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Jan 4, 2025
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VertProbs
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Maybe it's a difference between college and NBA.
Successful college coaches seem to have an identity and find the players that can play to that. Many NBA coaches seem to just try and adapt to the players available. (Not all of them of course- Tom Thibodeau and Mike D'Antonio come to mind).
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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.
westsidecoug
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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