I covered BYU football for years, and Bronco was liked by media members.

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Dec 2, 2019
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One important chapter of the Bronco story (IMO) is the grossly unfair manner in

Rocketman

12/2/19 12:54pm

Agreed. Also unfair how much they gush over Kalani, when he gives us clueless

guitarplayingcougar

12/2/19 12:57pm

Bronco would get ridiculed by the press if he gave Kalani like answers.

mudpupper

12/2/19 1:00pm

I thought he had given those answers. Not too mention his old fall back answer

SUAVO

12/2/19 1:32pm

Exactly. Not saying Bronco never said some weird things, but Kalani it's uncanny

guitarplayingcougar

12/2/19 5:59pm

I have read time and time again about how weird Bronco is on here

WorfoSAUR

12/2/19 12:57pm

I was talking to a HS football coach in VA. He said the exact opposite.

Metallicat

12/2/19 5:07pm

One of the oddest adults I've ever known.

stev

12/3/19 8:31am

quirky socially awkward introvert doesn't equal weirdo

BlueFrog

12/2/19 12:58pm

and I don't think he'd dispute this or take offense.

Mayor of Cougartown

12/3/19 9:53pm

And those smears become reality to many people. They basically defamed him,

Hawk Talons

12/2/19 12:59pm

Meh, defamation. Yeah, the press liked to pick on Bronco, but he's a big boy.

Emmett Fitz-Hume

12/2/19 1:58pm

I have the documents....

LDTemplar

12/2/19 3:53pm

The media was pretty tough on him. Fans also had thin skin with some of his comments. Bronco went all in

The Dude Abides

12/2/19 1:00pm

Pretty much everything Bronco said was 100% truth. Some people don't like the

byusage

12/2/19 1:07pm

I guess it could be the truth but a lot of that stuff isn’t going to resonate with people outside the program.

The Dude Abides

12/2/19 1:12pm

That wasn't what I was talking about. He didn't fluff things up-just told it

byusage

12/2/19 3:55pm

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juantoad

12/2/19 4:06pm

Yeah. I don't care about wholesomeness and I don't think anyone has turned against good values. I think people

The Dude Abides

12/2/19 4:25pm

Your point is taken. But there is a difference between wanting your team to win

dratax

12/3/19 2:19pm

This is a perceptive comment.

jkccoug

12/3/19 2:13pm

"Kalani, are you a bad man?" Such terrible journalism in that presser

runnincoug

12/2/19 1:08pm

Gordon Monson was deeply offended by Bronco quoting from the BoM in his first press conference, and he never forgave

dilbert

12/2/19 1:11pm

AND, Bronco shut down practices and severely limited press coverage so local media didn't like that either

BlueFrog

12/2/19 1:12pm

And Whit followed suit, but pretty much never took much heat over it. Now it is just accepted practice.

Turnpike Lane

12/2/19 1:20pm

yep

BlueFrog

12/2/19 1:27pm

What was the quote and why was Monson offended? He's a reporter.

Idahofallsblue

12/2/19 1:20pm

I don't even remember for sure. I think it was a sons of Helaman reference or something.

dilbert

12/2/19 1:25pm

In the state of Utah I wouldn't hold that against Bronco at all.

BleedCougarBlue2

12/3/19 12:07am

Monson is a columnist, not a beat reporter.

ataylor

12/2/19 1:26pm

amen, you're right...but why go on the attack? my guess is it was more than

Idahofallsblue

12/2/19 1:30pm

And a lousy one. One of the best parts of not living anywhere near Utah.

Emmett Fitz-Hume

12/2/19 1:36pm

If thats true about Monson getting ofended by a BofM quote

LDTemplar

12/2/19 3:58pm

Monson hates it when people mix religion and sports. It's his biggest pet peeve.

eddog

12/3/19 10:09am

Bronco earned all the poor coverage he received.

Backcountry

12/2/19 1:53pm

Sounds personal

claw

12/2/19 2:22pm

Bronco must have peed in his pool, stolen his

Hawk Talons

12/2/19 3:30pm

I think Bronco signed him up in a bad MLM downline.

777

12/2/19 6:41pm

Oh that’s funny.

pilot17

12/2/19 2:30pm

Tell me. Why was he unanimously disliked?

Backcountry

12/2/19 2:46pm

Except he wasn’t unanimously disliked. That only happened in your head.

Hawk Talons

12/2/19 3:28pm

I liked him

SWP

12/2/19 5:22pm

What did Bronco do to you or your girlfriend?

stansburycoug

12/2/19 3:28pm

If he's a bad head coach who's unanimously disliked, why are all of Virginia

ldssdl

12/2/19 3:31pm

Yeah, BM-haters have no answer to that. It's weird.

