Press conference over, how you feelin'?
by JazzyUte on Apr 4, 2011 5:45 PM MDT
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PrintLarry Krystkowiak's hire as Utah's basketball coach is probably the most divisive hire in the last 30 years of Utah athletics. I can't recall a coach who had more fans concerned or doubting his ability than what we've seen the last three days.
Not even Ray Giacoletti, who, prior to his candidacy for the job in March of 2004 was an unknown, created this much of a stir.
We fans definitely hoped for at least a coach who had more experience than just two years at Montana.
But what is done is done. We're moving on. The press conference has been held and he's now officially Utah's next head coach. There is no backing out of this. He's our guy and, hopefully, he'll continue to be that guy for years to come.
With that said, how do you feel about this hire?
Right now, I'm still underwhelmed. But I have hope he can succeed.
I guess that's all we can do right now.
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Wait and see
I think he’ll do better than Boylen but how better,we’ll see
One thing that stood out:
I only got a few highlights of the press conference but the one thing he mentioned that got my attention was that he wants one area of focus on recruiting local talent. recruiting locally was one of Boylen’s (and to some extent ,Gaics) weaker areas in my opinion. My reaction to the hire: cautiously optimistic
Fear the MUSS!!
Forget the Local Guys
Recruting local guys will not bring Utah back to power. It will give them a nice set of bench warmers, but it will not make them a viable program.
Boylen’s problem wasn’t that he missed out on local guys. It was that he couldn’t get the California/Arizona guys instead.
by UnHoly Ram on Apr 5, 2011 7:14 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
agreed
The University of Utah is off to the Pac-12 Conference and will be in the South Division. Hopefully we will get to the first ever Pac-12 Championship Game. Jon " Bones " Jones new light heavyweight champion. Even if Jones got struck flush in the face he would recover and defeat whoever is in front of him. I told everyone the fight would be easy. Almost felt sorry for Rua. Anderson Silva would never fight "Bones". He is too scared to fight the real P4P champion. The Cult of Personality is here.
by wolfmanshowlforever on Apr 5, 2011 12:15 PM MDT up reply actions
agree... to a point
I’m not advocating we load the team up with all Utah players (you are spot on with your California/Arizona comment), BUT we have to be in the conversation each year to land Mr. Basketball Utah or the occasional Utah McDonald’s All-American when they are in our own back yard. Right now, I’m not confident we are. I’m not sure I buy that the best Utah high school players have no place in the Utah program.
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