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dingus79 All-American

4:21pm

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

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, Perry, Young, and maybe even Alex

johnnybyu

4:21pm

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

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

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

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

So stoked that we (or Ryan Smith) ponied up the $$ for this hire. This isn't the

IronPotato

4:16pm

any ideas of how to hype up the MC tomorrow? Should they have KY exit a bus with

4slyce

4:13pm

Leave that WWE rah rah stuff with Pope.

Blueto

4:15pm

My ?? - Is Kevin Young going to show up at the MC without the beard?

epcoug

4:16pm

I don't think we should try to out Kentucky Kentucky.

HenderCoug

4:17pm

The MC environment is legit. We don't have to try to outdo anyone

johnnybyu

4:18pm

I love how Danny Ainge acted surprised..

cougarfanatic All-American

4:12pm

The man's poker face is second to none.

BlooCoug

4:13pm

Link not working? I searched and found this one. LOL Ainge is awesome

BYUfan92

4:15pm

PSA: Don’t name your kid after a BYU player or coach until their retirement or

King of Y

4:12pm

I'll do it for free

nybyblue

4:13pm

Sorry little kevin, can't talk to you for another decade or so.

Cougarclaw

4:13pm

I have a nephew born in 2005 named Luke – after Mr. "Cobra Calves" Staley.

Benfica1

4:19pm

Dumbo on the loose in Butte.....*language*

mokelembembe All-American

4:12pm

Let him go. Once the sun goes down and it gets cold he'll be begging to be let

Penske Material

4:14pm

Do KY's NBA bona fides unlock the door to more higher level transfers/recruits?

Sacto Cougar

4:11pm

Ask me in 3 months.

brj8

4:12pm

Yes. Unequivocally, yes.

TheDash

4:13pm

Is this the FIRST time?

VinnyBYU

4:10pm

It sends the message we are not screwing around here

Big Daddy D

4:11pm

Board name checks out

CouginCottonwood

4:13pm

Nurse Practitioner question. I have a daughter who is graduating with her

HenderCoug

4:09pm

In most cases the dermatologist takes on the new grad knowing full well she will

mudpupper

4:15pm

Kinda amazing from, the sky is falling to best day ever, on this board

RC Vikings

4:01pm

If Hall, Chandler, Khalifa, and Saunders are all gone next year...

brj8

4:04pm

That’s what I keep saying. If none of them come back we can then we can all

Blew

4:07pm

I think the loss of Chandler hurts worse than getting Young. That's probably

HenderCoug

4:11pm

Losing Hall would be the most devastating short term. Chandler would not have

johnnybyu

4:16pm

Add Baker to who we retain & get some “Young” bucks in here too, Davis,maybe Koz

palangi

4:16pm

So ... a normal day in other words. 😉

ManicBlue

4:05pm

RE: Kinda amazing from, the sky is falling to best day ever, on this board

Adrielle

4:08pm

Is it bipolar to get sad about bad news, and then happy about good news?

Ham

4:20pm

I loved reading that Tom Holmoe called Kevin Young the day Calipari resigned from Kentucky.

PJMort All-American

4:01pm

RE: I loved reading that Tom Holmoe called Kevin Young the day Calipari resigned

acougfan

4:02pm

Could’ve been a little awkward if Pope didn’t get the spot, no?

GlutealGuy

4:04pm

I'm sure the call was, "if X happens what would you think?" Just feeling him out

runnincoug

4:05pm

RE: I loved reading that Tom Holmoe called Kevin Young the day Calipari resigned

777

4:04pm

If true then huge props to him. He probably should have done it last year after

Ojiisan

4:05pm

where did you read this?

Zombre

4:05pm

LOL

rcbyufan

4:05pm

RE: where did you read this?

Warner

4:13pm

Where did you read this?

rcbyufan

4:05pm

Before all this happened TH mentioned that he keeps a short list of candidate

Benfica1

4:05pm

Cougarboard is the repository of all information. Patrick Kinahan's article

Yevin Koung

3:57pm

Are you the first to have a name that’s based off our new coach?

ForzaPuma

3:59pm

Nice out

Beggar

4:00pm

Love the initial letter swap board name, YK. Only the most intrepid of us can pull it off.

Yllage Vidiot

4:03pm

I think it’s shameful the BYU head coach’s salary will be about

LaVellIfIKnow

3:54pm

It could be better, but Holmoe was busy picking out a new Halloween costume

Jericho

3:59pm

Cormani McClain entering the portal. Sounds like the other fanbases in his HS

TheMediator

3:53pm

If he’s not willing to put in the work not sure we want that

pegushin

3:54pm

With the position we’re in, I’ll take the talent

arcawley

4:01pm

We saw what good talent with minimal effort on the OL produces...

Division Bell

4:03pm

We need OL help more than we need cornerbacks. I argue another

gopman

4:05pm

we have a spot open at corner

icecougar

3:55pm

He seems like he's bouncing at the first sign of adversity. No thanks

Blueto

3:59pm

Why would we want a lazy, indecisive, pampered player?

