Nope, it was a midseason switch that was suggested by Hansen. It was kind of

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Aug 15, 2018
4:49:31pm

Scratch All-American

Nope, it was a midseason switch that was suggested by Hansen. It was kind of

crazy; the Utes were having health issues at safety, Hansen suggested the change, and then he was playing there that very week. Here's an article confirming that Hansen requested it and that it was mid-season:

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865659604/Utah-football-Healthy-Chase-Hansen-continuing-his-switch-to-defense.html

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Merrill Hoge is going OFF on the coaches' decision to move Beau to RB

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 10:26am

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Cougazul

8/15/18 10:27am

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Jurisprudence

8/15/18 10:27am

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Abe Froman

8/15/18 10:33am

It was the right move. He's not as good of a passer as other QB's.

SoValleyCOUG

8/15/18 11:30am

Not sure about that. But certainly his longevity is a fair point

Bob Vance

8/15/18 11:48am

And that could be what Merrill is upset about. Concussion are what caused Merril

SoValleyCOUG

8/15/18 2:01pm

Merrill should know better. This won't help his son at all. He's gonna look like LaVar Ball.

8/15/18 10:27am

He's just an upset parent, no big deal. Plus our coaching staff

JOPE

8/15/18 10:29am

Yeah no reason to trust Grimes or Arod after their abysmal performance last year

GOR

8/15/18 11:01am

BYU needs dudes like Merrill to like them.... I don’t like this

Pretorian

8/15/18 11:38am

I agree. I'm not necessarily a Merrill Hoge fan, but you don't want someone

IdahoCoug

8/15/18 11:56am

Everyone thought it was odd that Beau was moved to RB.

Richbyu

8/15/18 12:14pm

His Dad was an RB in the NFL, and he is too good an athlete to keep off the

BlueBeliever

8/15/18 1:22pm

Yeah - this is in the realm of "best 12 players on the field."

Eddie

8/15/18 1:56pm

Hopefully it's not as a 12th man on the field or we'd get a penalty.

IdahoCoug

8/15/18 2:48pm

You have to be sneaky to make it work...

Eddie

8/15/18 2:52pm

The only reservation I've had is moving a QB with concussion history to RB position. I was surprised.

Grit for Brains

8/15/18 10:27am

the hits are different. Generally less likely as a RB to get a concussion.

molodyets

8/15/18 10:29am

His weren't blind hits though.

Dillinger

8/15/18 10:30am

The last concussion wasn't even a hard tackle either.

ReggaeCoug

8/15/18 10:38am

That's because he was put back in too early from the prior concussion

jonnnylingo

8/15/18 10:51am

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Cougazul

8/15/18 10:30am

Don't tell that to Merrill Hoge of all people.

IdahoCoug

8/15/18 10:33am

I haven't seen any studies that support this

Odysseus

8/15/18 10:39am

You mean a running QB getting hit is different than a running RB?

byuod

8/15/18 12:43pm

Ha. Daddy ball at the NCAA Level. This is what makes sports so fun, dads.

The Old Y

8/15/18 10:28am

It was prob suggested so he can see playing time, QB is crowded

stealth

8/15/18 10:28am

Unless my son WANTED to move to another position, I'd be PO'd, too.

BleedCougarBlue2

8/15/18 10:28am

The only thing that bothers me is it seems like no one communicated with Beau

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 10:30am

If this communication didn't happen I'd lose some respect for Grimes

CaliWG

8/15/18 10:36am

Beau said in an interview that he had been keeping it secret for a long time.

BlueBeliever

8/15/18 11:06am

Easy to keep a secret if you don't know the secret.

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 11:10am

Why would he be covering for the coaches?

BlueBeliever

8/15/18 11:30am

Fair points, but Beau wants to play, even if it's at RB.

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 11:35am

If you want to play covering for your coach works better than complaining

Metallicat

8/15/18 11:40am

Maybe he was worried about disappointing his dad or dealing with his father's

DJROSS

8/15/18 5:56pm

I don't know the details but maybe they thought Ula would be back

D.T. Survivor

8/15/18 11:20am

I thought he knew in April that he was going to switch?

TPcoug

8/15/18 10:37am

He didn't know it was permanent.

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 10:38am

That would be weird, if true.

Eddie

8/15/18 10:45am

You have the right to disagree or be upset. But you don’t air the dirty laundry publicly. It makes you

Zach Morris

8/15/18 10:30am

Complaining in public: totally agree.

BleedCougarBlue2

8/15/18 10:31am

Once again... why doesn't this happen at Utah?

Coug

8/15/18 10:29am

Some of it may be due in part to having respected coaches

TNT

8/15/18 10:30am

Because the Utah coaches told him from the outset that they would give him a

Scratch

8/15/18 10:32am

You don't think that happened here?

Coug

8/15/18 10:34am

Doesn't sound like it. Sounds like the staff was wishy-washy and then didn't really give him a chance this year.

jaromp

8/15/18 10:38am

Beau says he's known since April he was moving to RB.

Eddie

8/15/18 10:40am

Apparently not from what his Dad is saying. I don't know what happened here, I

Scratch

8/15/18 10:38am

So - Chase was a QB for 2 yrs while on a mission? 🙂

Eddie

8/15/18 10:36am

Chase was a QB for a whole year pre-mission. Then, after his mission, he was a

Scratch

8/15/18 10:51am

How long did Paul Kruger get at QB? A couple weeks?

