I doubted him because when he was at BYU I felt like our big guys never progressed and we recruited guys that just

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May 21, 2020
11:21:04am

TheLoneCougar The OG Quickie Monster

I doubted him because when he was at BYU I felt like our big guys never progressed and we recruited guys that just

didn't have the talent.

Then at UVU I don't know what he really did there. He beat BYU once (ouch!) and got a number of players that were transferred away from BYU.

That is how I saw it at least and was therefore not super excited about him.

But my tune has changed.

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Time

Mark Pope putting in some work

Saxa

5/21/20 10:58am

Now don't you feel better? BTW, you have some feathers stuck between your teeth.

CougarThug

5/21/20 11:01am

Pope preaches and practices being 'relentless'. I love that idea.

BlackBart

5/21/20 11:05am

I don’t know how he could been doubted. Highly recruited high schooler, played

5/21/20 11:05am

His staff is one aspect that isn't discussed enough. You can tell each assistant

BlackBart

5/21/20 11:08am

This is spot on. Compare this staff's collective resume to the previous staff.

JJCoug

5/21/20 11:11am

Pope is going to lose some assistants here soon. Good sign. Rose's recent

mudpupper

5/21/20 11:22am

And that is what you want. You want a coach who is populating

Archaea

5/21/20 11:34am

I doubted him because when he was at BYU I felt like our big guys never progressed and we recruited guys that just

5/21/20 11:21am

My lone doubt was his commitment to defense. At UVU, he seemed more like a run

BYUheaven

5/21/20 12:23pm

Agreed...hard to see how anyone could not have considered him a great hire right

BlooCoog

5/21/20 6:27pm

He might be Tom Holmoe's best hire.... EVER.

DazeofBlue

5/21/20 11:07am

Agreed, but Volleyball, baseball and other hires are really excellent coaches.

5/21/20 1:41pm

Watching Pope makes me dislike Kalani more and more.

mudpupper

5/21/20 11:08am

I didn't want to raise this point and I don't dislike Kalani at all

BlackBart

5/21/20 11:10am

Yep, it will be interesting how things shake out, but the Pope hire

Shinshin

5/21/20 11:13am

If Holmoe isn't happy why the extension?

mudpupper

5/21/20 11:21am

Time?

Shinshin

5/21/20 9:36pm

The problem is, Holmoe just extended Kalani at the end of last season.

JJCoug

5/21/20 11:23am

If I had to guess, I would say that in Holmoe's mind, Kalani did just enough

Shinshin

5/21/20 9:34pm

To Kalanis credit he has beaten some good teams. It seems salvageable to me.

buckeyecougarguy

5/21/20 2:47pm

If we would have beat Teledo, South Florida, Hawaii he would be a hero.

5/21/20 8:08pm

Eating crow as well, and gladly!

5/21/20 11:21am

Not me - A highly recruited basketball player with no ties to Utah told me

newbie

5/21/20 11:21am

When he was first hired on as Dave's assistant

5thNephi

5/21/20 11:35am

"managed a short-handed team early on" ...there's a little more to that

icecougar

5/21/20 12:11pm

That's great but you have some crazy insane expectations as a BYU fan.

5/21/20 12:16pm

I won’t apologize for having high expectations. I’m glad Pope exceeded them and

Saxa

5/21/20 2:00pm

I’m very impressed too but it’s been one season. Great start and potential? Yes.

Traveshamockery

5/21/20 4:27pm

True to my boardname, I'm also here to eat crow

Croweater

5/21/20 9:11pm

Happily, I can say that i was sold on Mark Pope

BlueFever

5/22/20 7:21am

Can we get a timeline on Pope?

Zoobieman

5/22/20 7:52am

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