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[Vanquish the Foe] Robby McCombs

4:55pm

For you “we can’t change because who would we hire” people out there

Longseason

4:54pm

What a difference a few hours make..

JohnnyComeLately Token Native

4:54pm

This would be cool, and a real possibility...

lbmango

4:53pm

<< Deleted >>

Captain Rex

4:53pm

How big was Pope's buyout?

Huge Manatee

4:52pm

Tom Holmoe:

mjmill All-American

4:52pm

RE: Tom Holmoe:

GlutealGuy

4:53pm

Blog: BYU’s Kevin Young Will Finish His Phoenix Suns Job After NBA Playoffs Run View

[KSL Sports]

4:48pm

This hire shows a culture change in BYU admin. Football is next if Kalani

sunjieming

4:48pm

RE: This hire shows a culture change in BYU admin. Football is next if Kalani

Metallicat

4:49pm

Culture change or $$$ change. Big 12 could be a fun conference to be in

GlutealGuy

4:51pm

Darrell Bevell could be a good coach

CaliforniaCougar22

4:56pm

First Asst?

Forbidden Fruit

4:48pm

Hiring assistants is basically, "who can you deliver?"

rcbyufan

4:52pm

Maybe this could help with getting Peja’s son here??

provoprodigy

4:52pm

Bring Stojakovic? 👀

jg94

4:52pm

Shots Fired, Pope.

kccougar

4:52pm

Emphasizing recruiting. If that's the case, I like the strategy.

kccougar

4:52pm

Stanford bio....

mokelembembe

4:57pm

How would you rate all of Tom Holmoe's hires at BYU?

Zoobieman

4:47pm

Kevin Young definitely stands out from the rest, hopefully its the Big 12 way

GlutealGuy

4:50pm

Is there a timetable for a media event presenting KY to BYU fans or a press conference?

BW84 All-American

4:44pm

Yes, this Saturday morning at the Stake Center. Refreshments provided.

NOCAL_YFAN

4:47pm

Oh, I just saw this…

BW84

4:47pm

But the tweet was deleted.

cougfanblue

4:48pm

RE: But the tweet was deleted.

BW84

4:49pm

Any word on if the new coach will be bringing any of his players with him?

boorad

4:44pm

Durrant doesn't want to play in Jimmer's shadow

GlutealGuy

4:45pm

He had Okogie ready to come but BYU said no thanks.

kimdaddy35

4:45pm

Durant knows he'll never live up to Jimmer's legacy

Buffalo

4:46pm

Just a couple but we'll fit them in.

Soupie

4:47pm

Article: Steve Young is happy to make room for another Young at BYU View

[Deseret News]

4:41pm

All this talk about Young being an "NBA guy" needs a reality check. There are

dYrtbYkerYder

4:40pm

Not just any assistant coach. He was going to be an NBA head coach

machete

4:42pm

with that *being said

Ron Mexico

4:42pm

You realize there is a rumor that he turned down the Nets to be BYU's head coach

kimdaddy35

4:42pm

Yup, and rumor aside we do know he interviewed for the Jazz HC, Suns HC, and Nets HC position. Not all 90 assistant

Bert609

4:44pm

Highest paid assistand & finalist for number of HC jobs including one he may have turned down to come.

Soupie

4:44pm

Yeah…he’s an NBA guy. Don’t know what to tell ya. Finalist for multiple head

hardcorecoug

4:44pm

Kevin Young: Just a Guy.........................(who did some NBA stuff)

Russell Feathers

4:45pm

There are way more than 90 NBA assistant coaches.

DieHarder

4:45pm

This is true, the Nuggets have like 15.

kimdaddy35

4:46pm

RE: All this talk about Young being an "NBA guy" needs a reality check. There

kansascougar

4:46pm

RE: All this talk about Young being an "NBA guy" needs a reality check. There are

JohnnyComeLately

4:46pm

What exactly does qualifies as an “NBA guy”?

stenso

4:47pm

No one is claiming to that he is a great hire just because he was an "NBA guy" it's more to do with the caliber of coach

Nuke

4:48pm

You could say similar things about college asst coaches. College or NBA, it is

Forzaitalia

4:49pm

Lots of inaccuracies in here.

