"redemption for BYU"? I don't understand how BYU can be "redeemed" if it hires

Apr 14, 2024
9:07:55am

LV Mike All-American

Chris Burgess. Why is this kind of sentiment being expressed as though BYU did something terrible to Chris Burgess? It's completely unfounded.

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Wouldn’t it be quite the story that of all the people in BYU basketball history

PortlandCoug

Apr 14, 8:37am

He was done wrong by BYU back in his player days, I think we all agree there

Heath Squashwell

Apr 14, 8:46am

How was he "done wrong" by BYU? He was offered a scholarship and went

LV Mike

Apr 14, 9:02am

Why shouldn’t Burgess have made that Reid story public?

scootsy

Apr 14, 9:12am

Yeah that story deserved to be told.

JoeExotic

Apr 14, 9:12am

Fine. But Burgess was not “done wrong” because he chose to publicly call out

LV Mike

Apr 14, 9:27am

He called out BYU as an institution?

SJS

Apr 14, 9:28am

He took a private conversation and made it public to humiliate BYU.

LV Mike

Apr 14, 9:38am

He did exactly what he should have. That needed to be exposed.

JoeExotic

Apr 14, 9:43am

Yeah, of all the things that need to be exposed with recruiting blue chip

MHOP

Apr 14, 10:28am

I would be wary of assigning motive to a comment made by a then 17 yo Burgess. And I would

SJS

Apr 14, 9:45am

No. I took exception to the OP premise that Burgess was "done wrong" by BYU.

LV Mike

Apr 14, 10:25am

I re-read the OP and didn’t get any of that. PortlandCoug just thought it would be a nice

SJS

Apr 14, 10:34am

Okay. My mistake. It wasn’t the OP but the first comment.

LV Mike

Apr 14, 12:50pm

He called out Roger Reid, who overestimated the number of disappointed Mormons

ledfoot

Apr 14, 3:27pm

Yes. So Burgess was “wronged” by BYU because its coach privately whined to him

LV Mike

Apr 14, 4:52pm

He was done wrong by Reid, who represented BYU as the HC

JoeExotic

Apr 14, 9:32am

Didn't see this before I posted, but it's almost word for word my thoughts

krindorr

Apr 14, 11:45am

Didn’t BYU basically fire Reid bc of that though? Which separates them.

Dr MoBYU

Apr 14, 2:54pm

No, Reid was fired for losing and not being able to recruit well, but he was

Threw and Through

Apr 14, 3:11pm

Burgess was done wrong by Roger Reid, who was acting in his capacity as a representative of the University

krindorr

Apr 14, 11:44am

Don't recall Burgess repeating it

mindzeYe

Apr 14, 1:15pm

We cannot all agree there. Roger

pappabear246

Apr 14, 11:30am

I think we can all agree that we don't agree on that - at all

Bill

Apr 14, 3:32pm

Do Robbie and/or Randy have sons that could possibly be recruited to BYU?

Manti

Apr 14, 8:46am

One at SUU right now

Kevin Arnold

Apr 14, 11:47am

If Utah had Men’s BBall fans, it would be reminiscent of KWhitt in Football in

Crowd Factor

Apr 14, 8:46am

They have fans……

kansascougar

Apr 14, 8:49am

You heard wrong.

Ozymandias

Apr 14, 8:55am

Yes blah blah you win attendance smack, we win for the court and in postseason.

Utefaninenemyland

Apr 14, 9:12am

“For the court and in postseason”

CPAcoug87

Apr 14, 9:20am

I'm sorry, but making the NCAA tourney > winning in the NIT

jreid191

Apr 14, 9:20am

Not if you are one and done and your coach bails

Utefaninenemyland

Apr 14, 11:49am

I've thought about that a lot the past couple days.

FootBackwards

Apr 14, 8:51am

"redemption for BYU"? I don't understand how BYU can be "redeemed" if it hires

LV Mike

Apr 14, 9:07am

I liked Roger Reid in general, but the Burgess thing was a huge embarrassment.

WVU_Prof

Apr 14, 11:13am

I agree that Reid was that what Reid did was bad and over the top. I also

LV Mike

Apr 14, 4:50pm

BYU's head coach (the representative of the University's basketball team)

FootBackwards

Apr 15, 12:46am

RE: Wouldn’t it be quite the story that of all the people in BYU

NOCAL_YFAN

Apr 14, 8:52am

No longer letting down millions of Mormons.

Real Men Wear Blue

Apr 14, 9:05am

17 million now so it’s a net positive.

Soupie

Apr 14, 9:24am

Basically a modern version of the Job story, since there’s 2x the membership now

d-coug

Apr 14, 9:10am

If he takes the BYU job and BYU struggles then he will have

JoeExotic

Apr 14, 9:14am

“9 million”

AZcougLawyer

Apr 14, 9:28am

If Burgess is hired by BYU he won't stay long enough to be a great coach

Cougrrrs Roll

Apr 14, 10:06am

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tony

Apr 14, 10:54am

Uh. Madsen doesn't have years of track record. Neither did Pope.

TheDash

Apr 14, 11:23am

That's a very inaccurate and poor response to my post

Cougrrrs Roll

Apr 14, 12:21pm

you still take him if he's the best available.

qwerew

Apr 14, 4:12pm

I don't doubt that

Cougrrrs Roll

Apr 14, 4:36pm

Signed Roger Reid

Pickleball Bill

Apr 14, 6:33pm

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