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Originally Posted by jay santos
Majerus was a hell of a recruiter. He had national name recognition and could recruit like no one Utah has ever had nor ever will again.
He was extremely overrated as a tactician.
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I don't think it is possible to be more wrong in your assessment of Rick Majerus. His weakness was as a recruiter, his strength was as a tactician. Amazing recruiters don't have nearly the amount of screw ups in talent evaluation that Majerus had.
Look at all the teams he beat that had superior talent. Tell Lute Olsen that Majerus isn't an amazing tactician and he would probably laugh in your face. Either that of Olsen would curl up into the fetal position remembering the beat down that Majerus gave him.
Let's stay in 1998 and just take a quick look at the UNC roster that Utah beat. Talent wise that team absolutely destroyed us. These are just a few of the many examples.
As for recruiting. Boylen's second class at Utah is probably better than any class that Majerus had at Utah. Unfortunately, Boylen is not the coach that Majerus is so it is unlikely to pull us a Miller or Van Horn.