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

Jan 4, 2025
3:02:04pm

smootharch 3rd String

Even when we played against teams like St. Mary's, SDSU, etc. they always competed against us with inferior talent because they had that identity. Now we still have no identity and inferior talent.

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smootharch

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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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