ASU’s setup is close. When they hired Herm Edwards they talked a lot about how

Oct 15, 2019
9:13:22pm

Thrill All-American

It would be a bit more like an NFL setup where the HC was one part of the system and recruiters, analysts, etc. would almost operate independently.

Info about the structure toward the bottom:

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS

Herm Edwards: motivator, commentator ... and now ASU football coach

Arizona State introduces football coach Herm Edwards as well as a new organizational structure for its program that attracts criticis

https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/12/04/herm-edwards-motivator-mentor-meme-now-asu-football-coach/[https://www.google.com/amp/s/cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2017/12/04/herm-edwards-motivator-mentor-meme-now-asu-football-coach/amp/]

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Maybe BYU needs a different setup.

Carnac

10/15/19 12:28pm

RE: Maybe BYU needs a different setup.

Borg

10/15/19 12:33pm

Interesting idea

inertiaman

10/15/19 12:34pm

Sounds great but expensive

TNT

10/15/19 12:36pm

Pony up, BYU fans.

Carnac

10/15/19 12:37pm

Contraire. BYU fans deserve better

TNT

10/15/19 12:37pm

Not if you make it a calling

mwcoug

10/15/19 12:53pm

How does that fit within the NCAA rules for # of coaches & contact with players?

Doogal McCougar

10/15/19 12:42pm

Yeah, it would seem that we would have to have one less assistant.

TheWanderer

10/15/19 12:43pm

I am pretty confident the NCAA would give BYU the benefit of the doubt if

crack

10/15/19 1:13pm

Very true. Do you think Snoop Dogg could arrange such clemency?

TheWanderer

10/15/19 1:26pm

FYI. I know this will be cause for great apall on CB

bluegato

10/15/19 1:18pm

If the coaches aren't swearing in practice, especially this week,

Carnac

10/15/19 1:35pm

If they swear then they'll win.

abyunobody

10/15/19 3:56pm

I always enjoyed watching Bronco as DC when Crowton was still HC. He had tons of

crack

10/15/19 1:43pm

Players do all the time. Is that an honor code violation?

South_A

10/15/19 2:36pm

I remember before Bronco left BYU he had one player teasingly call him out for..

BleedCougarBlue2

10/15/19 8:02pm

Bronco swore all the time as a head coach, I was at every practice for his first

akmewg

10/15/19 9:50pm

So the BYU equivalent of the party secretary embedded in a communist enterprise

The Chelsea Dagger

10/15/19 2:30pm

Love it!

South_A

10/15/19 2:37pm

I honestly think this is worth a thought to the

SaintGeorgeYFan

10/15/19 3:14pm

Isn't this essentially how LaVell ran things?

doctorthunderpants

10/15/19 3:17pm

Good thinking... and I am grateful for alternative thinking here.

(Private)

10/15/19 5:21pm

Chad Lewis and genius idea.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

10/15/19 6:21pm

Setting up the coach to be unsuccessful

kapcreations

10/15/19 6:40pm

The assistant head coach should have most of these roles.

kapcreations

10/15/19 6:41pm

ASU basically did this with Herm.

Thrill

10/15/19 6:41pm

"Herm" who?

BleedCougarBlue2

10/15/19 8:04pm

“You Play to win the game!!!” Herm

(Private)

10/16/19 12:35am

RE: Maybe BYU needs a different setup.

Blewballs

10/15/19 7:15pm

"Lose the Honor Code": are you a yewt? SMH....

BleedCougarBlue2

10/15/19 8:05pm

Honest question: Does any D-1 team do this now? Has anyone ever done this?

BleedCougarBlue2

10/15/19 8:08pm

ASU’s setup is close. When they hired Herm Edwards they talked a lot about how

Thrill

10/15/19 9:13pm

I don’t think the NCAA would allow us to create such a position, there are only

akmewg

10/15/19 9:54pm

This is what ASU intended when Herm Edwards was hired.

JoeMamaBesser

10/15/19 10:22pm

This idea works well in professional sports = MLB

provofan

10/15/19 10:40pm

How about less admin and more $ for top coaches and support staff?

ZooBlue

10/16/19 2:25am

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