BYU's solution to its basketball woes:
 

BYU has solved its basketball woes by keeping its thoroughbreds from going on missions. I wish somebody would tell Foster he's off the hook.

An even easier solution would be to admit that the church is false. That way, not only would we do away with missions, we could also allow sports to retain its position of supreme importance in the 21st century. This would also free up about 10% of the fan base's income-- some of which would HAVE to end up in the athletics department.

I like this idea. Do you think it wiil work?

Please.... he had one good game and all of sudden he is the saviour of the ute program? Why don't we wait for him to average a double double before we start trying to pressure him to not go on a mission

SU is being selfish. He doesn't care about Foster or whether Foster might hurt his chances to play in the NBA. He only cares about himself and how his self esteem is bolstered when the Ute have on-court success.

No. I think he'll be happier if he doesn't go. I think he'll be better off.

Right.

Are you glad you went?

Christ loves in spite of your arrogant apostasy and blatant disregard for your bizarre abuse towards others in your life.

lol...you're so easy to figure out.

I don't think it would do me any good to regret two years of my life, and that's not my style. It was a learning experience, I'll tell you that. And its lessons only became more evident as time passed. But would I go if, say, there were such thing as reincarnation and we lived our lives again knowing everything we learned in the prior life? No. I wouldn't.

Ok then, why not allow Foster the same?

Because he'd rather raise the ire of others on here by saying what he does and then see what kind of reaction he can get from church members. U and Y fans alike.

Or maybe he honestly believes that Foster would be better off not going on a mission. I certainly don't agree with him, but he may actually believe what he is posting.

He may believe Foster would be better off not serving a mission, but he certainly doesn't have Foster's best interest at heart. It's all about wanting Foster to play basketball for the Utes in order for him (SU) to be happy with the team.

No, you are distorting something I said on Utefans. I take special interest in Foster as a Ute fan. But as an abstract proposition I believe there are better uses of one's time than spending two years on a Mormon mission. I honestly believe that, and I might add that most people would agree with me, and they are not disproportionately comprised of bad people. None of my children, including my two sons, will be playing for the Utes, and I won't be encouraging any of them to go on missions. This doesn't make me evil; only in a very few places, relatively speaking, would I be considered such for holding this view.

I never said you were evil; only that you were selfish.

While you may feel that you have his best interest at heart, you're forgetting one very major detail: Only Foster knows what is best for Foster. Your opinion, my opinion or any other's opinion is 100% irrelevant.

We're sports fans, best interests are counted by W's and L's. ;-)

I am constantly amazed at how quickly an innocuous comment by SU can send a board into meltdown. I expect it of Cougarboard, but I'm surprised that the intellects at the Guard fall for it. I encourage a more charitable reading of his comments. I don't think he's as devious as this thread would implicate.

True enough.

He's every bit as devious as this thread would implicate. However, what he says in this thread specifically is pretty innocuous. I was pretty happy when I heard Plaisted wasn't going on a mission.

Me too. In a perfect world, I would have preferred that he be inclined to do so, but wasn't. What am I to do? The Lord moves in mysterious ways.

I think both Jimmer Fredette and Jonathon Tavernari have been upfront that neither plan to serve missions.

How unfortunate for the BYU hoops fan......

Wow. It appears that SU has exposed Rose's interesting strategy for recruiting the LDS athlete: focus on those NOT planning to serve missions.

If it delivers a sweep of the Utes this year, then I say we run with it.

And what's up with that name? Jimmer? Is this some white, regional mispronunciation/confusion akin to "Anferny?"