LifeLongLakerFan

4:57pm

Sadly I'll be cheering for the Suns to lose quickly in the playoffs. It feels

marinact

4:40pm

The who?

brj8

4:41pm

I don't know what youre talking about

marinact

4:42pm

They are a farming team for BYU

TANK

4:43pm

Long term I think the opposite. Deep run does more in the long run.

Sandstone Cougar

4:43pm

I wouldn't mind if they made it to the 2nd round. But yes definitely not

kimdaddy35

4:43pm

Amen. But honestly I'm hoping for a first round sweep of the Suns.

cougfanblue

4:50pm

The "good riddance" mentality is beneath our brand.

Archaea

4:37pm

I don't think I'll ever feel that way about Pope, or many other coaches. Happy for the new hire for sure. Grateful for

PJMort

4:40pm

the guy who has lengthy suspensions for constantly dogging on the program is

Buffalo

4:41pm

For Pope? I was a fan of Pope, but now that he is doing everything within his

kimdaddy35

4:41pm

I hope he has horse allergies 🐎

wisconsincougs

4:43pm

Well said. I don't blame Pope or players for taking the better money and program

Forzaitalia

4:44pm

And it just dumb.

Benfica1

4:44pm

It makes us look petty.

shakarocks

4:46pm

Pope going Hard after Saunders for what it’s worth.

Blue2thebone Truly Addicted User

4:37pm

Stay Richie! Be a star with lots of PT as a starter at BYU.

Forzaitalia

4:38pm

Really hope he stays with BYU and his bro Fous.

Soupie

4:39pm

I think Saunders really wants to stay at BYU. Hopefully we will get him to stay

kimdaddy35

4:39pm

So he can continue limiting his minutes when he should be playing more

Hup

4:39pm

Good point. “Hey, you know how you should have started all season? Come be my

ballen

4:40pm

Boo-urns

ballen

4:39pm

What do UK fans think about Pope wanting to bring all these BYU guys?

machete

4:40pm

Probably like BYU fans when they saw Ed Lamb bring in SUU guys

Ron Mexico

4:44pm

It’s a really good comparison for what they think

Blue2thebone

4:47pm

Something like "Whoa, this dude doesn't look like our typical one and done types"..

CLCougar

4:46pm

I'd make Richie my number 1 recruiting priority if I were Young.

Forzaitalia

4:46pm

This is why it bothers me that he still with Phoenix

Blue2thebone

4:48pm

Saunders will hardly play at Kentucky.

BYU '80

4:46pm

Bluey Richie! Bluey!! And NBA HEAD COACH!

Mostlyaccurate

4:48pm

Go away Pope

pegushin

4:48pm

Richie is staying…

TheManintheArena

4:51pm

RE: Richie is staying…

pegushin

4:53pm

How did he react

Blue2thebone

4:54pm

Is there a video of the team's reaction or something?

BYUHawk

4:54pm

Where is link about him meeting the team?

CLCougar

4:55pm

BYU is Danny’s side hustle

Blue2thebone Truly Addicted User

4:36pm

The fact that Kevin Young chose to take the head coaching job at BYU over an NBA job says a lot about the kind of person

Nuke All-American

4:35pm

Some reports saying he didn’t get the Nets job. I don’t know which is true but

ColonelMustard

4:37pm

Even if he didn't get the Nets job he was in the running for other jobs, and it was only a matter of time before he

Nuke

4:39pm

The cbs article about this talks a lot of this being about family time

BYU '80

4:47pm

Tom Holmoe: cool as a cucumber last week

Ron Mexico

4:34pm

BYU already showing their love for Kevin by putting this on the mountain

BYULAWGUY

4:31pm

Maybe discussed already, but does anyone think Young has any hope of bringing

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

4:30pm

The general consensus is: No.

brj8

4:31pm

RE: Maybe discussed already, but does anyone think Young has any hope of

ConnCoug

4:31pm

Think that ship has probably sailed, which is really too bad. Recruiting...

