Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Thursday, January 14, 2010
BREAKING NEWS - Johnny you might be interested
So hopefully none of you have forgotten about that post written back in August, about this AMAZING basketball player who BYU missed on. And BYU deserves to lose because we didn't recruit this kid.
The kid's name was missing from the post and I really wanted to know who it was to see how much of the story checked out. I'm not sure if the author didn't know the name of the kid or if he knew but didn't want there to be any follow up; regardless, I happened to figure it out.
The kids name is Christian Parker, son of former NBA star Sonny Parker. He went to BYU-Hawaii for a year, and then served a mission in ATL. He redshirted his first year at BYU-Hawaii and after his mission, he decided that he wanted to play D-1 so he transfered from BYU-Hawaii and enrolled at CSI, the one and only College of Southern Idaho.
The entire story checks out, including the part about having a kid brother, who happens to be Jabarri Parker, http://illinois.scout.com/a.z?s=169&p=8&c=1&nid=4451328 The kid already has some legit D-1 offers from Kansas and Illinois. He's still only a freshman. However, the main theme of the post was how stupid Coach Rose was for not picking this kid up (the older brother Christian). So let me fill in the story with some facts, and you be the judge of whether or not this guy has a place on BYU's team, who is currently 17-1, and ranked #17 in the country.
Currently at CSI Parker has played in 5 of the 15 games, averaged 3.8 minutes per game. He's averaging .8 (less than 1) points per game, scoring a whole 4 points on the season. He has played the least amount of minutes of anyone on the team, hence scoring less than anyone else on the team. The games he did play in, the team won by an average of 40 points. Do I need to say where his minutes came from? I'm not so sure that's the type of player that's going to help BYU win many games in March.
I have nothing against the kid. I wish him the best, and hopes he becomes an amazing basketball player, and if he does I hope BYU can pick him up. With that said, let's be realistic for a second, not every kid is going to be a great player. And I think in this case, the BYU coaches just might have made a good decision by recruiting Tyler Haws, who has started 16 games for yours truly, averaging 12 points, and 5 rebounds, shooting 54% from the field; and Brandon Davies, who has played in all 18 games, averaging 14 minutes, scoring on average 6 points, shooting 59%.
I think somebody owes the BYU coaches an apology. If I recall correctly, the "kid had a desire to go to BYU" (I don't blame him), but the coaches were "incompetent." So yes in this case the BYU coaches rightfully recruited "a kid from Utah County than get an athletic kid from Chicago." (Both Haws and Davies are from Utah County)
One other detail that I didn't realize until now was the claim that the younger brother would never go to BYU unless his brother was there. If my math is correct, the younger brother is in the class of 2013, so his first season at college will be 2014. The older brother is a redshirt-freshman now, so he will graduate college in 2013, making it impossible for the 2 to play together. I don't think the argument holds much weight that we should have recruited the older brother to get the younger brother. BYU may not get the younger brother, but I don't think it has anything to do with his older brother not getting an offer to BYU. If the younger brother only goes where his older brother had offers, it looks like he'll either go to BYU-Hawaii or CSI . . . hmm tough choice.
Go Cougars!!!
The kid's name was missing from the post and I really wanted to know who it was to see how much of the story checked out. I'm not sure if the author didn't know the name of the kid or if he knew but didn't want there to be any follow up; regardless, I happened to figure it out.
The kids name is Christian Parker, son of former NBA star Sonny Parker. He went to BYU-Hawaii for a year, and then served a mission in ATL. He redshirted his first year at BYU-Hawaii and after his mission, he decided that he wanted to play D-1 so he transfered from BYU-Hawaii and enrolled at CSI, the one and only College of Southern Idaho.
The entire story checks out, including the part about having a kid brother, who happens to be Jabarri Parker, http://illinois.scout.com/a.z?s=169&p=8&c=1&nid=4451328 The kid already has some legit D-1 offers from Kansas and Illinois. He's still only a freshman. However, the main theme of the post was how stupid Coach Rose was for not picking this kid up (the older brother Christian). So let me fill in the story with some facts, and you be the judge of whether or not this guy has a place on BYU's team, who is currently 17-1, and ranked #17 in the country.
Currently at CSI Parker has played in 5 of the 15 games, averaged 3.8 minutes per game. He's averaging .8 (less than 1) points per game, scoring a whole 4 points on the season. He has played the least amount of minutes of anyone on the team, hence scoring less than anyone else on the team. The games he did play in, the team won by an average of 40 points. Do I need to say where his minutes came from? I'm not so sure that's the type of player that's going to help BYU win many games in March.
I have nothing against the kid. I wish him the best, and hopes he becomes an amazing basketball player, and if he does I hope BYU can pick him up. With that said, let's be realistic for a second, not every kid is going to be a great player. And I think in this case, the BYU coaches just might have made a good decision by recruiting Tyler Haws, who has started 16 games for yours truly, averaging 12 points, and 5 rebounds, shooting 54% from the field; and Brandon Davies, who has played in all 18 games, averaging 14 minutes, scoring on average 6 points, shooting 59%.
