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Mar 14, 2019
2:44
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RockyBalboa
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It's easy to see by WATCHING that the talent drop is obvious
Forget the star ratings. Anyone with eyeballs can see what's obvious on the court. The talent level isn't there.
This isn't hard to understand.
It really isn't.
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I'm not buying the "lack of talent" argument
mjmill
3/14/19 12:01pm
The WCC is very much a coach's league. The style of play lends to having
mudpupper
3/14/19 12:14pm
"This is definitely to Rose's strong suite." ???
Mark320
3/14/19 12:47pm
Sorry, edited. Xs and Os are not his strong suite.
mudpupper
3/14/19 1:12pm
I wouldn’t pin all of it coaching
Seasider
3/14/19 12:22pm
If you go by HS rankings, loaded with 4-star talent, but if you go by the
BYURider
3/14/19 12:26pm
The problem is missions kill basketball ability. It usually takes two years to
tawillin
3/14/19 12:30pm
How is it then that Nick Emery was a fairly good right-off-his-mission as a
CMuehle
3/14/19 2:07pm
not sure how you can quantify that Yoeli "hasn't progressed at BYU"
icecougar
3/15/19 10:16am
Agree w/ Ice cougar
Prickly Heat
3/16/19 12:30am
Compare last year with this:
CMuehle
3/16/19 12:58pm
Definitely not true
jes2332
3/14/19 2:43pm
The eye test and actual production very much indicate a talent problem.
ag4cougs
3/14/19 12:57pm
Best high school team in byu basketball history!
youngbuck
3/14/19 12:58pm
Amen brother. It's not the players.
andrewg3
3/14/19 12:59pm
Man, how weird is it that people aren't playing up to their HS star ratings?
Parkcity_and
3/14/19 1:00pm
Without disagreeing with your main point, St Mary’s has a lot
gwalker
3/14/19 1:04pm
Definitely. SMC has a unique recruiting approach and is great at unearthing
mjmill
3/14/19 1:08pm
I think with foreign players, a "star" is assigned once they commit, but not
flyzag
3/14/19 2:38pm
For BYU to be competitive, it needs a high quality point guard. Since Collins-
Archaea
3/14/19 4:42pm
The more talented team by far on the court last Saturday was BYU and yet we
kimdaddy35
3/14/19 1:29pm
I am buying the lack of coaching argument, however.....
BDAWG
3/14/19 1:52pm
It's easy to see by WATCHING that the talent drop is obvious
RockyBalboa
3/14/19 2:44pm
talented athletes that are coached poorly also appear to suffer from lack of talent. coaching matters.
Bob Vance
3/14/19 3:34pm
Coaching obviously matters
RockyBalboa
3/14/19 8:53pm
as an outsider:
flyzag
3/14/19 3:53pm
I like this guy ☝️
MD Rebel Coug
3/14/19 4:28pm
mika leaving, bryant leaving and emery getting suspended were all pretty big
buckeyecougarguy
3/14/19 2:44pm
Pardon my French, but how the h*ck was Kolby Lee a 4-star?!
stev
3/14/19 3:06pm
I do have to laugh that Luke was a three star, and Kolby was a four star! That
BYU I Bleed Blue
3/14/19 3:07pm
I was about to say the same thing
Oldcougfan
3/14/19 3:47pm
That was baffling even at the time he got that ranking...I have family that
BYUfan92
3/14/19 9:20pm
I do buy the lack of talent argument.
Oldcougfan
3/14/19 3:52pm
Agreed that stars don’t always get it right, but...
MD Rebel Coug
3/14/19 4:33pm
Lack Of size in the front court killed BYU this year.
The Natural
3/14/19 4:47pm
And a lack of a point guard. No control of game flow when you don't have a PG
Archaea
3/14/19 4:49pm
Yep. Rose loves small ball. Zac ain’t a PF
Coogar2
3/14/19 4:58pm
I’m willing to arm wrestle TJ.
Coogar2
3/14/19 5:01pm
I agree 100%
WannabeAA
3/14/19 5:31pm
RE: I'm not buying the "lack of talent" argument
Gerald-DeGroot
3/14/19 6:27pm
HS ratings are one thing. What do your eyes tell you? We are seriously lacking
UNHuskerCoug
3/14/19 7:06pm
Who had more talent when POPE with UVU beat Rose..IN the MC?
CarolinaCoug
3/14/19 11:15pm
That year? I would say it was pretty even. They had a good team.
UNHuskerCoug
3/15/19 12:37pm
The biggest problem is the culture of the team...
icecougar
3/14/19 7:23pm
Who had more talent when Pipe beat Eose UVU st the MC?
CarolinaCoug
3/14/19 10:19pm
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