Dr. Jekyl or Mr. Hyde

[Blueintheface]

If I were a BYU fan, I don't think I would contribute to this thread. The more you pile on and the more you say how bad Utah is, the more the cosmos aligns and points to a day, in the very near future, where SU will gleefully spill gallons of ink reminding you that the best BYU team ever couldn't sweep the worst Utah team ever.

You guys are setting yourselves up.

I don't worry about that. Why would I? I'm enjoying the depth and talent this team has. While I expect to sweep Utah this year I wouldn't be totally shocked if we dropped the game at the HC. Afterall, we lost in Logan. If the Ute fanbase can double by February the Cougs are in for a battle. As for SU, he posted some 1-26 comment earlier which is reason #4,587 for why he is not relevant to me or any real Cougar fan. He's just bitter that his team isn't better and his program is in some current trouble.

[Flattop]

If I were a BYU fan, I don't think I would contribute to this thread. The more you pile on and the more you say how bad Utah is, the more the cosmos aligns and points to a day, in the very near future, where SU will gleefully spill gallons of ink reminding you that the best BYU team ever couldn't sweep the worst Utah team ever.

You guys are setting yourselves up.

BYU already swept Utah's worst team ever, in 2007. I'm reasonably confident that this year's team will win more than 11 games.

[UtahDan]

I don't worry about that. Why would I? I'm enjoying the depth and talent this team has. While I expect to sweep Utah this year I wouldn't be totally shocked if we dropped the game at the HC. Afterall, we lost in Logan. If the Ute fanbase can double by February the Cougs are in for a battle. As for SU, he posted some 1-26 comment earlier which is reason #4,587 for why he is not relevant to me or any real Cougar fan. He's just bitter that his team isn't better and his program is in some current trouble.

Well, I've tried.

[MartyFunkhouser]

BYU also has Demarcus Harrison who is going to be very good at the wing, Anson Winder who just signed is exploding this year and is a huge steal. Kyle Collinsworth was a top recruit.

Who has offered Demarcus Harrison so far. For all the hype this kid has got, he seems to have very limited offers.

[Goatnapper'96]

If I were a BYU fan, I don't think I would contribute to this thread. The more you pile on and the more you say how bad Utah is, the more the cosmos aligns and points to a day, in the very near future, where SU will gleefully spill gallons of ink reminding you that the best BYU team ever couldn't sweep the worst Utah team ever.

You guys are setting yourselves up.

LOL!

[U-Ute]

There are 12 Marshall Hendersons playing at Snow College right now and none of them will end up with D-1 Schollies. He is the BYU equivalent to a Terry Nashif.

They were all the all time high school 3 point shooters from Texas?

Wow... there's a lot of those around then.

U-Ute

[cougjunkie]

They were all the all time high school 3 point shooters from Texas?

Wow... there's a lot of those around then.

U-Ute

No but Mike Rose was and he was bigger and more athletic than Henderson.

[U-Ute]

I served part of my mission in Alamosa. The Caton's are good people. I rooted for their boys at Utah. But I wished everyone else missed.

Rode Trax from the stadium standing next to Ben.

Big dude.

No, I didn't talk to him. See the previous sentence.

U-Ute

[U-Ute]

No but Mike Rose was and he was bigger and more athletic than Henderson.

We'll have to agree to disagree on that.

U-Ute

[TheAzzuri]

I served part of my mission in Alamosa. The Caton's are good people. I rooted for their boys at Utah. But I wished everyone else missed.

I never knew Trace, but I knew Ben from his time at Ricks. He was a really good guy.

[SeattleUte]

Henderson and Jimmer are both 6-2. Supposedly Jimmer is 20 pounds heavier, but he's two years older. Their stats look a lot alike as freshmen. Jimmer was 7.0 ppg, and 40% from the field, 35% from threes.

Henderson averages 10+ ppg, 36% fg amd 33% 3 pt. shots. Henderson was more heavily recruited.

[Senioritis]

During Ray Giacoletti's last year, he decided, for reasons known only to himself and totally incomprehensible to anyone else, to start playing Chris Grant significant minutes. It was like he had finally snapped.

"ALL RIGHT, FINE! I AM GOING TO PLAY CHRIS GRANT FOR 25 MINUTES EVERY GAME, AND I DON'T GIVE A FAT MAN'S SWOLLEN GLAND IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT!"

The funny thing was, nobody really had a problem with it, because nobody could figure out what the Sam Hill he was trying to accomplish anyway.

This team isn't really like that team, but I'm more than slightly vexed about what the problems are. Here's a stab at it:

1. Youth. Sure it's a problem, but why is this a bigger problem for the Utes than for the Rebels or the Lobos or the Cheaters in Provo?

2. A few window lickers are being pretty hard on Marshall Henderson (played by Kirby Heyborne), but he's the only freaking guy on the whole freaking team who can shoot the freaking three. Well, him and Matt Read, and I heard Jordan Cyphers could hit the three in high school. My opinion is that his percentage is, uh, low because he always, yes always, has a hand in his adorable, cherubim-like face. He's the only guy on the whole team that needs to be guarded more than 15 feet from the basket, and that ain't that hard to take away. Plus, he's got more than a little Chucker in him.

