Minnesota Ute

Yeah, I think that’s correct. With NIL system and the transfer portal, it’s essentially unlimited free agency every year without contracts. So you almost need to think about it that way and manage it as a business. Which is another place I think Craig went wrong, you have to treat the players like adults at a minimum, if not outright…[Read more]

I’m not one that wants to die on that hill. All I’ll say is that from my perspective, I thought Larry was a shitty X’s & O’s coach. Too many times we just looked lost on end of play situations, in-game adjustments were minimal, and rarely did we get good looks off of inbound plays. From what I’ve seen, it seemed like Smith did a better job in…[Read more]

I dare say that parts of my anatomy respond favorably to that idea…

And I would be the mid-manager pulling you aside after the meeting and saying “we all know John is a fucking idiot, just nod along and we’ll get together later and talk about what we actually need to do”

Someone else brought up a good point that as a job at a state university, they have to create the vacancy (aka fire smith) then post the position and interview applicants that are qualified. There may be some EEOC boxes to check as well. I’m not sure how true that is or what the requirements are exactly, but that sounds like it could be the…[Read more]

It’s like fingernails on a chalk board to me. I had an asshole of a boss that came from that milieu and that was his goto when he was pontificating about something especially when it was clear to everyone in the room that he didn’t understand shit. Inside everyone just died a little every time he said “right?” when he clearly was wrong but…[Read more]

Thanks for the answer, but I’m not gonna lie, that is something concrete I will hold against Harlan. I miss Jimmy and I dare say the program also misses him. Maybe with the right hire, he can patch up some of those relationships.

I wish I would stop hearing about Richard Pitino, he is not a good coach.

By him saying that, I had to conclude that this is already a done deal. Otherwise why go out on that limb dragging the rest of the program with him.

The last thing a prospective new coach wants to hear is a Utah legend saying in essence, any hire that isn’t Alex is a disappointment and will fail. He also was highly critical of Craig for not…[Read more]

What I got out of the Josh Grant interview:

The decision has been made to hire Alex. It makes sense, as he was 10 years as an assistant in SLC for the Jazz (when the Jazz were good), but has been in Dallas the last couple years. He had a brief stint as a college coach before joining the Jazz. It would make sense that he would want to get back…[Read more]

I thought it was very interesting when he said “if the decision can be announced sooner”, which s is the ure implied that the decision has been made not that a coach needs to be found.

#5 is sooooo candid. Either he is plugged in and this is happening. Or he is waaay out over his skis.

OMG. Alex mfn Jensen!!

Yeah I dont disagree. And along those lines, if losing to 4-11 UCF despite team playing hard devolved into some finger pointing, it can turn in a hurry.

If he lost the locker room in a big way, then that could explain it. If I was to read into it from my perspective, Craig just showed no consistency in the lineups and a stubbornness to certain aspects. I’ve mused extensively about how much more I feel like Keanu has to contribute, but yet he just can’t seem to get more than 15 min per game.…[Read more]

I wish I could peek in on a parallel universe where Craig Smith just let’s his best (its all relative) players just play, and would quit tinkering with minutes and lineups. I don’t think you can overestimate the value of reps at game speed. And I’d feel a bit different if I thought that there were players (like Keller) that are getting minutes…[Read more]

I made the same comment about 3-4 weeks ago, and go similar replies. I think it has a bigger impact on recruiting than people realize.

I agree, he did shoot 36% from 3, so his eFG is still 54%, which is much better than Ezra at 40%. However it pales in comparison to Keanu, Mike, and Lawson each at 80%. Which (broken record here) Ezra played 27min, was in foul trouble, had a BPM of -5.4 and GmSc of 3.6 compared to Keanu that only played 20min, was not in foul trouble and had a…[Read more]

All I have to say on the matter is that in 4 to 6 years, we are going to realize that the Who said it best many years ago. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. The grift isn’t going anywhere, if we are lucky, we’ll just change out the old faces for new ones. Worst case, the old faces run out the clock. Either way, permanent Washington will…[Read more]