Who has been the biggest recruiting disappointment in the last 10 years?

Aug 16, 2019
2:19:23pm

Cosmo4life Walk-on

I think Ross Apo would get my vote. He never lived up to any hype. He sounds like a pretty good coach but he was a terrible player with lots of hype.

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Who has been the biggest recruiting disappointment in the last 10 years?

Cosmo4life

8/16/19 2:19pm

How is it not Jake Heaps?

SLIVER

8/16/19 2:20pm

IMO, it's Heaps or Troy Hinds.

Backcountry

8/16/19 2:20pm

Except I have a hard time naming Hinds when it was injuries.

soupie

8/16/19 2:22pm

I get that. He may have been the highest recruited kid we ever landed and he

Backcountry

8/16/19 2:24pm

Huge bummer. This sounds like we're calling out guys & don't see it as his fault really.

soupie

8/16/19 2:25pm

I view at as fans being dissapointed by lack of productivity regardless of the

777

8/16/19 2:35pm

I didn't read it like that. I'm disappointed he was injured and couldn't perform

Backcountry

8/16/19 2:38pm

If it's not a calling out, then I agree. Hinds would be up there. Such a bummer how that went for him & BYU.

soupie

8/16/19 2:48pm

Maybe TNT is misremembering. Hinds wasn't a 5* recruit

TNT

8/16/19 2:59pm

Maybe not, but his offer list was as impressive as it gets.

Backcountry

8/16/19 3:21pm

He arm was a wreck most of his career. He never had a chance.

Backcountry

8/16/19 2:20pm

Jake Heaps and Tanner Mangum tie for #1

MikeDitka'sStache

8/16/19 2:20pm

Mangum came in and delivered big time in a year he wasn't expected to

Aircooled

8/16/19 2:22pm

If BYU had the same set of receivers and offense for Mangum's full eligibility

donnerstag

8/16/19 2:27pm

Tanner Mangum brought us the win against Nebraska and the Boise State

gwalker

8/16/19 2:22pm

Look at Mangum's resume. Some solid wins. Then look at what he endured

777

8/16/19 2:28pm

I don't understand how that means he threw the balls at the receivers' feet.

SandYFan

8/16/19 2:33pm

Clearly not the same offensive system from Anae to Detmer. Clearly not the

777

8/16/19 2:38pm

What he did his freshman season was throw safe passes to the outside and hope

SandYFan

8/16/19 2:40pm

Um....

777

8/16/19 2:49pm

That white out looks great.

soupie

8/16/19 2:51pm

Here....I'll help out.

777

8/16/19 2:52pm

Yes and he did a TON of safe passes to the outside. He never had a real

SandYFan

8/16/19 3:08pm

That is a perfect example of throwing it up and hoping Matthews gets it.

SandYFan

8/16/19 3:07pm

Haha....first of all it's Juergens, not Matthews. Okay so it was pure luck what

777

8/16/19 3:16pm

You're right, it wasn't Matthews for this one. And of course there's a big

SandYFan

8/16/19 3:29pm

We aren't comparing Mangum to Wilson, only that Mangum wasn't the most

777

8/16/19 5:11pm

I'm not going to bag a player who had numerous injury problems

Indy Coug

8/16/19 2:23pm

Injuries are disappointing though.

777

8/16/19 2:26pm

That doesn't make the player a disappointment. Splitting hairs, maybe, but I don't think so.

Indy Coug

8/16/19 2:30pm

Covey, Anae, Gay, Puka Nacua

yahtzee

8/16/19 2:23pm

This post hurts.

Cheap Seats

8/16/19 3:17pm

Trevor Reilly, Murphy, Star.....

Cougar76

8/16/19 5:23pm

Agree. Writers' opinions don't win games. + we really don't know who is better.

Benfica1

8/16/19 5:45pm

Heaps and Mangum

texbird33

8/16/19 2:26pm

Ben Olson.

Byron McNertney

8/16/19 2:27pm

*Olsen *last 10 years

garyfan

8/16/19 2:28pm

Crazy to think we're now 17 years post-Ben Olson not starting against Utah State

SpiffCoug

8/16/19 2:28pm

In Apos defense he was very good until his multiple concussions from being lit

1984coug

8/16/19 2:27pm

Most of the recruiting busts were derailed by injuries

donnerstag

8/16/19 2:29pm

Lame. Wish I could thumbs down this 100 times. At least they came to BYU.

Benfica1

8/16/19 2:39pm

Winner and losers in life. Hope your not the parent who gives all the kids

Cosmo4life

8/16/19 2:40pm

Cute. You don't have to be a tool to recruits that don't work out.

Benfica1

8/16/19 2:43pm

And you don’t have to be their dad protecting them. We’re all entitled to an

Cosmo4life

8/16/19 2:48pm

Which means that we are entitled to the opinion that this is in bad taste

CougarBlue08

8/16/19 2:51pm

Not protecting anyone. Just saying that it's lame and glad they chose BYU.

Benfica1

8/16/19 2:53pm

You're entitled to an opinion, but when you actually express it, then people are entitled to say your opinion sucks

Indy Coug

8/16/19 3:09pm

Sorry man, but this is bad form

pegushin

8/16/19 2:53pm

To be fair, I don't really understand the hate on this type of post. I feel

777

8/16/19 3:06pm

TROY HINDS!

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