Rick

Huntley over Rising is odd. Fitts over Dimick is criminal. I get sad when I look at those WRs. The 2008 team had more talent at WR than this all decade team does!

It would be one thing if it was just a bad night at the line but this team has stunk at free throws all season long. Back in the stone age when I played the sport, our coach would make us stay after practice and shoot 100 free throws before we could leave. If you shot poorly from the line during the games that week you had to shoot even more…[Read more]

Am I the only one who absolutely hates the graphic design work done on Utah football social media posts? I know they are trying to do that hip, urban graffati look but it is sometimes almost impossible to read. Rant over.

I never said it was better or worse with JJ. I just said he does not run like a big back even though he is a big back. I was not one of those that thought the sky was falling because he entered the portal and left. I know we can do better because we have done better and had better backs for pretty much the past 20 years. Names like Warfield,…[Read more]

I love how everyone laments on here about us missing JJ’s size. JJ did not use his size one little bit when he ran the ball. He was NOT a power running back by any sense of the term. He ran high, had very little lateral quickness, and was both injury and fumble prone. Am I missing something here? Just because he was big in actual stature does…[Read more]

Learn how to do the tush push and then you don’t need a short yardage back. Plus I think Woods is going to eliminate a lot of that need. If Glover of the second half of the season shows up and is bigger/faster/stronger through off season workouts then we will be just fine at RB depth because we all know what Bernard brings to the table.

What I see coming is an NFL-like structure with their being two conferences with east, north, south and west divisions. The playoff structure would be almost identical to the NFL with a big championship at the end of the two best of the best. I am pretty sure Kyle has some inside knowledge of where this is going which explains why he has been…[Read more]

I also liked Barefield when his head was right. He had some serious skills. As just a great person, you can’t beat DuBois either.

Larry had many significantly talented guards besides Delon. Below is a list of the more talented of his recruits but go down that list and tell me you would pass on most of them over the guards we currently have on our roster.

Taylor
DuBois
Van Dyke
Ogbe
Tucker
Isaiah Wright
Bonam
Barefield
Bibbins
Bealer
Rylan…[Read more]

They way I see it is that most of our team’ issues are coaching related. I will grant you that some of our issues are due to lack of athleticism but then that points to recruiting. Poor defense. Awful free throw shooting. Horrible road performances. Pretty much everything you can think of point to coaching. If a coach like Bill Self or Duke’s…[Read more]

Consistent winning programs? Smith was at Utah State for a cup of coffee using other coaches recruits. I think you are way too generous with your assessment of Smith. I love how you say Larry underperformed with NBA talent. How did that NBA talent get here in the first place? Right now, the only NBA talent, and it is marginal at best, on this…[Read more]

You are telling me that in Larry’s first three seasons he had a more talented roster than Smith has had? Do you remember Larry’s roster his first two seasons? No way and Smith’s best player was a Larry recruit.

What I see is a team that does not play decent perimeter defense. They are horrible free-throw shooters. They get aggressively out…[Read more]

I keep hearing blanket statements that Smith is a much better coach than Larry. Can anyone give me clear, on the court, evidence that objectively proves this assertion?

That was one poorly officiated game. Pili got hammered on her last two possessions in regulation! Some of the play stoppages were also ridiculous. I am not usually a conspiracy theorist when it comes to refs but this one seemed very suspicious to me how the calls almost universally favored UCLA down the stretch in regulation. Some of the “and…[Read more]

I will have a tough time supporting a coach, any coach, that doesn’t play his best players. It is painfully obvious who are the 5 best players for Utah. They have been the starters these past two games. As the season moves closer to post season tournament time, you must tighten your rotations and give your best players the majority of the…[Read more]

I love seeing all of the posts about “missing two starters.” Am I the only one here that thinks that if those two starters come back and start for this team over those that replaced them that this team will take a huge step backwards? Is there some bizarro world where Devian Smith is NOT a better player than Rollie that I am not privy too? Or…[Read more]

I’m sorry but if you watched that game last night and think Rollie should start over Smith, then you need to have your eye examined. Smith is a better defender. Better passer by a mile! At least as good an outside shooter. Better penetrator and finisher. This also goes with Keita over Lovering. Although the spark off the bench concept is…[Read more]

This team is horrible defensively. I do not care how much you think Smith is better than Larry. The proof is on the court and it has been 2.5 years of solidly crappy defense. If you are comparing Smith’s recruiting to Larry’s, it stinks. His defense to Larry’s, it stinks. This team will not be better next year. So that will be 4 straight…[Read more]

I didn’t realize how young our OL is. Need a few depth guys there. Also need a corner or two and one QB. Overall, if we can stay relatively healthy, this will be a very good team next season. With all that has and is happening with Arizona, I think we have a real shot at winning the Big 12 and making the playoffs!

I found this hire to be quite odd. His best season at SJSU was 7-6. He is from Dick Tomey’s coaching tree so there is that effect here but it seems to be an economy choice on an up and coming program. Has there been any word on Fifita staying to following Fish up to UW?