to rinse and repeat the mistake of hiring inexperienced coordinators and position coaches. The program was definitely, even more than we realized then, at a "go-time" crossroads. The future of the program and getting into a P5 conference, landing as many big recruits as possible, 9-10 win seasons to create a momentum that would alter the trajectory. Make it look more like the chart Utah's FB program does if viewed side by side.

I'd argue, it was the most important time in program history we didn't make avoidable hiring errors w/ the coaching staff. It's always a gamble w/ hiring, but, experience and some amount of track record is THE factor you can control, assess and measure. It's so critical for the momentum of the program to to have a staff that is skilled, cohesive, and all rowing in the same direction to establish and then crank up that momentum. At the college level, it's so vital the players 100% believe their coaches are going to have them better prepared, w/ a better scheme, and adjustments that will always outperform the opponents coaching staff.

Whether FCS or FBS, it's the common denominator w/ great programs and teams on a great multi year run. They believe, they KNOW their coaches give them a huge advantage and will outperform the other staff. Without it, doubt, distrust creeps in, then losses pile up, and hope quickly evaporates. Fingerpointing, blame, all that ugliness creeps in and it's the furthest thing from fun there is. My biggest beef isn't w/ a single coach, or Holmoe or definitively one person. It's that we've repeated the same mistake again and again. Inexperience. I don't care if it's FCS experience or even D2 experience. The one single factor we could control, mistake we could avoid, we didn't. At a time we could seriously ill afford to make a mistake, we repeated them.

BYU must have top 25% coaching talent. Maybe because of low salaries, it isn't possible. Or we need to find and cultivate the best and brightest from FCS level or whatever. I'm not saying there is an easy solution. There might not be a solution, if all of the roadblocks w/ BYU's program and admin remain as they are. However, we can avoid the risk/reward mistake of inexperienced coaches. We an avoid repeating that mistake many times within a decade. It doesn't matter if someone is a nice guy, or loves BYU, or played at BYU, or pays lip service to BYU and it's greatness. Its specialness. The problem hasn't been one single guy, or one single hire. I don't know if it's arrogance, or misplaced faith, but it's inexplicable. inexcusable. And it's been very costly.

Bronco frustrated me in many ways, but when people adamantly wanted him gone, i said "be careful what you wish for." Bronco had the experience. Bronco w/ a top 25 percentile OC who stayed long enough to implement and cultivate a culture and system on offense, that's probably the high water mark for BYU w/ the realities of 2000's BYU FB. I don't think Sitake is the guy, nor will he become the guy. Which sucks, because I respect him a lot as a human being, and how much he loves an cares about his players. He isn't wired in a way to establish and implement the hardcore discipline necessary. Alright, rant transmission complete. Stay frosty, stay aerodynamic & don't hate me because I'm beautiful.