I think somebody owes the BYU coaches an apology. If I recall correctly, the "kid had a desire to go to BYU" (I don't blame him), but the coaches were "incompetent." So yes in this case the BYU coaches rightfully recruited "a kid from Utah County than get an athletic kid from Chicago." (Both Haws and Davies are from Utah County)
One other detail that I didn't realize until now was the claim that the younger brother would never go to BYU unless his brother was there. If my math is correct, the younger brother is in the class of 2013, so his first season at college will be 2014. The older brother is a redshirt-freshman now, so he will graduate college in 2013, making it impossible for the 2 to play together. I don't think the argument holds much weight that we should have recruited the older brother to get the younger brother. BYU may not get the younger brother, but I don't think it has anything to do with his older brother not getting an offer to BYU. If the younger brother only goes where his older brother had offers, it looks like he'll either go to BYU-Hawaii or CSI . . . hmm tough choice.
Go Cougars!!!
Sunday, September 20, 2009
We'll Bounce Back
http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/7710/byu-handling-losses-better-than-a-year-ago
And why does no one mention in their recaps the hold that Greg Reid pulled on Andrew George to slingshot his way into a pick six? I know that didn't "lose" the game for us, but that's some dagger when we were having a good drive to open the half.
I think we still have a shot at a BCS bowl, albeit a long one (for one thing, Boise State would likely have to lose in the mighty WAC) - If 2-loss LSU (even if both losses were close) can win a national title, then a 1-loss MWC team should be able to crash the BCS party with a decisive run through the conference.
And why does no one mention in their recaps the hold that Greg Reid pulled on Andrew George to slingshot his way into a pick six? I know that didn't "lose" the game for us, but that's some dagger when we were having a good drive to open the half.
I think we still have a shot at a BCS bowl, albeit a long one (for one thing, Boise State would likely have to lose in the mighty WAC) - If 2-loss LSU (even if both losses were close) can win a national title, then a 1-loss MWC team should be able to crash the BCS party with a decisive run through the conference.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Welcome to the College Football Season
Oregon and Boise State were less than impressive to start off the season. The above was the only highlight worth showing of the whole game. Oregon is a lot worse than anyone thought they were. Way overrated for sure.
Decades Old Tradition is Now New?
I know not everyone subscribes to Josh's Google Reader, but when he shared this I knew I had to correct it before I even read the article:
I have been to one of those and they're called an encierro. So anyone that read that article can realize the original author had very limited insight into Spanish culture. A running of the bulls is followed by an encierro (at least where I ran in Torrejon de Ardoz). And once you get in the ring (free admission if you make it there before the bulls, which is why you are running from the bulls), anyone can get down and run around with these younger bulls. I did it one time, but didn't care to be the dumb American that got gored so I didn't get too close like the kids in some of the shots.
And then after they let anyone down there, they bring out some young kids like 16 or so who do it professionally (not a big money maker though like a real bull fighter, more like your high school break dancing crews kind of cash flow).
So this has nothing to do with making bull fighting less bloody or being a new alternative. Its something they've done for quite some time. Oh and a bull fight follows it up in the evening. This is like the appetizer before the meal.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Retaliation in Baseball
From MLB.com after a recent Yanks-Rays game. The Rays felt that Jaba (sp?) had gone after Longoria on purpose, so Rays' pitcher Garza plunked Teixera:
I'm still not the biggest baseball fan, but sticking up for your own...I can get behind that. Good for Garza. And I like that he came out and said it. Retaliation is an unwritten rule of baseball, but Garza explicitly stating his intentions, and why he had those intentions, gets a thumbs up in my book.
Garza said that he had grown tired of teams brushing back Longoria, who was also hit on Monday by New York reliever Jonathan Albaladejo.
"I hate to be that guy, but someone had to take a stand and say, 'You know, we're tired of it,'" Garza told reporters. "'You can go after our best guy. We'll make some noise, too.' And that's what happened."
I'm still not the biggest baseball fan, but sticking up for your own...I can get behind that. Good for Garza. And I like that he came out and said it. Retaliation is an unwritten rule of baseball, but Garza explicitly stating his intentions, and why he had those intentions, gets a thumbs up in my book.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Conflict of Interests
I am battling a little insomnia tonight and a great inner conflict began to manifest. I've always been a Rudy fan so I turned on the movie to help me fall asleep. Well Rudy was in awe of the players locker room. And my only thoughts we're that I despise Notre Dame. In some ways even more than Utah. I can't stand their preferential treatment with the BCS and who likes Charlie Weis? So how do I solve this moral dilemma? Anyone else face this? Do I have to sacrifice my favorite movie?
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