Almost all those guys he mentioned are former NBA players

Apr 19, 2024
11:25:12am

BigHouse Coug All-American

and most likely didn't have to work their way up through the coaching ranks through the merit of their coaching ability alone as compared to a non NBA player. I think that's the main thing that sets him apart.

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This writer, Mike DeCourcy, is not impressed by the Kevin Young hire. Haha

Leonardo

Apr 19, 11:08am

Tbh those are valid concerns

DanSmith

Apr 19, 11:10am

Exactly. We are in the honeymoon stage rn but he is right

provoprodigy

Apr 19, 11:11am

You are correct. But there are a tone of things unique to BYU that make this hire better than the average NBA guy

Blue2thebone

Apr 19, 11:14am

It’s pretty simple and Trevin said it in his interview: potential recruits will

wisconsincougs

Apr 19, 11:18am

I agree and I think it’s a home run hire

DanSmith

Apr 19, 11:18am

I think his comps are all a bit lazy. Each that he cited is a former NBA player

Charles Darwin

Apr 19, 11:17am

I agree with your point, Charles Darwin. Comparisons are a bit lazy.

BYUJoJo

Apr 19, 11:34am

Yep. Superficial analysis but valid concerns.

Forzaitalia

Apr 19, 12:40pm

True but his 9% number is way off. Those NBA assistants that go down to college usually aren't great assistants in NBA

puntersarepeople

Apr 19, 11:37am

They are

Forzaitalia

Apr 19, 12:38pm

I don’t think he’s wildly off target here

Indy Coug

Apr 19, 11:12am

I agree, its all hope right now, BUT, one minor diff with KY is

MrSandman

Apr 19, 2:31pm

Recruiting is a huge concern. You just don't have to do it in the NBA. But I think

CSoul

Apr 19, 11:14am

Agreed. He was way too generous to Pope.

Ham

Apr 19, 11:20am

Recruiting isn't as big of a deal with NIL.

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 19, 2:25pm

But it might be with BYU's NIL situation. If we have players looking elsewhere, that suggests the BYU NIL, meaning

Bob Vance

Apr 19, 3:05pm

Most seasons we're not going to have Kentucky going after our players.

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 19, 3:08pm

But we do want to be competitive in that space anyway when they have BYU/Utah ties

Bob Vance

Apr 19, 3:26pm

Exactly why those assistant spots are even more important than usual.

mokelembembe

Apr 19, 11:15am

Valid concerns, but I do like that BYU is taking a risk here. Big swing for

Cougar TD

Apr 19, 11:16am

Here's why I think it's different and Young "should" do better than others...

runnincoug

Apr 19, 11:17am

Almost all those guys he mentioned are former NBA players

BigHouse Coug

Apr 19, 11:25am

Yep, that pretty much sums up my fear.

Ham

Apr 19, 11:18am

Quote from article: “Coaches who arrive from professional basketball …

combblai

Apr 19, 11:21am

Seems to have pulled that number out of his rear end

DanSmith

Apr 19, 11:24am

Bingo

slatecoug

Apr 19, 11:37pm

Even if it's accurate, the coaching pedigree of Young is very different than a

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 20, 3:46am

That's exactly right. You have to separate the top assistants in the league from guys that are way down on the bench.

slatecoug

Apr 20, 2:40pm

Like it or not, ya gotta imagine this is what our recruiting competition is telling our former players & our prospects.

SinkingQuffa

Apr 19, 11:22am

Young has coached in college before and wasn’t hired as an nba assistant

BYU '80

Apr 19, 11:27am

Agree with you, BYU '80. KY has way different experience than the

BYUJoJo

Apr 19, 11:38am

Here is my rebuttal on how all of those are different

BYUheaven

Apr 19, 11:29am

Exactly, BYUheaven.

BYUJoJo

Apr 19, 11:39am

agree on all those points.. and in addition

byukarl

Apr 19, 12:50pm

While I don't disagree with some of the concerns, the writer literally gave

BYUHawk

Apr 19, 11:29am

Legit concerns, but doesn't take into account small coaching pool

Dr T-bone

Apr 19, 11:32am

This is exactly why I'm not overly excited or depressed about KY. He's unknown.

P-Widdy

Apr 19, 12:25pm

The points he made were terrible. We didn't hire a washed up former player.

dYrtbYkerYder

Apr 19, 12:28pm

True, but he doesn't have any experience at the collegiate level. He said that

P-Widdy

Apr 19, 1:17pm

Other than Mark Madsen BYU was looking at a collegiate assistant, a top HS coach

VB2

Apr 19, 1:08pm

I remember when the Sporting News was a respected source of sports journalism.

cosmohio

Apr 19, 1:14pm

He does very little analysis of KY

niqmadu

Apr 19, 1:16pm

It is my sad experience that the nature and disposition of journalists to be eeyores

Hammurabi

Apr 19, 2:10pm

Ouuhhhh. I love that. Put a chip on his shoulder from the get-go

AF_Puma

Apr 19, 2:21pm

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