Wyoming Coach Heath Schroyer, who not too long ago assisted at Fresno State, caused a flurry of message board posting with his comments in the following article. We agree with his thoughts about WAC and Mountain West Conference (MWC) football of late and but there's some wiggle room to argue his basketball take.
His 'promoting' of Boise State got more than a few fans riled up too but there's certainly some truth in what he said and he was coming to town to face the Broncos so it was smart to say what he said.
What also seems to have been overlooked by some is his comment about the cyclic nature of which league is better than the other.
By the way, his Cowboy team lost to Boise State on a last second shot December 3.
Wyoming coach, who is a former Fresno State assistant, gives MWC the edge
Nick Jezierny
Idaho Statesman
12/03/08
Heath Schroyer, a former assistant at Fresno State, says BSU would be a good fit in the Mountain West.
Heath Schroyer has spent time in the Western Athletic and Mountain West conferences and has respect for both.
The Wyoming head coach who was an assistant at Fresno State for two years says he gives the edge to the Mountain West for a simple reason.
"Year in and year out, we're going to get two teams into the NCAA Tournament and sometimes three. I think that's probably the biggest difference," said Schroyer, who brings his unbeaten Cowboys (5-0) to Taco Bell Arena on Wednesday. "I think just overall, from top to bottom, this league is really strong..." Go here for the remainder.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Boy did this cause an uproar
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Graham has built the basketball program the right way? I guess if you think JC transfers is the way to build a program he has a point. If you are satisfied with twice having a top 100 RPI (191, 72, 201, 177, 112, 87) and earning one first round appearance in the NCAA in 6 years a good program then you're aiming a bit low.
It reminds me of Nevada when Sonny Allen was the coach. Good JC players will lead to occasional good teams, but more often you end up with inconsistent mediocre teams. Programs are built with freshmen not juniors. I think Graham is a good coach, but an average at best program building/recruiting coach.
I'll only add that this year Boise has 1 freshman after losing 4 seniors from last year's team.
I think the usage of "the right way" is a reference to BSU recruits/players not generating law enforcement headlines and also graduating at a fairly high rate.
We're in agreement that Greg Graham is a classy guy and a good coach but also that his recruiting needs at least an uptick. The championships of last year cannot and should not be discounted but a basketball program cannot maintain a solid level of consistency unless it is built around four and five-year players and augmented by junior college and D-1 transfers.
I agree he's a classy guy that does well with what he has. His teams are seldom bad and a lot of coaches wouldn't do as well with his players. I think Boise fans are often not appreciative enough of his efforts, though I hope I never see Nevada have to revert back to relying so heavily on 2 and 3 year players...well other than 2 or 3 year players that leave for the NBA. That already hurts the team's consistency almost as much as not getting them until they are juniors.
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