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EM_PumaI know I'm not alone in this experience when you've come across a foul smell in your home, or elsewhere and on the surface the source of the odor is unknown and even unexpected. Often such experiences are related to your refrigerator and you soon have to clean it out until ultimately you find the culprit and you have the solution to your problem.
Good ol Patrick Kinahan wrote an article for KSL today, "Patrick Kinahan: Lack of talent hinders BYU basketball"
https://www.ksl.com/article/46510165/patrick-kinahan-lack-of-talent-hinders-byu-basketball
His final summation is: "The current four-year dry spell has many BYU fans clamoring for significant changes, including and up to overhauling the coaching staff. But the real issue is lack of talent on the roster as opposed to the coaching.
BYU can point to several reasons for the lack of talent over the last four years. They include losing multiple players before their eligibility expired and incoming players falling far short of overhyped expectations.
Without the ability to successfully recruit the top high school talent, BYU has to rely on internal development to compete for NCAA Tournament berths. During Roseâs best seasons, role players have flourished in more prominent roles as they matured in the system."
ESPN 960's Benjamin Criddle had former BYU great, Chris Miles, on his program yesterday giving his shot at a postmortem of what has happened to BYU. He and others in this area have expressed an opinion that it isn't Dave Rose that is the problem, but it does have to do with talent. BYU had not historically had this continual leakage of the top talent leaving early (Mika, Bryant, etc.) as it has in the last few years and in light of the challenge it it so recruit to BYU, that fact is having an significant negative impact on BYU. He said we weren't like a Kentucky or Duke that can deal with early departures because they have someone equally good coming in the door. Gonzaga has shared in some of the experience of players leaving the program early, but they have had the ability to back-fill the position.
He also sees a different viewpoint of players in their decline from really being part of a team. He pointed out how many less games would BYU have won if he, Jimmer, Kyle, and many others had not spent their full careers at BYU, as what was more the tradition, and left early.
Miles expressed some hope, but was honest too about how today's players are much more self-centered on what opportunities they have related to playing time (Chapman, Dastrup, Toolson, Carlino, etc. (there have been so many)) and have more options (transfer portal). The concept of being part of a team is still a great thought in their minds, but almost somewhat passé in regards to reality. PK is correct, there is a lack of talent because BYU has absolutely not succeeded in the process of back-filling. In addition, with the development of international leagues that now provide sufficient remuneration to support a very attractive lifestyle, and the fact that a lot of BYU players get married during their tenure as a player and need to support a family, it's not a wonder that they no longer see maintaining the 4-year career simply for the "good of the team"--and sadly us fans.
So, unlike clearing out my refrigerator and finding exactly what was causing the significant odor, it's not so simple to find a solution to what is stinking up BYU men's basketball. It obvious that it's probably not as simple as finding just one putrid culprit.
I have to hand it to Rose to continue on. He and I are only a few days apart in age. If I had made the same level of income that he has the last 20 years, there's no doubt in my mind that I'd leave this developing problem to someone younger than still fighting to have to adapt to the additional challenges that are changing this BYU program. I so wish the solution was as easy as finding a single piece of rotten food in the bottom of my refrigerator--but I just don't think it is.
Good ol Patrick Kinahan wrote an article for KSL today, "Patrick Kinahan: Lack of talent hinders BYU basketball"
His final summation is: "The current four-year dry spell has many BYU fans clamoring for significant changes, including and up to overhauling the coaching staff. But the real issue is lack of talent on the roster as opposed to the coaching.
BYU can point to several reasons for the lack of talent over the last four years. They include losing multiple players before their eligibility expired and incoming players falling far short of overhyped expectations.
Without the ability to successfully recruit the top high school talent, BYU has to rely on internal development to compete for NCAA Tournament berths. During Roseâs best seasons, role players have flourished in more prominent roles as they matured in the system."
ESPN 960's Benjamin Criddle had former BYU great, Chris Miles, on his program yesterday giving his shot at a postmortem of what has happened to BYU. He and others in this area have expressed an opinion that it isn't Dave Rose that is the problem, but it does have to do with talent. BYU had not historically had this continual leakage of the top talent leaving early (Mika, Bryant, etc.) as it has in the last few years and in light of the challenge it it so recruit to BYU, that fact is having an significant negative impact on BYU. He said we weren't like a Kentucky or Duke that can deal with early departures because they have someone equally good coming in the door. Gonzaga has shared in some of the experience of players leaving the program early, but they have had the ability to back-fill the position.
He also sees a different viewpoint of players in their decline from really being part of a team. He pointed out how many less games would BYU have won if he, Jimmer, Kyle, and many others had not spent their full careers at BYU, as what was more the tradition, and left early.
Miles expressed some hope, but was honest too about how today's players are much more self-centered on what opportunities they have related to playing time (Chapman, Dastrup, Toolson, Carlino, etc. (there have been so many)) and have more options (transfer portal). The concept of being part of a team is still a great thought in their minds, but almost somewhat passé in regards to reality. PK is correct, there is a lack of talent because BYU has absolutely not succeeded in the process of back-filling. In addition, with the development of international leagues that now provide sufficient remuneration to support a very attractive lifestyle, and the fact that a lot of BYU players get married during their tenure as a player and need to support a family, it's not a wonder that they no longer see maintaining the 4-year career simply for the "good of the team"--and sadly us fans.
So, unlike clearing out my refrigerator and finding exactly what was causing the significant odor, it's not so simple to find a solution to what is stinking up BYU men's basketball. It obvious that it's probably not as simple as finding just one putrid culprit.
I have to hand it to Rose to continue on. He and I are only a few days apart in age. If I had made the same level of income that he has the last 20 years, there's no doubt in my mind that I'd leave this developing problem to someone younger than still fighting to have to adapt to the additional challenges that are changing this BYU program. I so wish the solution was as easy as finding a single piece of rotten food in the bottom of my refrigerator--but I just don't think it is.