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Jun 5, 10:17pm

Does the existence of a fresh prince of bel air imply the existence of a stale

Gustav

7:35am

NBA refs getting ready for Dan Hurley:

foofcoug

7:29am

RE: NBA refs getting ready for Dan Hurley:

HimmerFredette

7:32am

I know this is fake but it’s hilarious

HimmerFredette

7:25am

More SpaceX Starship streams so you don't have to use X (you can actually rewind).

Tesla Coug Lord of the Manor

7:16am

A bunch of geeky space nerd fanboy announcers on most of those streams!

Y_Mountain_Magic

7:33am

Mykonos, just got back to the ship. Had the best Greek gyro at Sakis Souvlaki..

kotacoug

7:16am

I mean, you are in Greece

Carnac

7:30am

Why are Lakers targeting Dan Hurley? Take a listen. Dude is brilliant. Watch

MajorZeus

7:11am

Because Lebron likes JJ Reddick, and apparently Reddick likes Hurley

ldssdl

7:22am

Hurley seems like a great college coach. Great with X's and O's but very

Mostlyaccurate

7:38am

Awesome landing of booster. Looks like Starship is tumbling again though.

delux_247

7:11am

Agreed, Landing of SuperHeavy was awesome. . . Still lots to figure out.

Zoobieman

7:17am

For all the BYU Cross-Country fans out there here is a good video.

CrimWalCoug All-American in practice

7:07am

🤯

Tesla Coug Lord of the Manor

7:00am

Congrats SoaceX!!! Successful starship booster landing in the water! Pretty amazing to watch

GangstaLean All-American

6:59am

A tough morning for the Shams hive. Woj just put him in witness protection.

TCuz Coastal Elite

6:57am

POLL: Super Summer! #7 Megamind vs 10 #Captain America: The First Avenger

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

6:55am

This is actually really challenging. I like both movies more than most.

BYUCLA

7:19am

yeah, tough first round matchup. Megamind was overlooked when released, but I've really grown to love it. very quotable

byujag

7:37am

Finally a good one, but it's going up against the Marvel machine, and isn't

fbguru

7:48am

IYKYK….

kotacoug

6:54am

That’s not the clip I was expecting to see

CougarHut

7:06am

RE: IYKYK….

COUGND

7:22am

Last time I saw IYkYK referencing an oilers hockey moment I saw a way better

Viva Campeche

7:47am

Suzanne Collins is writing a fifth Hunger Games book. The title will be: Milking the Great Cash Cow.

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

6:49am

Sounds compelling

Texas Hammer

6:51am

RE: Suzanne Collins is writing a fifth Hunger Games book. The title will be:

rivercitycoug

6:51am

Second book was bad and it went downhill from there

Remigius

6:53am

I guess I’m the weird one here. Yes the 1st book was easily the best, but I

Duke Silver

6:54am

Same here - I’ve liked all of them including the prequel.

XORCoug

7:32am

I thought book three was an awful & uncreative ending to a lot of good potential

runnincoug

7:40am

Sounds like a bestseller at the USU bookstore.

Leonardo

6:56am

Should change your board name to Donatello

puntersarepeople

7:13am

Easy to say you wouldn’t do what she’s doing in her shoes, but for me I’m not

CouchPotato

7:14am

Not sure what "most talented" means.

DubuMfalme

7:28am

I’m trying to figure out why you are attacking the author of one of the most successful series in the last 50 years.

Tokolosh

7:15am

It's a terrible series

Gustav

7:22am

Still a better series than Twilight

ldssdl

7:16am

thats not saying much. even worse

Deleted

7:30am

Sure. Just noting, the masses are easily entertained.

ldssdl

7:33am

Somebody be jelly.

Corn Pop

7:20am

RE: Somebody be jelly.

jacobugath

7:36am

She missed an opportunity to really explore the world and emotion deeply in Book 2 when Katniss was supposed to go and

Bert609

7:20am

wnba not used to paparrazis

Deleted True Conservative

6:47am

Only a few games into the season and I'm sick of Angel Reese

Zip

6:55am

That’ll teach her to not cheap shot Caitlin Clark

ldssdl

7:08am

Woah. Dan Hurley in talks with Lakers. More players in the portal this late?

