By Trashtalk Superstar
Representatives from Oklahoma State University have stated that the university intends to pursue Kansas' Bill Self to fill its men's basketball head coaching vacancy. Self, an Oklahoma State alumnus and a former OSU starting point guard, coached Kansas to the National Championship Monday night.
Self has stated that he plans to meet with Kansas officials to talk about a contract extension:
"What I’d like to have is like everybody’d like to have,” Self said. “I’d like to have some security. I don’t know what even Kansas would remotely be talking (about). We haven’t even talked about that. When I say security, I mean years, so hopefully that’ll happen.”
Last year, Kansas awarded Self a five-year contract extension. He makes $1.3 million in base salary and an additional $350,000 each year if he meets incentives.
But Oklahoma State has deep pockets, courtesy of billionaire Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens, who donated $165 million--which has now grown to $300 million--to the Cowboy’s athletic department. As the Denver Post notes:
"Oklahoma State is prepared to offer Self a salary of $4 million a year, plus a $6 million signing bonus. That would not only nearly triple the $1.375 million he makes at Kansas but would fly past the $3.5 million paid the current highest-paid coach, Florida's Billy Donovan."
But despite Oklahoma State's vast financial reserves--and T. Boone Pickens' largess--it would be surprising to see Bill Self leave Kansas.
When Self left Illinois to take over the Jayhawks in 2003, he proclaimed Kansas to be his "dream job." And while Self may be an Oklahoma State alum, a former Oklahoma State standout point guard, a former Oklahoma State assistant coach and a native Oklahoman, it would be difficult to imagine a scenario in which he would leave a program as storied as Kansas--especially now that he's won a National Championship in Lawrence--for the prospect of undertaking a rebuilding campaign at a conference rival institution.
Most likely, Self will use Oklahoma State's offer as a bargaining chip to renegotiate his contract with Kansas. Self's annual salary of $1.3 million still trails football coach Mark Mangino's $1.5 million.
But in a year in which there have been few high profile off season coaching changes, Oklahoma State's pursuit of Bill Self gives college basketball writers and talking heads something to talk about for a couple of days, now that the NCAA Tournament is over.
Posts
14 comments:
They be payin them professionals and not be playin with them heart. Uh huh. Uh huh. Them plains steroid programs be playin without doin it them right way. Uh huh. Uh huh.
it be like playyin jacks with them magnets. it aint be allow. Butler be playin with real players while them espn cams be hailin them wacky tobaccy programs and them other sinnin programs
Yo Trashtalk:
thx for the luv' those girls make us guyz suffer. Great blog btw.
I think Bill Self would make a mistake my leaving Kansas. They offer him the resources to succeed. But maybe he has reached the summit and wants to take his alma mater to new heights.
Yo Butler Bob:
What do you think about San Jose St. Do you consider us to be a "wacky tobaccy program" or a "sinnin program?" Your response is greatly appreciated.
Mangino needs every penny of that $1.5 mil..........to pay his yearly grocery tab.
I'm sure he'll, stay at Kansas, but with a significant raise. Unless he has thought up another "dream job"
...sigh
Sparco_Spartan,
I think that a lot of girls are out of their minds with the ridiculous expectations they place on guys.
Too many girls expect/demand perfection from prospective male romantic partners. These days, a guy's practically got to be a McDreamy or a McSteamy (i.e. a mensch with a six figure income, a downtown condo and a wild/bad boy side--but not too much of a wild side) to be considered a "decent" prospect.
And most of the same girls who think that they DESERVE to date an Orlando Bloom lookalike and DESERVE to be treated like a princess, aren't anything to write home about themselves.
But it all comes down to the simple metrics of supply and demand.
Females don't really have to bring much to the table to attract male attention. As long as they're young and they've got a *****, they'll be in demand.
And, believe me, they know that (and exploit it for everything it's worth).
And, as dating relates to the marketplace, females are the one's who have the buying power. They pick and chose their mates, while males have jump through hoops to prove themselves worthy of female attention.
So, in market terms, females are the buyers and males are the sellers/vendors.
And although females have always had the upper hand in the dating game (at least in this country), that advantage has increased exponentially in an age where girls have virtually grown up on MTV and Sex and the City.
