Sadly, I agree with this assessment of the current state of BYU Football.

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Oct 2, 2019
9:38:49am

coastcat All-American

I feel like the program had been running in deep beach sand since Sitaki was hired.

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coastcat

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I don't have a clue what Sitake's philosophy is in leading the team

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 7:11am

I think the only idea we do know is he loves the players. Everyone says he's a

Preppy

10/2/19 7:20am

exactly. Players are going to get him fired

SL12

10/2/19 7:31am

I have not heard nor seen that they would run through a wall for him.

coolblue

10/2/19 8:30am

This has been my biggest criticism of Sitake.

TheLoneCougar

10/2/19 7:20am

In every sense of the saying he’s “learning on the job”

Tuskaloosa Cougar

10/2/19 2:25pm

But we forget, even Bronco felt there wasn't the support needed

Coug Dude

10/3/19 7:15pm

After thinking a moment, Sitake always says he wants to be another LaVell...a

Preppy

10/2/19 7:33am

I agree. I think he wanted to be a LaVell like figure.. but I don’t think he had

cougfanz

10/2/19 7:54am

The biggest difference is Lavell hired experienced assistants.

Richbyu

10/2/19 7:59am

Reno (buddy hire with no experience), cahoon (buddy hire with

cougfanz

10/2/19 8:06am

That only works if you have an OC and DC that handle the real game at a high

Fdnman

10/2/19 8:27am

I agree with this. kalani could be a great HC if he had the correct people in

Preppy

10/2/19 8:42am

I agree. If we had a good, experienced OC and DC, it would be different.

Richbyu

10/2/19 9:10am

I'm wondering if our coaches don't get "Lavell'd" by the BoT?

Borg

10/2/19 8:35am

That may work after building a program over 20 yrs. But I think Lavell had a definite philosophy and was far more

Soupie

10/2/19 9:36am

Bronco also had a great defense, had his 24 points or less each game goal so

BYUheaven

10/2/19 7:38am

17 points a game on d, 24 on o.

molodyets

10/2/19 7:43am

yep, my bad

BYUheaven

10/2/19 7:50am

Not sure what it is right now but when he came in I don’t think he had a set

cougfanz

10/2/19 7:41am

Sounds like the softball beer league approach to running a team

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 7:42am

I think the biggest issue was kalani didn’t bring in the bad cops to his good

cougfanz

10/2/19 7:51am

I believe Sitake would have undermined "bad cops" in his program at every

LV Mike

10/2/19 8:05am

Sitaki has said Norm Chow was Edwards' bad cop when Sitaki was a player. Who is

coastcat

10/2/19 8:27am

Have fun and make memories.

yorksama

10/2/19 8:08am

Warm memories of losing in Toledo to one of the worst defenses in the country.

LV Mike

10/2/19 8:14am

It’s fairly obvious; he even announced his philosophy just prior to the Utah game.

antiyewt

10/2/19 8:13am

Something more a parent would say to his kid

Borg

10/2/19 8:38am

Ugly losses count as memories I guess

Resurgens

10/2/19 1:55pm

He has no clue either. This team has no identity.

Count Cougar

10/2/19 8:25am

^^^BINGO^^^

CougarThug

10/2/19 8:40am

Sitake’s philosophy: “If you can’t beat ‘em, praise them for an entire 15 min conference all while blaming your guys.”

JohnnyComeLately

10/2/19 8:27am

Building memories. He told us himself.

coolblue

10/2/19 8:28am

His philosophy is wining 1 big game a year, lose to our rivals and

Turd Ferguson

10/2/19 8:33am

Maybe not the philosophy. But the results are spot on. Somehow these coaches

Preppy

10/2/19 8:45am

BYU fans forget what BYU's philosophy is...

TheLost

10/2/19 8:48am

I agree with a lot of what you say,

stev

10/2/19 9:16am

So from your observations and based on what you have seen, where does Sitaki put

coastcat

10/2/19 9:22am

100% winning...

TheLost

10/2/19 9:39am

Every other P5 team in the nation goes through that type of meat grinder during

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 9:45am

Right. But...BYU isn’t P5. The depth is building. Look at Utah’s first few

Blue Mountains

10/2/19 10:10am

Nope. I don't agree. Unless I go home and re-read D&C 20 and find I missed

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 9:29am

When did EQP, Bishop and Stake President become priesthood offices?

Shihan

10/2/19 2:08pm

Ok, if you want to nit pick and quibble over language, they're all priesthood

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 2:13pm

What is the ideal coaching blueprint for a BYU football coach?

BYU Fan

10/2/19 8:58am

CB fans don't want this..

TheLost

10/2/19 9:00am

Nice strawman. Nobody on CB thinks we can magically start landing top 10

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 9:14am

Sadly, I agree with this assessment of the current state of BYU Football.

coastcat

10/2/19 9:38am

Then change the scheduling... Put Idaho State at game 5

TheLost

10/2/19 9:45am

Another strawman

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 9:46am

more denial... BYU isn't P5

TheLost

10/2/19 9:53am

We're certainly not. We're in some weird limbo land somewhere between G5 and P5

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 9:59am

4 years at BYU is like 1 in CFB...

TheLost

10/2/19 10:13am

The things you're describing are lower-order coaching decisions. They're also

BYUMizzou

10/2/19 10:32am

On defense they play conversative and scared

I'mBatman

10/2/19 9:43am

Most people just don't have a clue ...

niqmadu

10/2/19 11:43am

Well put. I often disagreed with some of the ways Bronco did things but he is

Resurgens

10/2/19 1:52pm

Disagree. Sitake's philosophy is pretty clear IMO. He's a KWhitt disciple and

jkccoug

10/2/19 2:17pm

No chance of getting the same DB's WR's and RB's that Kwhit gets regularly

mtnKat

10/2/19 3:58pm

The guys that Whitt got when he was in the MWC turned out well too though.

jkccoug

10/3/19 9:57am

Not coming to BYU because of honor code, not related to conf affiliation.

mtnKat

10/3/19 2:44pm

They talk all the time about it being a family.

Yoopercoug

10/2/19 7:28pm

"Where there is no vision the people (team) perish." Proverbs

BlueForLife

10/3/19 5:03am

What worries me more neither does Kalani

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