Send that to every recruits' parents

Feb 24, 2021
10:10:19am

Gustav All-American

Note: of course more important than recruiting is the actual impact on an individual's life. Good for Pope and glad for the Barcellos.

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Author

Time

"He saved my child"

jvr7

2/24/21 10:03am

Wow, that's awesome

4-J

2/24/21 10:08am

Send that to every recruits' parents

Gustav

2/24/21 10:10am

Link to video:

Mr. Scoobs

2/24/21 10:13am

The video brings tears to my eyes, putting myself in his parents shoes.

Kilgruman

2/24/21 3:29pm

Wow. That was really powerful

gurt

2/25/21 12:11am

wow

SingleStrapBackpack

2/24/21 10:13am

No wonder the women's team was able to get Barcello's sister to come to BYU

Zenoch

2/24/21 10:14am

yeah, that would do it

SingleStrapBackpack

2/24/21 10:16am

And this, folks, is the advantage that BYU has. The HC doesn't have to be a

TerpCoug

2/24/21 10:48am

RE: And this, folks, is the advantage that BYU has. The HC doesn't have to be a

Lip Gallagher

2/24/21 10:57am

There can still be changes made to the honor code that would be helpful.

idcougarfan

2/24/21 11:03am

Of course, there are changes to be made, but the idea of having moral

TerpCoug

2/24/21 12:28pm

What change is that?

coot20

2/24/21 3:57pm

Let's say "BYU experience/environment" rather than the "HC".

SinkingQuffa

2/24/21 11:28am

I would imagine that Coach Pope carries that video wherever he goes

Kilgruman

2/24/21 3:30pm

So you don’t think players have had similar experiences at other colleges?

Fargo

2/24/21 8:17pm

Yeah man, go out and find some similar videos /stories with both the Mom and the Son talking this candidly and heartfelt

CLCougar

2/24/21 8:44pm

This is the quintessential crazy girlfriend response.

GeraldGarner

2/24/21 10:21pm

Also I don’t recall Barcello saying anything about the HC in the video.

Fargo

2/24/21 8:20pm

You're correct that it wasn't specifically mentioned. The HC does play a role in the uniqueness of the BYU environment

CLCougar

2/24/21 9:02pm

Yes I did. Obviously he has had a good experience at BYU. That’s great. I have

Fargo

2/28/21 3:52pm

I guess you're free to laugh, but I'd cut folks some slack rather than feeling compelled to assume the contrarian role

CLCougar

2/28/21 5:29pm

Wow...best compliment any coach could ever hear.

SoValleyCOUG

2/24/21 10:57am

In all this, it's amazing to me Alex and his family wanted to go on record sharing something this personal and this raw

CLCougar

2/24/21 2:24pm

Can we put this on a billboard? Where is SLC media? This is what media LOVES!!

StalwartBraveTrue

2/24/21 3:05pm

You're never going to get the SLC media to post this. They only look for the bad

TrueBlue67

2/24/21 3:14pm

All these Deep lie stories are so well done and so powerful!

lbmango

2/24/21 4:19pm

I really hope GG makes it big. He could have a massive impact on the world for good.

SingleStrapBackpack

2/24/21 4:34pm

*Deep Blue

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