Jun 21, 2017
3:30:05pm
3:30:05pm
Absolutely. And put BYU in a place to be relevant in the college football
landscape without a P5 conference membership and kept things set up so that what he did could be built upon after he left.
There was serious doubt about whether BYU could be competitive nationally in a post-LaVell Edwards world. There was even talk among church higher ups about whether to keep the football program (I don't think they got close to getting rid of it, but it was a discussion that was held and they asked LaVell if he thought it was still possible to be competitive without compromising on key values of the institution).
And, while it's a reasonable debate that Bronco stayed too long, what we all hope Coach Sitake will do will be built on a foundation that was already in place as opposed to him having to build from the ground up.
There was serious doubt about whether BYU could be competitive nationally in a post-LaVell Edwards world. There was even talk among church higher ups about whether to keep the football program (I don't think they got close to getting rid of it, but it was a discussion that was held and they asked LaVell if he thought it was still possible to be competitive without compromising on key values of the institution).
And, while it's a reasonable debate that Bronco stayed too long, what we all hope Coach Sitake will do will be built on a foundation that was already in place as opposed to him having to build from the ground up.
Originally posted on Jun 21, 2017 at 3:30:05pm
Message modified by gwalker on Jun 21, 2017 at 3:35:33pm
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