Incentivize

4:32pm

No - he was always going to follow pope. His commitment was to pope not BYU

Kolipoki

4:32pm

If so, then good riddance. Young is a way better coach than Pope.

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

4:33pm

I think you are right, but will be as good a recruiter?

Kolipoki

4:36pm

Get assistant coaches that understand recruiting.

Benfica1

4:38pm

Not this year.

Benfica1

4:36pm

Anyone use the savorone card for groceries? 3% back seems pretty good.

HingleMcCringleberry

4:29pm

Nope but American Express has a good card as well.

AFewThoughts

4:33pm

Time to turn off this category for a bit (once every topic gets recycled for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, ... time)

ManicBlue Intervention Needed

4:29pm

Less talk. More action.

Russell Feathers

4:29pm

Thanks. Please let us know when you decide to turn it back on.

Buffalo

4:31pm

I wonder if Smith vetoed Young to be Jazz coach and this was always the plan lol

gocougs719

4:27pm

When I watch that video that Pope did for UK in the MC

fredy

4:26pm

It was weird. What was that for?

Benfica1

4:27pm

It was a Kentucky promo done back when he was a BYU assistant - before he left for UVU.

kccougar

4:28pm

It was something to do with the 25th anniversary of their 1996 NC(???)

cougarfan84

4:28pm

Makes sense. Still seemed rather odd.

Benfica1

4:46pm

I lost more respect when he said he's a hardcore swiftie.

porl thompson

4:27pm

If a former BYU player was coaching at another school and did that I'd be

Blueto

4:28pm

This was taken out of context. It was fine when it was made a few years ago.

johnnybyu

4:29pm

Taken out of context, but still really weird. Why would you do that in the MC in

Team Chaos

4:31pm

It was done for the UK championship team. It was great PR to show he was a BYU

johnnybyu

4:32pm

I don't follow. So if a previous Utah player that was coaching at BYU did that..

Team Chaos

4:34pm

If it was Utah and a rival thing sure. But if an assistant at UVA would have

johnnybyu

4:36pm

Thousands of Kentucky fans saw the social media post, they probably had no idea where Pope was at the time, so showing

Bert609

4:36pm

They were highlighting his success as an assistant coach at BYU.

kccougar

4:33pm

It was done in 2012 to support the Kentucky team when they went to the finals, it had clips of a bunch of alumni and all

Bert609

4:35pm

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osbooks

4:29pm

It was rumored the team would fly to AZ tomorrow

Forbidden Fruit

4:24pm

Doesn't seem things are quite settled yet. Those guys were probably jumping the gun.

Soupie

4:33pm

I think theyre even flying out James Anderson because he was good that one game

Ron Mexico

4:36pm

And Mike rose for that one game.

Forbidden Fruit

4:37pm

POLL: Do you think Pope is monitoring CB?

Y-Zag

4:22pm

yes, I check in from time to time

Buffalo

4:22pm

RE: yes, I check in from time to time

goidcougs

4:23pm

RE: POLL: Do you think Pope is monitoring CB?

Japan Coug

4:38pm

Well look at that…ALL cases now dropped against Bauer. One woman being charged

ordinary tri guy

4:21pm

Alex, time to go get him!

pegushin

4:23pm

If he got 2 years for nothing, Urias and Ozuna should have gotten 5-10

AZ Coug

4:24pm

But Ozuna is leading the league in RBI and tied for HR lead - so it's okay.

Pollster

4:35pm

Mookie Betts said he loves Bauer so who in the Dodger clubhouse hated him?

CameronG

4:41pm

I hope he never gets another chance to play in the majors ever again.

scootsy

4:49pm

As a Dodger fan, I hope he goes to the Giants.

