I'll Stop Now

I have been overestimating Utah most of the season, except against UNLV where I have underestimated them twice.  20-point loss to your rival?  At home?  Only scoring 51 points?  Only 34 points midway through the second half?  The biggest loss to BYU in the Huntsman Center ever?  And this coming off a conference championship, MWC tournament championship, and NCAA tournament bid?  I know they lost 4 key contributors from that team, but at what point does Boylen man up and take some of the blame for this?  Last year and the year before, he made sure people knew the program's success was all about him.  This year, all of a sudden, it's the players' faults.  He is putting them in position to succeed and they just aren't executing.  OK, well, at 14-15, either your players are just horrible or you aren't helping them enough to succeed.

You have talent.  You beat UNLV.  Twice!  You took New Mexico to OT.  You took down Illinois.  Please: don't be an idiot.  You are destroying a very good basketball program.  Try something different, Mr. Izzo Jr.  How about having your best scorer in the game from the tip, so you don't have to chase double-digit deficits that happen the first five minutes of the game...geez, how long will Ute fans have to endure this clown at the helm?

Don't even get me started on Mr. Izzo Jr.'s in-game antics.  He looks like a 4-year old that is super-hyped up on pixie sticks who just had his favorite Buzz Lightyear toy unjustly taken away.  And that's just the first half when his team is down by 10.  Just wait until they get down by 20.  And now, nobody wants to be the idiotic media guy in the post-game news conference asking him about the team's (continued) poor performance.  The Utes are still paying for the Ray Giacolleti mis-hire (and will pay him through next year if I'm not mistaken).  I'm not sure they can afford to pay for the Boylen mis-hire.  They can't afford to pay Giac, Boylen, and a coach who is actually worth hiring, especially with their atrocious attendance numbers this year.  So you will have to endure at least one more year of this, Ute fans.  I feel for you.