Scheme and coaching. Here’s a list of our DLine. We have talent.

Nov 20, 2019
3:39:04pm

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We have talent on the DL that Utah would be successful with, when adding their scheme and coaching. They’d get more out of our DLine options than BYU is getting this season.

Fauatea, Tonga, Tuioti Mariner, Kaufusi, Dawe, Pili, Tofa, El-Backri, Leiatua, etc are all more than capable. We just don’t coach them up the right way and our scheme doesn’t focus on them at all.

You’re telling me Utah couldn’t be successful with those options? And no, I’m not saying they’re close to the same level of talent Utah lands. But there’s plenty of talent across BYU’s DLine and Utah could work with and succeed.

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Time

What's the cause of DL problems at BYU?

chodilicus

11/20/19 3:35pm

Climate change.

TriggerWarning

11/20/19 3:36pm

Is there a graph showing that or something?

Turn and Cough

11/20/19 5:14pm

RE: Is there a graph showing that or something?

Cougar TD

11/20/19 7:59pm

Utah gets most of the good LDS DL

Huge Manatee

11/20/19 3:36pm

Maybe Utah and BYU should combine forces

Pro Logic

11/20/19 3:43pm

The problem: Every player at BYU could probably survive at Utah. It does not

rcbyufan

11/20/19 3:54pm

Amen, even many LDS kids

chodilicus

11/20/19 4:07pm

Wait...Tafua couldn't handle BYU? I've never heard anything but that he elected to transfer to play football at the U.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 4:11pm

Rumor is he didn’t want to work hard in class

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 7:26pm

If it's just a rumor, I'd prefer not to promulgate that across CB. Doesn't seem like it would do anybody any good.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 7:51pm

I'm not saying he was booted or even did anything wrong at all

chodilicus

11/21/19 6:07pm

lol Tafua got home and the coaches who recruited him were gone.

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 5:50pm

If Tooley could get to 265 . . .

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 7:27pm

Wasn't Buck listed at 6'5/6'6?

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 8:09pm

I'd rather see Tooley at 240-245 and playing OLB in a 3-4 where he can rush

cougaman

11/20/19 10:09pm

My point is that BYU needs speed DEs and they could be 240

chodilicus

11/21/19 6:10pm

Or just go to a 3-4 where these guys can play a more natural position at OLB.

cougaman

11/21/19 6:29pm

True. A 240 pound Tooley would be sweet

puntersarepeople

11/21/19 7:28pm

Hear academics are easier and there’s more support staff

ZooBlue

11/22/19 7:11am

Not just Utah but the PAC12 has many top Lds DL

I'mBatman

11/20/19 4:42pm

BYu has a few Utah wanted. BYU doesn’t develop

BYU '80

11/20/19 5:16pm

Utah isn't doing anything special with their recruiting for DL.

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 5:48pm

Not true. All starting DL's at U are 3 star recruits. BYU has

Coug Dude

11/20/19 7:22pm

I don’t think Tuiaki knows how to coach Ends. The whole DL plays like NTs

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 3:37pm

Seemed to coach D lineman ok when he was with the ewets. Must have forgot how?

basman

11/20/19 3:39pm

He only coached the yewt DL 2 years so it's hard to attribute too much to him.

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 3:50pm

If that's true, then how much impact does a coach even have?

basman

11/20/19 4:10pm

They have a huge impact

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 4:12pm

And they all have one move, bull rush

RenoCoug

11/20/19 3:47pm

Exactly

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 3:50pm

Also, they all seem to have the cardio endurance of a 70 year old who smokes a carton a day.

jpesk2

11/20/19 3:56pm

Bronco getting in love with slim OL was part of the problem. He needed those guys to run Go Fast Go Hard Go Punt

monkeycowboy

11/20/19 4:06pm

Wasn't he the DL coach for "sack lake city?" It's a talent problem, not a

Backcountry

11/20/19 4:17pm

Tofa and Leiataua were both well-regarded recruits

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 4:22pm

Tofa has been plagued by injuries

trom2foot3

11/20/19 4:27pm

Tofa wasn't a D-end recruit. Leiataua just hasn't lived up to the hype.

