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12-11-2014, 09:08 PM | #22 |
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We have to remember that Utah destroyed BYU last year.
Safe to say now that Utah has been, by far, the better team both years. Even if the score this year was close. I would trade BYU's team for Utah's team in a heartbeat. Esp. with Utah missing one of their best players (Loveridge). |
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12-11-2014, 09:40 PM | #24 | |
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Sure, we can get some non-LDS players, and we need to get some of them, but at what cost of recruiting resources? Do they dare spend all that time and money chasing non-LDS players they have little chance of landing and possibly lose out on perhaps a not as talented, but good LDS player who then chooses to go elsewhere because BYU didn't seem as interested? Who knows. For the non-LDS guys they will always be stuck needing to find the diamonds in the rough who are late bloomers or who for whatever reason slip through the cracks -- Anson Winder, Jamal Aytes, etc. If anything, under Rose BYU has gotten these kinds of players way more than previous coaches did. We can at least be in the running for the very top LDS talent most of the time, but for the non-LDS guys we're Boise State or Wyoming at best. And maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see any coach being able to change that much because it's never happened. One strategy to consider perhaps is to take advantage of the new NCAA transfer rule for 5 year guys like the Jordan Leslie's in football. It's probably a lot easier to sell the program and honor code for one year. But to do that you have to leave a scholarship open.
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12-12-2014, 12:32 AM | #25 |
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Ha, we did not play smarter. We were definitely the stupid team on the floor. Two throw-ins after made baskets intercepted?
Multiple forced bad shots. Not getting the ball to our scorers. Here's John Haddow's analysis, which incidentally is treated like gold on cougarboard. All these years later, he is the wise sage of CB. Go figure. http://www.cougarboard.com/board/mes...ml?id=13424105 |
12-12-2014, 12:38 AM | #26 |
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Btw, you don't have to be black to be an athlete. Collinsworth is an elite athlete. Haws is not.
If Collinsworth had an above average jump shot, I think he could sniff the NBA. We'll never know what could have been due to his inability to shoot. At the NBA level, KC would be well below-average in athleticism. But that's not too shabby when you are among the greatest athletes in the world. To be successful we need guys who can play good defense against good teams. The last team that could do that was Jimmer's senior team. Because they had two historically great defenders (Emery--all time steals leader and Hartsock--2nd all time blocks leader), and then another really great all-around defender in Abouo (I can never spell his name). And that team had KC as well. We won't see success until then. And you need defense at all positions. |
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