COTY Elite Eight: #2 Kyle Weaver vs. #7 Jim Sterk

by Grady Clapp on Jan 20, 2009 10:10 AM PST in Coug of the Year

Today is a great day in American history.

I'm talking, of course, about our opportunity to put Kyle Weaver in the Final Four of the Coug of the Year competition.

Your votes make the difference.

#2 Kyle Weaver

[Hat tip BHarmon1975]

Remember folks, that's OJ Mayo on defense.

#7 Jim Sterk

Helped keep Tony in Pullman
Hired Andrew Palileo (volleyball)
Previously hired Dick Bennett, Tony Bennett, June Daugherty and Paul Wulff

Poll

Who moves on?

Kyle Weaver

75 votes

Jim Sterk

30 votes

105 votes | Poll has closed

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I wasn’t really paying attention to the # of steps Kyle took…therefore I voted for him to be in the final four.

by MLips on Jan 20, 2009 10:36 AM PST reply actions

A couple years ago

I would have voted Sterk, but in 2008 all he really did was “keep Tony in Pullman,” though various reports give him varying degrees of responsibility for doing that. Well, I guess he also hired Wulff (was that done before january, I forget), but he ALSO stole seats from the students, which oh by the way were NOT anywhere close to full for the non-con games, except Gonzaga.

Weaver note: in the team-who-shall-not-be-named ‘s last seven games, Weaver has come off the bench to average 16 minutes, 4 points on 58% shooting, 2 boards and 2 assists to only 1 turnover. He’s getting better all the time!

Tony Bennett for Heisman!

by johnnycougar on Jan 20, 2009 10:42 AM PST reply actions

Actually...

I think the students stole the seats from themselves you know when 2,500 didn’t show up to BIG games last year. And we were not sold out of student seats for Baylor or Gonzaga so really…it wouldn’t matter whose seats those were, people wouldn’t have filled them.

In any case, I still voted for Weaver.

by MLips on Jan 20, 2009 11:47 AM PST reply actions

Well

Location-wise, people would have filled them, so instead of a big empty section behind the basket the upper rafters wouldn’t quite have been filled. I think we can all agree that students being fifteen feet from the court are more likely to make noise and get involved than students up in the nosebleed section.

If you can fill them with paying customers, then fine, I actually would agree to a point with it. But otherwise, let the students have the lower seats and let the nosebleed sections stay empty, if not for the fans then at least for the noise factor.

Tony Bennett for Heisman!

by johnnycougar on Jan 20, 2009 2:00 PM PST up reply actions

All Because of Sterk

Without Sterk there would be no Weaver. Sterk brought the Bennetts here…Genius. Lets not put the cart before the horse.

Sterk also brought in Wulff, who just landed the best recruit in the state and has the best recruiting class since 2000. You all have to remember this is Pullman. We aren’t exactly on the national map. Sterk is doing something right.

by SoCalCoug on Jan 20, 2009 12:37 PM PST reply actions

Gotta be Sterk

Weaver is my favorite cougar player, but sterk is more important to athletics here at WSU. He doesn’t desire to leave to go elsewhere to a bigger budget school either, which people often forget.

by peaty411s on Jan 20, 2009 4:17 PM PST reply actions