The two points should be highlighted. O and D. BYU is ranked because of it’s defense. Case in point. Richie Saunders is now the highest ranked player on this BYU team but there are times when Pope sits him… (not to be confused with MVP) Our MVPs from my perspective would have to be Hall and Johnson. These guys get the job of not only running the team but defending their best guys (without fouling)
Adams has 8 total minutes of D1 play time and we want him to come in for instant offense???
1- If Adams wanted to drive, most likely, a guard would slip in and tag him with a O foul.
2 If Adams were on defense, the refs would be calling those reaching arms, hence the Atiki comparison. I could lay out a long thought out argument but the short of it is, Adams needs 20 games or so to be game ready, not playoff ready, that would be an entire season.
Hopper loves to grab a thought and make it his sounding drum. He will beat that drum for all to hear, over and over, he grabs my comments all the time, but in this case, Tom’s comment that Adams is the 2nd “one and done” player that BYU has ever signed (bradley being the other)…OK…Hopper, follow me through this one…Adams is a big time talent, yes, you are correct but he was injured for soooo long that he got way out of shape, we all saw it. The clock on this season was ticking and most likely time is OUT. Pope does not comment on injuries or sickness so unless I personally go to practices or I hear from Tom and his inside connections, I can’t say or I will say, this is my opinion.
While I am at it. There is a great article on reffing in the Big 12.
Bill Self gets first ejection at Kansas while becoming third Big 12 coach tossed this month | AP News
Hawks, this one’s for you.
I wish everyone a nice game day
go cougs