BleedCougarBlue2

12/3/19 12:08am

I don't think it was close to unanimous. Not even sure it was majority. I just

CougarBreath

12/2/19 3:44pm

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Abe Froman

12/2/19 3:52pm

I do not think that word means what you think it means...

byu_coug

12/2/19 3:58pm

Almost all fans I'm connected with liked Bronco.

Mitty

12/2/19 8:47pm

I covered BYU football for years, and Bronco was liked by media members.

Bossk82

12/2/19 9:48pm

Calling him a jerk is excessive. Maybe less than cordial at times. Not a jerk

Run-DMT

12/2/19 3:24pm

RE: Bronco earned all the poor coverage he received.

ldssdl

12/2/19 3:32pm

The tone of that comment certainly earned all the thumbs down it received

dratax

12/2/19 3:54pm

He is an introvert- he doesn't love glad handing people and kissing people's

byusage

12/2/19 4:00pm

I accept that, especially as an introvert myself. Its not an excuse for being

Backcountry

12/2/19 5:01pm

Did you ever meet the man

stansburycoug

12/2/19 5:30pm

Same. I found him quite likable in person. He wasn't the stereotypical

gwalker

12/2/19 5:38pm

RE: I accept that, especially as an introvert myself. Its not an excuse for

jkccoug

12/3/19 2:16pm

Ironically your take on Bronco is unanimously disliked.

Metallicat

12/2/19 5:27pm

As a former media member who covered football, you’re completely wrong.

Bossk82

12/2/19 9:46pm

He saw the way Crowton was treated by the media and committed to not let them

Big Time 55

12/3/19 7:43am

I have many popular opinions

Backcountry

12/3/19 10:13am

I haven’t looked closely, but I don’t think UVA media are calling him weird

Run-DMT

12/2/19 3:23pm

not since he has been winning

BlueFrog

12/2/19 3:37pm

Related: Why did no one in media ever tell the true story of the 2007 Utah game

gwalker

12/2/19 5:36pm

why would the whittinghams do that? just curious? I am a devout BYU fan and

Idahofallsblue

12/2/19 6:02pm

BYU fan was filming Utah players dejected. So Whitt's son stole the BYU fan's

777

12/2/19 6:49pm

No he wasn’t. Whitt’s son thought he was and flipped out.

gwalker

12/2/19 8:00pm

Isn't that kind of irrelevant? What's wrong with filming or taking photos on the

777

12/2/19 9:22pm

Kind of humorous to be talking about this 10 years after the fact...

superdoo

12/2/19 9:30pm

Actually if my kid stole someones phone and threw it into the crowd I'd

777

12/2/19 9:37pm

And if you know the rest of the story you know that happened.

superdoo

12/4/19 10:10pm

I have an incredibly good source - eye witness. And I have knowledge

gwalker

12/2/19 8:06pm

RE: I have an incredibly good source - eye witness. And I have knowledge

gwalker

12/2/19 8:49pm

I don’t not know why the same one was posted twice. I had copied a third one.

gwalker

12/2/19 8:53pm

Two cougarboard sources (including yourself) - I'm convinced.

superdoo

12/2/19 9:15pm

When I said one of my sources was an eye witness I didn’t mean from cougarboard

gwalker

12/3/19 3:57am

Another one of mine

gwalker

12/2/19 9:06pm

Same reason they were all calling for kalani s extension

stansburycoug

12/2/19 6:45pm

Lack of journalism integrity.

Rocketman

12/2/19 7:07pm

I guess it depends on how you define instigated

superdoo

12/2/19 7:08pm

The BYU fan wasn’t. He was filming people several rows behind them. He had no

gwalker

12/2/19 8:03pm

By the way, how old was Whitt's kid?

777

12/2/19 9:44pm

He was probably in high school.

gwalker

12/3/19 3:57am

Oh boo hoo.

Kerbouchard

12/2/19 6:02pm

They really did not hide their dislike of him and was atrocious “journalism” and

Coug Man in Florida

12/2/19 8:16pm

Remember their "sources" that whittingham was replacing Bronco?

ihateusernames

12/2/19 11:36pm

Monson's article about Bronco going to Oregon State, Whitt to BYU and Anderson

crack

12/3/19 6:47am

Just watch an interview with him, he is weird.

lilpenny

12/3/19 7:38am

That would be fine if the two coaches being compared by the Utah media were

crack

12/3/19 10:57am

I think you’re right in that the media was too focused on the “weirdness” which

Coug Man in Florida

12/3/19 2:45pm

I went to a couple of coaches shows & Bronco wasn't weird at all. He actually

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