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123456bt
Joined: 1/16/14 Posts: 14,645
Utah just dumped its coach...wild year
Posted Tue, Mar 16 3:51 pm
https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/1371969229491167234?s=20
tomodach
Joined: 12/27/14 Posts: 5,453
I remember
Posted Tue, Mar 16 4:00 pm
In response to Utah just dumped its coach...wild year (123456bt)
Some really wanting him here after Alford. Talk about flaming out.
bruininblue
Joined: 4/10/10 Posts: 9,515
To be fair
Posted Tue, Mar 16 4:03 pm
In response to I remember (tomodach)
Larry is/was considered one of the top Under Armour coaches. Considering the type of talent Utah had been able to attract his teams have tended to overproduce rather than underproduce. The problem though is that he was being overpaid. My sense is that this is a course correction on his salary more than anything else. We'll see when we compare to the next hire.
UclanDoIt
Joined: 1/13/14 Posts: 3,919

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A bit of a surprise
Posted Tue, Mar 16 10:44 pm
In response to Utah just dumped its coach...wild year (123456bt)
I thought Krystkowiak was doing a good job at Utah. However, coaching success is often based on recent history. In addition, he was well paid at over $3 million a year during a time when colleges are grappling with revenue shortfalls due to the pandemic.

I imagine the Pac12 coach happiest he is gone is Enfield since he's 1-6 against Utah.
70sDude
Joined: 11/04/08 Posts: 15,123
it seemed time
Posted Wed, Mar 17 7:50 am (Edited Wed, Mar 17 7:51 am)
In response to Utah just dumped its coach...wild year (123456bt)
Yeah, the program slumped. I wanted Larry for our school, a lot. He had the energy and game resume to recruit hard, he projected positive presence in person, and he taught toughness, rebounding and defensive interest.

Recruiting to that area is always challenging, so I assumed that Larry was hampered recently if not fully frustrated by Kyle Kuzma's not doing his former coach any favors. The bashing of college life near the great salt lake that Kyle as a pro dished out a few years back probably can be assumed to have become a negative factor. I reckon local social and cultural (I think it was "bunker mentality") Kuzma referenced had the effect - be unintended or not - to cut out Utah from consideration among any number of prospects on quality of community and campus life considerations alone.

To me, LK is very much cut from the same bolt of coaching basketball cloth as Mick Cronin, stylistically, his animation, methods and values. I think we're in good shape now.

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Flat 4
Joined: 1/13/14 Posts: 3,910
Utah is a tough spot to recruit
Posted Wed, Mar 17 10:00 am
In response to it seemed time (70sDude)
Just not as fun for your typical college kid. One of my best friend’s daughter went there as a D1 athlete and started as a frosh but came home after one year. One of her best friends on the team got married and she was kind of like this is not what a 19 year old should be doing. To each is own, but if you are looking for a social life this is probably not optimal. Also not very diverse which makes it a challenge for some sports in recruiting. The hoops and football teams have been pretty successful with these challenges however.
70sDude
Joined: 11/04/08 Posts: 15,123
performance enviable
Posted Wed, Mar 17 11:32 am
In response to Utah is a tough spot to recruit (Flat 4)
... in football. Has won 8+ games in thirteen of the past 20 seasons, six of 'em since joining the PAC.

Not a bad record at all (considering the discussion) especially compared to our own school's recent history. In the same decade since Utah joined our conference, UCLA's wrapped just four seasons of 8+ wins.


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