RE: BYU has been tweeting “Thanks Pope” tweets and a message from

Apr 12, 2024
9:07:49am

72PONY Walk-on

Seems pretty official

Welcome home, @CoachMarkPope!

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Time

Madsen appears to be out

Zombre

Apr 12, 8:14am

Zero surprise.

shoganai

Apr 12, 8:15am

Burgess time

arizonacougarfan

Apr 12, 8:15am

Burgess is the right call. Protect what we have.

CougLyfe

Apr 12, 8:17am

But get a HC w upside as well. Which is why Fueger is the right call.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 8:18am

I'd be totally down with Cody. Just can't see Holmoe hiring a non-LDS HC

Zombre

Apr 12, 8:20am

We could probably lure Cody away if we were to offer. Ain't his wife LDS? I'm a strong believer

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 8:25am

hes only be an assistant at uvu and byu.

Deleted

Apr 12, 8:20am

As opposed to Burgess? Fueger has more coaching experience than Burgess.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 8:22am

That’s great but Fueger isn’t a realistic option

LakeshowCougs

Apr 12, 8:23am

Plus, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him follow Pope to Kentucky for similar $$

LeGrandBleu

Apr 12, 8:29am

He really wants a shot at head coaching somewhere, though. To start off in the Big 12 would be hard to top.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 8:32am

BYU head coach needs a thorough understanding of LDS culture for recruiting.

Plantagenet

Apr 12, 2:02pm

And Fueger doesn't know enough? C'mon now.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 2:12pm

Burgess will run to Utah the moment that job opens up (which will be soon)

Dangerous

Apr 12, 8:28am

I doubt they intend to hire him.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 8:33am

Why not?

Plantagenet

Apr 12, 2:03pm

Not HC material. And they would know that as good as anyone.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 2:11pm

Burgess is not a BYU guy. He wants to be elsewhere.

Plantagenet

Apr 12, 2:01pm

Dang

TarCoug

Apr 12, 8:16am

RE: Madsen appears to be out

gangbusters

Apr 12, 8:16am

Where does he say that?

It's A Bowling Ball

Apr 12, 8:16am

Hence the "appears" part of my post.

Zombre

Apr 12, 8:17am

The fact that he posted that today says a lot.

Cougar TD

Apr 12, 8:18am

i dont think it means he wont talk.

Deleted

Apr 12, 8:20am

Sure, but posting that today is one of two things. He is driving up the price to

Cougar TD

Apr 12, 8:21am

Probably, but these statements don't actually stop anything

fattycoug

Apr 12, 8:27am

Are you serious? He’s 100% out with that comment. It’s a public statement this morning after talking to Tom that he’s

Blue2thebone

Apr 12, 9:06am

RE: Are you serious? He’s 100% out with that comment. It’s a public

It's A Bowling Ball

Apr 12, 9:25am

We've seen these sort of messages before someone jumps ship before.

Mises

Apr 12, 8:17am

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Buffalo

Apr 12, 8:18am

They're usually different when they come from a Scott Drew or Mark Madsen though because they aren't slimeballs

mokelembembe

Apr 12, 8:19am

Not really. BYU moves slowly--I bet they haven't even reached out yet, since the

Mises

Apr 12, 8:23am

It's in response to all the national guys that have been tweeting about Madsen to BYU possibilty. I knew Drew wasn't

mokelembembe

Apr 12, 8:26am

BYU has been tweeting “Thanks Pope” tweets and a message from Holmoe

Heath Squashwell

Apr 12, 8:26am

RE: BYU has been tweeting “Thanks Pope” tweets and a message from

72PONY

Apr 12, 9:07am

Wow. That was fast. We are hosed.

Heath Squashwell

Apr 12, 8:18am

That’s depressing. Cal is such a cesspool culturally but I guess they’ve found their niche.

