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Jun 8, 2024
10:07:06am

davidsonlaw Starter

Russell Larsen was unhappy

He was dreaming of playing 4 with Bradley at the 5. They could have been a compelling one-two punch up there.

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davidsonlaw

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FWIW… in the ancient days of print media and no internet, the 1990 recruiting class was top 5 in the nation

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Jun 7, 10:20am

Indy remembers reading this on the day he started collecting Social Security

Jun 7, 10:21am

Get off his lawn!

Reasonable1

Jun 7, 4:28pm

Cuff the poison that sank Roger Reid.

Archaea

Jun 7, 10:21am

Yeah I don’t think cuff sank Roger, Roger sank Roger

Jun 7, 10:26am

Roger was certainly a PR disaster and made some bad decisions but Cuff

Archaea

Jun 7, 10:36am

Wesley resurrected it for couple years then it went back downhill. Cleveland

Bluforever

Jun 7, 11:09am

Cleveland brought a new positive face to the program as opposed to Roger's sure-

Archaea

Jun 7, 11:12am

If all it took was Cuff to sink Roger — than Roger was worthy of being sunk.

SinkingQuffa

Jun 7, 10:38am

Honestly, Majerus more than anyone mighta sunk Roger. BYU was fortunate Majerus fizzled rather quickly after '98 &

SinkingQuffa

Jun 7, 10:52am

Reid had a winning record head-to-head against Majerus iirc

icecougar

Jun 7, 2:41pm

Yeah, but that competitive balance was clearly on the steep decline in the late 90s.

SinkingQuffa

Jun 7, 2:47pm

Majerus said in an interview that

kbufcoug

Jun 7, 6:13pm

I graduated from HS the same year as Cuff, Roberts and Bradley.

Jun 7, 10:45am

Roger did himself in

arizonacougarfan

Jun 7, 11:07am

I remember that well.

Jeffacka

Jun 7, 10:28am

I still remember during the 1993 Final 4 studio show, Mike Francesa predicting

BigD Coug

Jun 7, 10:32am

RE: FWIW… in the ancient days of print media and no internet, the 1990

Jun 7, 10:43am

I believe Shane Knight was also in that class and ended up being the only one to

LeGrandBleu

Jun 7, 12:29pm

Still bummed Bradley bailed after his mission

RenoCoug

Jun 7, 12:55pm

Can't argue with #2 overall pick status. I would have left for the NBA.

BlueKarma

Jun 7, 12:58pm

plus they were talking about salary limits. Bradley would've been dumb to not go

TheRowdy

Jun 18, 5:55pm

Just say, “for what it’s worth”.

MrSandman

Jun 7, 1:27pm

When Bradley announced he was going to the NBA, that was devastating to BYU

SoValleyCOUG

Jun 7, 1:29pm

Russell Larsen was unhappy

davidsonlaw

Jun 8, 10:07am

It's why I had a "BYU: Final Four by '94" sticker on my childhood bedroom wall.

JodyGenessy

Jun 7, 1:38pm

Impressively, it's still plastered to that wooden panel wall.

JodyGenessy

Jun 7, 1:38pm

My ranch is down by Richfield. I saw a game with Richfield vs Emery in

Bullrider

Jun 7, 1:39pm

Cuff did just fine in college

AZ Coug

Jun 7, 10:41pm

Was his senior year the year everyone beat byu? (Except usu of course)

blueaussie

Jun 7, 10:50pm

Yes, 1996-97:

LeGrandBleu

Jun 8, 8:58am

I remember it well. A lot of excitement when they signed, but didn't turn out

WabiSabi

Jun 7, 6:11pm

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