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did we just get a better coaching hire than Kentucky???

niqmadu

11:44am

Okay, some actual data and a bit of inside info about the Kevin Young hire

macdizzle

11:44am

Love the hire of Kevin Young for BYU's head coach. Obviously bummed about

richvan

11:43am

He is not one and done talent, even before his mission.

HFF

11:44am

This news really puts a damper on things

HandwovenBox

11:43am

“Stupidity” LOL

Yllage Vidiot

11:44am

This is the kind of hire I was hoping for. Will it work out? Who knows, but it

BYUtka

11:43am

When it comes to playing the long game, I hope KY gets a ring with the Suns this

lurKing5000

11:43am

I'd rather they get swept in rnd 1 and he comes to provo asap

fulano

11:43am

Short game mindset

lurKing5000

11:45am

BYU probably has something more than 5x the annual athletics revenue compared to just a few years ago, right?

TCuz Coastal Elite

11:43am

Both Mark Pope and us got our version of KY

md7Coug

11:42am

Article: Sources: Suns' Young finalizing deal with BYU View

[ESPN] Adrian Wojnarowski

11:42am

Wow, Elvis was wrong. He did offer to delete his account, right?

Unibro

11:42am

Meh, spaghetti at the wall. There were only so many options.

Mitty

11:43am

RE: Wow, Elvis was wrong. He did offer to delete his account, right?

Preppy

11:44am

Underrated aspect of this hiring:TH just buried the Chandler news.

VenturaCoug

11:41am

I just wanted to point out that I called for KY and got what I wanted.

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

11:41am

Kalani seeing our new bball hire, then seeing how much he’s getting paid-

Kdubb

11:41am

Maybe he should look to see if other schools would pay him more?🫢

Crowd Factor

11:43am

What kind of coach is KY? What kind of offense and defense does he run? Is he

Magneto

11:40am

We need to get some Suns fans on here to explain this to us.

Mostlyaccurate

11:41am

Watch a Suns game

Blueto

11:42am

His last team finished 2nd in the NBA, we don’t finish 2nd at BYU

GlutealGuy

11:42am

He was essentially in charge of the offense at Phoenix this last year, so

cougarfan84

11:43am

It's interesting to note that Young was Holmoe's #1 target, when a lot of us

Mitty

11:39am

Didn't even interview anyone else.

spidercoug

11:40am

It's almost like he had a list of people prepared and was ready to act when needed.

kccougar

11:40am

Kudos to Tom. Had a solid succession plan in place.

AZ Coug

11:41am

🤯

Crowd Factor

11:41am

For all the flak he's received from frustrated fans at times, the dude has always seemed to be on top of the AD game.

Bert609

11:42am

And consensus #1, Madsen

Rhubarb

11:40am

Nobody thought he was possible. Crazy if he turned down the nets for BYU.

cougaman

11:40am

Imagine being hired as somebody's 3rd, 4th, or 5th choice.

cougfanblue

11:41am

Probably lower than that

BYU '80

11:42am

Fans are still in the pre-BigXII mindset.

swingcat

11:41am

It' because it's not normal BYU behavior and even beat writers think that.

Malathion

11:44am

UK puts out article about getting 2 new recruits & CC is not one of them. We'll take you Chandler.

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

11:39am

Pope and BYU basketball

CouchPotato

11:39am

Is Marcus Adams worth re-recruiting or is he a bust?

Moab Rising

11:38am

Definitely worth it if he can get healthy and in shape. Last I saw he looked like he was working towards it.

PJMort

11:39am

I wish Marcus all the best. Don't think he will be back.

dwhitebud

11:40am

If would be nice if we could and land his little bro as well.

Malcolm Reynolds

11:41am

not unless his family moves here

Zombre

11:43am

The thing I’m most excited about? BYU’s willingness to step up to the plate.

TPcoug

11:38am

Had a weird dream that I went to UK and tracked down Pope

NorthwestCoug

11:38am

RE: Had a weird dream that I went to UK and tracked down Pope

docrick

11:39am

"I'm still not sure he's a franchise point guard." - Ainge on Keyonte.

Hypnotoad

11:38am

His best position might be at SG. Maybe Ainge is trying to motivate George to work hard this off season.

