This is very, very hard to believe.

Is he going to New Mexico?

BYUheaven

12/6/23 5:31pm

Was he ever really?

WJCougar

12/6/23 5:32pm

No, but it was close. Couldn’t come to terms on contract length and assistants.

Mjolnir

12/6/23 5:39pm

Grimes loves Grinds?

Q-grr

12/6/23 5:41pm

I don’t believe that’s a thing anymore.

BlooCoug

12/6/23 8:20pm

That was more of a joke.

Q-grr

12/7/23 10:23am

Are non-LDS faculty required to live the Word of Wisdom in their homes?

spoxjox

12/6/23 8:34pm

No, doesn’t want to commit to 3-year contract.

Mjolnir

12/6/23 10:05pm

Um, really? Like the length of contract matters to any coach?

BYUlv

12/7/23 12:25am

Boo

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

12/6/23 5:44pm

Too bad

I'mBatman

12/6/23 5:47pm

and the BIG one MONEY

wildlandfireguy

12/6/23 5:55pm

well, of course he got more money somewhere else. It was an OC job over OL job

fattycoug

12/7/23 11:10am

Assistants? He’s the OL coach

YIsForBrigham

12/6/23 7:24pm

What assistants? Why would an OL coach have assistants?

davidmj10

12/6/23 8:49pm

This appears to be objectively incorrect, now

fattycoug

12/7/23 11:08am

And you know because...

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

12/6/23 5:36pm

Well that’s a bummer

DavisCoCoug

12/6/23 5:42pm

RE: Jeff Grimes no longer coming.

2FarGone

12/6/23 5:44pm

Y?

Cougs2012

12/6/23 5:45pm

RE: Y?

wildlandfireguy

12/6/23 5:57pm

I'm very concerned about my BYU football cougs.

claw

12/6/23 5:51pm

We are a basketball school.

LifeLongLakerFan

12/6/23 5:53pm

Great. Now TNT is depressed

TNT

12/6/23 6:46pm

Is it because grimes wanted to bring Ryan Pugh and BOT said no due to

Cougs2012

12/6/23 5:55pm

Or MONEY

wildlandfireguy

12/6/23 5:55pm

This is a real shame. I thought we were one of the big boys now.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

12/6/23 6:04pm

We have fooled ourselves into thinking that we are.

wildlandfireguy

12/6/23 6:05pm

Bring Pugh for what? Grimes is a position coach

UberDeek

12/6/23 7:35pm

Do you really know that?

coolblue

12/7/23 6:59am

Sorry, what does BOT mean?

EnchantingSweetrolls

12/6/23 8:00pm

Board of Trustees

HairyCougar

12/6/23 8:07pm

Finally

MrSandman

12/6/23 8:11pm

Board of Trustees

CLCougar

12/6/23 8:35pm

RE: Board of Trustees

HairyCougar

12/6/23 8:38pm

Thank you!

EnchantingSweetrolls

12/7/23 10:28am

Highly doubtful

RUNBYU1

12/6/23 8:17pm

Holmoe would have rejected that one.

AZ Coug

12/7/23 11:09am

What is it about forgiveness that Church leaders don't get?

BlueZone

12/7/23 11:57am

RE: What is it about forgiveness that Church leaders don't get?

StantonMac

12/7/23 1:49pm

How do you know he hasn't been forgiven?

CougarCanuck76

12/7/23 2:42pm

Just curious, how do you know this?

BYU Grounds

12/6/23 6:05pm

Looking for SEC or Big 10 money?

Blue Cat

12/6/23 6:06pm

BYU still pays crap, but us fans better pony up like we’re a legit program!

maxpowers

12/6/23 6:12pm

We were going to pay him more than Baylor was willing to pay.

Brisco

12/6/23 6:19pm

They better start paying or my money is gone. I’m not watching much more of this trash.

AudiS4

12/6/23 6:26pm

Byu is already dipping into the pot… will be about 12 million in the red this yr

1984coug

12/6/23 6:28pm

This is very, very hard to believe.

COACHdrn

12/6/23 7:33pm

I call BS. We're making 4 to 5 times more $, how are we that much in the hole?

Iki_Balam

12/6/23 7:49pm

RE: Byu is already dipping into the pot… will be about 12 million in the red this yr

byuluvr

12/6/23 7:58pm

Source? That's a pretty inflammatory statement to be made so definitively.

CLCougar

12/6/23 8:38pm

Do you mean we're spending $12M total?

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

12/6/23 8:38pm

RE: Byu is already dipping into the pot… will be about 12 million in the red this yr

Niiineteeen84

12/6/23 9:08pm

There is zero chance that number is accurate. Better recheck your sources.

davidmj10

12/6/23 9:12pm

RE: Byu is already dipping into the pot… will be about 12 million in the

TheHop

12/7/23 9:24am

Wait, what is the increase in ticket prices for? Or the TV money. Why do I pay?

ochobeeguy

12/7/23 8:59am

I knew it was taking too long for it to be announced. Is the o-line coach from

NewBYUfannonLDS

12/6/23 6:14pm

I have no idea.

wildlandfireguy

12/6/23 6:18pm

I follow Cougarboard to learn, get inside scoop, and be entertained.

