'Event Cascades' Part of What's Troubling Utes
Coach Jim Boylen talked a lot early in the season about needing some leaders to emerge on his team, but we haven't heard him such much about that lately.
How does he feel the Utes have performed, on that count?
"We have done a better job of taking ownership of our mistakes," he said. "We've done a better job of admitting that we were wrong. What we have not done a better job of is recovering from the mistake."
"We have 'event cascades,'" he said. "One mistake, then another mistake and another mistake. OK? And that is part of handling that first mistake. Do you dwell on it? Do you lose your confidence on it? That is part of the process. Everything's going good, we're good. Things go bad ..."
Boylen noted that the Utes have had "some games" in which they fought back from adversity to win, such as at Air Force, but also that they far more often allow mistakes to compound one another, the way they did at TCU the other night.
"One missed defensive assignment, then we miss a one-and-one, then we foul in the penalty -- and give them two free throws -- 75 feet from the basket," he said. "That's what happened" in the 67-61 loss to the Horned Frogs.
"We have to learn how to stop those, and learn how to handle those," he said. "And again, that's the maturity part of it and the toughness part of it."
How does he feel the Utes have performed, on that count?
"We have done a better job of taking ownership of our mistakes," he said. "We've done a better job of admitting that we were wrong. What we have not done a better job of is recovering from the mistake."
"We have 'event cascades,'" he said. "One mistake, then another mistake and another mistake. OK? And that is part of handling that first mistake. Do you dwell on it? Do you lose your confidence on it? That is part of the process. Everything's going good, we're good. Things go bad ..."
Boylen noted that the Utes have had "some games" in which they fought back from adversity to win, such as at Air Force, but also that they far more often allow mistakes to compound one another, the way they did at TCU the other night.
"One missed defensive assignment, then we miss a one-and-one, then we foul in the penalty -- and give them two free throws -- 75 feet from the basket," he said. "That's what happened" in the 67-61 loss to the Horned Frogs.
"We have to learn how to stop those, and learn how to handle those," he said. "And again, that's the maturity part of it and the toughness part of it."

