The Miami Ute

You can’t call it “bad luck” when it happens every single time you play away. That to me screams systemic issue that can probably only be resolved with a change in management.

I mean, the biggest problem is that a significant number of us already know exactly how this story ends. Losing Carlson, Bajema, and, likely, one or two more key contributors while entering the strongest basketball conference in the nation doesn’t paint a rosy picture for next season. That’s going to translate into a regression to fan apathy and…[Read more]

Losing to the worst team in the conference, a team that had absolutely nothing to play for in a half empty arena, tells you everything you need to know about the state of mind of this team. Time to turn the page and give someone else a shot.

Oh, I agree, but Harlan strikes me as a guy that loves hitting the “Easy Button.” It’s much easier to keep Smith on and say “oh well” after the wheels come off.

If that happens, the Utes are toast in the Big 12. Those guys leaving are essentially 90+ percent of every major offensive category this season. I certainly hope Smith can find lightning in the bottle in the portal.

As I and many others have said for a large part of this season, Smith needs to go. We have more than enough of a sample size to know that he’s not the answer. It’s nothing against him as a person, he just hasn’t delivered the results we were expecting when he was hired. That being said, I’m absolutely certain that Harlan will not fire him at…[Read more]

LOL…he led them to the Elite 8 in 20-21, you know, the Covid season. The next year, the Beavers went 3-28/1-19. The year after that, they went 11-21/5-15. This year, they’re 12-17/4-14. The guy’s not a good head coach. Even the year they went to the Elite Eight, they were pretty mediocre, going 10-10 in conference and 20-13 overall.

If money was no object, then you have to can him. How can you possibly defend a coach whose team gets blown out routinely every conference away game they play? And folks, this is playing in a mediocre to bad basketball conference, a conference that, right now, only has two locks (maybe three now with Colorado) to make the tournament. What do…[Read more]

Is there a category below “Low”? I’d say that the chances of him getting canned are non-existent. He still has three more years on his current contract and his buy-out would be over $5.5M. Now, say Utah goes full Ray Giacoletti next year in the Big 12, say 8-23 or something like that, and they’d have to pull the plug on him. otherwise every…[Read more]

It starts at the top…it’s obvious that Smith is not doing something correctly. How can a supposedly good team look so bad against horrible teams on the road? And this is against a Wayne Tinkle-led Oregon State. The only reason Tinkle still has a job is because the Beavers don’t have the cash to buy him out, otherwise he would have been canned…[Read more]

I know…and that’s why they’re losing me as a season ticket holder.

This team has some major psychological issues that only a new head coach will be able to resolve. It doesn’t matter who they’re playing on the road, the Utes somehow make them all look like the Lebron James Miami Heat.

That’s generational wealth money. Hopefully he doesn’t end up like the majority of former NFL players.

Utah is 4-22 versus Oregon in MBB. Just maddening to play them. Even when they were mediocre and we had good teams, they still found ways to beat us.

Are you really saying that the QB situation wasn’t mismanaged last year? I love Whitt but he’s certainly not infallible. No head coach is.

If the Utes can sweep the Oregon schools plus win a game in the PAC tournament, then I think that they’re in. Anything less than that makes it very difficult.

I’m not saying that Bishop hasn’t improved his draft stock but I’d be leery of using this article as the source. I mean, it identifies some unknown player in a photo as Bishop and the article, by some guy I’ve never heard of, reads like it’s been written by Chat AI. What draft report on a safety have you ever read that positively gushes about…[Read more]

What draft boards are you looking at? PFF has him going somwhere in the mid-5th RD or so. By the same token, PFF has Vaki going late in the 3rd RD.

Wasn’t it something to do with personal family issues? The upshot is that he’s no longer associated with Utah.

I’m totally with you there…if what you outline happens, then it’ll be a shittier version of the XFL or USFL. If those leagues can’t get eyeballs and admittedly they have better players across the board than even the B1G or SEC, why would anyone waste their time watching that when they can get the straight goods just watching the NFL?