Over the course of a generation, females have come to essentially feel as though they're automatically entitled to the top of the line luxury items of the dating world (which are in the highest demand)--primo male companions (i.e., wealthy, cultured neurosurgeons who look like George Clooney).
The irony is, once girls hit 30, their market value begins to drop precipitously.
The same chicks who'd held their male suitors to ridiculously high expectations at age 24 often end up becoming desperate husband seekers (with fast clicking biological clocks and rapidly diminishing physical attractiveness) by the time they're 34.
And that's when they start to become angry, bitter man haters.
But here's the really fu**ed up part of this entire dynamic: aside from Gloria Steinem and the man-hating feminists of the 1960's and 70's (whose true motivation wasn't really the liberation of women as much as it was "sticking it to," or "evening the score" with men), the parties who are most responsible for perpetuating this vicious cycle are the MALES themselves.
And that's because we put up with all these girls' b.s. In other words, we submit to their excessive demands because we're desperate for that *****.
You see, most guys operate from a scarcity mentality, with regard to the dating marketplace. And that allows the ladies to act, essentially, as uber consumers.
And while the girls consider their disproportionate power advantage in the dating marketplace to be "empowerment," in reality it's nothing more than the byproduct of legions of wussbag males' "enablement."
But I didn't really start to figure this stuff out until after college. So, if you're still at SJSU, you've probably still got plenty of life skills "learnin'" to do (as if I don't still have plenty of the same to do myself).
By the way Spartan, I sent you an email at your Yahoo account
By the way, I'll let Mark Buckets know that you complimented this blog--he really loves the incoming compliments.
But young Mr. Buckets left town the day after the National Championship game and isn't going to be near a computer for a few days.
That's because he and his girlfriend went on a romantic getaway to (of all places)... Green Bay, Wisconsin (Butler Bob will love hearing that).
I guess Mark Buckets was inspired by the way that Butler Bob and Ethel reignited the passion in their marriage by going on a romantic weekend in Green Bay/Northern Wisconsin (that is, until Butler Bob left on his "business trip" to San Antonio in order to rendezvous with Shelley Smith and Kassie from the Online Bible Chat Forum).
Man, if Bill Self takes that $ 4 million a year/$6 million signing bonus offer from Oklahoma State, he damn well better be prepared to give me at least $1.2 million a year!!
That pud owes me BIG TIME ...... after all I've done for his bald ass over the years!!
Toki,
The smartest thing that Illini fans who still harbor ill will toward Bill Self can do is to just forget about the guy ... to just "move on."
Oddly enough, since I've already been discussing male/female relations with the San Jose State fan in this comments section, I'm going to relate Bill Self's move from Illinois to Kansas to a girl who dumps her boyfriend in favor of another guy.
If a guy who got dumped continues to dwell on -- and harbor ill will toward -- a girl who dumped him, he's still essentially under her spell. In other words, she still has control over him -- even though she's long gone.
So if the guy really believes in his heart that a girl did him wrong, the absolute WORST THING he can do is to continue to let her torment him vis a vie her ability to exert control over his emotional state/happiness (despite her absence from his life).
And have you ever noticed that girls from your past who have previously dumped YOU will often attempt to reestablish contact with you (and often act flirtatious & hint at a desire to reconnect/get back together with you) after they've been DUMPED by some other guy ... especially if it's by the very guy who she left YOU for?
That's because those girls are hoping that you still haven't gotten over them. And since they're depressed after having been dumped (and girls take being dumped a hell of a lot harder than we do--it's usually akin to dropping a Bunker Buster on their self esteem) they're desperate to find a quick pick me up for their egos.
And that's why -- like clockwork -- they always call some putz from their past who THEY dumped.
They're just hoping that you still haven't been able to move on ... hoping that you're still smitten with them and that they still have power over you.
And it doesn't matter whether you try to chat them up in an attempt to rekindle the flame, or if you get mad and tell them to f**k off.
As long as they're still able to elicit an emotional response from you, YOU LOSE! And that's because, as long as you're still emotionally invested in them, you feed their egos what they crave: validation.
