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Sending a shot across Mark Pope’s bough, BYU basketball renamed KYU.

PJMort All-American

10:40am

#allowthebeard

CSoul Hardcore Democrat

10:40am

THANK YOU RYAN SMITH AND DANNY AINGE!!!

spidercoug

10:40am

Who said BYU had to wait 15 days to make a hire?

Coug Texan

10:40am

Kentucky wishes they could hire Kevin Young. LOL poverty school

DKN

10:39am

So Mr Smith…tell us your opinions on Cardinals

ordinary tri guy

10:39am

Pope can suck it. NBA experience is legit. Hi Kevin!!

Icelandic Cougar

10:39am

Kudos to Tom & admin for getting this done quickly

braddahmike

10:39am

Yes--incredible work by Tom and admin

ausgezeichnet

10:39am

Robby with the deets

mjmill All-American

10:39am

ALL HAIL TOM HOLMOE!!!!!!

HingleMcCringleberry

10:39am

GARTH BROOKS WAS RIGHT!!

wisconsincougs

10:39am

Hey Pope

Chefcurry

10:39am

Who?

Division Bell

10:39am

Tom Holmoe...

oryguncoug

10:39am

Tom Holmoe to everyone…

Cougs or die

10:39am

So...we upgraded?

bluecheese

10:38am

The best news is BYU is serious about sports. Great news!

mudpupper

10:38am

Cougarboard the last few days.

blueaussie

10:38am

Felt more like this the last 5 days

Crowd Factor

10:40am

Great time to get rid of the no-beard rule. Brigham would be proud

Goliath CB users union organizer

10:38am

I freaking told you so and got muzzled.

Worldburn

10:38am

Seven year, $30MM

JrodinDC

10:38am

If accurate, that's good money for BYU to be paying

Skeptical Optimist

10:39am

That's over $4 million per year. I'm assuming there is a step in that salary,

cougarfan84

10:40am

Hopefully the "BYU doesnt pay coaches well" narrative is now dead

BYUfan92

10:40am

BYU stock ticker 📉📈

GfB I'm not crazy, you're crazy

10:38am

Why is green going down and red going up

Buffalo

10:40am

This morning:

scootsy

10:38am

Now we just need to see the beard in his introductory press conference.

foofcoug

10:37am

Contractually he probably can't

TNT

10:38am

I am grinning ear to ear right now... BYU did the most un-byu thing ever

1984coug

10:37am

Upgraded. Shock

CougarMandias

10:39am

Woj bomb

arizonacougarfan

10:37am

Good to have the Chandler news come out before this

Rhubarb

10:38am

😏

Captain Rex

10:37am

Durrant's comments regarding Pope were spot on

HuskerFan2 Verified ✅

10:37am

Step aside Gary Crowton, you are no longer the largest home run hire in BYU history.

shimmy In play, run(s)

10:37am

So true LOL

johnnybyu

10:38am

Welp, I'm happy to eat crow.

Hypnotoad

10:37am

KY's new contract got to be $2,000,001/year. Amiright?

Moab Rising

10:36am

I'd be surprised if it's that low

Belboz

10:37am

Probably more

thewaterboy

10:37am

3.5M

dwhitebud

10:38am

Best line - BYU sold him with a sizable commitment to lead the Cougars

JrodinDC

10:36am

RE: Best line - BYU sold him with a sizable commitment to lead the Cougars

cruiserhead

10:38am

Massive upgrade from Pope! We come out better than UK for less $$

CLCougar Truly Addicted User

10:36am

Sure hoping. College is different.

coug10278

10:37am

Got him!!

jr0b44 3rd String

10:36am

Love to see the words "sizeable commitment" associated with BYU.

spidercoug

10:36am

Could be the greatest Young in BYU history?

TCuz Coastal Elite

10:35am

I don't think we've had any before, have we?

Bossk82

10:36am

RE: I don't think we've had any before, have we?

kimdaddy35

10:36am

I forgot about Keena

TCuz

10:37am

Blog: BYU Set To Hire Phoenix Suns Assistant Kevin Young As Head Coach View

[KSL Sports]

10:35am

Imagine having a coach that is really good at in-game adjustments, game

gwalker

10:35am

RE: Imagine having a coach that is really good at in-game adjustments, game

JC6

10:37am

Jordan Brady would be a great assistant for BYU

Littlerich

10:35am

No way. He is full Ute.

RdF3

10:36am

....Uintah Ute that is 🙂

RdF3

10:38am

Let’s cool our jets here guys, have we considered this requirement first?

JohnnyComeLately Token Native

10:35am

Is Young a TR holder? As people keep denying it's not a requirement

TNT

10:35am

Married in SLC temple and posted President Nelson quote on his twitter - thats

BYUfan92

10:36am

Ok... You want to make the NBA. So you follow a mediocre coach to a school...

