Your third paragraph is spot on. This was NOT a rebuilding year.

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Nov 30, 2022
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Ham All-American

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Ham

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The thing that frustrates me about the board is that the defense was soooo bad &

Swish

11/30/22 7:28am

The day of the Tuiaki announcement there were several "Ok fans, you got what

txblue

11/30/22 7:32am

I didn't see any of those comments. The board seemed pretty unanimously ok w/ it

runnincoug

11/30/22 7:36am

Agree. But there were plenty on the little bird app

txblue

11/30/22 7:41am

Ah, perhaps. I don't pay attention to Twitter. Hard to tell who's serious and

runnincoug

11/30/22 7:59am

Quite a few on twitter

pappabear246

11/30/22 11:17am

Trevor Matich was very diplomatic with what he said. After praising the good

Schultz is back

11/30/22 12:28pm

I understand but many fans didn’t

pappabear246

11/30/22 2:47pm

I haven't seen a single poster here who said the defense wasn't bad

Skeptical Optimist

11/30/22 7:32am

Cougarbib?

Beggar

11/30/22 7:34am

Anyone who mentioned anything about the defense being bad...

Coug

11/30/22 8:17am

bib has relentlessly defended the defense for years under Tuiaki although many

pinolero

11/30/22 1:20pm

They did the last few years, and they ignored the red flags on the defense that

cougaman

11/30/22 7:37am

Yup or somehow it was the offense’s fault - when the offense has to gameplan to

Swish

11/30/22 7:42am

One poster even blamed the offense because they got all the good talent. Lol

kotacoug

11/30/22 8:15am

Everyone knew that there were massive defensive issues every year, except the COVID year...

Coug

11/30/22 8:33am

I had a guy tell me the defense is bad because the offense scores too fast. I

Cougsanity

11/30/22 8:56am

Lots of excuses for injuries last year as the scapegoat. Pili back would make al

BYU '80

11/30/22 8:05am

Really? They’d usually say something like “just win” or “a win is a win”

jigidajrit

11/30/22 7:58am

25-3 was my favorite. Like that meant the defense didn’t have schematic issues.

kotacoug

11/30/22 8:16am

To be fair 25-3 is a pretty good rebuttal to any talk of firing coaches

kosmokramer

11/30/22 8:18am

Not when deficiencies are glaring and it includes a Covid year of playing

kotacoug

11/30/22 8:22am

Only if you don’t watch the games. Worse is that we knew competition was 10x ing

Swish

11/30/22 8:26am

The last few years we’ve been calling out the terrible D. There have been many

kotacoug

11/30/22 8:14am

RE: The last few years we’ve been calling out the terrible D. There have

imdocrob

11/30/22 8:43am

Criddle/960 and Spencer/Jarom are longtime Tuiaki apologists

I'mBatman

11/30/22 10:00am

Coaches are paid pros, so critiquing them is not off limits.

Turnpike Lane

11/30/22 7:33am

NIL has turned a lot of them into pros

Beggar

11/30/22 7:34am

Agree - don’t criticize players.

Swish

11/30/22 7:42am

Disagree

CameronG

11/30/22 11:49am

Really? I think the ratio was like 96% who thought the D was awful

Incentivize

11/30/22 7:51am

That 4% who didn’t though …

Swish

11/30/22 7:59am

Previous to the middle of this year it was much higher.

Swish

11/30/22 8:20am

I certainly thought Tuiaki should have been bumping shoulders with TD on their

AlternateShot

11/30/22 11:32am

And they blame the offense

Jeremy

11/30/22 7:58am

The defense through tuiaki’s tenure was about average.

Cougzilla

11/30/22 8:00am

It was only average maybe because the 2020 boost in rank and the first yr tuiaki

kotacoug

11/30/22 8:18am

Show me the stats that say I’m wrong.

Cougzilla

11/30/22 1:30pm

Wow - here is a great example

Swish

11/30/22 8:27am

Show me the stats that say I’m wrong.

Cougzilla

11/30/22 1:32pm

This year the offense ranked #22 and the defense was #113 and you think the

kotacoug

11/30/22 8:36am

Not specifically this year but in general, yes.

Cougzilla

11/30/22 1:30pm

Did you look at last year's offensive and defensive rankings?

ldssdl

11/30/22 1:36pm

During Tuiaki's entire tenure, he has been about average, is what I said. As in

Cougzilla

11/30/22 4:27pm

RE: The defense through tuiaki’s tenure was about average.

pistol12

11/30/22 10:32am

Show me the stats that say I’m wrong.

Cougzilla

11/30/22 1:30pm

That could only be true because the offense is expect to carry the team and if

CameronG

11/30/22 11:51am

This is true, but historically that is how BYU has always been.

Cougzilla

11/30/22 1:31pm

Amen. It's bizarre

TNT

11/30/22 8:17am

Even espn knew it was terrible:

TEXAS

11/30/22 8:29am

The coaches would know how to fix things if only they would read posts like

OldFogey

11/30/22 8:31am

I’m more worried now because it seems like they don’t know how to fix it.

Swish

11/30/22 10:16am

I dislike posts like this. Fans aren't expected to fix the team but they can

FatThor

11/30/22 10:37am

Like the gif said, it was sarcasm. I read terrible takes on this board every day

OldFogey

11/30/22 1:31pm

Have you ever considered that whining on a sports board does nothing other than

Acorn

11/30/22 8:33am

Your third paragraph is spot on. This was NOT a rebuilding year.

Ham

11/30/22 9:13am

Agreed. It was an embarrassing crash and burn year.

Les IsMore

11/30/22 9:37am

Yup we returned almost everyone

Swish

11/30/22 10:18am

#firecougarboard

VenomFarmer

11/30/22 9:17am

I’m not defending the defense, it was bad at times, but do we think now that…

Goosefrabba

11/30/22 9:34am

These players played just fine against Baylor this year and Utah last year

rcbyufan

11/30/22 9:46am

There's a big difference between not recognizing/acknowledging the issues

StantonMac

11/30/22 11:01am

RE: Nope!

2cents2many

11/30/22 12:27pm

Maybe, but being a jerk about it doesn't help anything

StantonMac

11/30/22 1:44pm

I believe that you believe that, but I'm betting Kalani didn't decide to make

OldFogey

11/30/22 1:53pm

I'm very frustrated at how this year turned out.

Eddie

11/30/22 11:14am

You are so mean

BYU Grounds

11/30/22 11:34am

You’re right and signs were there BEFORE this year

Lombardi

11/30/22 12:49pm

Agreed. The fact that average people (like me) who have no coaching background

Dat_rmishner

11/30/22 2:42pm

Games like Baylor gave people like me a lot of hope.

YOHONOMOTO

11/30/22 4:18pm

The thing that frustrates me about this board is how many people think that a 10 win 2020 season meant anything other

Blue2thebone

12/1/22 8:12am

RE: The thing that frustrates me about this board is how many people think that

OldFogey

12/1/22 8:53am

2020 was one of the most fun, entertaining, and enjoyable seasons we've had in a

Skeptical Optimist

12/1/22 9:55am

I think he sets higher goals for himself

pappabear246

12/1/22 12:00pm

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