It's a good idea, but let's only go after guys who are going to make a serious

Feb 21, 2018
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It seems the vast majority of foreign players Rose has brought in were band aid guys and didn't really contribute much.

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Article: Doug Robinson: Why does BYU not tap into this one, seemingly obvious, recruiting pool? View

[Deseret News] Doug Robinson

2/20/18 6:35pm

This is a very good question. Is it as simple as Robinson makes it sound?

Tricky

2/20/18 6:42pm

No, it’s not.

Brigham

2/20/18 9:07pm

Point is that should be an advantage having a presence. In theory it should be e

blueaussie

2/21/18 7:16am

Nothing ever is. He has a tendency to oversimplify.

Byu_1988

2/20/18 11:41pm

More effort recruiting internationally wouldn’t hurt and might turn up

Cougtruth

2/21/18 8:12am

Agreed. The article points out that we rarely feature international

Tricky

2/21/18 10:56am

It’s a fair question

gmoney7

2/20/18 6:46pm

Good article. Makes a lot of sense.

Zenoch

2/20/18 6:46pm

Funny that in football it's great to sign in state players, but bball it's bad

SUAVO

2/20/18 6:57pm

But makes sense...

gmoney7

2/20/18 7:27pm

That's true

SUAVO

2/20/18 7:44pm

Historically it has been critical to get the Utah POY. But need outsiders too.

dYrtbYkerYder

2/20/18 7:45pm

Yep. Good question

Idahofallsblue

2/20/18 7:03pm

46 players in last 8 years from Utah County - are you kidding me! A major

Rocketman

2/20/18 7:04pm

IMO there are potentially 3 major reason we're failing in this aspect

CLCougar

2/20/18 7:45pm

Why do you say we have better international contacts than the other WCC schools?

CougarThug

2/20/18 9:53pm

No doubt bigger internationally, and been that way for awhile but I'm talking about

CLCougar

2/20/18 10:49pm

Recruits not a problem, IMO. BYU gives away star players like Chatman & Bartley

roseyscenario

2/20/18 7:33pm

You lost me at Jordan Chatman star player and giving away Frank Bartley.

byubyu

2/20/18 7:50pm

No way they were blindsided by Bartley. You have been misled on that.

roseyscenario

2/20/18 8:06pm

That's incorrect. But even if true, that's not anywhere near "giving him away".

byubyu

2/20/18 8:19pm

It is exactly correct. Parse words, if you want. Believe what you want.

roseyscenario

2/20/18 8:22pm

"Bartley wanted out even before the season"...."BYU gave him away"

byubyu

2/20/18 8:28pm

"Bartley wanted out even before the season" No question about it.

roseyscenario

2/20/18 8:51pm

For every 4-star kid Rose signs, he brings in two walk-on level players.

ag4cougs

2/20/18 9:14pm

LOL. Blue chippers don’t join programs to sit the bench. There will always be a

Epileptic Beagle

2/20/18 10:55pm

I didn't imply it was.

ag4cougs

2/21/18 6:58am

While I agree---my problem with Rose's recruiting has been him passing on

thebruce

2/21/18 9:17am

I agree with all of this. I've never understood the angst of recruiting

Epileptic Beagle

2/21/18 9:30am

Everyone agreed that the so-called LP3 would be great.

Brigham

2/21/18 12:49pm

Mika was great.

thebruce

2/21/18 2:26pm

I've wondered this for a while. It would make a lot of sense.

runnincoug

2/20/18 7:46pm

Dont kid yourself. #1 reason - honor code

BYURider

2/20/18 8:06pm

Always an issues, except ... I think there are many internationals willing to

runnincoug

2/20/18 8:39pm

weak, defeatist attitude.

ag4cougs

2/20/18 9:04pm

Yet it holds lots of truth.

ReggaeCoug

2/21/18 8:50am

Imagine if the football team just accepted it as fact. No Williams, Hoffman, etc

ag4cougs

2/21/18 9:47am

And yet BYU's men's and women's tennis teams routinely recruit international athletes.

Brisco

2/20/18 9:09pm

And it's always that way, always heavy non-LDS, international

runnincoug

2/20/18 9:38pm

The world is our campus. Except that it isn't.

CoogsWin

2/20/18 9:24pm

The campus is our world. 😉

blueaussie

2/21/18 7:19am

Just another great example of how poorly BB/FB are managed by the AD.

blackshirts

2/20/18 10:37pm

Or it could be the AD is hamstrung by heavy-handed administrators?

antiyewt

2/21/18 9:17am

So, you're saying the AD is a figure head. Could it be possible he's not doing a

blackshirts

2/21/18 11:50am

RE: Article: Doug Robinson: Why does BYU not tap into this one, seemingly

David Leonardson

2/21/18 12:37am

Didn’t read the article. Church ball?

Heath Squashwell

2/21/18 7:47am

There's an elephant in this room.

deljdc

2/21/18 7:55am

Admissions

antiyewt

2/21/18 9:15am

Thanks for posting the article

SaintJeff

2/21/18 9:21am

It's a good idea, but let's only go after guys who are going to make a serious

Freddie Cougar

2/21/18 9:27am

Ziggy is a great example. He was born in Ghana. I'd be recruiting the crap

blackshirts

2/21/18 12:03pm

So Ziggy was born a 6.4, 260+ pd, 4.6 guy? Bet his mom had a tough labor.

CougarThug

2/21/18 2:30pm

Brad Rock said it so its Gospel truth, even though BYU recruited Russian

Coogar2

2/21/18 12:25pm

Doug Robinson...but don't pain yourself and actually read the article.

ag4cougs

2/21/18 1:01pm

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