TomahawkCruise

I agree. It won’t reel in top recruits all by itself, but it would help Utah’s overall appeal. I know when they built all the new basketball facilities a few years ago that really began to make an impression on visiting recruits. I think a new arena would do the same.

Better seating, smaller capacity, improved everything (acoustics, wifi, revenue…[Read more]

Interesting. Where did you hear about all that?

You make some good points, sir.

I am in the minority of Utah fans who love our basketball program more than our football program, and I just want the Runnin Utes to be relevant again. I hate watching the greatness of March Madness every year and not seeing Utah in it. I think a new arena would help inject new life into the program (mostly from a…[Read more]

I wonder how a downtown arena would affect the student fans? It would be easier for non student fans to get to games, but I wonder if having the game elsewhere downtown would make student attendance take a hit?

Obviously there’s no ideal solution.

I think Burgess is finished at Utah and he knows it. He had to have known that when he basically trashed the owners house on the way out the door.

I’d like to see Miller or Jensen as coach, or some up and comer somewhere.

I actually think that’s why Smith will be back next year. Because Utah isn’t really taking basketball seriously right now, there is no appetite for buying out another coach and go looking for another (who most likely won’t do any better because he faces the same obstacles Smith did).

I fully expect Smith to be back next year. And I think I’m OK…[Read more]