Kevin said that he heard Pope had taken the UK job

Apr 18, 2024
8:30:29am

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So he knew the BYU job was open. Then he got the call. He said TH told him they wanted him for the head coach. No application process, no fooling around. They had him as their choice.

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Had to laugh when Young was talking about how everything went down. Says he landed and got a phone call. He stopped

P-Boy Squad All-American

Apr 18, 8:26am

Kevin said that he heard Pope had taken the UK job

Cougrrrs Roll

Apr 18, 8:30am

Which was interesting because I think TH said he started reaching out as soon as

Schultz is back

Apr 18, 8:35am

No, he started as soon as he got a call from the UK AD

Endocoug

Apr 18, 8:42am

The SN guys asked TH how the process went down

Cougrrrs Roll

Apr 18, 9:32am

Kevin's brother works for Qualtrics

FatherOFive

Apr 18, 9:37am

Yep, I don’t doubt what Holmoe said

TouchdownCougars

Apr 18, 10:14am

I would assume Smith and Ainge came in after the initial conversations to overcome any barriers (money) or address

Rhino84

Apr 18, 10:44am

This gives me a lot of confidence for the future of all BYU sports

squidmark

Apr 18, 11:12am

Holmoe said they interviewed Young back when they ultimately hired Pope

Tricky

Apr 18, 11:25am

Caller may have been a member of the Quorum of 12 responsible for BYU.

TexDaddy

Apr 18, 11:10am

I think his reaction was:

NanoFab Coug

Apr 18, 11:13am

That call was from Brian Santiago, who was very central and pivotal to this hiring.

slatecoug

Apr 18, 12:09pm

We can't mention that name in a positive light on CB.

Plantagenet

Apr 18, 12:41pm

I know.

slatecoug

Apr 18, 1:48pm

Isn't there a clip of some Jazz-related press conference where a reporter asked

Great38

Apr 18, 1:50pm

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