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Wasn’t expecting him to, but booo anyway.

I feel like I’ve heard a lot about the lack of talent on this team. But I feel like I saw RM take teams with less talent than this to the tournament, and win at least one game as he always did.

While I think Craig was a better coach than Larry, and certainly better than Boylen or Giac, he was just not good enough. We’ve all carped to some…[Read more]

Butterball Jones?

I don’t think the media is to blame here. Utah shuts them out of practice, only letting them see a few meaningless minutes, and coach/player interviews give them nothing tangible to work with. They’re forced to project optimism because that’s all they’re given.

That said, I agree the real issue is Whittingham’s handling of the QB position.…[Read more]

This is the first year since 2000 that I’ve missed a men’s bball conference tournament. Significant withdrawal. I love watching 4 games a day in the early rounds. The tourney being hosted in KC had a lot to do with it.

A bare cupboard post-Majerus and a bare cupboard today are very different. NIL money and transfer portal rules make a turnaround…[Read more]

I apologize to all for a poorly worded post. I changed the wording after I posted and reread. Thanks Narfute for the corrections. I’m not a Majerus hater by any means. The post was meant to look at how we got to this point in Utah basketball. I have been a faithful follower of Utah BB since my dad took me to games at the old Einar Nelson field h…[Read more]

I’m by no means a BYU apologist in any way, but we are exaggerating their NIL deal with Dybantsa.

Their donors are paying $3m to Dybantsa, not $8m or $7m noted above. Endorsement deals with Nike and Red Bull will pay him $5m next year.

Why is this an important detail?

1 – BYU’s coffers aren’t $7m to $8m deep for one player. Their buying power…[Read more]

I think he is surprised at Whitt being forthcoming with information rather than Wilson’s position on the depth chart.

Maj was far superior in each of the three areas of recruiting, developing, and in-game coaching than anyone else we have had in the modern area. He was not elite in terms of being nice to all the players- particularly players that had deficiencies or were not matches for his system. I knew a family member of a player who accused him of being…[Read more]

I was good friends with Shaun Greens dad and he told me Majerus quit recruiting his last year because he knew he was done. I’m not blaming Majerus at all. He left Giac with great talent but not much incoming behind them.

I was a student during Giac’s last year and Boylen’s tenure sitting in the front row of the Muss. Giac was gifted a sweet 16 team and then he sank that ship and he sank it fast… We had to watch freaking Luke Nevill, Luka Drca, Shaun Green and friends flail around the court.

Highlights of that time were Marshall Henderson and Boylen telling…[Read more]

Narfute I stand corrected. You are right. The incoming recruits of 2004 was Majerus last recruiting year. After Bogut left the cupboard was bare. Sorry for the confusion.

Is UteButters the new OnlyU? I haven’t heard much from OnlyU lately, although it has been the off-season, but still. You still around OnlyU?

Run DMC – Drisdom, Markson, Chaney. All Majerus recruits who were Jr’s in Bogut’s sophomore year.

Bogues was a freshman during Majerus’ last year (the one where Kerry Rupp coached the last 10 or so games) Giaco had to re-recruit bogut to come back.

I’m cautiously optimistic. With an emphasis on “cautiously”.

If Utah can be reasonably healthy, they’ll be in contention for the conference championship.

That said, we’ve been absolutely snake bitten at QB injuries. So what do we do? Get a running QB. Which concerns me. He’ll be effective running the ball until he’s injured – at least it is hard…[Read more]

Bogut was not a Majerus recruit.

Giacoletti took that “bare cupboard” (that had the #1 pick in it..) to the sweet 16 and a 29-6 season. Don’t blame Majerus for the current state of the bball program.