COACHdrn

10:35am

Seriously though. If we really have Young, Chandler is a moron.

westsidecoug

10:36am

BEST WOJ BOMB EVER!

westsidecoug

10:35am

Seriously. Someone needs to get on the phone with Collin Chandler's dad ASAP & explain just exactly who Kevin Young is.

RdF3 Inactive user

10:34am

Collin wishing he would have waited on pulling the trigger...

oryguncoug

10:36am

He hasn't done anything, really. He absolutely could stay

fattycoug

10:36am

He's got another P-Day next week.

zonacougar

10:38am

BYU fans

darkcoug Underperforming

10:34am

WOJ 💣

Julius Pepperwood

10:33am

Future is bright!

ausgezeichnet

10:34am

long-term....nice

thewaterboy

10:34am

Wow

Warner

10:34am

There ya go.

Ham

10:35am

Feels good to have Woj break BYU basketball news.

califcougar

10:35am

Great publicity for BYU basketball!!

Mostlyaccurate

10:35am

Let him keep the beard!!

BlueFever

10:35am

Crazy that Woj is breaking the BYU basketball news. I love it!

kimdaddy35

10:36am

Story

Julius Pepperwood

10:39am

It’s Young

JrodinDC

10:33am

Woj 💣 An aggressive push to hire NBA’s highest paid asst lands BYU its coach

CougarForLife

10:33am

Let's freaking go!!!

JC6

10:34am

It's done! KEVIN YOUNG it is. ESPN.

zonacougar Medium Rare

10:33am

Wow--Great News!!!!

ausgezeichnet

10:33am

Great news!

Division Bell

10:34am

Wow. Likely putting the $ where our mouth is

gaspasscoug

10:34am

Do you think some Kentucky fans are jealous?

JOPE

10:35am

RE: It's done! KEVIN YOUNG it is. ESPN.

SJS

10:36am

I am excited and hopeful with the hiring of Young, but

kimdaddy35

10:32am

<< Deleted >>

BYU-Provo

10:33am

I addressed that in my post.

kimdaddy35

10:34am

I would be happy with Burgess and Fueger.

porl thompson

10:34am

Hunnerd Persent

Tricky

10:35am

If BYU's next HC turns out to be an upgrade over KY's new coach on the surface... KY fans this week...

Division Bell Recovering

10:32am

Holmoe jumping on here seeing everyone say it’s young when it’s really Lewis

Chefcurry

10:30am

Me if it's Quincy Lewis

kimdaddy35

10:33am

Don’t worry, Jokic & Murray will catch you

LakeshowCougs

10:34am

His best Halloween costume ever!

foofcoug

10:34am

The BYU athletic department has literally never had more money ever.

TCuz Coastal Elite

10:30am

(If true) Hey I've coached Embid, KD, Booker, Harden, CP3 and our trainer has

wisconsincougs

10:29am

"I don't care who you've coached. I'm putting my trust in a guy who talks a lot but hasn't coached anyone in the NBA

RdF3

10:30am

This. You want to play in the NBA? Make connections and learn? Come to BYU

CougLyfe

10:31am

AND go forth to serve. Like we have it all now

wisconsincougs

10:32am

This makes me so so happy.

JC6

10:33am

If Young is the coach, he is allowed to keep the beard. All in favor?

Benfica1

10:29am

✋

Knee Brace

10:30am

If I didn’t get to…

touchdownbyu

10:31am

RE: If Young is the coach, he is allowed to keep the beard. All in favor?

Kilgore Trout

10:31am

Please make it manifest!

PJMort

10:32am

This Young agrees

Ojiisan

10:33am

💯

Division Bell

10:33am

$3.5M/year ??

Rivers Cuomo

10:26am

Good for him and BYU if true.

Mostlyaccurate

10:27am

Alex Markham is a hack so I wouldn't believe anything he says.

Dangerous

10:27am

This

Kolipoki

10:32am

Welcome to the Big 12.

Socrates Johnson

10:27am

Ryan Smith helping out so he won't be coaching against the Jazz anymore.

Blue for Life

10:29am

I don't believe Alex Markham at his worst, so I am not going to believe him at his best.

shimmy

10:27am

He's not the only one saying the same thing.

Jeffacka

10:31am

I have no idea who he is or whether to believe him

Rivers Cuomo

10:32am

About the same as Kalani? If true that is.

thewaterboy

10:27am

Tom to Pope only getting 2 mil more per year at Kentucky

1984coug

10:29am

Yeah...only $2 million more.

Jeffacka

10:32am

I think I'm legit excited over this.