Yllage Vidiot

Apr 12, 8:18am

If Madsen was our Scott Drew, who is our Mark Pope?

scootsy

Apr 12, 8:18am

No one. This one hurts.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 12, 8:21am

Whoever the 8th name on the list is.

foofcoug

Apr 12, 8:21am

That’s me!

elderyoda

Apr 12, 8:27am

Probably Burgess

Gigo

Apr 12, 10:07am

Mark may stay, this seems like the usual statement of committed until you are

johnnybyu

Apr 12, 8:18am

Of course. He had just signed an extension.

byuluvr

Apr 12, 8:19am

He signed his extension a month ago

Zombre

Apr 12, 8:19am

That stinks, he would have been great

Kolipoki

Apr 12, 8:19am

“With that being said…”

Odysseus

Apr 12, 8:20am

It sucks to be me right now!

Hup

Apr 12, 8:24am

This is way worse news than the news of Pope leaving. We are screwed.

Lifer

Apr 12, 8:26am

My thoughts exactly- this is bad

Kolipoki

Apr 12, 8:28am

Unfortunately I believe this is the case. Worse news than Pope leaving IMO.

Atmospheric_Cougar

Apr 12, 9:51am

RE: Unfortunately I believe this is the case. Worse news than Pope leaving IMO.

72PONY

Apr 12, 9:54am

Every coach does this before they leave? Seems far fetched. Care to share when

Atmospheric_Cougar

Apr 12, 9:59am

RE: Every coach does this before they leave? Seems far fetched. Care to share

72PONY

Apr 12, 11:28am

Seriously I don't understand that at all.

JuicyJam

Apr 12, 8:33am

<< Deleted >>

WabiSabi

Apr 12, 8:49am

He was more of a dark horse last time. He had only been an assistant with the

johnnybyu

Apr 12, 8:53am

He'd never been a d1 head coach, unlike Pope. If he's bitter, that's silly

bluescholar

Apr 12, 10:13am

Well that ducks. Burgess or Fueger?

BlooCoug

Apr 12, 9:08am

So we're going to end up with a first time head coach? Embarrassing 😳

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

Apr 12, 9:12am

Why are you still here? 🤔

wisconsincougs

Apr 12, 9:15am

24 hours within the official announcement. Getting my last bits out 😁

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

Apr 12, 9:20am

That doesn't mean crap

BYU Grounds

Apr 12, 9:15am

X posts can be scheduled by a social media manager

Jennerstein

Apr 12, 9:39am

You aren't implying the timing of this post is coincidental are you?

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

Apr 12, 9:55am

Here is the Burgess problem

Croweater

Apr 12, 9:44am

Why, does Utah have to hire LDS coaches too?

ochobeeguy

Apr 12, 10:01am

One of the strangest fallacies I see on CB is the notion someone would turn down

Mjolnir

Apr 12, 10:03am

That’s isn’t the rhetoric. The rhetoric is if he is good he will likely be

cougsareforreal

Apr 12, 11:53am

KWitt was the same when he first became the Ute FB coach. Same with Judkins,

BYUHgrad

Apr 12, 10:24am

Sadly, Juddy went right back to the Ute vomit upon "retiring" from BYU.

TrueBlue67

Apr 12, 11:23am

Juddy was a Ute thru and thru and how many years was he at the Y

Oldcougfan

Apr 12, 11:09am

Thank goodness

shimmy

Apr 12, 10:01am

If Madsen is considering the BYU job, what does he gain from posting this?

Atmospheric_Cougar

Apr 12, 10:06am

Why is this a shock? It was going down days ago.

BlueZone

Apr 12, 10:48am

Desperate times. Ryan Cuff, you’re the next contestant on the …

BYUSunriver

Apr 12, 11:08am

Madden posturing

Bullrider

Apr 12, 12:50pm

RE: Madden posturing

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

Apr 12, 12:59pm

I don't think that tweet means Madsen is out.

slatecoug

Apr 12, 12:50pm

He wouldn’t post this if he was in or it would make him look stupid he’s staying

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