doctor!) puts together a team of AA's every year!
Thanks rupps rafters!
That's "All-Assault" of course, with special points for battering women, though permanently damaging another human through violence will also get you considered.
While there was lots of competition, here's my "Felonious First Five."
Point Guard: Arterio Morris. It is hard to argue against the selection of a guy already charged with punching out a woman WHEN SELF RECRUITED HIM -- a charge he recently pleaded guilty to. The deal was clinched when he became an accused rapist at Kansas.
Shooting Guard: LaGerald Vick. An investigation by Kansas University confirmed that he punched a woman. Of course, that did not stop Self from playing him. Also suspected of being one of five players accused of a sexual assault in a dorm room that got swept under the toupee.
Forward: Josh Jackson. This is a lifetime achievement award. After being one of five Jailhawks linked to the sexual assault in a dorm, he was accused by a female basketball player of threatening to 'smash her face' then was charged in an unrelated leaving the scene of an accident. Since leaving Kansas, he's been charged with assaulting a cop, getting a FIVE-MONTH OLD girl high by smoking so much marijuana in her presence she became disoriented, and hit with rape allegations, including one in which civil charges were filed in August depicting a brutal attack.
Forward: Carlton Bragg. Shortly after a woman accused him of assaulting her, Self decided no punishment was in order. Shortly after that, he was busted on drug charges. His behavior became so embarrassing that even Kansas couldn't look the other way, and he was forced to transfer. At New Mexico, he was swiftly charged in another sex assault case, and ultimately kicked off the team after being busted for DUI and drug charges.
Center: Silvo DeSousa. Immortalized in the classic photo of him smashing a chair over a defenseless opponent during a game, DeSousa's real claim to fame was knocking a man's eye out when the guy tried to stop DeSousa from harassing a woman outside a bar.
There are several other Bill Self recruits who could challenge for a place on this team, but this is my personal selection of his AA Squad.
And Jailhawk fans wonder why the NCAA charged him with loss of institutional control -- of course that mostly had to do with his proven lying and cheating.