Methusaleh22

4:50pm

I hope that HC KY realizes that BYU is his number one priority now

Gustav

4:21pm

Tornado warning for Nauvoo

dingus79 All-American

4:21pm

again!??

Cougarclaw

4:23pm

KY going to be coaching the Suns through playoffs...

VinnyBYU

4:20pm

Chandler really should have waited until BYU announced their coach. Young

Dangerous

4:20pm

He probably already knew

Hup

4:21pm

I don’t think so. But he knew he wanted to follow pope

chitownboy

4:22pm

I don't think he cared.

Coug

4:21pm

All in all Kentucky will still be a more reliable path to the NBA

Buffalo

4:22pm

Think it's going to be tough not having played in 2 yrs going to a place like UK

machete

4:25pm

Not so fast, as an RM I say no. As a top 10 freshman out of HS sure.

johnnybyu

4:27pm

Not sure about that. A program like Kentucky doesn't have a lot of time for an RM to get up to speed

kccougar

4:32pm

Yep it is actually a big risk by Chandler to go to Kentucky. Would have made

johnnybyu

4:33pm

Unless he doesn’t play much this cutting down on development

BYU '80

4:49pm

Chandler might have known about the hire before he made his announcement.

Ham

4:24pm

yeah Chandler definitely knew. He's always been a Pope guy

Kolipoki

4:27pm

Chandler on his mission knows very little. His Dad may have received a phone

Rocketman

4:31pm

Are you saying Pope shouldn’t have taken his dream job? Double/triple his

CougGolf

4:41pm

This is NOT about honesty or integrity on

Snipe

4:51pm

FYI to all--He was committed to Pope and not BYU. He was gone regardless of who

kansascougar

4:25pm

Seems like a Frank Jackson situation. No Duke fans give him a second thought.

VACougMD

4:26pm

I doubt he ever commits to BYU if he had a Kentucky offer in high school.

JuicyJam

4:26pm

As we super fans(you better be if you are on here), celebrate this awesome day

Alan Schaefer

4:20pm

So, did BYU approach Burgess at all for the HC job?

Zip

4:20pm

I am guessing they talked to Burgess, Maddog, Peery, Young, and maybe even Alex

johnnybyu

4:21pm

Everyone else was scheduled to interview today if Young said no

puntersarepeople

4:32pm

if what has been said here in Cougarboard is correct, then no

travelcoug

4:22pm

Until they agreed to terms with Young they were certainly in contact with the

johnnybyu

4:23pm

The org structure of the team is gonna be sick.

Icelandic Cougar

4:19pm

Is it confirmed that Burgess and Peery are on board? Still just hopeful

Hambone

4:20pm

The latter

Icelandic Cougar

4:23pm

I can’t remember if Mother Nature is angry or not. Does anyone know?

Hambone

4:18pm

Haven’t heard a thing on this board for 24 hours.

Brisco

4:20pm

Mark Pope chose KY, BYU chose KY

Cletus the Fetus

4:18pm

Board name.

Brisco

4:22pm

What an original comment!!!!

cougarfan84

4:27pm

Are you okay?

Abe Froman

4:28pm

RE: Are you okay?

cougarfan84

4:29pm

BYU fans to Pope today:

Undefeated

4:17pm

RE: BYU fans to Pope today:

WJCougar

4:18pm

RE: BYU fans to Pope today:

Hup

4:19pm

RE: BYU fans to Pope today:

Ozymandias

4:24pm

So SUU just picked up a 4'9" guard? That should be interesting.

Team Chaos

4:16pm

RE: So SUU just picked up a 4'9" guard? That should be interesting.

byuluvr

4:17pm

Mother Nature is angry #NeverForget

TNT

4:16pm

Mother Nature kindly baked me a cake. She's angry no more.

Benfica1

4:17pm

Not today she isn't. At least not where I am. Must be one of those rare happy moments.

Division Bell

4:17pm

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