How do you not see our program is declining and needs change?

Mar 18, 2019
3:44:42pm

BountifulCoug5 Walk-on

Pope, Jensen, and Madsen all have great experience both playing and coaching. When was the last time we made the tournament?

Don’t sit here and honestly tell me Pope, Jensen, or Madsen wouldn’t be able to get 19-20 wins per-season

This message has been modified

Originally posted on Mar 18, 2019 at 3:44:42pm

Message modified by BountifulCoug5 on Mar 18, 2019 at 3:45:23pm

Report problem with this ad

BountifulCoug5

Previous username: byucougs187
New username: CancunCoug
Bio page: BountifulCoug5
Joined: Aug 13, 2013
Last login: Aug 23, 2021
Total posts: 0 (0 FO)

Report problem with this ad

Messages

Author

Time

Tired of hearing "Fire Rose!" For the fire Rose crowd, who do you honestly hire?

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:18am

Yeah it was just one year! We made the NIT 3 times in a row before that!

DieHarder

3/18/19 10:22am

I'm aware of the frustration of watching BYU basketball the past four years, and

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:25am

See my comment at the very bottom.

Y4LYFE

3/18/19 1:41pm

You have to take a step back and look at the trend...

icecougar

3/18/19 7:06pm

coaches that can take BYU do the nit three years in a row and only get blown out

franklyvulgar

3/18/19 10:53pm

It's BYU's fault the job is unattractive

TNT

3/18/19 10:22am

So where do you go with this logic? Just fall in a heap and give up? Nice....

Pretorian

3/18/19 12:32pm

A million plus per year for a stable job with a built-in recruiting base and a

dYrtbYkerYder

3/18/19 11:49pm

why do the fire rose crowd need to be in the hire replacement name crowd?

BlueFrog

3/18/19 10:23am

Because no solution doesn't provide anything other than an empty spot, who

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:24am

that still doesn't answer why they need to be in the same crowd. There are people paid money to

BlueFrog

3/18/19 10:28am

That's why such opinons deserve as much respect as a little kid throwing a

Jasbo

3/18/19 1:33pm

You honestly believe the posters on cougar board were the reason bronco left ?

franklyvulgar

3/18/19 10:55pm

I believe it was a signifcant contributing factor. Provo is still a...

Jasbo

3/19/19 6:59am

Coaches are like cartons of milk....

icecougar

3/18/19 7:22pm

<< Deleted >>

Cougazul

3/18/19 10:26am

I realize that we don't come up with coaches, but I am just curious for all

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:28am

<< Deleted >>

Cougazul

3/18/19 10:33am

No, but when all they are screaming is "Fire Rose" I want to know what possible

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:39am

How many times does it have to be said? You are on a forum of fans who don't

Ash

3/18/19 3:08pm

Alex Jensen is NEVER leaving the NBA

dizthewiz

3/18/19 11:39pm

Replaced Bronco with unproven Kalani had went from 8-4 to 4-9

Coogar2

3/18/19 11:58am

^^^AOC Fan Club member^^^

icecougar

3/18/19 8:30pm

I don't know the answers. I am not in charge and don't have to worry about it.

BYUheaven

3/18/19 10:26am

I support that statement 100%. I think a great comparison to this was after

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:30am

Retention of top players needs to become a priority...

NorCal_Coug

3/18/19 10:35am

That is so true. Mika, Bryant, Childs, Haws, and Baxter would have been very

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:40am

Just need a chill guy to come in and lose the majority of games early on,

Mr. Scoobs

3/18/19 10:28am

...while we all suffer the unending whining by one CB’er about how bad..

icecougar

3/18/19 7:38pm

20-19 includes the 1st year. Otherwise it would be well below .500.

Mr. Scoobs

3/18/19 7:53pm

Why not forget the 1st year, ignoring facts seems to work for AOC

icecougar

3/18/19 8:34pm

What facts are you disputing and why?

Mr. Scoobs

3/18/19 8:52pm

"lose the majority of games early on"

icecougar

3/19/19 1:48pm

ok. "go .500 and quickly have the worst finish in the modern era"

Mr. Scoobs

3/19/19 3:02pm

preceded by a season that was a few plays away from being one of the best in...

icecougar

3/19/19 7:08pm

Yep it’s annoying and stupid

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 8:23pm

The data is there for everyone to see.

Mr. Scoobs

3/18/19 8:33pm

🙄

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 8:35pm

And AOC says we can land on the sun...

icecougar

3/18/19 8:36pm

What specifically are you disputing?

Mr. Scoobs

3/18/19 8:47pm

Sooooooo, sorta like hiring Sitake after Bronco???

NorCal_Coug

3/18/19 8:19pm

Wait a second... is that what Scoobs was alluding to?

tony

3/18/19 10:36pm

I'm a Rose Apologist, but I've never agreed with this kind of take

RockyBalboa

3/18/19 10:29am

Do you think Pope is here, or Quincy Lewis would be the one? I wonder if Mark

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:31am

Pope has HC experience and knows the ins and out of coaching at BYU

RockyBalboa

3/18/19 10:34am

That is my concern. The resume of potential hires is so limited. It has to be

BYU I Bleed Blue

3/18/19 10:43am

Wrong. This isn’t a burger flipper job. Not easily replacable

canofpicante

3/19/19 8:47am

If there is no better alternative to Rose...

