I'm a dummy for responding to what you said?
Sure, it was irrelevant, but you started rambling about Marshall being the best coach in KS, so I commented on it.
Self hasn't had ridiculous talent relative to other top programs. In fact, he's been way behind Duke, Kentucky and UNC in that dept. Obviously he's underachieved at times in the tourney, but every program that is consistently a high seed is going to have upsets. It's the nature of the tourney. He's also overachieved at times. '22 KU, from a recruiting rankings standpoint, was the least talented team to win it all since recruiting rankings have been available. Only a couple top 100 players in the rotation.
If you want to call Self a cheater, go ahead. But if you admit that Wichita cheated too, then why are you pointing the finger?
All of this cheating talk and finger pointing is so stupid when you get down to it. If people didn't already understand how common it is for players to get paid (or receive other benefits), then at the very least, the FBI probe should have opened their eyes. Practically every major conference program (plus some midmajors like Wichita St) were implicated in the probe.
Yet people still pretend like this is something rare that provides a huge advantage to a few individuals.
If KU/Self were actually cheating more than other schools, why have they had so many recruiting failures over the years? Even before the recruiting hit during the probe, Self has whiffed and whiffed and whiffed. Far more so than other top coaches. He rarely gets his top choices. Yet he coaches for one of the top programs in the country, gets a lot of players to the NBA, offers tons of exposure, and arguably the best venue in the game.