Kdubb

6:37am

I doubt he leaves. He seems like a UConn lifer

A Drew Aitch

6:39am

When stuff hits the media like this it usually means they are finalizing the

BYUheaven

6:41am

Especially from Woj.

JoeExotic

6:53am

Didn't this happen w/ Coach K about ten years ago?

autonomous

6:53am

I would doubt it too if it wasn’t being reported by ESPN. It must have legs.

Kdubb

6:42am

Woj doesn’t put these reports out there lightly. If he’s reporting, it’s done.

blackandblue

6:50am

Not done until contract is signed but agree

JoeExotic

6:55am

He reported that they are in talks. And offering a huge number. No where saying

A Drew Aitch

7:00am

I thought the Lakers wanted Reddick?

Carnac

6:47am

This is also how coaches gain leverage with their current employer

Hang10

7:25am

Wow...I thought Lakers were going to hire Reddick

runnincoug

7:42am

How many UConn players does KY sign after Hurley leaves?

blackandblue

6:31am

I don’t think this is a reach. Our NIL is clearly there.

Kdubb

6:38am

Man KY is BUSY!!

Blue chunks

6:17am

Helps that his family is still in AZ.

Soupie

6:20am

That does add more than just a small wrinkle to why he seems to have super human

Blue chunks

6:22am

His AZ connections probably were a big reason for us all but signing that 5* transfer from UA, & hopefully

SinkingQuffa

6:26am

I'm sure he's reached out to TNT about how to handle Pon Farr

jacobugath

6:53am

Sure helps to have a brother in high school recruiting.

Mostlyaccurate

6:29am

So not just energy, but all the right intel. So cool!

Blue chunks

6:32am

This may ultimately prove to be the most valuable part of the KY hire…

Das_Countach

7:00am

His is spending his energy in the right place and not on smarmy fake interviews

Ojiisan

6:52am

KY for PRESIDENT

44C

6:54am

KY’s brother likely a great resource in looking ahead at high school talent

WallaX2

7:37am

Scammers are heartless evil jerks: The story of how $25K disappeared from my bank account.

keithcoug All-American

6:00am

I'm sorry sorry dude. I had something like this almost happen to me.

NumbersGuy

6:08am

Thiefs are the worst. So sorry, man.

Iman23

6:27am

Dang! If the money came out of the bank, the fraud team will hopefully help.

Leonardo

6:33am

So how did they get in remotely if you hung up before giving them access

OKchief

6:35am

<< Deleted >>

WorfoSAUR

6:53am

ooof... I am so sorry this happened to you

NanoFab Coug

6:36am

So she asked you to verbally give her verification codes from your bank? I’ve heard of people doing this. They go to

yapacoug

6:55am

How did they remotely access your phone?

dingus79

7:21am

This sucks,so sorry. How did the money leave? Was it a wire/ach/zelle?

banksters

7:24am

Banks will never ask for verification codes over the phone.

shoganai

7:31am

How did they get your money? It sounds like the only thing that occurred was the phone call and then you logged into

jacobugath

7:42am

Sounds like they are getting ridiculously good at this. I need to remind my wife and kids.

Ragnar Danneskjold

7:43am

Sorry I got pulled away for work. The rest of the story , (Spoiler I got the money back. )

keithcoug

7:46am

Get Ready for NBA Players to Make $100 Million a Year - WSJ

VinnyBYU

5:47am

It's a lot even adjusting for inflation.

NumbersGuy

6:14am

Dan Hurley the new Lakers coach. Wow!

JoeExotic

4:59am

Great move for 2 reasons: he’s a proven coach and hiring jj reddick would’ve

1984coug

5:12am

Hiring players without coaching experience happens quite a bit

JoeExotic

5:24am

And most fail

1984coug

5:32am

Most coaches fail. I’m not sure it’s worse for former players without coaching

JoeExotic

5:35am

That's funny...my first though was 'most college coaches fail in the NBA'

macdizzle

5:44am

Isn’t Jason Kidd in the NBA finals right now?

Magneto

5:51am

Yes, but it took him a long time to figure it out

ldssdl

6:04am

Took a while for Kerr to figure it out too

JoeExotic

6:18am

Fair

ldssdl

6:20am

Luke Walton won with that group, choose a better example

1984coug

7:02am

Yes - temporarily while running the system Kerr put in place.