BlueFever

10:29am

Woah

Rhubarb

10:30am

Holey moley. I've never seen anything close to that number at BYU.

Ham

10:30am

Kelani’s salary

JOPE

10:32am

Well that's wasted money

TNT

10:33am

That would put him #6 out of 16 coaches in the Big 12 in salary.

cougarfan84

10:36am

Devin Booker wanted Kevin Young to be the Suns' head coach last offseason and gave him a strong endorsement.

RdF3 Inactive user

10:26am

wow-impressive endorsement

ausgezeichnet

10:27am

And recruit ears start perking....

JC6

10:28am

That's what I mean. Collin Chandler is stupid if the NBA is his goal ASAP.

RdF3

10:29am

Guess he values NIL more at this point. Can't blame him though.

JC6

10:30am

I think he is all on board with Pope. Pope was the reason he committed to BYU.

cougarfan84

10:38am

He's following the guy that recruited him, not money. NIL boogeyman

fattycoug

10:40am

I wonder how he'd write it up if he decided to flip back in less than a week

ryebrye

10:33am

It's not stupid to go to Kentucky to play basketball. Chill out

fattycoug

10:39am

Maybe Young can bring Booker along to play for BYU.

Shihan

10:28am

Devin Booker also played college basketball at KY...

foofcoug

10:30am

The best case scenario was always Kevin Young or Alex Jensen as HC...

Coug Texan

10:26am

Alex Jensen? No thanks.

Rocketman

10:27am

Why?

Benfica1

10:30am

Big time hire. Madsen would have been great but the timing was bad. This is

johnnybyu

10:28am

I think Madsen would have been the most surefire success, but this could

Rhubarb

10:33am

Young seems like a super high ceiling but maybe lower floor than say

DanSmith

10:25am

how do we know what the floor is for either of them?

cwilke1

10:26am

I have no idea just seems like

DanSmith

10:29am

okay, so perhaps he doesn't know how to relate to college athletes who can't

cwilke1

10:33am

So so true

TNT

10:25am

You’ve gotta think that IF priority #1 for Hall, Saunders and Khalifa is to play

TheMediator

10:25am

We still want them even if NIL is a priority. They can play.

Socrates Johnson

10:26am

If you're Khalifa you go where the money is. He has no NBA future.

GfB

10:26am

As a player you are much more worried about your role than you are how good the

kimdaddy35

10:27am

If we get him, wonder if Chandler may second guess his decision to bail to

oryguncoug

10:29am

Could Smith/Ainge promise Young a Jazz spot if the BYU gig doesn't pan out?

brules

10:25am

I am reserving judgment on this one. Given the available options, I *think* I

Socrates Johnson

10:25am

Why burgess? Madesen sure but Young is a huge upgrade over Pope

johnnybyu

10:26am

Smith?

Socrates Johnson

10:28am

fixed

johnnybyu

10:29am

Like I said-- really it has to do with how different the college game is.

Socrates Johnson

10:35am

Pope's postseasons at BYU

1984coug

10:24am

Pretty much standard for BYU's basketball history.

foofcoug

10:25am

*sniff*

TNT

10:26am

His last WCC year should've put him on the hotseat honestly

1984coug

10:27am

That was pretty bad

TNT

10:29am

Still time to edit out that apostrophe.

Ham

10:26am

I don't know what you're talking about

1984coug

10:27am

RE: I don't know what you're talking about

Ham

10:29am

Pope can get anyone he wants to UK. Why is he busy recruiting BYU players?

Coug Dude

10:24am

Maybe it's personal. That must've been some feud between him and Santiago.

BlueFever

10:25am

He can't get anybody at Kentucky - they allegedly have a low NIL program and

BYUfan92

10:28am

There's an Allegiant flight from PHX scheduled to arrive at PVU at 7:25 tonight.

Adam_Pontipee

10:24am

Isn't there always a flight like that?

coug10278

10:24am

Yep

Oldcougfan

10:35am

Anyone planning to actually make it to their destination isn't taking Allegiant

Cougs1

10:25am

Obviously it would be Breeze, the official airline of BYU sports…

touchdownbyu

10:33am

Next available flight is Thursday morning so that’s when the press conference will be… 😏

touchdownbyu

10:34am

A jet flew into Spanish Fork last night under the cover of darkness. Maybe that

Malathion

10:37am

Top 10 recent

Chandler to Kentucky....

My dad plays golf with Chandler’s grandpa

👀👀👀

Could be a deal breaker.

I think you guys are all being taken for a ride.

Mark Madsen in response to BYU coaching rumors:

Gee. I wonder who it is...

PK is reporting on 1280

Let me be the first to welcome Kevin Young to BYU

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