[chinngiskhaan]

I sure hope his lack of production at his last spot was due to injury or some other non-football reason, because his production thus far is not inspiring confidence. Nice to have another guy I guess.

[chinngiskhaan]

This is good news, but I’m not going to get my hopes up. There were like 5 WRs ahead of him at Cal in terms of production.

One thing I do like is that he seems to be someone that stretches the field well. Most of his catches seem like long-ball type plays.

[chinngiskhaan]

yep, all because of a REALLY late hit

[chinngiskhaan]

who said I was bummed? I said it was nice to have another guy, which is essentially what you said.

I could say the same thing about you and your priorities. Who’s priorities are more messed up, the guy who chooses to point out possible downsides to of things that happen to a sports team, or the guy who feels the need to blow that guys posts out of proportion every time something is posted? I’ll admit this is a waste of time, and yet, I still indulge. At best, what you are doing is no better.

[chinngiskhaan]

People don’t like it because it’s me that said it. If it were onlyu/butterball or whatever he’s calling himself these days, everyone would agree, and that is fine with me.

[chinngiskhaan]

You are choosing to read my comments in an overly negative tone. I’m not complaining. I’m not dogging the guy. I’m expressing a valid concern. I didn’t say he was going to suck. I haven’t lamented the current state of our program. I even said I it was nice to have another guy for depth. I don’t see anything negative about any of that.

You say I’m upset, but you have nothing to suggest that is actually the case. Overly pessimistic? Sure. Do I choose to discuss the potential down side of things more than others? Yes. Does that mean I am upset or “negative”? No.

[chinngiskhaan]

I don’t see this as negativity. It’s just the reality. Do you honestly think I’m wrong? He was at VT for two years and had a total of 128 yards. The next year, in a muuuuuch lower division of football, he had 285 yards. His YPC was quite good at around 6, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll do that here.

It’s just like someone else (I forget who) said in another recent threat. The best predictor of future success is past performance. Like I said, it’s nice to have another guy, but I’m not expecting much out of someone who didn’t touch the ball much at either of his previous 2 schools.

If that was because of injury, and not ability, then great, we are getting a good player if healthy.

I essentially restated everything I said in my initial comment. How is any of that negative? I’m not whining. I’m not predicting doom and gloom. I’m just interpreting what I see on paper.

[chinngiskhaan]

You are calling my take dumb when your take doesn’t even address what I actually said. HILARIOUS! I never said our team was better. I never said I preferred the greater size (vertically anyway) of last year’s team. I never said those players were anything to strive for. Someone said the team was built around length. I pointed out that we had more of that on last year’s team. What we have more of this year is athleticism.

Last season we had 4 guys at 6 ft 10 or taller, and 3 other guys at 6 ft 9 (according to the official Utes roster). That is more length than we currently have on this roster. Is that a bad thing or a good thing? I guess we’ll find out. I never said Lovering was a good rim protector.

I pointed out our team was longer last year, and that the current roster still needs a good rim protector and more shooting. What is so wrong about that?

You people and your straw man arguments. Please try to actually read my post and respond to points I actually attempted to make. I think you will find that I am far less contrarian than you had assumed previously

[chinngiskhaan]

Yes, he is. Keita is not on this team. I don’t care how tall they are. They can be 10 inches tall. If they average 2 blocks a game, they will be a good rim protector. The height isn’t the point. A tall guy would be nice to have in case that is needed. We just need rim protection, which we do not have much of at the moment (unless these guys just haven’t been given the chance to play that role).

[chinngiskhaan]

We may have a rim protector on the team, but it is hard to say because most of the guys have only had about 15 minutes a game to go off of. Looks like we have two guys that averaged around a block per game over their careers. Either of them could potentially increase that total next year. However, I think if either one is the rim protector, our defense won’t be what it could be if we had someone who was more intimidating down low.

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