The picture uteified posted below got me thinking...
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With all the hoops discontent right now, how freaking lucky are we to have that man heading our team right now? In my opinion, Kyle is above reproach. Lets recant why;
1) Since the minute he stepped foot on this campus our D's have been bad ass tough as nails.
2) Hes not a freaking prima donna like other coaches(rhymes with Purban Flyer)
3) It came down to us and his sissy alma mater for the head job and both wanted him horribly. He shoved it in there damn faces and turned down those pussies down south because he is loyal to his players
4) Early on in his tenure as HC he was getting flack(maybe rightfully so, maybe not) but he did NOT waver. He stayed the course and built HIS program HIS way. His own damned words "my grandma always told me not to listen to my critics, piss on em". Nor did he back away from the issue either. After the UNLV debacle he said "its on the coaches. If I cant make this work, ill find something else to do"
5) He is REAL. You meet this guy, he doesnt give a crap if your a multi million dollar booster or regular internet message board nerd. He treats everyone with respect. I have had the pleasure of meeting him multiple times and he is as real as it gets. He just loves football, loves being a coach and teaching, he doesnt give a crap about the glory. One occasion I sat in his office for 30 minutes while he asked me questions about my kidney transplant and my life. This wasnt for show. There werent any cameras or reporters, just me, my fat brother and effing Kyle Whittingham. He was genuinely interested in my life.
6) Again, he is loyal. He is not swayed by the glamour of the SEC and the national pub that would come with that(see the Tennessee job offer earlier this year)
Kyle Whittingham is interested in 2 things, being a great head coach and being a great person. And hes got both of those nailed. He isnt the flashy raw raw poltitician motivator Urban was, he is who he is and hes comfortable with that. The fact is he built it HIS way and made us into a national power. He surpassed what Urban accomplished here doing it HIS way and on top of that he loves us back. For that, I salute you Kyle Whittingham and thank U for being a Utah man and I will always have your back. Even when years arise where he have to rebuild.
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You could see remnants of Majerus in the players Majerus left behind. But over time, the further away the players got from the lessons of the fat man, the less inclined they were to play tough defense and hustle. By Giac's third year, with just about all elements of Majerus purged from the team, we sucked rocks.
Now bring in Boylen, he takes those rag tag players, toughens them up, and wins the conference. We have a colossal turnover, nobody steps up to lead the team, several guys we had high hopes for flame out, and our record resembles that of Giac.
But there are several major differences:
1. We are still getting fair attendance despite the record. In fact, we nearly sold out senior night.
2. Most of the guys are playing hard, the guys who want to be here, anyway. I mean, we scored the Defensive Player of the Year award.
3. The brand of basketball, while being fundamentally unsound at times, is a lot more fun to watch, for the most part. It certainly was last year when we had great senior leadership and won the conference. And we see glimmers of hope in the underclassmen.
4. The underclassmen are stepping up. Henderson broke the 3-point shooting record for a Freshman, Washburn pumps his fists, and the other guys who WANT to be here are emerging with increased playing time.
We had none of those things in Giac's last year. And that's why comparing Boylen's overall record to his is completely unfair.
Granted, this year has been a big puzzle to me in a lot of ways. I've vented now and then, and I do think Boylen needs to make some tough off-season decisions on his staff or the roster or both, but I believe the overall momentum of the program is still headed in the right direction.
College basketball ebbs and flows like waves hitting the beach. Last year a big wave caught us by surprised and we surfed it all the way through Vegas into the NCAAs. This year, we're caught in the riptide back to sea. It may take us 3 more years to ride that wave back to shore, or next year, with the right changes, we could be wrecking the sandcastles of our foes. Who knows?
Regardless, I'm going to Vegas tomorrow. Go Utes!!!
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You might remember this post from a few weeks back:
http://www.utefans.net/message.php?id=981 898
This brought out the predictable outcry from the 5-watt bulbs at CB, several of which decided to use juvenile name-calling and attacks most civil humans stopped using once they got out of high school. Some even suggested I could be held liable for libel, which really made for some good laughs.
Of course, truth is the first defense for any libel suit. And apparently, I was speaking gospel truth, thanks to a boardmail I received last week:
Hey, i'm just wondering who told you that story about Tavernari. I was the tutor that caught him. It was 2 tennis players that he gave the test to, not football player. I have more details, but I'm more just curious as to who told you. I can't imagine anyone other than my friends know about this, and obviously whoever they told.
He pressed for the source of my story, and I told him once I knew he didn't have some kind of hidden agenda against me, I'd push him in the right direction. My demands: Post on CB that I'm right, and we'll talk.
