Thomas Reid's Etymology. First appeared in Thomas Reid's “Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man,” published in 1786; the full idiom “a chain is no stronger than its weakest link” was first printed in Cornhill Magazine in 1868.

Currently, I believe baseball is BYU's weakest link of all sports. So my thought here is, are there any "real" ideas/suggestions we (Cougar Board) can pass on to Coach Pratt or Tom Holmoe on ways to strengthen the program? Saying things like "stronger recruiting" is a known. So let's take that as an idea and provide ideas/suggestions on how to better recruit. There are a lot of intelligent people on this board so let's help out however we can. Share your insight here and when we get suitable ideas/suggestions, I'm sure someone will pass them on to the appropriate person/office.