The assistants were a great move by Pope that is overlooked sometimes.

Dec 13, 2019
10:05:17am

TheWanderer Playmaker

When Dave Rose had good assistants, BYU was successful. He started to slip when all of his assistants were pulled from essentially the same well.

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Pope's Two Most Impressive Player Developments in Year 1

MAcc15Coug

12/13/19 8:10am

Nixon's improvement at the 3 point line is one of the biggest stories this season

Indy Coug

12/13/19 8:13am

Nixon, Barcello and Harding have all improved their 3FG% by at least 15%

ayfan

12/13/19 8:35am

I don't remember Barcello's percentage from last year.

TAMUCoug

12/13/19 8:45am

29%

Indy Coug

12/13/19 8:52am

It's because they are getting clean, open looks shooting in rhythm.

Westsider

12/13/19 9:44am

This ^^^^^^^. Times 100

Yohy

12/13/19 11:29am

And this is why we have struggled at end of tight games. We quit

Yohy

12/13/19 11:32am

We have Yoeli now so we’ll see what happens

puntersarepeople

12/13/19 12:17pm

Yes. However, the whole team just plays so much more competitive

idacoug

12/13/19 8:20am

As long as he keeps this up, I hope BYU offers whatever it takes to keep him

MAcc15Coug

12/13/19 8:28am

Money isn't what will keep Pope. I know that for a fact.

SlantRoute

12/13/19 10:36am

That is interesting. Thanks. Rose becames a BYU lifer. Cleveland didn't. It just

idacoug

12/13/19 10:44am

Yep, it's possible for Pope's dream destination to change

SlantRoute

12/13/19 10:52am

Pope was what....a 3 year assistant. Rose was on Cleve's staff since 1998.

idacoug

12/13/19 11:57am

Exactly. Rose was a much longer asst at BYU than Pope. Rose had some runway

SlantRoute

12/13/19 12:20pm

RE: That is interesting. Thanks. Rose becames a BYU lifer. Cleveland didn't. It

akbarishiwatsu

12/13/19 2:06pm

The key for this to happen IMO is that Pope needs to have a lot of success at

puntersarepeople

12/13/19 12:25pm

Though he doesn't have his freshman year touch back Seljaas has been great

Trent

12/13/19 4:26pm

The big man coach is Chris Burgess

Cougrrrs Roll

12/13/19 8:32am

The assistants were a great move by Pope that is overlooked sometimes.

TheWanderer

12/13/19 10:05am

Pope definitely has a hand. He has coached great big men everywhere he’s been.

dchandle15

12/14/19 9:00pm

I didn't miss Dastrup until seeing what Pope has done with Nixon/Lee

SlantRoute

12/13/19 10:33am

It's unfortunate that Dastrup isn't here for their coaching. I watched a few

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