The new coach speculation thread

77ute · March 23, 2021, 10:03pm

Who were the two Hall of Famers on that Carolina team? Vince Carter and … ?

ironman1315 · March 23, 2021, 10:23pm

Jensen tomutah cinfirmed!!!

utefansince79 · March 23, 2021, 10:26pm

Antawn Jamison was on that Tar Heels team.

sancho · March 23, 2021, 11:18pm

Here we go.

UtahFanSir · March 23, 2021, 11:26pm

Sorry to see this.

Greginslc · March 23, 2021, 11:30pm

Wash…rinse…repeat.

Maybe we break the cycle next year.

LAUte · March 23, 2021, 11:30pm

He just wants to get more minutes on the floor.

LAUte · March 23, 2021, 11:31pm

I’ll be happy and excited to see what he will do.

utefansince79 · March 23, 2021, 11:49pm

There will likely be others, but Battin certainly not the most consistent performer we’ve had.

NewbombTurk · March 23, 2021, 11:54pm

Battin was one of those that I thought would stay regardless of who was the coach (just a feeling, not based on any inside info).

I have this sinking feeling that we will have very few of the current players on roster next year. I hope I’m very wrong about this.

77ute · March 24, 2021, 12:10am

Yes, I know. I wouldn’t consider him a HOF player.

MartyFunkhouser · March 24, 2021, 12:36am

sancho:

…’s running a modern offense, but he knows old school basketball. We hoped he’d be good enough at coaching to bring him home. And now he’s good enough, and the timing may be right, and all you can do is pine away for some beardless dude who just lost in the first round of the tournament?The only thing that gives pause with Alex is knowing how unlikely it is that Utah basketball ever returns to past glory. It would hurt less to fire someone else in four years than to have to fire Alex Jensen. And fired in four years is the most likely outcome here no matter who we hire. You can’t make decisions that way, though.By the way, how did we ever get suckered into Giac? That guy was an assistant at a mid major! We won’t even look at that now. Boylen and Larry both made sense, but Giac? Head scratcher.

I agree that it is important that our next head coach has a beard.

sweetgrass · March 24, 2021, 12:41am

I’ve heard Turk has excellent lateral quickness, will play help the helper defense and is perfecting a fade away hook shot

NewbombTurk · March 24, 2021, 12:44am

And I can shoot with my left hand. That’s something that the bulk of the horsapalooza gang couldn’t do.

sancho · March 24, 2021, 1:13pm

Knowing finalists really sets us up for some what if moments down the road. We have our Dana Altman what if (regret) and our Randy Bennet (relief) from the previous hire.

Five years from now, we’re going to have similar clarity on AJ, JB, and Craig Smith. Fingers crossed!

BigNumbers · March 24, 2021, 2:02pm

Alex Jensen HC
KVH Asst coach
Andre Miller Asst Coach

Let’s get the band back together

WSUute · March 24, 2021, 2:11pm

How about Majerus as a spiritual advisor? That would really be getting the band back together!

applejack · March 24, 2021, 5:14pm

I’ve been posting on Utahby5.com for ages and no one responded!

applejack · March 24, 2021, 5:17pm

Well, he’s in good company:

Of all former NBA players that are (or have been) eligible for election to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Jamison and Tom Chambers are the only players to have scored 20,000 or more career points without being elected to the Hall

Ma-ake · March 24, 2021, 5:30pm

This may be somewhat aggravating - there’s a video of Lahat Thioune making 26 out of 28 threes in a couple of minute span.

Where oh where… I guess that’s why we’re speculating about new coaches.