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WTF DES NEWS

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Okay, we all know how biased the Deseret News can be, but to liken BYU's upcoming class/es to Michigan’s iconic, and might I add, NCAA Penalized, Fab Five of the early 90s is not only ridiculous, but absolutely insulting to the legacy and tradition of college basketball.

The Fab Five changed the game. Changed how we viewed college basketball, and were perennial national contenders. The Fab Five were all top 50 national recruits and proved how valuable they were once they started playing together. Chris Webber, Juan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, & Ray Jackson are being compared to 3 kids from Utah County? TJ Haws must be Jale Rose in reincarnate and Erick Mika is the new Chris Webber, a kid who didn’t even play his JR year of high school? Yes, Rose has done a good job recruiting. He doesn’t really have to leave Utah County. His players are among the best in Utah, but nothing close to the best in the nation like the Fab Five were. The Fab Five is, perhaps, the greatest class ever assembled in the history of college basketball. Three ended up being lottery picks in the NBA draft and the other two played professional basketball (Ray Jackson never made it in the NBA being cut by the Knicks and Pistons in the pre-season). None of the Lone Peak boys have a straight shoot at the NBA. Could they? Sure, but all three? Come on…

BYU’s upcoming class/es, they aren’t all in the same class, who knows which ones will serve LDS missions, and those who won’t (likelihood is very possible) and finally, the two most important players, which would truly make this one of the top recruiting classes (I can admit that) in BYU history aren’t even true possibilities. Jabari Parker is around 5% assured of attending BYU. Would you if you had the likes of Duke, UNC, Syracuse, UCLA, Kansas, and Kentucky after you? Playing in the ACC is a bit different than playing in the WCC. Nonetheless, will all five, if they were lucky enough to land Dystrop and Parker, even play together? NO... Parker is a one and done type of player. He will head to the NBA after one season.

What this all comes down to is the fact that the Utah media, especially the Des News, is extremely biased and doesn’t practice journalistic restraint. You can’t make these type of claims responsibly. To say a white kid who has been given everything is on par with a guy like Jalen Rose who grew up in Hell is libel and should be prosecuted as such. These nimrods prove, time and time again, how little they understand the world they live in. Yes, these Y commitments are talented and will be formidable, but to compare them with the Fab Five is proof of the lack of journalistic credence, professional, and ability in Utah. Once again the Des News proves how little credibility they have in the state. Something Cats, Aggies, Utes, Wolverines, and T-Birds all share.
 
And this is suprising?

I mean, come on folks, this is the kind of foul smelling stuff that is often forced feed to us by the Utah media. It is to be expected.
 
I'm shocked Wildcat hasn't responded to this yet. He would love it!! He is always belittling, with good cause, the "supposed" utah news outlets.
 
PURPLEFORLIFE said:
I'm shocked Wildcat hasn't responded to this yet. He would love it!! He is always belittling, with good cause, the "supposed" utah news outlets.
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You called?


By the way, this is the biggest load of crock the local media has put out in a while.
 
The article is from an ESPN blog. It wasn't written by the DNews. It says it right in the headline.
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talhad,

do you realize desnews is a byu newspaper? byu and des news are both owned by the lds church.

while this article is funny and will make your eyes roll it is actually a smart recruiting tactic but it is only effective if jabari parker is going to read it. i really doubt a high school kid in chicago or his mom are reading the desnews though.

so if they were to sign jabari yes they will be a national title contender and can be called the fab 1, or the fab 5 to be nice to the others.

when michigan assembled the fab 5 they were 5 freshman all in the same signing class. they had seniors on the team that were part of a prior national title team that were losing their postion to the fresh and 1 or 2 of them went on to the nba even. lol. it was an amazing story only to be stained when we found out they were getting paid.

the "fab 5 of byu" arent even the same age or recruiting class. but really any school can have a fab 5 if they want to. let them have their cake, tal. i would expect the same from the standard if it was owned by WSU. :thumb:
 
Well then I need to change the title to WTF ESPN blogger. Either way, DES News or ESPN, it's a terrible comparison. Why not say, "Solid Class in the Rockies," or "The Miracle of the Desert"? Why the Fab Five? There is no comparison between the two situations. Yes, catcat, I agree. Remember we talked about this story yesterday?
 
talhadfoursteals said:
Well then I need to change the title to WTF ESPN blogger. Either way, DES News or ESPN, it's a terrible comparison. Why not say, "Solid Class in the Rockies," or "The Miracle of the Desert"? Why the Fab Five? There is no comparison between the two situations. Yes, catcat, I agree. Remember we talked about this story yesterday?
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i do not recall or remember and please, only speak when spoken too.
 
Typical article from them or I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar from KSL. Lets face it the church pretty much owns the media in Utah (thank goodness for X96) and will hype up BYU as much as possible whenever possible to whatever extent possible.

Also Congrats to Tal for breaking the 3000 post mark I hope to one day have as much time in my day where I can think of anything relevant (or irrelevant) to Weber and write about it like Tal and Cat. You guys are my heroes! ;-)
 
MIGRAman said:
Typical article from them or I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar from KSL. Lets face it the church pretty much owns the media in Utah (thank goodness for X96) and will hype up BYU-UT as much as possible whenever possible to whatever extent possible.

Also Congrats to Tal for breaking the 3000 post mark I hope to one day have as much time in my day where I can think of anything relevant (or irrelevant) to Weber and write about it like Tal and Cat. You guys are my heroes! ;-)
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you might as well be a sac state bball fan. you will never be a 6 time big sky champion poster. :bad:
 
Deseret News sucks. End of story. They don't care about WSU unless something like Damian Lillard happens. And even they were slow to jump on the bandwagon. :dunce:
 
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