JoeExotic

7:12am

Makes sense why he turned down UK then

RGGeemer

5:12am

UConn gig is better than the Kentucky gig

JoeExotic

5:36am

Nothing confirmed just yet...

VinnyBYU

5:39am

No mention that Dan is interested. He's got a good thing going. Idk how

Mostlyaccurate

5:44am

Here is the level of interest

BYULAWGUY

6:03am

Wants equity in other words

BeyondTheMark

6:04am

Woj is considered pretty reliable in reporting NBA news

CLCougar

7:24am

That would be good because it seems like a move not intended to cater to LeBron.

mokelembembe

5:47am

Raising money at a non P4 school with a crappy fb team for NIL has to suck.

Magneto

5:52am

It's probably awesome. They got deep donor pockets and only care about bball.

P-Boy Squad

6:01am

Not sure I buy your last line.

JoeExotic

6:39am

Thats a fair point. I think if there was additional excitement around football like there is around bball though

P-Boy Squad

7:27am

Do you write headlines for the Salt Lake Tribune?

kansascougar

6:04am

Yes

JoeExotic

6:39am

Can't believe I was listening to this 50 years ago. Still the coolest

JoMax

4:02am

Great Tune!!

Islandercoug

5:56am

So these franchised storage rental facilities. Is it common for them to just keep raising prices without notification?

keithcoug All-American

12:11am

It’s unethical but a lot of storage facilities do this. They figure people don’t

BlooCoug

12:12am

Kind of like how it should be illegal to raise state and local taxes beyond very

garyfan

12:17am

You want govt to control a private business from controlling their own pricing?

Ycrazy

12:23am

Lots of industries are regulated. There are also laws against price gouging and

BlooCoug

12:27am

The rental agreements are month to month for a reason, not sure you could call

BYUFBDAD

12:41am

Not sure excess storage of crap falls under gouging laws. It is not water and

Ycrazy

1:02am

Or just let people handle their own affairs and engage in or exit private

UNLVcougar

2:30am

What is a fair price for self storage, Bloo?

WP17

3:12am

...and all regulating agencies are eventually captured by the industry they regulate

Bobber

7:33am

I do when said business uses unethical pricing practices.

NumbersGuy

6:24am

Not unethical or illegal. Law of supply and demand. Monthly agreements.

Phreddy

12:43am

Not unethical or illegal. Greedy maybe but no law against that. If there's no

ShinobiCoug

1:53am

Not illegal, but I disagree about it being ethical. Switching costs are high.

NumbersGuy

6:31am

I don't think you should stop them from changing prices, but I do think they...

NumbersGuy

6:39am

Yes, it is very common. They’ve spent a fortune studying “tenant elasticity”

BYUFBDAD

12:35am

Wow that is interesting seems like a big opportunity for competition?

Ycrazy

1:03am

You don’t have to live like a refugee.

Sea Chicken

5:01am

Algorithms. When a certain rental percentage is hit it automatically raises the

Phreddy

12:39am

100%. They all do annual rent escalation.

justAnotherCoug

4:46am

Annual rent escalation would be a welcome change in the industry

NanoFab Coug

5:25am

This same tactic is used in mobile home communities.

Sea Chicken

5:02am

This just reinforces my opinion that for the majority of people, if you feel that you need to rent a self-storage unit,

Clark Addison

5:30am

Generally it is suckers who use storage facilities, and it’s easy to separate

valleus

6:36am

He mentioned he’s overseas. I’m guessing theres

NanoFab Coug

7:04am

POLL: Is there a better movie trilogy than Lord of The Rings?

Future_Tacos

Jun 5, 11:51pm

The original 3 Star Wars films come close, but nothing beats the LOTR trilogy.

BlooCoug

Jun 5, 11:54pm

Back to the Future

TheRowdy

Jun 5, 11:57pm

Never seen any of the LOTR movies.

brazilcoug

Jun 5, 11:59pm

RE: Never seen any of the LOTR movies.

hebercreeper

12:02am

In terms of all 3 being super solid, no

BaseCoug

12:02am

Which of the films don’t you think was solid?

BlooCoug

12:03am

I mean all 3 LOTR are pretty solid. Other famous trilogies there tends to be

BaseCoug

12:06am

Ah that makes sense. I misread your post.

