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Smith and Ainge forgot to ask Young if he could actually Coach basketball.

Early reviews on him are not good.

Burgess stabbed him in the back and bailed to BYU. Slocum was hired to recruit and he wasn’t so he was let go Still have no idea what happened to Tim Morris.

I feel bad for Smith a little. He’s was Harlan’s guy and you’d think he would’ve given Smith a little more support.

There has to be more to this problem than lack of NIL.

Utah has gone through 4 straight Coaches that have all been abject failures.

What is the common denominator?

Unless Smith goes winless in conference and loses every game by 25+ points and every player transfers he’s not going anywhere.

The entire focus of the athletic department is on the football program.

They are getting all the money and all the resources right now because football is what will get Utah into the big10.

It’s said and ugly and wil…[Read more]

The Mens program is an afterthought on the hill right now. From the top down Randall, Harlan, NIL boosters all focus is on the football program.

Football drives the bus. It pays the bills and it gets the national eyeballs.

It’s what will get Utah into the big10 and that is the universities ultimate goal right now as it should be.

So with t…[Read more]

From a PR standpoint yes but Utah will fill that hole with a player of equal or greater talent.

I don’t know exact figures but I know Utah rates players and has a scale based in ability and need. They are not going to overpay just for the sake of keeping a player.

Utah already has a couple of DL scheduled to visit very soon

Here’s the deal byu way overpaid for Clegg and Nu. Utah USC and Michigan just weren’t willing to match. BYU doesn’t have billions of dollars for football NIL like some in here like to think. They will not get and good return on investment from these two players.

This is as much about PR for them as it is football.

Utah already has multi…[Read more]

Davis is gonna be a great mentor to the younger receivers in the program. He’s a depth guy but a pseudo WR Coach

Davis is gonna be a great mentor to the younger receivers in the program. He’s a depth guy but a pseudo WR Coach

Utah needs to find a mega donor or it’s going to continue to be a feeder school for other programs including byu which would be an absolute disaster for the program if they even compete in their own state and conference

In Utah’s system Clegg is two years away at least. He needs the mission rust gone and need to add bulk.

Guarantee he gets reps in Provo next season. He will never be all Big12 in Provo. They don’t develop players

There is some talk that every available resource(NIL)is being thrown at football to make the program and university more attractive to the BIG10 when there is another round of expansion.

Football drives the college athletic world. It makes all the money it gets all the attention and it’s what will get Utah in too the P2

Meanwhile Basketball h…[Read more]

He’s coming as a PWO with an earn it clause.

He can earn a scholarship if he can keep his nose clean.

Was talking to some people the other about this and we compared it to the Major League Baseball Staten

Majors – BIG10, & SEC
AAA – Big12, & ACC
AA – PAC12, MWC, & AAC
A – Sun Belt, Conf USA, MAC
Rookie league – Everyone else

It’s a broken but no matter who Utah brings in to coach next season the university needs to up its nil game for basketball.

Right now nil budget for Bball is about 3 mil. It’s needs to be closer to 5 to even remotely compete with other big12 teams for national recruits.

I don’t understand smith and his rotations at all. I predict 8-3 non conference record and the Big12 is gonna be brutal. I don’t see more than 6 or 7 conference wins and no post season which will result in the end of the Craig Smith era at Utah.

This is just kind of a lost year. There is no future of Utah basketball in any reason scenario tha…[Read more]

The transfer portal is the wild Wild West right now. The ncaa is doing nothing to fix the process.

Schools can’t contact players during the season or before the portal opens but “agents” can at anytime.

The Colo st head coach said in a press conference his top 30 players have all been contacted by “agents” telling them they can get them deal…[Read more]

It’s Ryan smith and byu recruiting him.

They are actively recruiting Utah’s best players.

Smith Snowden has been offered by byu. The Fano brothers have both been offered by BYU

They are willing to over pay to get good players and destroy Utah at the same time.

7 mil for one player. That ought to make for some great locker room chemistry.