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It will be a former Ute from the Majerus era. Alex Jensen or Andre Miller.

Jensen might still be holding out for an NBA HC gig but his star is not as bright as it once was. If he sees his HC future is not in the NBA he might be interested in coming back to Utah.

Miller wants the job and was ready to take it last season. The timing wasn’t r…[Read more]

Craig Smith is done at Utah. Harlan screwed the pooch with his guy.
Now he will go out and hire the guy the boosters want. The same booster that have told Harlan they will not support Smith and will support Utah with much needed NIL money when they have their guy.

Smith’s hands were tied behind his back from the jump and it only got worse when N…[Read more]

No. He burnt that bridge.

The next coach will be someone with ties to the program.

It has to happen. It will energize the fan base but most importantly will energize the NiL donors

The team is talent poor and Smith is grasping at straws.

Little and Sharavjamts have don’t next to nothing at PG

Gabe has had a down year

I think Asur has been about what was expected of him 12-15 pts a game and some athleticism in the post

Dawes should be getting 25 minutes a game period. He’s long athletic and the team’s best rebou…[Read more]

Movie references

“Major league” – 1989

The new owner of the Cleveland then Indians try’s to tank the team in purpose before it was a thing I professional sports because if attendance drops below a certain amount the contract with the stadium and city is voided and she can move the team to Miami.

Utah pays market value. They have a policy of not overpaying and it not because they don’t have it. Utah’s NIL fund is in the top half of the Big12.

BYU on the other hand will way over pay to get players especially if they come from Utah.

Over paying players creates discord between players and between players and coaches and boosters.

U…[Read more]

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]