I don't think Houston/Sampson has always recruited the best talent. Sampson is

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Jan 4, 2025
2:38:44pm

VertProbs Walk-on

I don't think Houston/Sampson has always recruited the best talent. Sampson is

great at finding the best talent to play his system.

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VertProbs

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The difference between BYU basketball and Houston: IDENTITY.

VertProbs

Jan 4, 2:29pm

They are sdsu from the mwc of yesteryear only better.

BYU '80

Jan 4, 2:30pm

Ironically SDSU beat them at home this year.

Jan 4, 2:56pm

I agree with almost everything you said. You forgot something very important.

44C

Jan 4, 2:32pm

Almost as long as Kelvin

fan_byu

Jan 4, 2:33pm

Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

44C

Jan 4, 2:34pm

Quite a while. He started off at Montana Tech and then Washington State.

VertProbs

Jan 4, 2:34pm

Big 12 has the best coaches. I’d take Sampson over any of them, even Self

44C

Jan 4, 2:36pm

He had some rough years at WSU, but has been amazing otherwise.

VertProbs

Jan 4, 2:36pm

Coaches get to be good coaches by making mistakes and learning.

44C

Jan 4, 2:36pm

And Kevin Young has exactly one season at BYU.

HuskerFan2

Jan 4, 2:40pm

Young is living on a very short time from of being the big nba guy

BYU '80

Jan 4, 2:52pm

Talent is probably #1.

IronPotato

Jan 4, 2:36pm

I don't think Houston/Sampson has always recruited the best talent. Sampson is

VertProbs

Jan 4, 2:38pm

Sampson has been paying players for 20 years and he knows the college game.

Plato

Jan 4, 2:52pm

Experience.

SinkingQuffa

Jan 4, 2:48pm

Good point. I think a more difficult OOC schedule would have helped them find

Hypnotoad

Jan 4, 2:37pm

You've missed the point. Identity does not come from winning and losing games..

CougarSoup

Jan 4, 2:40pm

Maybe it's a difference between college and NBA.

VertProbs

Jan 4, 2:46pm

I don't think that's entirely true. I think identity evolves through experience.

Hypnotoad

Jan 4, 2:50pm

We should be scheduling more games against tough scrappy teams

icecougar

Jan 4, 4:53pm

This is 100% it. And I have been saying it for year.

smootharch

Jan 4, 3:02pm

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