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Nov 23, 2017
11:44:04pm

Mr Blue All-American

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Mr Blue

Previous username: joefuerte
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So Kyle had a handshake agreement with Cecil. It was a done deal. Then the U

BlueTooth

11/23/17 8:41pm

Care to share your source?

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

11/23/17 8:45pm

Haha why would he ever do that on a public message board. Unless he wanted his

4mack

11/23/17 8:47pm

One could generalize...otherwise it's most likely the sister-in-law who has a

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

11/23/17 8:54pm

It's not that. A member of my family that knows Cecil. Not a big deal.

BlueTooth

11/23/17 8:59pm

President Samuelson was a good dude and a great President of BYU...

icecougar

11/23/17 10:47pm

He often spoke of the evils of professional sports with the athletes... not a

1984coug

11/23/17 11:43pm

I agree and the little bit I knew him he seemed quite interested in BYU

pappabear246

11/24/17 5:16pm

Starts with a V. Ends with an L. Rhymes with Skedderhall.

Cougarpolis

11/24/17 1:15am

Cecil was miffed because he knew he couldn’t match the offer? He certainly

Polecat

11/23/17 8:45pm

Some people consider their word to be worth a whole lot

Jericho

11/23/17 8:51pm

I understood him to mean that Cecil was miffed that Kyle would entertain a

BlueTooth

11/23/17 8:53pm

The sex scandals of the late 90s and during the Crowton era probably stopped

84 Grad

11/23/17 8:48pm

Then there are a lot of missions that would be bad missionary tools.

tebowned

11/23/17 9:55pm

Negative national headlines make for bad missionary tools

84 Grad

11/23/17 10:04pm

Your information isn’t quite accurate. Close...but not quite.

RalphWiggam

11/23/17 8:58pm

Interesting...

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:00pm

Care to share the full story?

WorfoSAUR

11/23/17 9:23pm

Thats a lot of speculation with little substance.

rockyrd

11/23/17 8:59pm

Yep, that is true. I just thought the comment was a fun blast from the past.

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:03pm

I had a professor at BYU who said Cecil didn't give a crap about sports at

IceCreamButt

11/23/17 9:00pm

Cecil was a huge Utah fan. I'm sure he didn't care about BYU sports as much as

Game Changer

11/24/17 4:14am

I hope, forevermore, that one non-negotiable qualification of President of BYU

teancum

11/24/17 9:55am

This is an uninformed, and somewhat unintelligent

rockhound

11/24/17 1:44pm

Not every apostle is on BOT. What makes you think Holland is on BOT?

(Private)

11/23/17 9:06pm

Correct, this is the current Board of Trustees:

Still Open

11/23/17 9:08pm

I just made that assumption. I've heard that before, but didn't know.

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:15pm

Oaks is a huge BYU sports fan. But his first priority at BYU is academics

(Private)

11/23/17 9:18pm

Holland was on the BOT as of a few months ago. There are now two others

Hoss Bonaventure

11/23/17 9:32pm

RE: Holland was on the BOT as of a few months ago. There are now two others

Rebelwocause

11/24/17 10:56am

Tulsa.

Big Time 55

11/24/17 1:24pm

Tulsa seems to be more conservative than many schools and originally founded by a Presbyterian, but

cwilke1

11/24/17 1:39pm

Your list is a little out-of-date. Linda Burton and Elaine Dalton would no longer be on the BOT because

cwilke1

11/23/17 9:56pm

And just what decision are you infuring is being made at this time?

Count Cougar

11/23/17 9:11pm

I'm not. The second half of my post is speculation, I hope I made that clear...

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:13pm

My neighbor's cat was constantly infuring their couch.

CougarThug

11/24/17 10:05am

Kyle had been a Yewt for 10 years already

Mr. Jerry

11/23/17 9:15pm

never knew wittingham coached Miami? I thought he was at Utah the whole time

BallisLife

11/23/17 9:37pm

RE: So Kyle had a handshake agreement with Cecil. It was a done deal. Then the U

Millhouse

11/23/17 9:50pm

RE: So Kyle had a handshake agreement with Cecil. It was a done deal. Then the U

The Natural

11/23/17 9:57pm

I’m so glad KWHITT was never HC at BYU

Coogar2

11/23/17 10:36pm

President Nelson is a huge sports fan.

Mr Blue

11/23/17 11:44pm

Church is also big on "we don't negotiate". I've seen this 1st hand

keylimesoda

11/24/17 12:49am

You know, I'm torn on this. I think the church should pay market rate but if...

Blue Cougar

11/24/17 1:05am

Not just hiring. They don't negotiate contracts. Not for hardware, food vendors

keylimesoda

11/24/17 10:50am

Pretty common knowledge at the time.

rockhound

11/24/17 6:01am

The Worthen/holmoe team isn't as strong as the Romney/Ainge team in Admin

MajorZeus

11/24/17 7:17am

Yet most posts blame all the problems on outside forces.

DoseOfReality

11/24/17 9:06am

BOT is not committed to FB. Which is why we need to just own up to being G5.

Big Time 55

11/24/17 9:15am

SMU is a religious school. What other AAC is school is a religious school?

cwilke1

11/24/17 10:48am

Kyle was using BYU to negotiate a higher offer from the yewts

CougarThug

11/24/17 10:07am

The handshake part was correct but the rest of the info is not accurate...

Cougarpride

11/24/17 1:38pm

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