ManicBlue

11:40am

If he's not a point guard they should trade him. Being small on the perimeter

Hypnotoad

11:42am

Ha, Yewts all jelly over KY.

MightyFreakingCougar

11:38am

Careful using "jelly" and "KY" in the same sentence here...

Ol Big Bear

11:38am

Signed, John Amaechi

foofcoug

11:39am

All of us older Utes have hated Kentucky since the 90’s

Solomon Levi

11:43am

I have a quote to share

df101coug

11:37am

Some perspective: The last time a Smith landed a Young it took two years.

Ham

11:37am

No way this happens without Big 12 prestige and money.

garyfan

11:37am

Any chance KY leaves if the Clayton State HC job opens up? JK

Coug Eastwood

11:37am

Curious why Kevin Young "Makes no sense"

Future_Tacos

11:37am

He’s eaten his crow on this already. let’s just all be happy together.

Soren Tversky

11:38am

easy, kimdaddy didn’t know BYU had $30MM on the table

palangi

11:39am

it's been 30 seconds, have we recruited all of the 5 star players yet?

Cougarclaw

11:36am

29 of them. Couldn’t quite get 1 a second. Failure

jollaksentie

11:39am

Coaches usually bring players with them…

Northpaw

11:36am

"I just don't see him having any interest in the BYU job"

Skeptical Optimist

11:36am

I’m okay with that take. This is a big surprise.

DieHarder

11:37am

Agreed. I don't think most people thought it was realistic.

cougfanblue

11:40am

Yup - insiders didn't think we could get him

Skeptical Optimist

11:43am

Andy Reid could learn a lesson from all this. Seriously.

Lance71

11:36am

Like don't win at the highest level when you could be mid?

Malathion

11:39am

Andy Reid and Kevin Young are on completely different levels

Flyingdolphin

11:39am

As your kids turn into adults... the truth comes out.

TheLost

11:36am

Tik tok? That Chinese propaganda tool should be banned on CB

WDaddy

11:39am

Obligatory - what will Jay Drew's/Monson’s headline be?

Rhubarb

11:36am

"LDS Church Spends Widow's Mite on Basketball Coach"

bluecheese

11:37am

Even better question, Monsons?

RoaroftheCougartails

11:37am

LDS Church is hypocritical for hiring coach with a beard.

kccougar

11:39am

BYU forced to overpay for unproven coach

Beggar

11:37am

BYU settles for the Utah Flash HC

BYUBandfan

11:38am

BYU wastes millions of limited dollars on sports hire:Poverty continues unabated

WallaX2

11:38am

BYU hires a coach, but Chandler looks to the brighter future at Kentucky.

Preppy

11:39am

I haven't read a GM article in 20 yrs. Drew may soon get the same treatment

refunder

11:39am

BYU hires coach with no college experience

kimdaddy35

11:40am

BYU rushes coaching hire by targeting NBA team coach from team stumbling into the playoffs

Cougs1

11:40am

Monson: BYU Angers LGBT Community with Coach that Embraces Proclamation on Family

Bob Vance

11:42am

With BYU hoops hire, church maintains exclusionary practice based on religion

vegas guey

11:43am

BYU Hires Young, eliminating his dream of being an NBA Head Coach

Skeptical Optimist

11:43am

It's almost lunchtime and all is right in my world.

Y-Zag

11:36am

It's been a rough few days. Today is a good day to be a BYU fan.

SierraCoug All-American

11:35am

Crazy the day it was announced we lost Colin Chandler is considered a good day

FootBackwards

11:38am

In a startling change to the BYU Honor Code, beards are now mandatory on all upper classmen.

PJMort All-American

11:35am

There will be so many bad, patchy beards

Beggar

11:36am

Glad I'm not there now then, my wife would not look good with a beard.

kimdaddy35

11:36am

Does he have any relationship with Peja?

ochobeeguy

11:35am

I never dreamed I would one day see Woj break BYU basketball news. What a time to be alive!

RoaroftheCougartails Rogue Jedi

11:35am

LOL at Ainge about the Young hire. "Thanks for sharing that news" Haha.

ballen

11:35am

What’s better than having a BYU guy as the HC?

