Why do people continue the myth that great players make great coaches?

Dec 15, 2017
11:42:22am

OpusX All-American

The list of great players that were lousy coaches is a lot longer than the list of great players who were also great coaches.

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Messages

Author

Time

"Cahoon was horrible then and he is horrible now"

Triggerhappybunny

12/15/17 9:37am

No one on CB will decide whether he stays or goes

FiveTen-BuckEighty

12/15/17 9:44am

I think BYU was hurt by a lack of experience last year.

Eddie

12/15/17 9:54am

Most of us have no idea if a position coach is doing a good job or not

cougarmanguy

12/15/17 9:44am

SO true.

cougarstolz

12/15/17 9:52am

Yep, could very well just be bad timing for Cahoon

Big Wally D

12/15/17 9:55am

Spot on

cajuncoug

12/15/17 11:36am

Exactly.

Nagurski

12/15/17 6:10pm

Did you mean 9th leading receiver for the 96 team?

ProvoSoprano

12/15/17 9:45am

I was about to say . . . no way he was the leading receiver

2FarGone

12/15/17 9:47am

He caught 11 passes that year. 11.

ProvoSoprano

12/15/17 9:48am

I edited it. I was off a year.

Triggerhappybunny

12/15/17 9:54am

Well that ruins my entire post.

Triggerhappybunny

12/15/17 9:48am

I do this crap way too often.

Triggerhappybunny

12/15/17 9:49am

One of my favorite Chris Farley skits. Thanks for the laugh.

D.T. Survivor

12/15/17 10:06am

He was leading receiver in 97.

SCcoug

12/15/17 9:50am

Cahoon became BYU's top receiver in 1997

HighHorse

12/15/17 9:51am

I am interested in why

Goatnapper'96

12/15/17 9:48am

My friends are related to Cahoon and I have loved having them be BYU fans.

Triggerhappybunny

12/15/17 9:53am

Did they stop being BYU fans the last time he was let go?

TheHop

12/15/17 10:05am

Yes

Triggerhappybunny

12/15/17 10:10am

Then they are fans of Ben Cahoon, not BYU

TheHop

12/15/17 10:14am

"He is looking like the best non-LDS hire twice in row for BYU"

TheHop

12/15/17 10:04am

People are looking for scapegoats and with how bad the O. was, no one is safe.

Mr. Scoobs

12/15/17 9:48am

Maybe people should tone it down or just shut it

bluelands

12/15/17 10:03am

Yep. Not like Grimes is being set up for instant success

Mr. Scoobs

12/15/17 12:22pm

For having a rep as a tactician his receivers sure don't show tactical ability

doctorthunderpants

12/15/17 10:05am

Dude, you can never post anything longer than 2 sentences with...

canndyman

12/15/17 10:11am

During his time at BYU "before and after" (both times) his entire position group

Lance71

12/15/17 10:13am

The WR drops came before his first time here, and dropped dramatically during

viper

12/15/17 10:33am

100% agree

J-Rant

12/15/17 10:18am

Hoffman was the leading WR on the team his freshman year before Cahoon was

Jesse Pinkman

12/15/17 10:18am

He is in charge of the WR performance, and they were horrible in several aspects

GOR

12/15/17 10:19am

I think it should be argued that the top talent guys are going to do their thing

Ash

12/15/17 10:23am

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lilpenny

12/15/17 10:28am

Awful WR play. The end.

Y4LYFE

12/15/17 10:32am

Which could be because we have awful wide receivers and below average QB play.

Nagurski

12/15/17 11:45am

this is the right answer. talent was lacking

Idahofallsblue

12/15/17 2:05pm

It is pretty hard to argue that Tanner is not talented, and if problem is Tanner

viper

12/15/17 3:10pm

I never said that the qbs were not talented, just the wr's. The injuries and

Nagurski

12/15/17 6:04pm

Even a broken clock...

MWKV3

12/15/17 11:35am

Why do people continue the myth that great players make great coaches?

OpusX

12/15/17 11:42am

The first time he came, you noticed an immediate improvement...

SwisshQiumi

12/15/17 12:05pm

The year prior drops were a MAJOR issue.

doctorthunderpants

12/15/17 5:44pm

The WRs were the weakest position group this past year. If you give

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