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

Mar 18, 2019
8:34:24pm

icecougar All-American

...after all I guess some of us focus too much on being specifically factually and semantically correct instead of morally right.

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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

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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

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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...

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