Unibro

11:35am

Having a BYU guy who can win tournament games as HC?

Blue Print

11:37am

Blog: BYU Basketball Roster Kevin Young Inherits For 2024-25 Season View

[KSL Sports]

11:34am

So what are your honest expectations for Young. Year 1, but also and beyond?

Cougar TD

11:34am

The first test is roster building/retention

Indy Coug

11:35am

RE: So what are your honest expectations for Young. Year 1, but also and beyond?

BYUheaven

11:36am

We’ll probably only win 2 national championships in the next decade.

MrRoboto

11:37am

Fine, I will learn to live with that.

Cougar TD

11:39am

I’m willing to give him a fairly long leash. Sub-.500 first year in conference

Lalau

11:42am

It has been a good sports week for me

HingleMcCringleberry

11:34am

I hope we can bring back Hall and Saunders. I feel like teams figured out Aly

Magneto

11:34am

The teams that had a lot of success against him mostly relied on him missing threes

puntersarepeople

11:36am

Maybe take a shot at the Indiana State kid instead of Ali?

ochobeeguy

11:37am

Yeah loved watching him drop dimes, but he wasn’t even a liability in transition

palangi

11:38am

That is true. He was no where to be seen.

Magneto

11:39am

So Pope goes to Kentucky (KY). Now we refer to Young as KY. Well played, CB.

Coug Eastwood

11:34am

KY very jelly of our KY hire

machete

11:35am

No offense to Suns fans, but I hope they get ousted from the playoffs 1st round

nova_coug_fan

11:34am

RE: No offense to Suns fans, but I hope they get ousted from the playoffs 1st round

cougfanblue

11:34am

I am torn as a Suns fan. I want a NBA Championship but also want KY to get going

dallasbyu

11:36am

The Nuggets are repeating anyway, so might as well make it quick and painless.

cougfanblue

11:37am

From a Kentucky fan..."The odd thing is, despite that restriction (on being LDS)

Parker Schnabel

11:33am

Professional coaching can be a major stress and drain. Kevin Young's decision

osbooks

11:33am

Half the games and travel, etc. 👍 But having to recruit in college and deal w

Undefeated

11:37am

Yes different types of stress in college, but I maintain it's still way better

osbooks

11:41am

I can't see a college HC being that much less stressful, with recruiting and all

CatamountFan

11:37am

Pope leaves for UK and we hire an upgrade over Pope. Just wow

threezeroeight

11:33am

That “woosh Kevin” graphic bout to hit different

puntersarepeople Intervention Needed

11:33am

What? No praise for our former coach?

Blue Print

11:34am

Do we like Santiago too? Just trying to keep this straight.

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

11:33am

No one really likes that guy

Beggar

11:33am

Okay...we like TH but not Santiago....got it

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

11:34am

I do

kC Cougar

11:35am

Kevin Young's first order of business...thank you note to Suns Organization.

The Chief

11:33am

RE: Kevin Young's first order of business...thank you note to Suns Organization.

Kilgore Trout

11:34am

Dallin Hall Please consider this:

kC Cougar

11:33am

I have literally ZERO interest in forking over $600k to get Hall back...

Coug

11:34am

RE: I have literally ZERO interest in forking over $600k to get Hall back...

BYUHawk

11:36am

I absolutely disagree. I think he has a high ceiling.

kC Cougar

11:37am

The question is, is there any team that is willing to fork over that amount of

cougarfan84

11:40am

If a team has the luxury of blowing $600k without it having any impact on them... great...

Coug

11:42am

lol @ Danny Ainge pretending to act surprised at the Kevin Young news

TouchdownCougars

11:33am

I am just happy that Kevin Young chose BYU over the Nets, Hornets and Aggies

BYUheaven

11:32am

Okay be honest, who knew who Kevin Young was before today? I heard his name but didn’t know anything beyond the basics.

Yllage Vidiot Humbly Awesome

11:32am

Me

BigTex

11:33am

We need a summary of his resume - I never heard the name until today.

TeeKaa

11:33am

Good stuff in the press release:

cougfanblue

11:36am

I heard of him several years ago when he coached for the sixers.

