I get where Derik Stevenson is coming from. I have said this before. I WANT MORE PASSION AND FIGHT IN THE PROGRAM. Like many of you, I am a competitor and hate losing. I want the coaches, the AD, and especially the team to be PISSED when we lose. I want the kind of fight Ty Detmer had when he lead our team—grabbing a WR by the face mask and yelling at him when he didn’t run a precise route. I haven’t seen that for a very long time. Beck was a great QB, but I remember what he would say after losses… something to the effect of “tough loss and we will try and learn so we can do better.” Call it passion, anger, motivation, whatever… I just want more.

But there is a limit.

Though I agree with much (not all) that DS says in his open letter, he went too far. Point out stats and state your opinion—all fine—but don’t get personal. He didn’t call Bronco or Howell idiots, but he may as well have.

I have flip-flopped on the Bronco topic ever since Taysom blew out his knee winding down the Aggie game in 2012. Like many of the question marks, this was ultimately the coach’s fault… There have been many issues that fired me up to the point of thinking he should be let go, but then I watched the ESPN All-Access segment on the BYU football team this week and it brought me back to earth. I felt like a jerk because BM and the athletic department are portraying an image that helps the image of the church, but winning and national relevance would do much, much more. We just need to win more of the big ones and not lose the easy ones. This is how we get national relevance, better recruiting, conference invites, etc. (Admittedly stating the obvious.)

It isn’t all about warm fuzzies and participation trophies. We have to win, period.

(Caveat—I live in Boise and if Boise State kills our team tonight, I might flip-flop yet again…)