Who is the best basketball coach in Utah?
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:23 pm
Men's NCAA Div 1 Coaches, who's the best in Utah?
This is the Place, for Cougar Fans!
https://www.cougarcorner.com/
When all you have is a small sample size for him, it's hard to argue otherwise.frdbtr wrote:So Mark Pope is the best coach in the state because of 1 win? That makes sense.
I didn't include the Utah coach because anyone who is too scared to play other local teams of the same caliber is obviously disqualified from the poll. That being said, I think it's pretty clear he's a better basketball coach than Rose in what he has accomplished in the games he's not afraid to play.ABYUFAN wrote:But how many wins has that team traded for that one win over BYU? The could (should?) have had two PAC 12 wins after the BYU win, but couldn't get it done. Clearly they had that game circled on their calendar and won it - good for them. But shame on them for dropping the Utah and WSU games afterward. Clearly it's Rose, head and shoulders above everybody else, and a bunch of "not there yet" guys.
Pope also helped BYU win a bunch of games.frdbtr wrote:So Mark Pope is the best coach in the state because of 1 win? That makes sense.
FWIW I agree that coach 20K at a time needs be left off the list. However, if you are factoring for best coach in the state deducting points for dropping games that you should have won, then Pope has deductions for two "should have wons," and only one "look what I did" wins. As for the "BYU castoffs, I don't think that it is fair to call them that, they left the school to find more playing time, BYU didn't make them leave. Toolson really would have been nice this year, but who else that left would have earned meaningful minutes here? They left and good for them. They circled the calendar to win that game and good for them, but we win more games this year with them not starting for us, and I'm not willing to trade one win for a bunch of losses later on, like they are apparently willing to do.hawkwing wrote:I didn't include the Utah coach because anyone who is too scared to play other local teams of the same caliber is obviously disqualified from the poll. That being said, I think it's pretty clear he's a better basketball coach than Rose in what he has accomplished in the games he's not afraid to play.ABYUFAN wrote:But how many wins has that team traded for that one win over BYU? The could (should?) have had two PAC 12 wins after the BYU win, but couldn't get it done. Clearly they had that game circled on their calendar and won it - good for them. But shame on them for dropping the Utah and WSU games afterward. Clearly it's Rose, head and shoulders above everybody else, and a bunch of "not there yet" guys.