If your goal is mostly to produce large bass and a quality BG fishery is not of concern. I wouldn't shy away fro GSH at all...

I would also consider giving your forage base two full growing seasons before I stocked bass. This spring I would stock GSH, FHM, mosquitofish(gambusia) and if you can find a source I would also consider stocking GSD. I would let them spawn and multiply through the year. The following spring I would then stock the BG. Then in the fall of next year I would stock the LMB.

By do this, it assures that your FHM, GSH and GSD have spawned at least twice and have built their numbers up. The fry of your GSH and FHM from your original stocking will have gotten to a size that the BG will not be able to feed on when the BG are stocked the following year. This may put you about a year behind but in my opinion is worth the extra wait to assure yourself of a strong forage base. In the future you can consider annual stockings of tilapia as well...

With your pond being in Kansas, you are at the far northern limit of F1 bass. I am not sure there will be much advantage to stocking bass with any FL genes in them as those genes will most likely not be be expressed in your more northern water.

With your pond drained I would consider adding plenty of fish structure while the pond is dry. Once it fills up, I would look into starting a feeding program for the BG and aeration as well. This will allow more biomass in your pond. A fertilization program would also be strongly encouraged. With these steps I do not see any reason why you couldn't produce a few bass pushing double digits.