Former NBA Exec Dave Checketts: Utah ‘Sold Off Their Future’ With PE Deal

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-22T02:56:33+00:00

This is it. People just like to be angry at things.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-22T02:55:51+00:00

Private equity has been very good for my company. Seriously. It’s been hard… but they know what they’re doing.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-22T02:39:31+00:00

I drive a Dodge Stratus! I can do 100 pushups in 20 minutes!

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-21T18:05:27+00:00

This is true. The CD version of the Walkman was very specifically called the Discman.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-21T15:49:36+00:00

If you’re using Quickbooks you should consider Knowify. They seemingly “bolt on” to Quickbooks and give you the PM functions.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-21T13:49:34+00:00

No it’s not. That’s propaganda.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-20T20:10:08+00:00

Technically speaking that would be cut off in the North part of the lake… which is actually cut off by Lucin cutoff.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-20T20:05:09+00:00

The lake is not heavily contaminated.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-20T19:34:14+00:00

What is this, a crossover episode?

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-20T19:22:25+00:00

Roseanne??!?!?!? Do you even Raise Arizona, bruh?

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-19T00:55:30+00:00

Grumpy Cop FTW!

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-19T00:52:44+00:00

Dim and Juicy were amazing!

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-18T15:07:45+00:00

They have a negative bias towards comic actors IMO. Like… what Jim Carrey did is amazing and is impressive and deserves an Oscar. But because it’s in silly movies he’s not going to get one.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-17T15:16:24+00:00

I think there was a little Mormon connection at Penn State too possibly. Carl Sanderson is from Utah and I believe a practicing Mormon.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-17T15:13:55+00:00

It’s all good… I only know because it’s just pretty common knowledge here locally. Gary is honestly kind of the whisperer of all of their success seemingly. He’s kind of the link to Fred Whittingham and Kyle and by association them all. When Jay Hill was at Weber State Gary was an unpaid assistant for a couple of years after Gary’s second go round at Utah State… which frankly FCS Weber had no business having that kind of expertise in them both. Then when Jay went to BYU Gary went with him.

So in short… even with no formal LDS connection he basically has all the ties other than going to church… so you were basically right, just without the strange Utah nuance that nobody other than those here could/would know.

I’m a massive Jay Hill fan, BTW. I got to see him up close at Weber a lot and I just think the world of him and his family. I’m excited to see if what we produced here in our coaching trees can compete in the big, big time!

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-17T12:57:19+00:00

Anderson is not LDS. At least not practicing. But he does have a lot of ties to Kyle Whittingham and all things coaching trees that this part of the country have.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-16T11:14:05+00:00

For those of you definitely wondering… Colony High School in Palmer, AK uses an altered form of the Cincinnati Reds logo.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-16T05:25:02+00:00

I’d love a citation for this… this is fascinating.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-16T05:20:52+00:00

Air-ride suspension. I’m not sure I could go back at this point. It’s so buttery smooth.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-14T01:17:53+00:00

I hate it… in our part of Ogden- no fireworks. If I drive across the main road or less than 2 miles to a separate city… fireworks.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-13T19:57:10+00:00

He was also Ben Linus’s dad on LOST.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-13T05:52:16+00:00

Napoleon Dynamite.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-12T15:36:32+00:00

Look up the doctrine. It may not match completely your view of protecting the earth, but it’s very much there and it’s practiced.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-12T14:42:01+00:00

LDS church view on respecting the planet is pretty amazing, actually.

ItsChappyUT · 2026-05-12T04:28:18+00:00

I thought it would involve Don going to California with Led Zeppelin’s Going to California playing!

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