Coug

3/18/19 10:52am

LOL, a tad bit dramatic aren't we?

RockyBalboa

3/18/19 11:17am

No! I'm tired of hearing we can't do something...

Coug

3/18/19 12:20pm

Someone needs a snickers bar

RockyBalboa

3/18/19 12:42pm

Not Pope, please...

BlueVU

3/18/19 11:23am

I think there are likely more prospects

DrBYU

3/18/19 11:24am

you drop the "head coach must be LDS" requirement and there are many replacement

run26

3/18/19 11:56am

One of the Mark's...

Heinz57

3/18/19 12:22pm

I would prefer to keep Rose and try to get Rice back.

ImuaKahuku

3/18/19 12:51pm

Norm Parrish won the junior college national championship

GoTeam

3/18/19 1:06pm

You’re a bad chess player.

Ned Schneebly

3/18/19 1:14pm

Alex Jensen. I'd give you $1,000 if he's not a great college coach.

dYrtbYkerYder

3/18/19 1:21pm

Terry Nashif

MightyFreakingCougar

3/18/19 1:22pm

No.

Boring

3/18/19 3:44pm

Mark Pope and Mark "Mad dog" Madsen. I know from sources close to Madsen

52Cougar

3/18/19 1:29pm

I just can't see Mark Madsen being a successful HC at this level.

dYrtbYkerYder

3/18/19 1:55pm

Madsen would hopefully bring some mental and physical toughness...

icecougar

3/18/19 8:39pm

You hire the most qualified candidate that applied. Duh.

Y4LYFE

3/18/19 1:41pm

Pope at least made the NIT

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 2:37pm

He didn't make the NIT this year, with his best team.

bstod

3/18/19 6:06pm

Oh really I thought he did

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 6:15pm

Here's my list:

BountifulCoug5

3/18/19 3:13pm

I love it. Exchanging the winningest coach in BYU Basketball history for a

rockyrd

3/18/19 3:42pm

How do you not see our program is declining and needs change?

BountifulCoug5

3/18/19 3:44pm

Dave has fallen into that category now of being a "decent coach". He's no...

icecougar

3/20/19 6:54pm

Find a guy who will coach fundamentals and get the team to play D.

ArchbishopMitty

3/18/19 3:21pm

Craig Smith

Boring

3/18/19 3:39pm

Here's an idea: get rid of the requirement that the Head Coach must be a member

andrewg3

3/18/19 4:10pm

Heath wouldn’t be a good HC

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 5:02pm

Mcneese State was 9-22 this year under Schroyer.

bstod

3/18/19 6:09pm

Did you bother to look at win totals the previous years?

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

3/18/19 7:27pm

I know what the win totals were, do you? 9-22 still happened.

bstod

3/18/19 8:15pm

No. You’re not following. I never said anything about

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

3/19/19 2:27pm

His overall record as a head coach is 135-166. This isn't an aberration.

bstod

3/19/19 4:16pm

Keep Rose, but shuffle the Assistants big time.

Sooner Cougar

3/18/19 4:42pm

Sr. Management needs to get creative and forget the outdated, self-imposed, dumb

Rocketman

3/18/19 6:50pm

Bad argument.

RoyalCoug99

3/18/19 6:30pm

Madsen, Madsen, and Madsen

Qhall

3/18/19 6:34pm

Not smart enough.

dYrtbYkerYder

3/18/19 7:10pm

Basketball isn’t chess and he didn’t just have one mediocre year

gurt

3/18/19 6:36pm

Why is this so hard to understand? You don’t decide who you’re going to hire...

icecougar

3/18/19 6:37pm

Open up the job — and they will come.

lightmann

3/18/19 6:37pm

For the “hate the fire Dave Rose crowd” we could hire Tim Lacomb and...

icecougar

3/18/19 7:30pm

Gregg Popovich

pappabear246

3/18/19 8:48pm

Barrett Peery is a great coach

Paysoncoug88

3/18/19 8:54pm

He better be better than Bart

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 8:58pm

Different family. Though I think

Paysoncoug88

3/18/19 9:04pm

Good dude just a little salty over the boys basketball hire

puntersarepeople

3/18/19 9:11pm

I will agree with you there.

Paysoncoug88

3/18/19 9:26pm

Do we just throw up our hands in defeat

bigjohn

3/18/19 9:47pm

And I’m tired of people saying “WHO WOULD YOU HIRE?!” every time there’s a coach

andrewg3

3/19/19 1:08am

No, they don’t always step up. If you need a thousand examples

canofpicante

3/20/19 10:31pm

Also, it’s not “a mediocre year.” It’s four in a row now.

andrewg3

3/19/19 1:09am

Tired of hearing, "Don't fire Rose". The program needs a new direction.

blackshirts

3/19/19 6:38am

A good place to start is with the Asst AD Brian Santiago. He’s over the bball...

Posting on CougarBoard