Would you believe he did, but his post was deleted by the "truth-seeking" mods at CB? My life has been so much better since I got booted from that amateur-hour production, yet I can't help but giving one more thing for my CB "friends" to obsess over:
#%!@ you Cougarboard.
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Some of you know that Cris's mother has been in poor health. Luckily she was able to basically go to sleep last Thursday and passed on this morning at about eleven o'clock.
Please don't feel any obligation but should any of you wish there is a viewing Friday at 11:00 and a small graveside service at 1:00 that day.
The viewing will be at Holbrook Mortuary, 23rd East and 33rd South and the graveside service will be at Wasatch Lawn Cemetery, enter from the north entrance from 33rd South (approximately 1800 East) and turn left when you are in the cemetery.
Your best thoughts to Cris and her family are appreciated.
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It's his final year of college ball. If Carlon won't do what Boylen says, all Boylen has to do is sit him on the bench and say, "Look, Carlon, this is your senior year. If you don't lead this team and play ball my way, then you're on the bench." What's Brown going to do? Quit?
It's Come to Jesus time for Carlon Brown. If he wants to be a Ute, then he needs to take pride in his jersey, listen to the coach, and BE A UTE.
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Learned which minivans in the pickup lane at the elementary school had hot MILFs
Learned it was easier to just Tivo late night cinemax and watch the next morning.
Worked heavily on my diet dr pepper and berry bandit addiction.
Added about 50 people to stalk on my Twitter list.
How to milk the Govt out of $450 a week for just looking for a job.
The name of my mailman.
Learned that having dinner started by the time wifey got home made Mrs Tinfish more tolerable.
Yo Gabba Gabba while stoned is actually pretty good.
Weddle jerseys take 4 days to arrive from Fans Edge.
And I am proud to be a Ute, regardless of losses.
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I have the picture on the left hanging in my house and a smaller version of the picture behind him in my office.
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The title of the picture on the left (which was taken at the 2008 Utah v. BYU game): "Utes crush Cougars"
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Front Page:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft
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Article:
http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/blog?name= nfl_draft&id=4979245
Misi, Beadles improve at Utah's pro day
March, 9, 2010Mar 912:35PM ETPrint Email Share By Steve Muench, Scouts Inc.
Sixteen NFL teams sent representatives to Utah's pro day on Monday to test and time 20 players. Here is a look at three of those players that could come off the board in the first three rounds of the draft.
Koa Misi, DE/OLB
Of the three prospects on this list, Misi's stock is the hottest right now. He played defensive end in college, but we believe he fits best at outside linebacker and he eased a lot of concerns about the switch at the Senior Bowl. The 6-foot-2¾, 244-pounder looked comfortable playing off the line and dropping into coverage.
His strong 20-yard shuttle time (4.27 seconds) at the combine reinforced what scouts saw in terms of his burst and the ability to change directions quickly. At his pro day, he displayed that time wasn't a fluke by running the 20-yard shuttle in the low 4.2s, which would have been a top-seven time posted by the linebackers at the combine.
In addition, he reportedly continued to impress during individual drills. He's a savvy pass-rusher that shows above-average closing speed on film, but this year's crop of outside linebackers is stacked, which will make it harder for Misi to climb draft boards. Nonetheless, he could creep into the second round and it would surprise us if he made it past the third round.
Zane Beadles, OG/OT
After putting 225 pounds 20 times at the combine in late February, Beadles put up 225 pounds 30 times at his pro day. That's a big jump, considering the short span of time, so NFL teams will have to refer back to the film and make a determination concerning his upper-body strength.
He showed a powerful punch all season and at the Senior Bowl, but has yet to run the 40-yard dash for teams because of a hamstring injury he sustained leading up the combine. Even though 40-yard dash doesn't carry too much weight when it comes to evaluating offensive linemen, he is expected to run for scouts March 29 and several teams have also set up individual workouts. This is good news because it doesn't appear that his hamstring injury is serious. In fact, he felt comfortable enough to participate in individual drills.
While we still feel he's a better fit at guard than tackle where he played in college, he reportedly performed well. Look for Beadles to come off the board late in the second or early in the third round.
David Reed, WR
Running the 40-yard dash in the low 4.4s at his pro day would have shown NFL scouts that he could stretch the field on a consistent basis, but Reed ran in the low 4.5s. Regardless, he is still expected to be drafted in the third round due to his film and performance at the East West Shrine Game. Reed runs polished routes, shows no fear working over the middle, catches everything thrown in his area and proved he can be effective at the NFL level.
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