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Nov 30, 2022
9:34:48am

Goosefrabba Walk-on

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

we’re going into the Big12 we might be able to recruit better athletes to make up some of those deficiencies on defense? Being an independent and all the red tape of BYU certainly factors into some of recruiting. A new DC with a new scheme should help too.

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Goosefrabba

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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.

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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