BlooCoug

12:08am

I'd put LOTR followed by original Star Wars as the top 2.

cougarfan84

12:02am

Original indy maybe.

shimmy

12:03am

Bale..Batman.

rha1211

12:14am

First movie is good, second great, third is pretty meh. LOTR clears.

spugeddy24

12:23am

"Pretty meh" is being pretty kind, I'd say.

SinkingQuffa

5:43am

No

hiphopopotamus

12:17am

Wow, Hugo Weaving rapping in high elvish. I'd buy an album of that.

Bert609

7:15am

The original Bourne trilogy is up there.

Bandit

12:24am

I only really liked the first one.

akmewg

12:25am

Wow. No where close to LOTR

Flyingdolphin

4:27am

The Dark Knight Trilogy is the closest I can think of. It’s still not that close

akmewg

12:25am

Many of us who surprisingly loved the 1st one couldn't disagree more on that, I'm sure. I was never

SinkingQuffa

4:57am

Lord of the Rings tops all, but I’ve concluded #2, and the most underrated

jmorrrrr

12:32am

Which movies comprise that trilogy cuz I feel like there were like 5 of them?

BaseCoug

2:56am

RE: Which movies comprise that trilogy cuz I feel like there were like 5 of

TheAirForceCoug

4:07am

I liked them all but didn't love them. There are a whole bunch of

GSwarriorcoug

12:33am

The Godfather was making an argument — until it fizzled out with III.

Hawk in the 303

5:35am

Original Indiana Jones movies has an argument

I'mBatman

5:47am

Star Wars is much better. Back to the Future comes close. Star Trek 2, 4, 6

valleus

6:38am

Even though the third Star Wars has muppets?

Future_Tacos

7:21am

The Hobbit

puntersarepeople

7:04am

"Better" is hard. But comparable? Captain America trilogy. Dark Knight trilogy. Back to the Future trilogy.

jacobugath

7:39am

The Final Shape had a great campaign and near perfect story.

DKN

Jun 5, 11:38pm

Time Theft

DevilCougarDragon

Jun 5, 11:19pm

Is she fulfilling her position?

HFF

Jun 5, 11:20pm

No

DevilCougarDragon

Jun 5, 11:21pm

I would fire her unless you really need her or something

2FarGone

Jun 5, 11:21pm

She’s my only employee, one of the reasons I’m considering keeping her on.

DevilCougarDragon

Jun 5, 11:28pm

That's not a good reason.

byubyu

Jun 5, 11:41pm

Is she getting her work done?

byubyu

Jun 5, 11:21pm

No. I am working on creating better systems for her to follow and me to follow

DevilCougarDragon

Jun 5, 11:24pm

The answer is easy then. Fire her.

byubyu

Jun 5, 11:24pm

How long has she been working?

Heath Squashwell

Jun 5, 11:48pm

At 12am at night?

TNT

Jun 5, 11:23pm

No in the middle of her shift at the office, on the office computer.

DevilCougarDragon

Jun 5, 11:24pm

Most the people on here have a little time thief in them.

Goliath

Jun 5, 11:23pm

Most (all) I know are "time thiefs" in some capacity. Though most I know also get their work done without detriment.

Jimo Dashen

Jun 5, 11:35pm

Not me. I clock out before every post.

garyfan

Jun 5, 11:36pm

Another chance to do what?

DirtyWater

Jun 5, 11:24pm

To keep her on, set clearer boundaries, better training and systems.

DevilCougarDragon

Jun 5, 11:27pm

She's already decided her job isn't worth her time. That won't change.

DirtyWater

Jun 5, 11:31pm

You want an employee that is going to make your company better. Obviously

Cru Jones

Jun 5, 11:53pm

Has she done it before? Is she supposed to be doing something else at that time?

BYUCougarsFan

Jun 5, 11:41pm

However, if she's regularly not getting her work done and a bad employee, and

BYUCougarsFan

Jun 5, 11:42pm

Are you giving her enough work to keep her busy? If not, that’s something you

BlooCoug

Jun 5, 11:42pm

Agree here.

Heath Squashwell

Jun 5, 11:50pm

RE: Are you giving her enough work to keep her busy? If not, that’s

mongoose

12:06am

There are apps that track what the do on the computer. You can let her know you

Bruton Guster

4:52am

lol, let’s not bring ccp big brother tactics to the US.

valleus

6:40am

Jesus would give her a second chance and so should you. Be like Him. Next time

Forbidden Fruit

5:41am

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