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03-28-2007, 01:55 AM | #1 |
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So what does the enemy think of Utah's new coach?
Jim Boylen from Michigan State.
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03-28-2007, 02:30 AM | #2 |
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His credentials are good and he should be a good x's and o's guy, though probably not to the level of Majerus. The real question will be if he can find a vein of recruits that can put the Utes in sustained prominence. I think it will be a tough job to succeed in a way that is even close to Fatty M. If he does I doubt that he will stay around long.
Mostly he is a big question mark because he has no head coaching track record to judge from. |
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I'm not saying that Utah is a premiere job - I'm just curious as to why Cougar fans don't think a basketball coach will stay there after precedence shows that he will.
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Majerus is eccentric. Everything he does is unexplainable and opposite of the norm. He's just a different guy. Look at what every other coach in America does when he has success at a small school. If Broylen was from Utah or had stronger ties to the area, it would be a different thing. |
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Perhaps, but I'd like to believe that it's not so small a guy wouldn't want to stay.
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How good of a job is the Utah job? I'm not talking smack now. Somewhere 30-40? Every year at least a few of those top 30-40 jobs come open and they pick from the next tier. |
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03-28-2007, 03:29 AM | #7 |
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I will say that I was hoping they'd hire someone crappy like Donny Daniels or Tommy Connor, but I think Hill made a very shrewd hire in Boylen.
It's evident that guy has a great pedigree in spite of his lack of D-I Head Coaching experience. He sounds just like what the Doctor ordered for the Yewts soft players...except Daniel Deane...he's a tough minded hombre. I think Utah will be pretty good immediately. Unfortunately.
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There was a 4 year window in the 90s when Utah was a terrific job, but ther was no need to fill it because th guy who made it terrific was already on teh hill. After Majerus left, it had gone back to where it was a top 25-30 job and Giacoletti left it in shambles. Right now, it's not that great, but it's ceiling is higher than most so-called mid-majors. Utah and BYU are about the same kind of job. I'm fine with that. If there were 10 million residents along the Wasatch Front, both schools would be considered a much better job.
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By way of comparison, Lavell staying forever at the Lords University does not mean that Bronco will do the same if he is offered a different good job. I suspect that he might take the bigger job. Especially if the Cougars do not make a good faith effort to pay him. |
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