TeeKaa

4:02pm

Because stars raise recruiting ranking regardless of performance. We want to win

King of Y

4:08pm

Is he a star if he flamed out at CO?

TeeKaa

4:13pm

Yippie Ki Yay

AZPTCOUG

4:07pm

$4.2 million per year. Never thought I'd see the day BYU would pay that much for a basketball coach...

Adrielle Board Misanthrope

3:53pm

You had me until coach...

Syre

3:55pm

4th highest. Bill Self, Scott Drew, and Kelvin Sampson are higher.

cougarfan84

3:57pm

Gotcha. That's still pretty nice.

Adrielle

4:02pm

C’mon Hill and Kalani!!!!

JOPE Resident Golf Fanatic

3:50pm

2 for 1: AMAZING hire and Beard Rule gone!

ZubbyCoug

3:47pm

Beard rule gone?

Snipe

3:48pm

If not, is it even enforced anymore?

Team Chaos

3:56pm

seems... not real

Geldir

3:52pm

I'm pretty sure you're going to see a clean-shaven guy tomorrow.

Niiineteeen84

3:54pm

I am visiting this odd western state and was told...

ZubbyCoug

4:01pm

Who is Barrett Peery? Keep hearing his name.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

3:44pm

RE: Who is Barrett Peery? Keep hearing his name.

Coug

3:44pm

Current assistant coach at UNLV. Former head coach at Portland State IIRC. Lds guy.

PJMort

3:44pm

Also spent time at Texas tech

Zombre

3:50pm

I stole this from previous post

A Drew Aitch

3:58pm

I think that I became a bigger BYU hoops fan today.

a priori

3:43pm

My fandom is the same, but I definitely perceive BYU b-ball differently.

gangbusters

3:45pm

not just BYU B-Ball, but I perceive BYU as a whole

FatherOFive

3:58pm

I’ve placed my financial support behind Rockwood. I may have to diversify.

Q-grr

3:45pm

That's really weird

Plato

4:00pm

It's weird that you think it's weird

a priori

4:06pm

You increased your fandom because they hired a coach you never heard of while

Plato

4:15pm

I think it's fair to be excited by the way this all went down post-Pope announcement, even if the roster

Bob Vance

4:17pm

Tom Holmoe

icecougar

3:43pm

RE: Tom Holmoe

Q-grr

3:46pm

It’s true

Longseason

3:40pm

TCIT

Q-grr

3:47pm

So was this a joke? It's deleted now

byusage

3:40pm

I have the same question. If it’s on, I’m there.

kC Cougar

3:43pm

Probably McCann getting ahead of himself.

Soupie

3:43pm

President Reese is pumped

JOPE Resident Golf Fanatic

3:39pm

Love it. Great to have a true fan as president of BYU!

Yllage Vidiot

3:42pm

I appreciated president Samuelson but man Mr. Reese is much better from a sports

pinolero

3:48pm

Samuelson? Don’t get me started.

Q-grr

3:50pm

Woosh Shane

Greg4BYU

3:46pm

+ Must be the first BYU president ever to take stage in a pair of Air Force 1s.

seacougar

4:08pm

"Andor" creator says S2 is some of the most "important work I've ever done"

Howard Bannister

3:38pm

Andor was soooooo good.

Iman23

3:39pm

I couldn’t make it through the season 1 snooze fest

Beggar

3:40pm

Sméagol was legit

Iman23

3:42pm

RE: I couldn’t make it through the season 1 snooze fest

byuluvr

3:44pm

I don't get all the love on here. It was ok. Mandolorian way better

boorad

3:48pm

Right? Pairing Jack Black and Lizzo was a stroke of genius.

XORCoug

4:00pm

Any part of Mandalorian without baby Yoda is lame.

ochobeeguy

4:12pm

Oh great, another "artist" creating "important work" where all is wanted is entertainment.

Ragnar Danneskjold

3:41pm

I don't want a show that is "important." I want one that's good.

shoganai

3:45pm

Geez, I don't necessarily think he's not saying it won't be good or entertaining

Howard Bannister

3:56pm

We're putting Star Wars and important in the same sentence

FatherOFive

4:01pm

I hope so. I really enjoyed the first season.

shoganai

4:07pm

Probably means a Trans character has joined the Rebel Alliance.

CougarCanuck76

4:12pm

That speech about sacrifice was some of the best dialogue in any recent movie/

Corn Pop

4:16pm

What is good news for BYU MBB might be bad news for KS...

rmarkerm

3:38pm

Should just be motivation to put out the best product on the field possible.

Kdubb

3:39pm

It’s great news for him. If he performs, there’s a path to major cash.

dtownCoug

3:40pm

If I am KS, I’m doing a crash course in all aspects of football in the off-seaso

Q-grr

3:52pm

Hopefully he hits the books hard

tacallaway

4:06pm

Sitake is a nice guy, a really nice guy. That doesn’t mean he is a great coach. I think we’ve seen what he can do.

