All of that isn’t true. I know him personally. He would have done anything

Feb 5, 2023
4:34:42pm

BYU-Ite All-American

to go to BYU. Family are HUGE BYU fans and so was he.

He was a GREAT pg in high school. Great guy. Current staff was ABSOLUTELY aware of him. They missed big on him. End of story.

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Byu missed on Steven Ashworth

MaxxPower

2/5/23 12:54pm

He's a sniper from the outside. Not sure how his defense is, though

SUAVO

2/5/23 12:57pm

He’s actually pretty feisty. He’s small and was definitely a miss but he

Cougz19

2/5/23 9:59pm

So, the type of recruit most fans would complain about if we recruited him?

SUAVO

2/6/23 6:44am

100%. He was a average/above player up until his senior year

Cougz19

2/6/23 8:13am

If some fans complain about byu recruiting the best guard in its

MaxxPower

2/6/23 9:42am

Was he the best guard when the recruiting happened?

SUAVO

2/6/23 11:25am

And likely would've complained that he should get cut after a freshman year...

icecougar

2/6/23 12:55pm

He committed to USU in 2017. First offer and he didn’t entertain any others. He

rivercitycoug

2/5/23 12:58pm

I'm not upset at our current staff at all. He's a byu kid. And I wish he was

MaxxPower

2/5/23 1:00pm

Honestly, if we to compete in the Big12 hopefully we can get the likes of him

SinkingQuffa

2/7/23 1:14am

All of that isn’t true. I know him personally. He would have done anything

BYU-Ite

2/5/23 4:34pm

The current staff wasn't at BYU when Ashworth was in high school. He committed..

icecougar

2/5/23 4:46pm

Yeah. And he went on a mission and was recruitable thereafter. He contacted

BYU-Ite

2/5/23 4:53pm

Pope was strapped w several players from the previous staff (won't name)

SinkingQuffa

2/5/23 6:43pm

There's nothing unfactual about what i said.

icecougar

2/6/23 1:02pm

They are wrong and you are wrong. Butt hurt seems to be you because you’re

BYU-Ite

2/6/23 10:55pm

Mark Pope was in his 3rd year at UVU in 2017; he came to BYU in 2019.

rivercitycoug

2/5/23 4:52pm

Please see my post above. He was still recruitable after his mission and was in

BYU-Ite

2/5/23 4:55pm

And Pope had Erickson who just came home, Barcello, and Averette. Can’t fault

rivercitycoug

2/5/23 5:04pm

He knew about him though, so your proposal that the current staff didn’t is

BYU-Ite

2/5/23 5:12pm

They had no scholarships. Absolutely the right move giving one to Averette. BYU

rivercitycoug

2/5/23 5:21pm

So you think Pope would've preferred to roll w Lee instead of Ashworth?

SinkingQuffa

2/5/23 6:45pm

He was short, light with limited athleticism, but highly skilled. Given scholly

Big Daddy D

2/5/23 8:03pm

Water long under bridge.

Bluforever

2/5/23 1:03pm

Well to be fair, I watched him at lone peak quite a bit and didn’t even think

Chefcurry

2/5/23 1:21pm

Family were HUGE BYU fans….

Panther

2/5/23 6:32pm

It wasn't a miss. There were no schollies available.

SinkingQuffa

2/5/23 7:23pm

RE: It wasn't a miss. There were no schollies available.

Undefeated

2/5/23 11:07pm

That's true within reason. But the way things transpired

SinkingQuffa

2/5/23 11:18pm

I’ve been saying this for years

Sircumference

2/5/23 8:06pm

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