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What about Jimmer?

by lfurr · 3/3/2011

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lfurr
Most of the talk is about Davies, and rightfully so. But man, you really gotta feel bad for The Jimmer. He decides to come back for his senior year, has hopes and dreams for a season unlike any other, and now, last night with his face in his hands, sitting on the cougar bench, he was probably thinking "there go all my hopes and dreams of what I wanted to accomplish by coming back here for another year". Granted, he SHOULD still do fine in the draft, at least I certainly hope so after all of this, but still, he had stuff he wanted to accomplish before the NBA. This has all been such a bummer. I keep trying to tell myself it's only basketball, which is certainly true, but it's really so much more than that.



BYU is always having to prove itself, for one reason or another. And every time we get the chance to make our statement, something happens. I think THAT is the real reason most of us are so upset over all of this. There's always SOMETHING that screws it up for us. It's uncanny. Do you guys know what I mean? There's always SOMETHING. I just want to SCREAM. ARRRRGGGGGHHH :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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lfurr wrote:
Most of the talk is about Davies, and rightfully so. But man, you really gotta feel bad for The Jimmer. He decides to come back for his senior year, has hopes and dreams for a season unlike any other, and now, last night with his face in his hands, sitting on the cougar bench, he was probably thinking "there go all my hopes and dreams of what I wanted to accomplish by coming back here for another year". Granted, he SHOULD still do fine in the draft, at least I certainly hope so after all of this, but still, he had stuff he wanted to accomplish before the NBA. This has all been such a bummer. I keep trying to tell myself it's only basketball, which is certainly true, but it's really so much more than that.



BYU is always having to prove itself, for one reason or another. And every time we get the chance to make our statement, something happens. I think THAT is the real reason most of us are so upset over all of this. There's always SOMETHING that screws it up for us. It's uncanny. Do you guys know what I mean? There's always SOMETHING. I just want to SCREAM. ARRRRGGGGGHHH :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:


I know EXACTLY what you mean. When people say that "it's hard to be a Y fan", this is what they mean.



School wants us to be "Fully Invested", and we are for like 30 years, and when that "investment" is supposed to pay off..."something" happens.



Somewhere right now, Michelle Peralta is grinning a smug little grin.
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dank80
lfurr wrote:
He decides to come back for his senior year, has hopes and dreams for a season unlike any other, and now, last night with his face in his hands, sitting on the cougar bench, he was probably thinking "there go all my hopes and dreams of what I wanted to accomplish by coming back here for another year". ARRRRGGGGGHHH :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:


Despite the disappointment from last night, Jimmer has still achieved more than he could have dreamed by coming back for his senior season. Likely POY, leads the nation in scoring, ridiculous amounts of publicity, likely a lottery draft pick, etc. No player that I can think of has ever blown up in the public eye quite like Jimmer has by coming back for his senior season.
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lfurr
dank80 wrote:
He decides to come back for his senior year, has hopes and dreams for a season unlike any other, and now, last night with his face in his hands, sitting on the cougar bench, he was probably thinking "there go all my hopes and dreams of what I wanted to accomplish by coming back here for another year". ARRRRGGGGGHHH :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:


Despite the disappointment from last night, Jimmer has still achieved more than he could have dreamed by coming back for his senior season. Likely POY, leads the nation in scoring, ridiculous amounts of publicity, likely a lottery draft pick, etc. No player that I can think of has ever blown up in the public eye quite like Jimmer has by coming back for his senior season.


I agree, but if we end our season on a down note (loss to the Cowboys and/or bad play in the MWC tourney and/or one and done in the big dance), then I think his achievements get tainted quite a bit. Oh well, time will tell. It always does.
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dank80 wrote:
He decides to come back for his senior year, has hopes and dreams for a season unlike any other, and now, last night with his face in his hands, sitting on the cougar bench, he was probably thinking "there go all my hopes and dreams of what I wanted to accomplish by coming back here for another year". ARRRRGGGGGHHH :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:


Despite the disappointment from last night, Jimmer has still achieved more than he could have dreamed by coming back for his senior season. Likely POY, leads the nation in scoring, ridiculous amounts of publicity, likely a lottery draft pick, etc. No player that I can think of has ever blown up in the public eye quite like Jimmer has by coming back for his senior season.

Dank, just want to say I totally agree. Disheartening, but I'm sure that the players are concerned for Davies right now. I'm sure he can't help but feel ashamed, disappointed and depressed about his current situation. Hopefully he gets it all worked out and puts this behind him. He's got my full support.



Jimmer is going to be just fine. We'll never know how well BYU would have been with Davies in the tournament(s). It will all be shoulda/woulda/coulda when we lose and people continue to point the finger at Davies. Heck I don't even know if last night was a guaranteed win with Davies. But he's sure feeling some heat for it on the message boards today.
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Lawboy
The only thing Jimmer and BYU can do is to move on, look forward, and stop looking at what they MIGHT have lost. If they continue to do that, they are toast. Yeah, it sucks. Yeah, it is garbage. But riddle me this--had Davies gone done with an injury like Collinsworth did, would the mood be different? Absolutely. The question is, should it matter? No--he is gone either way. Time to grab those boot straps and get it done, instead of feeling picked on or disheartened by circumstance. He is done either way. Simple as that. Time to beat Wyoming. OR that #1 seed becomes a #4 or #5.
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Gunk
Time to start playing with a chip on their shoulder and something to prove.
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Cougs_Rule
#1 seed is GONE!



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dmcougar wrote:
#1 seed is GONE!



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really?
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declocoug wrote:
#1 seed is GONE!



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really?


I love how everyone is acting like we had a #1 seed before Tuesday night. Last I checked, people were saying we had to win out with Davies anyway.
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