A Drew Aitch

11:34am

Learned last night in the Y's Guys podcast.

cougfanblue

11:35am

I heard on Sunday and had to look him up.

airbug

11:44am

<< Deleted >>

Rhubarb

11:32am

What the Tom Holmoe just happened? Is this excitement I feel again?

TailgateU

11:32am

We will know how good a recruiter KY is if he shows up to the presser w/ a beard

ordinary tri guy

11:32am

Time to one up Kentucky and fill up LES for Kevin’s introductory press conference.

TCuz Coastal Elite

11:32am

I vote for just having a normal press conference. One up Kentucky during season.

dYrtbYkerYder

11:33am

The Mormon Mafia pulls it off. 🙂

airbug

11:31am

RE: The Mormon Mafia pulls it off. 🙂

Kilgore Trout

11:34am

Read the book. It was all personal. It always is.

Jacksonian76

11:38am

Kevin Young's first words at his press conference: "This is the right place, drive on!"

PJMort All-American

11:31am

"And much like Brigham, I'll be keeping the beard..."

foofcoug

11:33am

What's Jaxson gonna do now? 🤔

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

11:31am

Regardless of coach, it’s gonna come down to NIL money

JOPE

11:34am

"Hey Jaxson, we had you way down here on our draft board... Come back and

foofcoug

11:30am

Ha! You just beat me to it!

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

11:31am

Preview of Holmoe's next Halloween costume:

Bossk82

11:30am

RE: Preview of Holmoe's next Halloween costume:

dallasbyu

11:31am

RE: Preview of Holmoe's next Halloween costume:

PJMort

11:32am

RE: Preview of Holmoe's next Halloween costume:

Sandstone Cougar

11:33am

Dude—that is a chupacabra, not a goat

Carnac

11:35am

Holmoe to Kentucky' AD

Adam_Pontipee

11:30am

RE: Holmoe to Kentucky' AD

Cougar TD

11:31am

That video is gold. And the backstory behind it is fantastic. He was directing it to a 12 year old that was taunting

slappy

11:31am

POLL: Did you know who Kevin Young was before last week?

Hambone

11:30am

These guys did:

kimdaddy35

11:31am

I knew who he was but figured he was an unrealistic option for us

DanSmith

11:33am

Linehan: Putting Pope's new tithing dollars to good use. LOL

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

11:30am

I don't think it's that funny. I've never found joking about other members' tithing money to be in good taste at all.

RdF3

11:30am

I'm trying to think of anything you ever thought was funny though.

ochobeeguy

11:32am

It’s okay to joke about church topics. Life is meant to have laughter

Finneas

11:41am

Somebody pinch me.

IceBlue

11:30am

Young leaving the NBA when so close to getting a HC job tells me that

Hinta

11:29am

If he’s 42 he may have younger kids, lds and Utah lifestyle is better for family

jigidajrit

11:31am

My guess it is a family decision. HC at BYU can be a pretty good gig if you do

johnnybyu

11:31am

For real. If he wins he could stay as long as he wants and then sail off into

ballen

11:36am

It tells me he thinks BYU is a amazing job and he thinks he can make us a winner

Blueto

11:32am

HC at NBA would last for 1-3 years because it would be a team like Charlotte.

ochobeeguy

11:33am

If I am a high school player and get to work with the guy who coached and knows

Ojiisan

11:34am

If Young makes over $4.2 million a year and Andy Reid makes $12 million a year

Magneto

11:29am

Make it happen Ryan

Bobber

11:31am

Holmoe...Do an extravaganza in the MC for Young that makes....

docrick

11:29am

Can we get people dressing up as Brigham young?

GlutealGuy

11:30am

Then don't mention his name just say the last coach. . . etc.

fldnstrm

11:31am

RE: Then don't mention his name just say the last coach. . . etc.

docrick

11:32am

Have a busload of former players walk in with a Deseret First Duel trophy.

Bossk82

11:34am

So is BYU a Basketball School now?Head BBall Coach makes more than the FB Coach.

House_Of_El

11:29am

Is TH just hiring based on last names? Young>Pope 😀. Great hire!

JWin

11:29am

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