BYU isn't making LBer's a priority in the 2023 class

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Apr 6, 2022
6:20:51pm

RockyBalboa Truly Addicted User

BYU isn't making LBer's a priority in the 2023 class

They'll basically only take one if he's an absolute "must take" guy, so there's certain highly ranked LB's that BYU simply isn't pursuing hard. And this is the opinion of a highly recruited LB for the 2023 class.

Not that that changes the "perception" of certain recruits.

The fact is BYU is getting into more higher rated recruits than previously since the Big12 announcement. That will continue to grow.

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BYU Football branding, what do recruits think of BYU... it's not good

g$

4/6/22 4:34pm

Having coaches stay in touch has nothing to do with being fiscally responsible. Talking to the Gentry family on Andrew'

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:39pm

Unfortunately this isn’t the case with just football- most sports at Byu do this

1984coug

4/6/22 4:41pm

And yet I bet you would hear the opposite about Pope and the basketball staff.

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:43pm

Key word- most

1984coug

4/6/22 4:47pm

Oh I gave you a thumbs up as I agreed with your post. Pope does have a fraction of the recruits and yet you hear

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:49pm

I think I saw that part after 🙂

1984coug

4/6/22 4:56pm

We are doing it with Esera 🙂

Rat

4/6/22 4:59pm

This.

tcherrin

4/6/22 5:47pm

Wonder why he said what he said in the podcast then…not arguing just confused

4/6/22 10:43pm

Esera?

tcherrin

4/7/22 12:33am

Oh oops not him my bad

4/7/22 4:19pm

They do have more time than Kalani

4/6/22 6:52pm

Sounds like Kalani is getting a Chief of Staff. Could be huge in freeing up his time.

CrimWalCoug

4/6/22 8:58pm

Hot take, I think they rightfully prioritized other players over Gentry.

Jimmerfan32

4/7/22 11:32am

Hopefully Big 12 money will help improve the recruiting budget

LiveCoug

4/6/22 4:41pm

Non P5 until 2023 will do that.

4/6/22 4:41pm

At BYU you should recruit every talented 4 star player you can get regardless of position. Not to mention this is not

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:44pm

a theme for defensive recruiting* in the Sitake era

ldssdl

4/6/22 5:53pm

LB may not be a need position, but you are in crazy town to overlook Lefau

g$

4/6/22 4:46pm

I really like his tape. He is going to be a good one wherever he goes.

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:47pm

He has a BYU flag on his bedroom wall, if BYU misses it goes down as an F in

g$

4/6/22 4:49pm

It sounds like we are trending in that direction unfortunately.

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:50pm

I recall hearing the same of another big-time player....

cajuncoug

4/6/22 6:35pm

This is frustrating…

MAcc15Coug

4/6/22 8:56pm

I’m sure he’s a stud and could be the best LB on the roster day 1 but

Reasonable1

4/6/22 4:49pm

hint, listen to the interview and Lefau tells you, you are way off on your guess

g$

4/6/22 4:56pm

RE: hint, listen to the interview and Lefau tells you, you are way off on your

Reasonable1

4/6/22 6:29pm

listen to the interview & you will believe, he has a BYU flag in his room & says

g$

4/6/22 6:42pm

Sounds like a stud, I hope we get him!

Reasonable1

4/6/22 6:48pm

I would love to see a distribution of responses for BYU. I wouldn't be surprised to see a bimodal distribution...

cougfanblue

4/6/22 4:44pm

Some logic behind this - we generally beat Utah in head-to-head recruiting battles...

cougfanblue

4/6/22 4:46pm

I don't know that we generally beat them

krindorr

4/6/22 5:18pm

Typically equal head to head when they were P5 and we were independent.

DrYfire

4/6/22 5:44pm

VERY GOOD POINT. EVERYONE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS A VALID REASON

4/6/22 10:47pm

Which says something about the job coaches have done. I’m not worried about it

Reasonable1

4/6/22 4:47pm

You are not worried about it? Funny as all I heard from coaches last year was we couldn't play defense the way

kimdaddy35

4/6/22 4:53pm

I’m only saying I’m skeptical that coaches would intentionally ignore him.

Reasonable1

4/6/22 7:12pm

Agree with the sentiment, I think that's overstating that websites value though. Eg: they have 3 reviews

molodyets

4/6/22 4:48pm

The N/A is because BYU is new to the P5 designation so there is no 4 yr average

g$

4/6/22 4:51pm

Interesting they didn't include Houston, Cincy, and UCF.

Conan

4/6/22 4:56pm

Very interesting.

AF_Puma

4/7/22 9:32am

My guess is they planned which teams to include prior to realignment

krindorr

4/7/22 10:49am

You're assuming each recruit only visits/reviews one school?

krindorr

4/6/22 8:44pm

I don’t get it. The chart posts a Brand rating and a recruiting rating.

4/6/22 4:50pm

brand rating is separate, if you read the article it says how the brand rating

g$

4/6/22 4:54pm

I see now. Schools with high scores from the survey get the best recruits

4/6/22 5:47pm

Let's be honest here... BYU didn't get into the BIG12 because we are some athletic powerhouse...

Coug

4/6/22 5:29pm

I worry we overstate that

krindorr

4/6/22 6:08pm

You're basing your numbers on church activity status... I think that's assuming a lot...

Coug

4/6/22 7:14pm

Hmm, point taken and good to know

krindorr

4/6/22 7:50pm

In Shreveport... I'll just say this, there was a beer line on the BYU side...

