Larry Krystkowiak and the 2011-12 Utah Utes

[DrumNFeather]

He wasn't late for practice, etc this time. He was completely awol from everything, meetings, practice, class, for 2 days. No one is aware of what happened.

Sort of reminds me of the Daniel Dean situation a few years ago...just kind of stopped caring at some point.

[U-Ute]

Were accountability and discipline really missing from the program under Boylen? I think there are mixed signs here. On one side, we have the inconsistent results on the court. Ultimately, the bad losses have to start with the coach (especially when there are several good wins mixed in).

See Marshall Henderson.

It was much much worse.

U-Ute

[Top Ute]

See Marshall Henderson.

It was much much worse.

U-Ute

I'm not sure any coach could help Marshall. His parents apologized to Jimmy for goodness sakes. Henderson shouldn't even be part of the judgment on Boylen as it pertains to "discipline."

[Jarid in Cedar]

I'm not sure any coach could help Marshall. His parents apologized to Jimmy for goodness sakes. Henderson shouldn't even be part of the judgment on Boylen as it pertains to "discipline."

I think Boylen ran a decent ship when it came to disciplining players for "citizenship" issues and keeping guys going off the court.

His problems were about discipline on the court.

[LA Ute]

This is always kinda nice to see:

GREAT GRADES: The Runnin' Utes are hitting the books with great success this season. Their team grade point average of 3.129 this fall was the program's second-highest mark over the past 20 years. Kyle Perkins led 10 players on the Athletics Academic Honor Roll (3.0 GPAs or higher) with a perfect 4.0. David Foster, Jason Washburn and Hines are expected to earn undergraduate degrees a year early and enroll in graduate programs before finishing their playing careers.

The story says the highest team GPA was in 2008, under Boylen. Jim excelled at getting good academics out of his kids.

BTW, re Marshall Henderson, I don't know of any reason why any of those problems can be laid at Boylen's feet. The young man had issues, which I hope he gets past. He is very talented, from what I am told.

[cougjunkie]

This is always kinda nice to see:



The story says the highest team GPA was in 2008, under Boylen. Jim excelled at getting good academics out of his kids.

BTW, re Marshall Henderson, I don't know of any reason why any of those problems can be laid at Boylen's feet. The young man had issues, which I hope he gets past. He is very talented, from what I am told.

Notice how it is always the guys that never play or who aren't very good with the highest GPA's?

[LA Ute]

Notice how it is always the guys that never play or who aren't very good with the highest GPA's?

I hadn't noticed that. Maybe it's generally true of D1 players? Drew Hansen was an exception, but I haven't paid much attention to individual players' GPAs.

[cougjunkie]

I hadn't noticed that. Maybe it's generally true of D1 players? Drew Hansen was an exception, but I haven't paid much attention to individual players' GPAs.

I am sure it is hard to put everything you can in to basketball and in the classroom. The guys that don't see much of a future on the court seem to focus more in the classroom.

[LA Ute]

I am sure it is hard to put everything you can in to basketball and in the classroom. The guys that don't see much of a future on the court seem to focus more in the classroom.

I agree. That means they're both book-smart and wise.

[Top Ute]

Notice how it is always the guys that never play or who aren't very good with the highest GPA's?

Tark openly joked about the need of having such players on his powerhouse teams.

[Top Ute]

It's been a while since this thread has been updated. Just wanted to see if we were still getting better. I'm sure someone can tell me that's the case. I know it warmed my heart to know end hearing such sentiments ad nauseum earlier this season.

[U-Ute]

Notice how it is always the guys that never play or who aren't very good with the highest GPA's?

Michael Doleac
Larry Cain
Drew Hansen
Ben Caton
Luka Drca
Chris Jackson
Nate Althoff

I think all those guys were 4.0 type of guys.

[LA Ute]

It's been a while since this thread has been updated. Just wanted to see if we were still getting better. I'm sure someone can tell me that's the case. I know it warmed my heart to know end hearing such sentiments ad nauseum earlier this season.

Looks to me like they regressed against USC and Oregon. For me the USC game was hard to watch. Maybe it was being there in person and watching all those turnovers. I didn't see (or even listen to) the Oregon or Oregon State games.

I guess the thing to do now is look for trends. A bad downturn is one thing; a downturn that lasts the rest of season is something else. I do want this season to be over, and soon.

[SeattleUte]

Looks to me like they regressed against USC and Oregon. For me the USC game was hard to watch. Maybe it was being there in person and watching all those turnovers. I didn't see (or even listen to) the Oregon or Oregon State games.

I guess the thing to do now is look for trends. A bad downturn is one thing; a downturn that lasts the rest of season is something else. I do want this season to be over, and soon.

We didn't regress against Oregon.

I think these guys struggle on the road and struggle with that second game in three days. I also think most of them have no business at this level.

[LA Ute]

We didn't regress against Oregon.

I think these guys struggle on the road and struggle with that second game in three days. I also think most of them have no business at this level.

Correct. It looked like they played well against Oregon. Brain cramp on my part. The 23 turnovers against Oregon State sounded pretty bad, though.