IT:S GAME DAY GO UTES!!!.
Horrid start but theyâve climbed right back in it with 6 left in the half. Martinez with some good minutes. 24-23 USC now.
USC turning it over like crazy to let us back in it.
Pelle with a great steal, and Jantunen looked like Alex Jensen when he dived for that bounce pass.
Plummer got pulled early for playing awful defense.
I wish they sold stock in âUtah will go through a painful, 7 minute dry spell in the middle of the 2nd halfâ.
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Canât be home today. An occasional score update would be sweet
46-41, USC with 8 minutes to go
51-41, USC with 7 to go.
53-41, USC with 5 to go. Utah is 3-24 from the field so far in the second half.
57-46, USC with 3 to go.
Final 64-46. Utes are now 0-3 in resume games.
Down twelve with 12 more shots taken than USC. Canât hit Jack. Ugh.
Missing 44 shots is not a recipe for winning.
This has got to be Larryâs last season. I donât have any optimism that the next guy will do any better though. We just arenât a basketball school anymore.
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Thanks fellas.
x how ever many years Larry has been here. Iâve been in the give Larry a chance camp for a lot of years and Iâm done. This was supposed to be the âno excusesâ year.
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Not replacing him now would just be admitting that we really donât care about basketball anymore.
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That was the first game Iâve watched this year. I wonât draw any conclusions based on one game. All I can say is meh, and I remember why I havenât watched more.
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Hill put us in a real pickle by signing him to an eight year deal through 2023, although I donât know what the buyout looks like.
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Why when watching this team I keep hearing Utah Jazz echoes of âBenoit for three?â
I cannot confirm this, but I heard from a pretty reliable source something that seems plausible. Reportedly Jon Huntsman insisted on the new, long contract for Larry and even bankrolled the early years of the contract in some form. This was right after the one truly successful season Larry had, when the Utes reached the Sweet 16.
Again, I donât know if itâs true, but it at least adds an element of explanation to an otherwise inexplicable decision.
I apply the Ron McBride test: Is there any reason to believe that things will change for the better? Ronnie, as much as we all loved him, did get to that point, and he was let go. I think we are now at that point with LK.
Iâve also heard from others that because of @LAUteâs story regarding Huntsman that Chris Hill had also socked away money for the buyout should it become necessary. Given budget shortfalls courtesy of Covid, I donât know if that still exists, but it is time.
If the buyout is $7million, itâs a really bad time for a buyout.
No doubt. The question is, how much long-term damage will another sub-par year inflict on the program? Does that damage justify coming up with $7 million under the circumstances? My guess is the answer is no. But another factor to consider is, how motivated will Larry be next year if he knows he is a fired coach walking?
I honestly donât know if any more damage can be done. Utah has not been consistently good at basketball since 2004 and before. That means basically every kid they are recruiting has no memory of that time, and so just like BYUâs âstoriedâ football past, that is irrelevant to us today.
We are consistently bad and have enormous turnover⌠and not just the nobodies on the team, key players. Iâm actually shocked Larry recruits as well as he does given this history. I believe there is some talent potential on this team, letâs get a coach in who can take advantage of that.
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