Coug

4/6/22 8:04pm

Wow that is disheartening particularly with a guy like Lefau.

CougaRR4L

4/6/22 4:52pm

I'll just add that this has been a problem with Kahuku and BYU.

CougaRR4L

4/6/22 5:12pm

I will only add that you are underselling Kahuku, it's easily a top 25 HS in the

g$

4/6/22 5:38pm

You are correct but I am bias and felt it would be

CougaRR4L

4/7/22 3:06pm

Kahuku hasn’t been fruitful for BYU in a very long time

4/6/22 6:56pm

Bronco poisoned the well with Schwenke, so that sort of proves CougaRR4L's point

g$

4/6/22 7:07pm

I’m having a difficult time understanding this post and others of a similar vein

Vegasjohn

4/6/22 9:11pm

I interviewed Reg and is teammate that both committed

4/6/22 11:09pm

You have several things mixed up, and some things correct

g$

4/7/22 10:59am

These comments touch closer to how my experience of

CougaRR4L

4/7/22 4:32pm

McMafu had poisoned the well against BYU & Chow long before that.

SinkingQuffa

4/7/22 3:17pm

RE: I'll just add that this has been a problem with Kahuku and BYU.

DrYfire

4/6/22 7:02pm

The staff isn't recruiting Liona, they won't make a push if they have to. If he

Rat

4/6/22 4:58pm

solid logic, after Pili went down, I barely noticed a difference last year

g$

4/6/22 5:08pm

Not surprising that the schools that scored highest on the brand score are all

NOCAL_YFAN

4/6/22 5:01pm

That isn't how they did the survey

g$

4/6/22 5:11pm

No, they did...

NOCAL_YFAN

4/6/22 5:16pm

Wish the story was different with Lefau, but the analysis and charts are bunk.

d-coug

4/6/22 5:07pm

I'd like to see that chart again in about 5-6 years

thewaterboy

4/6/22 5:15pm

Don't expect it to change... BYU is a church run school with an honor code.

TheLost

4/6/22 5:41pm

This is a good point. To 99% of the kids surveyed BYU might as well be on Mars.

ArcticKat

4/6/22 8:07pm

I wonder where UCF, Houston and Cincy would land on that chart

LiveCoug

4/6/22 5:23pm

Not sure I would want Tiaki talking to any defensive recruit anyways.

gp232

4/6/22 5:36pm

I have a lot of questions. First, were those who conducted the interviews

rockyrd

4/6/22 5:45pm

All I see are schools that have been P5 for several years and BYU who is not a

byusage

4/6/22 5:53pm

BYU is a unique school. We aren't going to be the #1 choice for most non-LDS

DrYfire

4/6/22 5:57pm

A couple things

cajuncoug

4/6/22 6:14pm

BYU isn't making LBer's a priority in the 2023 class

RockyBalboa

4/6/22 6:20pm

This smells fishy… BYUs football brand is worse than KU? Nope there is something

Pretorian

4/6/22 7:18pm

Author is the co-founder of Pick-6-Preview, which is the most in-depth

g$

4/6/22 7:26pm

I think I’m picking up what you’re putting down… and that does make sense

Pretorian

4/7/22 5:59am

Something that I think has been missed here is the details of the data sample

4/6/22 7:29pm

"Brands are built in a decade, not a season."

4/6/22 7:34pm

I don't see Cincinatti, Houston or Central Florida.

VenomFarmer

4/6/22 10:03pm

Exactly! I can’t decide if this piece is a hit job or an honor.

notaboy

4/6/22 10:55pm

Bless MAFU.

SinkingQuffa

4/6/22 10:43pm

At first this looks awful, but after reading some responses there are holes in

4/6/22 10:56pm

I will just say that I am pretty skeptical of what the graph shows. There are many, many head scratchers on the list.

slatecoug

4/7/22 2:29am

“Are those BYU flags hanging in the background?”

(Private)

4/7/22 7:54am

Is that Illinois and UNC in the top 10 😂🤣😂🤣

Pretorian

4/7/22 9:01am

No, no it isn't

krindorr

4/7/22 9:55am

You’re right that’s Miami… UNC is 14… neither are impressive FB programs

Pretorian

4/7/22 11:31am

A few important (conference) takeaways that haven't yet been discussed

krindorr

4/7/22 10:40am

Maybe this coaching staff has bought into one of the conclusions of this study:

BYUDM93

4/7/22 11:27am

Score is based on a sample size of 3??? LOL. Somebody needs to take Stats 101.

AZ Coug

4/7/22 1:46pm

I'm curious where you're pulling the 3 from. It appears n=1000 to me.

BYUDM93

4/7/22 3:01pm

3 players who made visits to BYU

AZ Coug

4/7/22 3:04pm

That is not who was surveyed

BYUDM93

4/7/22 3:13pm

Hot take here

stoils

4/7/22 2:48pm

BYU needs to hire more recruiting and marketing staff

I'mBatman

4/7/22 3:33pm

The problem here is BYU was misidentified in the survey…. Should’ve been THE BYU

(Private)

4/7/22 5:11pm

BYU is Church owned and it frustrates me they get no financial support from it.

jpal1397

4/7/22 5:12pm

MMM, graph has issues. They claim to measure two different things, but both measures are likely tapping into

DrBYU

6/28/22 6:07pm

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