Backcountry

11/20/19 4:33pm

We don’t have any true rush ends

I'mBatman

11/20/19 4:44pm

True but you have to develop players

Coug Dude

11/20/19 7:31pm

injuries have plagued BYU. Here is an unpopular opinion though;....

claw

11/20/19 3:38pm

Not to mention Jorgensen.

Yohy

11/20/19 3:43pm

Frisch, Hoke, Denney, Keisel, etc

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 4:05pm

Hoke was a DT

TheLoanArranger

11/20/19 7:59pm

Correct, but I was responding to a post about "BYU's best D-linemen", not just the best DEs

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 8:23pm

RE: injuries have plagued BYU. Here is an unpopular opinion though;....

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 6:43pm

I forgot about Schoonover and Hanna. Two other potential bodies that could be good at DE.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:45pm

Scheme and coaching. Here’s a list of our DLine. We have talent.

SlantRoute

11/20/19 3:39pm

Why does everyone think there's a talent gap between Y and U?

Coug Dude

11/20/19 7:35pm

Three star is a wide rating

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 7:37pm

Thats just not true.

Backcountry

11/20/19 8:04pm

Word on the street is pass rush scheme also depends on DB talent/ experience

ZooBlue

11/22/19 7:34am

Narcs - hard to keep anything on the DL

bruincoug

11/20/19 3:39pm

It's the end of the world when you listen to William and Hans.

Mathew

11/20/19 3:39pm

Scheme.

cougaman

11/20/19 3:40pm

Playing a 3-4 scheme and dropping 8 into coverage on almost every single play

RalphWiggam

11/20/19 3:40pm

Schools with academic limitations generally struggle more with recruiting DLine.

Josef K

11/20/19 3:41pm

It's not hard to understand.... It's Tuiaki. It is a terrible scheme and use

Cougar TD

11/20/19 3:42pm

Bronco couldn’t recruit DLine either

Josef K

11/20/19 3:45pm

He coached them up, and he used his strength in recruiting LB to pressure the QB

cougaman

11/20/19 3:46pm

But they don't allow as many points as some other schools, and 2-3 games a year

cougaman

11/20/19 3:45pm

several of our best DE recruits have had career ending injuries early on

Cougforgood

11/20/19 3:46pm

Yep, Tuifua and Hinds were devastating losses

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 4:06pm

So seems like most thing it is coaching

chodilicus

11/20/19 3:59pm

Loss of Steve kaufusi

Boring

11/20/19 4:11pm

*Corbin and *Bronson

LifelongAP

11/20/19 8:50pm

There are zero every down 4-3 defensive ends on the team

donnerstag

11/20/19 4:11pm

This staff is in year 4-so isn't that their problem?

chodilicus

11/20/19 4:52pm

They sent their recruits into the mission field

donnerstag

11/20/19 4:56pm

They have Tyler Batty, Cade Albright, and Michael Daley in the pipeline but they're on missions or just recently back

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 5:18pm

Tyler Batty seems like the only potential new player that could make a difference next year, and he hasn't played a down

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 5:15pm

I like Freddy Livai who is redshirting

donnerstag

11/20/19 5:25pm

Is he going to be DT or DE though

cougaman

11/20/19 5:27pm

Not sure, but his film makes him a good DE candidate

donnerstag

11/20/19 5:50pm

I agree, and he has the speed. 4.5 at 250 lbs. I was just under the impression

cougaman

11/20/19 5:54pm

Wait, what? He really ran a 4.5 40 at 250 lb?