The only way that you can ever actually win in such a situation is if you genuinely have NO interest in the girl WHATSOEVER ... and if that becomes patently obvious to her.
But the only way that you can ever accomplish the feat of truly being "over" a girl (and therefore, deny her ego the pick me up that it's fishing for) is if you actually HAVE moved on ... and truly ARE "over" her.
And I think that the same principle essentially applies to Illini fans' collective angst over Kansas' and Bill Self's National Championship.
The only way that Illini fans can come out on top -- in light of Bill Self's tidal wave of recent success -- is if they really don't care, one way or the other, about Bill Self's tidal wave of recent success.
trashtalk star, if u had a peace of this ass u wood never be able to get "over" me, Haha! just like everybody on my reality show u wood never be able to "move on". u wood be in mad luv with me foreva, jus like all them other guys (and grrrls).
i m awesome!!!!!!! i like 2 have funn and party!!!!! yay me!!!!!!!!
u talk 2 much trash. u r all talk but u prolly got no game.
u know u want a piece of my sweet little ass. u know u want a taste of this *****!!
butt u cant handle dis!!!!!!
i m 2 hot 4 u!!!!!!!
u r just anotha dude who wants a peace of thiz ass.
u and every otha guy out there! (and every grrrl 2) haha!!!!!!!
so, i m like, u know, really like surprised thet butler bob isn't, like, tryin' ta hit on me.
i m like, u know, whats wrong with this guy?
how can he be more into whats her name then into me?
im hottttt LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
butler bob is on crack. im, like, waaaaayy hotter then shelly smith.
and shes like sooo, u know. i mean, u know, shes just a skanky ho!!!!!!
i m hott end i LOVE to have fun. yay fun!!!!!!!!!
Mr. Buckets be needin to check out them Wally Spot supper club. There he be doin them cha cha. Butler Bob be doin them cha cha with many a lady.
You all be lookin in them wrong places for them ladies. You all be hootin and tootin at them ladies when you be playin jacks. Uh huh. Uh huh. You be needin to go to them church social for them strawberry icecreem. There you be findin them good girls to go dancin with. When you be dancin make sure you be usin them Binaca. I be givin it to Ethel most of them time. I be needin a little bit too before I be doin them disco slide. In my day many ladies be askin for tips on polishin their autos and playin jacks. Yall be needin to dress up nicely too. I be wearin a nice vest when I be dancin. It be havin my name on it so them ladies no be worryin about forgettin my name when they be blushin after I be tellin them how I be pickin them flowers from the garden for them.
To Mr. Spartan: Sonny Boy, you and your west coast silicon programs be sinnin greatly. You be makin a mockery of my truthtellin. Uh huh Uh huh. Your program aint even been playin in them gold fish winnin county fair cbi tournament. Don't you be makin a mockery of them good lord workers like butler bob. You west coast sunshine folk need be layin off them wacky tobaccy.
To Mr. Tequila: Sonny Boy, you be needin them steep el badly. Uh huh. Uh huh. You be needin to be readin them bible and learnin about them lord and what life be about. You may like to go disco dancin and be playin jacks like the rest of them folk but you be needin to look in them mirror.
OMG!!! butler bob, i m not a guy!!!! i m a hottttt chik!!!!!!!!!!!
didnt u see my reality show on mtv?
havent u seen my myspace page?
i m a hottt bisexual chik hoo likes 2 have funn and party!!!!!!
and i luv to f**k.........both guys and grrlz!! yay!!!!!!
Yo Butler Bob take a chill pill dude. I'm an all natural Cali boy, no silicon in me :-)
Tila. luv ya babe!
To Mr. Tequila:
Sonny Boy,
You be a sickly sinnin individual who be needin them bible study and be needin to stop them sinnin tv program watchin. Uh huh. Uh huh. You be sinnin by foolin around and be beein them swingin folk. You be needin to find a local steep el and be askin for them priest. I be willin to be helpin you. You be needin to be changin.
To Mr. Spartan:
Sonny Boy, I aint be takin no pills like you west coast hollywood reefin folk. You folks be missin them real life lesson and be sittin on the surf bored when you be needin to be in them steep el!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post a Comment