Are you equating height to athleticism. Seems you're using them interchangeably.

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Jan 21, 2021
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Lip Gallagher

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The old BYU basketball is dead, Long Live BYU Basketball

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 10:11am

I see it more as Coach Pope coaching to the style that suits the talent he has

gwalker

1/21/21 10:14am

Offensively BYU will look more like last year when we can get more shooting and

puntersarepeople

1/21/21 10:17am

I think we should expect this long term because of the types of recruits

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 10:19am

Maybe, but he also recruited Hall, Tanner Toolson, and Richie Saunders

puntersarepeople

1/21/21 10:25am

Hall 6-3, Tanner toolson 6-5, Richie Sanders 6-5. Caleb lohner was 6-6 in

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 10:31am

Are you equating height to athleticism. Seems you're using them interchangeably.

Lip Gallagher

1/21/21 10:51am

Any recruit can grow on their mission. That's nothing new.

Cougforgood

1/21/21 11:21am

The key is to find a balance between shooting and skill and size and athleticism

puntersarepeople

1/21/21 10:15am

I heard one coach say to recruit the tallest fast and athletic players you

Archaea

1/21/21 10:39am

And Pope brought in 5'9 BA with that hope

bluelands

1/21/21 10:46am

I don’t disagree

puntersarepeople

1/21/21 10:53am

We're not even 24 months into Pope's tenure. I think that's a rushed judgement.

ldssdl

1/21/21 10:34am

But He's already had a chance to put in the guys he wants. We had 8 seniors

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 10:37am

You serious man? Look at how long Mark Few has been building up Gonzaga.

ldssdl

1/21/21 10:40am

Sorry I miss spoke. This is not the ideal team, but with coach already

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 10:51am

We've had two recruiting classes so far, so that's not enough of a sample size

ldssdl

1/21/21 10:57am

He's not doing the opposite of Rose. He's just getting balanced.

Lip Gallagher

1/21/21 11:00am

and game one this team came out of the gates with the most 3's made in BYU histo

Mayor of Cougartown

1/21/21 10:37am

I see him trying to get the best of both worlds

Cougforgood

1/21/21 11:27am

George and Lohner have high ceilings if they can shoot the three

puntersarepeople

1/21/21 11:32am

Board name doesn't check out

kimdaddy35

1/21/21 11:57am

Every teams goal is to get the best players. But when you have two players

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 12:32pm

Rose's teams for his first 6 years of coaching were known for their

kimdaddy35

1/21/21 12:38pm

We need to pay Pope above the market rate. 80k money.

ParentingNotForSissy

1/21/21 1:23pm

You are way over analyzing this year’s team. Coach Pope is just playing to the strength of the players he has that’s

Blue2thebone

1/21/21 1:27pm

Yeah but that's what cougarboard is for. We'll have to wait and see what the

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 2:04pm

Deal

Blue2thebone

1/21/21 6:26pm

elijah bryant could dunk and wasn't undersized

lukeskywalker

1/21/21 2:25pm

Yeah EB was great

puntersarepeople

1/21/21 3:36pm

So Pope’s grand vision is for us to become Minnesota. Got it.

royal_blue

1/21/21 2:51pm

Every part of your 4th paragraph is wrong.

Lip Gallagher

1/21/21 3:30pm

Utah/ LDS ballers tend to focus on perimeter shooting or post

Bobmarleyjr

1/21/21 5:40pm

And that's one of the hardest things about Gonzaga. 1-5 need to be able to

Mostlyaccurate

1/21/21 6:18pm

Wait, why are people giving this eye rolls?

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