Yllage Vidiot

3:40pm

He needs to approach games with some emotional consistency

BlackBart

3:42pm

And lose the all-to-frequent deer in the headlights look

FatherOFive

3:44pm

That’s what I mean - the yo-yo approach really impacts the team IMO

BlackBart

3:48pm

Love and Learn might turn into Learn and Perform

TADOW

3:40pm

RE: Love and Learn might turn into Learn and Perform

kansascougar

3:45pm

The competition is still very limited with the LDS membership needed though.

777

3:41pm

If we have a losing season this year, he might be gone…make room for Andy?

CougarGuy84

3:44pm

Write this down. After KS is let go for piss poor performance, he will not be

TeeKaa

3:50pm

Good. Because that's good news for all of us

YIsForBrigham

3:54pm

The best I can say for KS right now is that his players have mostly behaved themselves. Crowton was done-zo when player

Yllage Vidiot

4:00pm

2 years ago, Kevin Young talked about his path to where he is at and his wife ha

AFewThoughts

3:35pm

*Young

Yllage Vidiot

3:35pm

well Young is a tough name to remember

Buffalo

3:36pm

It's the crazy spelling that gets to ya. 3 vowels in a row? Madness. LOL!

DawgHaus

3:50pm

Fixed... too busy typing. Thanks!

AFewThoughts

3:36pm

Hall?

LifeLongLakerFan

3:35pm

He looks a lot like our new coach, kevin young

Norseman

3:36pm

He really does! Thanks everyone for catching my typo so quickly!

AFewThoughts

3:37pm

"You're welcome." — CB Hall Monitor

LifeLongLakerFan

3:39pm

Yes, the NBA grind was a factor to take the step "down" to the NCAA

BYULAWGUY

3:43pm

Let’s please not call him as a bishop

Blue Ridge

3:47pm

"I hate to use the C word-culture." Haha.

roseyscenario

4:03pm

Amazing to listen to his journey from Grunt to Associate HC with Suns...24:00 on

UMWolverine

4:07pm

Yep I should have mentioned that as well. He's worked his way from the bottom.

AFewThoughts

4:10pm

From the suns board

robin

3:34pm

watch out, Diamondbacks

Buffalo

3:35pm

Rumor is Diamondbacks are demanding a new stadium

WJCougar

3:48pm

Let’s steal all of Lake Powell while we still can

TADOW

3:42pm

Gonna beat Wildcats and Sun Devils this year too

pegushin

3:45pm

They can keep the unbearable heat in the summer though.

CougarGuy84

3:46pm

Wasn't Danny Ainge a Sun, too?

Division Bell

3:47pm

Yes. Player and coach

dratax

3:48pm

I think we may soon look back and conclude losing Pope was the best thing to

Jasbo

3:33pm

Maybe. Lots still to be seen. BUT, it has been one of the biggest turnaround days in BYU fandom for sure. Shoo...wing!

PJMort

3:36pm

The best thing to happen to BYU basketball is Tom Holmoe.

roseyscenario

3:37pm

His only knock IMO is Kalani, but

FatherOFive

3:38pm

Um, the 2023/4 team over-performed under Pope. Also, next year was looking good.

Benfica1

4:11pm

AI music generation is insane. Took me 20 minutes to create this:

maizecoug

3:32pm

Wild

Haysom Till

3:38pm

Which program do you use?

Bert609

3:42pm

Wow.

Benfica1

4:16pm

Can you imaging 60,000 strong belting this out on a Saturday afternoon in LES?

scootsy

3:47pm

That is crazy. Dang. I especially like the rah rah rah. I'd vote to sing it this way at games.

zonacougar

3:49pm

Christian rock!

Q-grr

4:11pm

So what was Madsen's post about the other day. It clearly wasn't about BYU as

dallasbyu

3:31pm

it was encouraging the Cal alumni to donate to the Cal NIL collective

cwilke1

3:32pm

And to make sure speculations didn't derail that or recruits.

Soupie

3:33pm

He probably knew he wasn’t leaving so wanted to squash rumors

Warner

3:33pm

Might not have been interviewed but I’d be shocked if byu didn’t send a feeler.

VenturaCoug

3:39pm

It might have been the classic, "I'm taking my name out of consideration"

2ndTrombone

3:40pm

Is that confimred they only interviewed one? I am guessing they reached out to

johnnybyu

3:44pm

Yes, young was the only person they interviewed. But I’m sure they reached out to several candidates to judge interest.

JOPE

4:06pm

Exactly one "official" interview. Doesn't mean much but happy to have KY

johnnybyu

4:10pm

Probably had people reaching out to him and his recruits about the BYU spot

GlutealGuy

3:56pm

There are two reasons we can't continue to call him KY. We can do better.

777

3:30pm

It's a slippery slope.

Bossk82

3:30pm

You are just totes jelly that you don’t have a nickname.

AZPTCOUG

3:34pm

That suggestion should be accepted without any friction from us

4thand19

3:35pm

Call him what you want, but he fits this job like hand in glove.

garyfan

3:37pm

A his and a hers reason?? Give us a clue!

Cougarclaw

3:42pm

All I have to say is my joke about his initials was moderated and itwas way more

Sparkling Delirium

3:53pm

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