I wasn't angry when I left the Utah-BYU game last night, the feeling was somewhere between disgust and heart break. I mean, really, the Y hasn't won at the Huntsman Center since 1994. They deserved the win. Our boys were simply out coached and out played. Who knew the Y's bench is as deep as ours? Obviously not Giacoletti.
I don't get what the Utes problem is this year. The team has a lot of deep talent and they just can't follow through. I suspect there's a coaching issue involved.
Giacoletti makes substitutions that I can't understand. Down by 10 and Green, Bryant and Nevill are on the bench? I mean nothing against Dean or Weigh but they're still learning. And Weigh, especially, was all thumbs last night. He played well and managed to salvage several of his fumbles but really.... Ricky Johns was really the only Ute with a great night, but that wasn't enough.
I know it would look bad for the U. to drop Giacoletti so soon into his disturbingly long contract but enough. Basketball and Gymnastics are the U's winning traditions and when they stop winning something needs to be done. Enough of Giac and enough of Chris Hill.
I'm disgusted. It's time to start the campaign to have Elaine Elliott coach both the men's and women's teams. Or maybe just suspend Giac for a game and see what his assistants can do.
One more thing, can someone tell Austin Ainge that when he can play like his daddy he can whine like his daddy?
Well...
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