Convince me he is. Other than the fact that he is a well-spoken, well liked

Mar 3, 2015
4:41:33pm

Epileptic Beagle

BYU assistant coach, what are the similarities? Just that people think he has the potential to take over when Rose is gone? Why do you feel the need to immediately make that comparison?

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Two things became apparent to me after listening to Coach Pope today:

Ham

3/3/15 4:34pm

Convince me that Pope isn't the Brandon Doman of BYU basketball.

newey-west

3/3/15 4:39pm

Convince me he is. Other than the fact that he is a well-spoken, well liked

Epileptic Beagle

3/3/15 4:41pm

Nah, I'm not convinced that he is... I'd just like substantive reasons why he

newey-west

3/3/15 4:44pm

they don't exist...there's always a risk due to the Peter Principle. If...

icecougar

3/3/15 7:34pm

well for one he has actually had a job outside of byu

concolor couguar

3/3/15 4:41pm

Only 1 year as assistant coach before BYU.

garyfan

3/3/15 4:44pm

One year at Georgia and one at Wake.

SCcoug

3/3/15 4:51pm

He wasn't an assistant at UGA.

garyfan

3/3/15 4:53pm

That said, I'm sure that year helped him. But he wasn't on the coaching staff.

garyfan

3/3/15 4:55pm

You never know but Pope has a better resume.

SCcoug

3/3/15 4:43pm

This is a good reason.

newey-west

3/3/15 4:47pm

Won a Natty at Kentucky under Coach Pitino, I believe, played 9 seasons in the

Big Daddy D

3/3/15 6:40pm

I guess he could be.

Ham

3/3/15 4:51pm

That's just it, there are no guarantees any time someone is promoted...

icecougar

3/3/15 7:31pm

I had the same thought

BlueCoug

3/3/15 4:50pm

Amen. Love the Pope.

PortlandBlue

3/3/15 5:33pm

His bigs have been non-contributors till last 3 games

Y4LYFE

3/3/15 5:34pm

I think Pope would argue you may have been a very casual or non-

basman

3/3/15 5:36pm

4 freshman and 1 sophmore and you expect what?

BostonCougar

3/3/15 6:16pm

I like Pope, but I agree with this criticism

thecelloguy

3/4/15 8:25am

since davies other than mika

concolor couguar

3/4/15 8:52am

ok, so 2 players out of how many?

thecelloguy

3/4/15 9:00am

Hartsock showed great improvement his senior year after Pope came on board

concolor couguar

3/4/15 9:30am

I'm still mad at Reid for alienating Pope. When Pope

Coogar2

3/3/15 5:40pm

hard to recruit big men who don't want to play behind Bradley or in the case of

HarlemCoug

3/3/15 6:11pm

Except that Bradley played in 1990

Big Daddy D

3/3/15 6:43pm

Bradley was expected to play 1993 to 1995 - thus no big men for many years

HarlemCoug

3/3/15 8:07pm

Sample size is MASSIVE: not every LDS recruit wants to play at BYU.

ag4cougs

3/3/15 7:11pm

knight and pollard weren't going to byu, no matter who the coach was

macaroni

3/3/15 7:18pm

Reid's impact on recruiting is still being felt

SportsRoad

3/4/15 9:01am

that's their problem. 20 years later? get over yourselves, people.

ag4cougs

3/4/15 6:27pm

How do you tell a guy is a good coach just from listening to a radio or TV

Walter Bellhaven

3/4/15 7:08am

Is Pope an active recommend holder?

coug203

3/4/15 12:09pm

I know that when he was on the Knicks that he came to church....

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