Please if your gonna do anything to bard let him ulti before he dies
I don't know how many times I've ulti'd where the circle and everything would appear but I would die just before and the whole skill would get cancelled.
I personally feel that his Ulti cast delay should be based on how far he throws it. For example if he fires it right over himself he drops the the ulti instead of throwing it into the air for a quicker cast time.