The official Dave Rice is a better coach than Special K thread..........

[imanihonjin]

This is great. Because Utah has fired two coaches it doesn't count! You really are dumb.

Really, three. Maj was pretty much forced out, right?

[San Juan Sun]

When was the last time a basketball coach willingly left Utah for another job? [Hint: you weren't alive the last time it happened]

Majerus? Heart issues, I know. But he was rumored to be looking for a way out. Or at least that's how I remember it.

[MartyFunkhouser]

This is great. Because Utah has fired two coaches it doesn't count! You really are dumb.

Explain to me how firing a coach makes a school a stepping stone program?

Thanks in advance.

[MartyFunkhouser]

cougjunkie: Utah is a stepping stone school
mpfunk: It has been since 1974 that a coach has left Utah for a another job in basketball
cougjunkie: Utah has fired coaches, so they are a stepping stone.

Dude, please explain to me how firing coaches make Utah a stepping stone school. Thanks in advance.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Majerus? Heart issues, I know. But he was rumored to be looking for a way out. Or at least that's how I remember it.

You remember wrong. Chris Hill was a moron and ran Majerus out of town. Majerus is the example that Utah is not a stepping stone school in basketball. Majerus had several other jobs offered to him and remained at Utah, until the Utes made the horrible choice to push him out because of some stupid Gordon Monson story. Hey, but it had pictures of Lance Allred with puppies, so we had to get rid of Majerus.

[Jeff Lebowski]

cougjunkie: Utah is a stepping stone school
mpfunk: It has been since 1974 that a coach has left Utah for a another job in basketball
cougjunkie: Utah has fired coaches, so they are a stepping stone.

Dude, please explain to me how firing coaches make Utah a stepping stone school. Thanks in advance.

cougjunkie: <makes an outlandish statement that to any normal person would be taken as 100% troll-bait>
mpfunk: <yet again swallows the bait. hook, line, and sinker>
duderino: <laughs>

Not to mention the fact that your argument is just stupid. Coaches have rarely left either school for a bigger job. As for BYU, you are obviously referring to Steve Cleveland who took another job because he saw the writing on the wall. He did not see it as a step up. Trust me on this one, he and I are good friends.

[MartyFunkhouser]

cougjunkie: <makes an outlandish statement that to any normal person would be taken as 100% troll-bait>
mpfunk: <yet again swallows the bait. hook, line, and sinker>
duderino: <laughs>

Not to mention the fact that your argument is just stupid. Coaches have rarely left either school for a bigger job. As for BYU, you are obviously referring to Steve Cleveland who took another job because he saw the writing on the wall. He did not see it as a step up. Trust me on this one, he and I are good friends.

You are giving cougjunkie way too much credit. Of course that is to be expected, as he gets away with murder on this site because of his supposed inside information.

[Jeff Lebowski]

You are giving cougjunkie way too much credit.

No I am not.

[Eddie]

Explain to me how firing a coach makes a school a stepping stone program?

Thanks in advance.

Just for fun...

Explain to us how having to fire 2 bad coaches in a row makes you a non-stepping stone program?

Obviously you aren't a destination, or you would be getting good coaches that are a known commodity and don't have to be fired a couple of years later. But you aren't getting good coaches. You are taking a shot in the dark and hiring guys that you really really hope will be good.

That screams non-destination program to me.

[cougjunkie]

Majerus stayed because his antics would not have been tolerated anywhere else. Which is what the end of the day he ended up at a shitty school like Saint Louis. The world is a better place with him dead.

[smokymountainrain]

[Crockett]

The world is a better place with him dead.

[Bigfoot is Cain]

The world is a better place with him dead.

This might be a bit strong, but Majerus was far from every parent's dream coach for their child. A Ute fan would have to have their head pretty far in the sand to ignore a lot of terrible stories about him.

Even Indiana had to part ways with Knight after awhile, and Majerus was probably worse than Knight.

[New Mexican Disaster]

Majerus stayed because his antics would not have been tolerated anywhere else. Which is what the end of the day he ended up at a shitty school like Saint Louis. The world is a better place with him dead.

[cougjunkie]

Unlv beats Wichita state, utah loses by 17.