TBH, I dislike the incestuous national habit of hiring former alums to coach

Apr 24, 2019
1:56:44pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Because it often comes as a result of overvaluing their sentimental value and ignoring too much of their actual qualifications.

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I find it so interesting that three of our new coaches all chose to play at a

BYUfan92

4/24/19 1:51pm

Fresh dynamic

Heinz57

4/24/19 1:52pm

Same thing that Rose had to do. He chose Houston over BYU

kimdaddy35

4/24/19 2:14pm

Actually, I don't think BYU offered him a schollie

JKLCoug

4/24/19 2:53pm

Who was the last Men's Basketball head coach who also played for BYU?

brj8

4/24/19 1:52pm

IDK if they have ever had one.

cougarfan84

4/24/19 1:56pm

No idea, I don't remember much before Roger Reid. To be clear, I'm not

BYUfan92

4/24/19 1:56pm

None

PortlandBlue

4/24/19 1:59pm

Floyd Millet most likely. Correction - Stan Watts played basketball for

basman

4/24/19 2:00pm

Recruiting pitch: "Here's why we all made mistakes by not going to BYU...."

Indy Coug

4/24/19 1:55pm

TBH, I dislike the incestuous national habit of hiring former alums to coach

Indy Coug

4/24/19 1:56pm

Me too. It's just funny that 3 of them who turned us down or now coaching here

BYUfan92

4/24/19 1:58pm

Weren't these guys recruited and play around the demise of the program in the mid 90s?

Remigius

4/24/19 2:25pm

Burgess was around 1992 or so, Pope was 1991, Robinson was around 1999

Indy Coug

4/24/19 2:27pm

It's a good thing. "The grass isn't greener. We played on that grass."

Bob Vance

4/24/19 2:05pm

If I’m a recruit and I’m choosing between spending the next four

hamaca

4/24/19 2:15pm

Money and livelihood.

UNHuskerCoug

4/24/19 2:16pm

They'll manage it.

rockyrd

4/24/19 3:28pm

That's not what I'm saying, it's just interesting that we ended up with

BYUfan92

4/24/19 3:34pm

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cucciolo25

4/24/19 4:01pm

Same thing lots of coaches have to do all the time.

SlantRoute

4/24/19 4:17pm

???

BYUfan92

4/24/19 4:42pm

Recruit as coaches to a school that offered them

SlantRoute

4/24/19 6:14pm

Boy...do you think anyone has told TH?

Refugee

4/24/19 6:25pm

I don’t remember of Pope, Fueger, or Robinson ever being offered by BYU. We

Bullrider

4/24/19 9:15pm

If I'm not mistaken, Fueger is not LDS.

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