Let’s not discount experience, either. I don’t remember having much of it on the

Nov 13, 2017
1:23:47pm

ataylor All-American

floor last year, whereas the core of this year’s team now has played together for long enough that we’re seeing some of the effects. I think if Mika and Emery were around we’d be that much better.

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Better without Mika?

roarcougar84

11/13/17 1:13pm

IMO, if we do end up being better this year, it won't be *because* Mika is

benny1982

11/13/17 1:16pm

I like that a lot - that is a much better explanation

roarcougar84

11/13/17 1:18pm

I like Schroyer and believe he is influencing things for the better....

Goatnapper'96

11/13/17 1:21pm

That's fair. I should have added experience. I still think the more structured

benny1982

11/13/17 1:42pm

Let’s not discount experience, either. I don’t remember having much of it on the

ataylor

11/13/17 1:23pm

childs/bryant/haws/seljaas can raise their games and easily make up for mika's

nashty

11/13/17 2:17pm

This team is not better off without Mika and Emery

SlantRoute

11/13/17 1:16pm

Nope nor did he say it was

ChairmanOfTheBoard

11/13/17 1:17pm

I agree - could have phrased the initial post better.

roarcougar84

11/13/17 1:18pm

Lets see what happens first. Because that may be the direction this train heads.

buckeyecougarguy

11/13/17 1:46pm

Yet we may win more games this year w/o them

icecougar

11/13/17 4:37pm

If we're better than 22-12 this year it doesn't mean we were better off without Mika (or Emery)

Indy Coug

11/13/17 1:18pm

Agree - just found these stats interesting.

roarcougar84

11/13/17 1:19pm

right if byu is better than last year, there are several factors - certainly

smokymountainrain

11/13/17 1:28pm

Unless they weren’t willing to adapt their games to better fit the team ...

icecougar

11/13/17 4:51pm

i'll put it this way. We are better with Schroyer this year.

thebruce

11/13/17 1:19pm

and better health.

thebruce

11/13/17 1:24pm

i'll put it this way. we are better with a more experienced Haws and Childs

smokymountainrain

11/13/17 1:27pm

certainly helps.

thebruce

11/13/17 1:31pm

I'll put it another way. We are better with more experience and Schroyer.

boscatar

11/13/17 1:38pm

I’ll put it another way, we’re better when we score in the 90’s & hold opponents

icecougar

11/13/17 4:55pm

I'll put it the final way

gww687

11/13/17 1:47pm

Boom - there we go!

roarcougar84

11/13/17 1:53pm

It boils down to wins and winning 22 games with them last year wasn’t that great

icecougar

11/13/17 5:01pm

Sometimes the loss of a guy like Mika makes everyone feel like they have to make

TailgateU

11/13/17 1:53pm

improved chemistry and system

84 Grad

11/13/17 2:05pm

BYU may be better this year than last year, but would be even better with Mika

Coogar2

11/13/17 2:53pm

If the team had Mika right now, the team would be better. The problem would be . . .

lightmann

11/13/17 3:08pm

Assists do require made shots. So he might of had more assists if

BYUHgrad

11/13/17 3:16pm

It's called Ewing Theory.

ag4cougs

11/13/17 3:50pm

It’s not so much that we’re better w/o him, we’re better because...

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