One of my mission companions was an Olympic-level swimmer and wouldn't consider

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Jun 25, 2021
7:26:13am

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BYU because they didn't have a regulation-sized pool.

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StickyBumps

Previous username: smijos10
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Joined: Aug 4, 2019
Last login: Mar 24, 2022
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With track and field doing so well, the athletic administration fired the

travelcoug

6/25/21 12:00am

I don’t think they let him go because of results. He was let go because

CougGolf

6/25/21 12:14am

He couldn't recruit and maintain a program... The number 1 goal of a swim coach-

1984coug

6/25/21 10:46am

I don’t believe that was part of my OP. I didn’t make that argument

travelcoug

6/25/21 12:44pm

That pool situation is an unbelievable joke. What possible rationale could exist

RugbyCoug

6/25/21 1:11am

Easy, swimming isn’t a priority

Pretorian

6/25/21 7:36am

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byujag

6/25/21 8:33am

It’s just that as long as you’re redoing the pool, why not do it right

travelcoug

6/25/21 12:45pm

Perhaps because it would to a ton more $$$

Pretorian

6/25/21 1:59pm

They had the $$$ lined up

travelcoug

6/25/21 2:01pm

Did they? What did they do with it?

Pretorian

6/25/21 2:02pm

Still with the people who committed to donate if if they expanded the pool

travelcoug

6/25/21 2:12pm

The amount of people that lined up to donate showed the amount of support

1984coug

6/25/21 2:42pm

So where is all this money and support?

Pretorian

6/27/21 2:25pm

Please read responses by myself and rockhound- it gives the entire reasoning

1984coug

6/27/21 9:11pm

Ok I think we’re arguing the same thing then… it seemed like people were

Pretorian

6/28/21 8:59am

Longer story most don't know about.... BYU earmarked money for a pool

1984coug

6/28/21 10:03am

The swimming pool situation is a joke but trust me…

Ygrad

6/25/21 1:30am

Yeah but who wants to come in to a situation where you don’t have a swimming

travelcoug

6/25/21 1:40am

They do have a pool

Pretorian

6/25/21 7:37am

Um......maybe true but

byukarl

6/25/21 5:27am

They don't have nicer facilities- just longer ones

1984coug

6/25/21 10:41am

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CougarsKings

6/25/21 9:22am

The BYU swimmers only need to swim at a diagonal to pick up the extra 4 meters.

CougarsKings

6/25/21 9:23am

If you don't think BYU has weird issues think again.

Stev_ie

6/25/21 2:10am

Really! You have no concept of costs or potential engineering issues, even for 4 meters

Cougarpride

6/25/21 3:07am

Still a mistake.

Stev_ie

6/25/21 3:11am

Dude they tried that. Chill.

Stev_ie

6/25/21 3:18am

So they couldn't get interest in donating or did donations get rejected?

fattycoug

6/25/21 10:30am

What was he protesting at Church HQ? Link?

zerome4sooners

6/25/21 3:55am

You mean raise money the admin just takes

byukarl

6/25/21 5:25am

Yah, that’s weird, how are they able to compete so well? They don’t even have

Pretorian

6/25/21 7:39am

Still a boneheaded short sighted decision on the pool facility. The Church is

kotacoug

6/25/21 6:03am

Kind of like dropping sports @BYU-I & H. The excuse that money for sports could

Forzaitalia

6/25/21 9:00am

People need to get over the "church has $___". They aren't giving any of that

fattycoug

6/25/21 10:31am

Of course they give money to BYU. How do you think it’s funded? All BYU

kotacoug

6/25/21 12:58pm

The money was promised but Administration had a narrow

Archaea

6/25/21 6:59am

(Samuelson)

1984coug

6/25/21 10:42am

The Richards building needs a massive remake or just a new building. BYU’s

Lieutenant America

6/25/21 7:01am

BYU needs to go on a building infrastructure spree.

Archaea

6/25/21 7:09am

They did raise the funds. They just decided to build a smaller pool.

HRCougar

6/25/21 9:22am

Did they raise enough funds to build the bigger pool?

fattycoug

6/25/21 11:26am

No. It never got to that point. They did raise funds for the beautiful

rockhound

6/25/21 11:30am

The untold story about the pool is this:

rockhound

6/25/21 11:21am

This is the best explanation that no one really knows

1984coug

6/25/21 11:39am

Samuelson the Ute? Probably not.

kotacoug

6/25/21 10:54pm

The mistake was putting any money into the pool. BYU should drop this sport.

Jasbo

6/25/21 7:02am

Or put more money in it and become successful

Archaea

6/25/21 7:08am

There is a much better argument to redirect the money to sports that are

Jasbo

6/25/21 7:22am

Well- women’s swimming provides more than 30 athletes to help offset football... so drop men’s but not women’s swimming.

PJMort

6/25/21 1:01pm

One of my mission companions was an Olympic-level swimmer and wouldn't consider

StickyBumps

6/25/21 7:26am

Swimming looks to be as hard as football to break into the top tier, just

RC Vikings

6/25/21 7:28am

Not having a long course pool is only part of the problem.

rockhound

6/25/21 11:38am

as a football guy- it took me a long time to understand this part re byu and

1984coug

6/25/21 12:29pm

FWIW, Tom did all he could to get the full pool but was shot down. Not his fault

BR549

6/25/21 8:51am

Not gonna lie. Don’t care much, if at all.

Turnpike Lane

6/25/21 8:55am

Dump swimming and tennis and replace it with mens soccer.

Thrill

6/25/21 10:37am

my nine year old kid who just made his select soccer team was devastated to find

buckeyecougarguy

6/25/21 12:07pm

its a little more complex than "just build a 50 meter pool!" BYU couldn't expan

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