2a. The Post. Utah's best low post scorer is probably Jay Watkins. This is only a problem because Jay Watkins never gets the ball in the post with an opportunity to score. Utah's scheme puts the 5 in the post, and uses the 4 to stretch the floor. Right. David Foster is under the impression that posting up happens about 36 inches inside the three point line. It's more of a hand off from the wing than a post entry pass. And even when the ball gets into the post, the Mighty Utes don't know what to do with it. Also, on a related note, none of the 4's can stretch the floor.

2b. Where have you gone, Andrew Bogut? Utah doesn't have a single player that has a complete offensive game right now. Henderson can't really create, Brown can't really shoot, Drca can't really stop having flashbacks to the brutality of Eastern European genocide, Watkins can't really shoot, Foster can't really use anything but the lefty hook, Tavita can't really look up when he dribbles, Glover can't really get off the bench, and Kim Tillie can't really translate whatever he does so well at practice to an actual game where they keep score and everything.

3. Anyway, the problems are all on the offensive end. This team is actually pretty good defensively, so what do you do? Tavita can really guard, and Foster is a game changer, but neither of them can score. But do you put them on the bench for Cyphers and Read? BWAAHAAAHAAA!! On nights when Utah hits the three, they can beat anyone in the conference (see last Saturday at the T&M). When they don't, pitoooey!

This post is much more negative than I intended, much like my personal finances. I really like these guys, and I'm not off the Boylen bandwagon. There's certainly a lot of work to do. Utah will be up and down until they find ways to score consistently in the paint. If they have to tear this universe a new black hole, they must find ways to score. They've GOT TO, MISTER!

[Mormon Red Death]

During Ray Giacoletti's last year, he decided, for reasons known only to himself and totally incomprehensible to anyone else, to start playing Chris Grant significant minutes. It was like he had finally snapped.

"ALL RIGHT, FINE! I AM GOING TO PLAY CHRIS GRANT FOR 25 MINUTES EVERY GAME, AND I DON'T GIVE A FAT MAN'S SWOLLEN GLAND IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM WITH IT!"

The funny thing was, nobody really had a problem with it, because nobody could figure out what the Sam Hill he was trying to accomplish anyway.

This team isn't really like that team, but I'm more than slightly vexed about what the problems are. Here's a stab at it:

1. Youth. Sure it's a problem, but why is this a bigger problem for the Utes than for the Rebels or the Lobos or the Cheaters in Provo?

2. A few window lickers are being pretty hard on Marshall Henderson (played by Kirby Heyborne), but he's the only freaking guy on the whole freaking team who can shoot the freaking three. Well, him and Matt Read, and I heard Jordan Cyphers could hit the three in high school. My opinion is that his percentage is, uh, low because he always, yes always, has a hand in his adorable, cherubim-like face. He's the only guy on the whole team that needs to be guarded more than 15 feet from the basket, and that ain't that hard to take away. Plus, he's got more than a little Chucker in him.

2a. The Post. Utah's best low post scorer is probably Jay Watkins. This is only a problem because Jay Watkins never gets the ball in the post with an opportunity to score. Utah's scheme puts the 5 in the post, and uses the 4 to stretch the floor. Right. David Foster is under the impression that posting up happens about 36 inches inside the three point line. It's more of a hand off from the wing than a post entry pass. And even when the ball gets into the post, the Mighty Utes don't know what to do with it. Also, on a related note, none of the 4's can stretch the floor.

2b. Where have you gone, Andrew Bogut? Utah doesn't have a single player that has a complete offensive game right now. Henderson can't really create, Brown can't really shoot, Drca can't really stop having flashbacks to the brutality of Eastern European genocide, Watkins can't really shoot, Foster can't really use anything but the lefty hook, Tavita can't really look up when he dribbles, Glover can't really get off the bench, and Kim Tillie can't really translate whatever he does so well at practice to an actual game where they keep score and everything.

3. Anyway, the problems are all on the offensive end. This team is actually pretty good defensively, so what do you do? Tavita can really guard, and Foster is a game changer, but neither of them can score. But do you put them on the bench for Cyphers and Read? BWAAHAAAHAAA!! On nights when Utah hits the three, they can beat anyone in the conference (see last Saturday at the T&M). When they don't, pitoooey!

This post is much more negative than I intended, much like my personal finances. I really like these guys, and I'm not off the Boylen bandwagon. There's certainly a lot of work to do. Utah will be up and down until they find ways to score consistently in the paint. If they have to tear this universe a new black hole, they must find ways to score. They've GOT TO, MISTER!

You elaborated my feelings exactly.

[Blueintheface]

Henderson and Jimmer are both 6-2. Supposedly Jimmer is 20 pounds heavier, but he's two years older. Their stats look a lot alike as freshmen. Jimmer was 7.0 ppg, and 40% from the field, 35% from threes.

Henderson averages 10+ ppg, 36% fg amd 33% 3 pt. shots. Henderson was more heavily recruited.

And why would the Texas state 3-pt champ sign with Utah you ask? You know the answer.

[Jarid in Cedar]

I saw your arena yesterday. You no longer have any string-pulling hoops fans.......

So the reverse of the Goatnapper theorem? Interesting.