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... but I know I love you (Jimmer Fredette).
The older I get, the less I care about basketball, but I still care enough to share my ill-informed opinions on a message board.
I have no idea if the new adage about good perimeter players being the key to winning in the NCAA tournament is true, but if there were ever two guys custom made to go on a tear and win a tourney game or two despite their flaws, Jimmer Fredette and Jonathan Tavernari are those guys. Remember what Gerry Freaking McNamara did to us a few years ago? Remember?! I can see Jimmer and/or Tav doing that to someone this year.
Lee who? I have always defended and will always defend the all-around play of Cummard. He was the kind of teammate we'd all like to play with -- unselfish to a fault, a great passer and defender, the ultimate facilitator on the court. But he was a shrinking violet. His strength was also his weakness: an unwillingness to say, "Screw it, I don't care about this team bullshit anymore, I'm going off tonight." In a way, I love him for it, but I think it cost us dearly in March. I predict a tournament win in the next two years. Take that Utes!
By the way, I thought the back and forth with Prof-Bball on CB about why Jackson Emery and Lamont Morgan were chosen as team captains was pretty funny. Gotta make sure the Utah County white guys and the black guys are properly represented! Brazilians and east coasters are the true minorities on the BYU basketball team.
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=4926441
I know almost every team at almost every level of almost every sport does it, but the tradition of choosing team captains is soooooooooo cheesy. What does it mean? What does it matter? What does a captain do other than lead the team in pre-game stretches and talk to the refs before the game? The debates about who should be captain (hello, Derek Jeter) remind me of the debates about whose fan base is more classy -- who cares?!
The older I get, the less I care about basketball, but I still care enough to share my ill-informed opinions on a message board.
I have no idea if the new adage about good perimeter players being the key to winning in the NCAA tournament is true, but if there were ever two guys custom made to go on a tear and win a tourney game or two despite their flaws, Jimmer Fredette and Jonathan Tavernari are those guys. Remember what Gerry Freaking McNamara did to us a few years ago? Remember?! I can see Jimmer and/or Tav doing that to someone this year.
Lee who? I have always defended and will always defend the all-around play of Cummard. He was the kind of teammate we'd all like to play with -- unselfish to a fault, a great passer and defender, the ultimate facilitator on the court. But he was a shrinking violet. His strength was also his weakness: an unwillingness to say, "Screw it, I don't care about this team bullshit anymore, I'm going off tonight." In a way, I love him for it, but I think it cost us dearly in March. I predict a tournament win in the next two years. Take that Utes!
By the way, I thought the back and forth with Prof-Bball on CB about why Jackson Emery and Lamont Morgan were chosen as team captains was pretty funny. Gotta make sure the Utah County white guys and the black guys are properly represented! Brazilians and east coasters are the true minorities on the BYU basketball team.
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=4926441
I know almost every team at almost every level of almost every sport does it, but the tradition of choosing team captains is soooooooooo cheesy. What does it mean? What does it matter? What does a captain do other than lead the team in pre-game stretches and talk to the refs before the game? The debates about who should be captain (hello, Derek Jeter) remind me of the debates about whose fan base is more classy -- who cares?!
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