8/15/18 1:21pm

I’m guessing you would know, but my memory is that he played at safety thew

BlueTooth

8/15/18 2:09pm

Nope, it was a midseason switch that was suggested by Hansen. It was kind of

Scratch

8/15/18 4:49pm

Because it means something at BYU to be the QB

2FarGone

8/15/18 10:33am

Because Merrill is a professional football commentator and a regualr

IdahoCoug

8/15/18 10:39am

There is this weird entitled mentality at BYU that does not exist at Utah

DazeofBlue

8/15/18 10:43am

BYU doesn’t exactly have the greatest track record of developing LDS QBs…

The Chelsea Dagger

8/15/18 1:00pm

because we suck. KW has success and he has equity. he can do what he wants.

8/15/18 11:17am

True. Winning cures all.

IdahoCoug

8/15/18 11:26am

Probably because of the way the coaches handled it

NacoCoug

8/15/18 11:24am

Apathy. Not enough interest. If Trump does something crazy the media loves it,

doups3

8/15/18 1:49pm

It does. There isn't a Utes Sports nation that allows butthurt parents to vent

Backcountry

8/15/18 2:17pm

Because of the arrogant, entitled attitude permeating throughout BYU. Nothing ne

Bluegoogles

8/15/18 5:10pm

RE: Because of the arrogant, entitled attitude permeating throughout BYU.

Bluegoogles

8/15/18 5:14pm

BYU is better than USU

Richbyu

8/16/18 9:03am

BYU is better than USU, except we can't prove it in a game. 😹

Bluegoogles

8/16/18 7:10pm

Merrill, maybe he isnt as good as you (and many fans) think. Entitled thinking.

Count Cougar

8/15/18 10:32am

What's weird about this, is that in the original article, they seemed OK with it

Eddie

8/15/18 10:32am

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Abe Froman

8/15/18 10:34am

I noticed that too

shakarocks

8/15/18 12:03pm

This may explain why Kalani has been so complimentary of Hoge at RB.

8man

8/15/18 10:36am

As a fan I actually liked hoge at QB and thought he played better than tanner

8/15/18 10:36am

Move to running back and play

8/15/18 10:40am

I would never want my kid to be QB

TheLost

8/15/18 10:54am

Sounds like a typical helicopter parent, unfortunately, regardless of the truth

Frank Castiglione

8/15/18 10:55am

Let's make Merrill happy and move his son back to QB4

GOR

8/15/18 11:04am

*5

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 11:09am

No disrespect to Merrill, but there are at least four other QB candidates

BlueBeliever

8/15/18 11:25am

Beau Hoge is an adult and probably would have been happy to handle this

D.T. Survivor

8/15/18 11:26am

After a 4-9 year, things happen. The objective is to win and the coaches

cougarnw

8/15/18 11:35am

Coach Lamb is proving to be a disaster hire. He has been poor all around.

Richbyu

8/15/18 12:13pm

Apparently he turned around SUU from a train wreck to a better place.

BYUButters

8/15/18 12:15pm

Ed Lamb has a very mediocre head coaching record at SUU.

Richbyu

8/15/18 12:18pm

He's so bad that SUU was freaking out when he left and tried to keep him.

Eddie

8/15/18 2:28pm

Funny - Beau said he knew about

FanofBYU

8/15/18 12:14pm

His dad implied that he didn't know it was permanent

Jurisprudence

8/15/18 12:16pm

His dad also implied Ed Lamb is just a linebackers coach.

cougfanblue

8/15/18 12:29pm

I don’t get why it would be so suprising the change would last longer

D.T. Survivor

8/15/18 12:31pm

For real. He's a senior.

GOR

8/15/18 12:36pm

Wow. Merrill publicly ripping on Ed Lamb. I'll bet the BYUtv "rah rah" guys

Richbyu

8/15/18 12:24pm

MOVE HIM BACK TO 4th STRING QB IMMEDIATELY!!!

canofpicante

8/15/18 12:42pm

Do you want your son to play or not Merrill? his best chance is at RB

CougarsFanSince80s

8/15/18 1:02pm

And ironicaly he's doing really well. Prolly should have been there the whole

BYUButters

8/15/18 1:12pm

If I was KW and other coaches

FanofBYU

8/15/18 1:38pm

That's the problem.

wilsdad

8/15/18 2:05pm

Please. Take a closer look at where Critchlow is positioned.

Eddie

8/15/18 2:14pm

That's not where Critchlow was when the move was made, right?

wilsdad

8/15/18 2:20pm

Look less intelligent how?

Eddie

8/15/18 2:35pm

I hope that's how it went.

wilsdad

8/15/18 5:22pm

Merrill should be mocked mercilessly for this. He is acting like like a child

Backcountry

8/15/18 2:18pm

Sit down, Merrill.

partybog

8/15/18 3:55pm

Tip of the iceberg folk. Lot of problems under Kalani

Coogar2

8/15/18 5:34pm

As he should

Coogar2

8/15/18 5:47pm

Having a family herritage with a certian school can be great and motivating, but

stealth

8/16/18 9:16am

I didn't think there was a heritage with BYU.

Eddie

8/16/18 9:31am

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