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:08pm

This was a quote about Livai

donnerstag

11/20/19 6:15pm

Fantastic. I've heard people say they are very excited about him but I haven't been familiar with him at all.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:47pm

Fevaleaki

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 6:27pm

What you think would happen to the average talent on the whole team if

ZooBlue

11/20/19 4:50pm

Yes a lot of doubt actually

stansburycoug

11/20/19 6:03pm

Attrition has been a major problem

donnerstag

11/20/19 4:58pm

This is most telling by far

Cougforgood

11/20/19 5:10pm

Did Lui end up at Boise State or is he elsewhere? Maybe not even playing anymore?

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 5:19pm

Weight?

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 5:21pm

Those look like 4-front DEs to me.

Lip Gallagher

11/20/19 5:59pm

All of this talk just reinforces my opinion that BYU should go with a more

cougaman

11/20/19 5:56pm

This season at least I think you’re right.

JollyGreenGiant

11/20/19 6:04pm

I think for the foreseeable future as well. Most of the DE I think are more

cougaman

11/20/19 6:13pm

None of these coaches have experience with that scheme at that at this level

stansburycoug

11/20/19 6:06pm

Well, I want a new DC anyway, so that fixes that problem. Bring on Poppinga with

cougaman

11/20/19 6:11pm

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spit_76

11/20/19 6:03pm

It's definitely not true about the height thing

donnerstag

11/20/19 6:10pm

RE: It's definitely not true about the height thing

spit_76

11/20/19 6:18pm

Did BYU really not recruit Pita T? I know it's been a while, but that's not at all what I recall of the situation.

SingleStrapBackpack

11/20/19 6:12pm

He was a BYU commit, so the whole narrative is wrong

donnerstag

11/20/19 6:16pm

RE: He was a BYU commit, so the whole narrative is wrong

spit_76

11/20/19 6:20pm

RE: He was a BYU commit, so the whole narrative is wrong

spit_76

11/20/19 6:41pm

FYI

donnerstag

11/20/19 9:31pm

Coaching, that is the problem at that position

Heinz57

11/20/19 6:08pm

It's completely coaching. Most of our DL was heavily recruited.

Mojave

11/20/19 6:33pm

RE: It's completely coaching. Most of our DL was heavily recruited.

spit_76

11/20/19 6:43pm

And yet there line play has been better since he left

stansburycoug

11/20/19 6:58pm

RE: And yet there line play has been better since he left

spit_76

11/20/19 9:34pm

You think Idaho State has better talent than BYU

stansburycoug

11/20/19 9:57pm

Part of it has to do with the fact that BYU hadn't run a 4-3 defense since 2002.

Seasider

11/20/19 6:39pm

lack of talent

Zip

11/20/19 7:14pm

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Cougulator

11/20/19 7:29pm

I'm going to use 40 years a deep study on this one. Here it is....

blackshirts

11/20/19 7:54pm

Coaching is the obvious and painful answer

RUNBYU1

11/20/19 8:01pm

Agreed. They probably recruit better now but even when BYU was getting better

CougarBreath

11/20/19 8:15pm

They probably recruit better now then when?

stansburycoug

11/20/19 8:43pm

Utah recruits better at DL than us now compared to Whit's first few seasons.

CougarBreath

11/20/19 9:21pm

He s always developed his line 3 star guys with 4 and 5 star production

stansburycoug

11/20/19 10:06pm

I went to the remote and got to talk to Will Snowden and Hans Olsen

RoyalCoug99

11/20/19 8:46pm

Also frustrating because they both talk Kalani up every chance they get

stansburycoug

11/20/19 8:49pm

Seems to be coaching to me. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the primary

Ash

11/20/19 8:55pm

The other team’s OL

All-American

11/20/19 9:07pm

Our best pass rusher retired and our 2nd best is on his mission.

Adwight

11/20/19 9:08pm

What are the names?

Zip

11/20/19 10:08pm

Langi Tuifua and Michael Daley.

Adwight

11/21/19 5:34am

Albright is expected to be good too

puntersarepeople

11/21/19 7:13am

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