Preston Guiot won't be playing for the Utes next year
by JazzyUte on Apr 9, 2011 3:17 PM MDT
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PrintUtah will be without the services of point guard Preston Guiot, who announced he will not be returning to the program next season.
He cited the firing of Jim Boylen as the cause for his transferring to Southwest Baptist University, where he'll play under his father.
This is a continuing trend of Utah basketball players bolting the program since Boylen's departure last month. It's not a surprise, as many hinted at not returning when this all began to unfold and really shows the issues surrounding Boylen's final year as Utah's head coach.
There really didn't appear to be a semblance of a team - just a bunch of players instead.
But that's their choice and I hold no ill will toward them. It's not their fault the last coaching staff failed to build a team environment. If they had, it's very possible the bond between each player and the community is strong enough to keep the likes of Will Clyburn, J.J. O'Brien and potentially Josh Watkins (who's not firm yet on his return) at Utah.
Unfortunately, it wasn't. Instead, there was no reason to stay.
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It's becoming more clear
Individuality was killing the team. And I’ll say once again. No Heart!
by uteman5 on Apr 9, 2011 3:28 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
good riddance
Hans Olsen on 1280 had some really good thoughts on this today. Basically, what we need is kids who want to be a Ute and want to represent the University of Utah. We don’t need losers like Clyburn and Guiot who want to run home crying when the going gets tough. Good riddance.
Frankly, if JJ Obrien leaves, good riddance to him as well. Its something pretty special to be able to put on that “Ute” uniform, and if you aren’t committed to doing everything you can to continue the tradition of excellence, then don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
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by BigBenSportsGuy on Apr 11, 2011 8:49 AM MDT reply actions
same here, good riddance. these guys were not very good and we did not even make the cbi tourney.
let the new coach bring in his own recruits and lets see what he can do. hopefully their is some patience but probably not much.
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by wolfmanshowlforever on Apr 11, 2011 8:57 AM MDT up reply actions
patience is key
it would be awesome if we came out and won 20 games next year and had a berth in the NIT, but we have to be realistic. Cleaning house is fine. Sure JJ has a lot of potential, but we need guys who are committed to being here at the University of Utah, not guys who came to play for Jim Boylen.
If JJ decides that the U is the best place for him, we will certainly be happy to have him back.
Name me one person who has left the U. and gone on to relevance in any way…..
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by BigBenSportsGuy on Apr 11, 2011 9:13 AM MDT up reply actions 1 recs
From the inside talk...
Losing Preston won’t be a big deal and that his talent level was borderline.
J.J has not left the program yet and has not said that he is primarily leaning that way. Just that he wanted to be able to explore all of his options to decided if staying at Utah was the right option.
As of right now the only person who has officially left the program is Preston.
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