Campaign to keep Tyler Haws from going on a mission

[kccougar]

Interesting. I'm guessing I'll have Elder Haws over for dinner a time or two. I'll be living about half a mile from that mission home. When I was there before I would take the QC missionaries in the area out to lunch a couple of times a month.

Please do your part to keep him from coming back weighing 120 lbs. My brother went to the Phillippines on his mission and he looked like an absolute skeleton when he came back. I know he spent all his time in very rural areas (Iligan mission) and all phillippine missions are probably not the same, but I imagine 2 years there could really ruin an athlete.

[KillerDog]

Not gonna happen.

I agree with you that he is more of a 3. Depending on how he grows, he could even be a 4. I have heard though that he wants to play point.

[Jacob]

Not gonna happen.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't want a 6'6" pg. PG is a position that is often a weak spot for us, IMO (not including Jimmer, obviously). K Collinsworth appears to be the most prolific PG recruit we've had forever--including Jimmer.
Plus, playing him at PG allows you to play an otherwise undersized SG, if needed.

If you want to post him up, post him up against the other teams guards.

[CJF]

Please do your part to keep him from coming back weighing 120 lbs. My brother went to the Phillippines on his mission and he looked like an absolute skeleton when he came back. I know he spent all his time in very rural areas (Iligan mission) and all phillippine missions are probably not the same, but I imagine 2 years there could really ruin an athlete.

You've seen me. I'll do my part.

[smokymountainrain]

Not gonna happen.

You don't think he could be a Tyreke Evans type PG? If not, why?


Not saying he would be that good, but I don't see why he couldn't be cut from that same mold.

[woot]

I can't imagine why you wouldn't want a 6'6" pg. PG is a position that is often a weak spot for us, IMO (not including Jimmer, obviously). K Collinsworth appears to be the most prolific PG recruit we've had forever--including Jimmer.
Plus, playing him at PG allows you to play an otherwise undersized SG, if needed.

If you want to post him up, post him up against the other teams guards.

I agree with this, but don't know how well KC can dribble. I can't seem to find a highlight video either. If he's a good ball handler, I say put him at point even if it means a weaker player at the 3. 1 is simply a more important position than 3.

[kccougar]

I agree with this, but don't know how well KC can dribble. I can't seem to find a highlight video either. If he's a good ball handler, I say put him at point even if it means a weaker player at the 3. 1 is simply a more important position than 3.

Videos here:
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=5296759

[woot]

Videos here:
http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=5296759

Hmm. Those videos are pretty hard to watch what with the camera man being drunk and in extreme-zoom mode all the time. I wasn't able to get a sense of whether he has handles or not.

[jay santos]

I can't imagine why you wouldn't want a 6'6" pg. PG is a position that is often a weak spot for us, IMO (not including Jimmer, obviously). K Collinsworth appears to be the most prolific PG recruit we've had forever--including Jimmer.
Plus, playing him at PG allows you to play an otherwise undersized SG, if needed.

If you want to post him up, post him up against the other teams guards.

He doesn't play PG for his high school team. I heard he played PG for his summer team, but it's hard for me to believe he did it effectively. If a 6'6" pg is good, then a 6'11" pg is even better, right? Playing point guard, he'd be matched up against a guy twice as quick that he won't be able to hang with defensively and will pick him apart on D because he's not used to playing that low to the ground to protect his dribble.

[jay santos]

You don't think he could be a Tyreke Evans type PG? If not, why?


Not saying he would be that good, but I don't see why he couldn't be cut from that same mold.

I don't know Tyreke Evans that well. I could see Kyle Collinsworth playing a Jalen Rose style point guard position. Maybe. But I don't see Rose going that direction.

[scottie]

Interesting. I'm guessing I'll have Elder Haws over for dinner a time or two. I'll be living about half a mile from that mission home. When I was there before I would take the QC missionaries in the area out to lunch a couple of times a month.

With him going to the Philippines, any chance that he doesn't come back completely malnourished?

[CJF]

With him going to the Philippines, any chance that he doesn't come back completely malnourished?

Most likely he'll be fine.

[WashingtonCoug]

He doesn't play PG for his high school team. I heard he played PG for his summer team, but it's hard for me to believe he did it effectively. If a 6'6" pg is good, then a 6'11" pg is even better, right? Playing point guard, he'd be matched up against a guy twice as quick that he won't be able to hang with defensively and will pick him apart on D because he's not used to playing that low to the ground to protect his dribble.

How tall was Magic Johnson?

[MartyFunkhouser]

I am starting a group that will leave the church if Haws isn't given a 3-year mission.

[John McClain]

Why not let Tyler go on his mission. From what all the other schools in the conference claim, he will be spending two years bulking up, working on his game, and gaining the "maturity" that gives BYU such an unfair advantage.