Pope”s poor season is fair game for criticsm
Hopefully, facts will be used.
Pope’s 3 FULL recruiting seasons - Signed 10 freshmen (6 missionaries) & 9 transfers.
4 (of 24) of Pope”s recruits transferred -
Moore, Lohner, Knight, Lowell (injuries)
Rose’s recruits left team. Best was Harding
(Career 7 ppg, > UVU - more playing time)
Pope has signed almost all of the most talented, active LDS athletes.
Recruiting restrictions-NO up front NIL cash
Academics, Honor Code, few minorities.
BYU winning % since 1925 - #1 Dave Rose
#2 Mark Pope.