DawgHaus

12/6/23 6:44pm

Maybe BYU should just cut out the O Line and TE coaching positions completely. That should save some pretty good bucks.

BlueFever

12/6/23 6:19pm

And results should be similar 🤷‍♂️

canofpicante

12/7/23 7:40am

Transfer portal is open and early signing period is in 2 weeks and no O-line or

NewBYUfannonLDS

12/6/23 6:26pm

Bring the Corner Canyon coach on staff

ExitStageLeft

12/6/23 6:32pm

I would actually love to see him get a shot somewhere (maybe not at BYU

ElkhunterUT

12/6/23 7:37pm

Easy to do when you have all the best players HS players.

HonestTakes

12/7/23 9:28am

Certainly true at Corner Canyon, but he was doing crazy things at Jordan High

ElkhunterUT

12/7/23 9:37am

Dang this is a tough one…

truebluecougarz

12/6/23 6:36pm

No link. Don’t believe anything til I hear further.

Whosyourdaddy

12/6/23 6:39pm

Funny thing is that some of you guys actually think that any of these guys have

Tymoney123

12/6/23 6:39pm

Funny that you think there's no possibility that anyone here has connections

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

12/6/23 8:43pm

Not anyone, but 90%+ posts claiming to have inside info end up being

Tymoney123

12/7/23 6:47am

A leak would be if we were hearing they were interviewing and negotiating with

Polecat

12/7/23 8:22am

What are your thoughts now?

Karl Poppin

12/7/23 2:24pm

POTD to complete the Yahtzee!!

All-American

12/6/23 6:40pm

I bet they hire Andrew Mitchell

deliciousmocha

12/6/23 7:05pm

Does he have ties to BYU?

Das_Countach

12/6/23 7:12pm

He’s LDS and he was the HC at Snow College

deliciousmocha

12/6/23 7:15pm

Talk about a buzz kill.

Dark Forest Green

12/6/23 7:34pm

He was at TCU and a GA at North Carolina and Houston before going to Snow

Polecat

12/7/23 8:45am

He’s a better coach than Grimes.

RockyBalboa

12/6/23 8:08pm

Maybe BYU needs to stop being lazy and go search for coaches instead of never

Brigham

12/6/23 7:40pm

That would require effort and football IQ

vegas guey

12/6/23 7:59pm

Please tell us more about all of these "incestuous relationships".

Les IsMore

12/6/23 8:07pm

creeper^^^^

Blue2thebone

12/7/23 12:46am

But that would take too much effort and research... it's easier to stick with familiar faces. Finding talent outside

CLCougar

12/6/23 8:43pm

Yeah if Kalani says he wants to be like LaVell then there's a good place to

CameronG

12/7/23 9:39am

Grimes has good poker face. Maybe Kalani’s agent called Grimes.

fan32

12/6/23 9:34pm

If so TH going to get snookered again and guess who ultimately pays? The fans

fan32

12/6/23 9:36pm

He might have leaked his name to media so fans would get excited, thus giving him the upper hand in negotiations

CLCougar

12/6/23 9:44pm

Cute that you assume they arent doing this already

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

12/6/23 9:47pm

Like they did with Funk?

vegas guey

12/6/23 9:54pm

Completely different scenario with Funk.

UberDeek

12/6/23 9:55pm

Equally lazy

vegas guey

12/7/23 8:51am

In other words, you're just going to complain no matter what

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

12/7/23 1:52pm

Why is it taking so long to announce a signing then? If we've been as savvy as you imply we should have been way

CLCougar

12/6/23 9:57pm

Lol no logic in that. I'll flip it around:

TaysomJimmerEraCoug

12/6/23 11:44pm

I agree, never like the potential retread hire. So many good options out there.

slccoug

12/6/23 11:18pm

Meh he saw the BYU Pension Plan and hard pass is the rumor …jk no idea

SwanSong

12/6/23 8:11pm

The old one is great. The new one is good, but not as good.

rockhound

12/6/23 8:13pm

Well that sucks, if true. Ugh.

BlooCoug

12/6/23 8:19pm

Deseret News seems to think otherwise...

Park Mope

12/6/23 9:48pm

RE: Jeff Grimes no longer coming.

DawgHaus

12/6/23 9:51pm

Girls that play too hard to get aren't worth chasing, no matter how cute, that's an eternal principle. Grimes is like an

CLCougar

12/6/23 10:08pm

Can confirm this. Some girls think acting like hot stuff makes them so

BaseCoug

12/6/23 10:59pm

Truth is nobody knows, but we can all keep on pretending that we are close

Dat_rmishner

12/6/23 10:54pm

Pretty big bummer if true. I believed.

eysikal

12/6/23 11:53pm

RE: Jeff Grimes no longer coming.

dingus79

12/7/23 6:40am

I was never a believer.

PhilPete

12/7/23 9:27am

Neither was he, which seems to have been the problem

All-American

12/7/23 9:40am

So looks like Grimes was stringing BYU along to get the OC position at Kansas

BYU Grounds

12/7/23 10:50am

RIP to the explosive Kansas offense

CameronG

12/7/23 11:41am

This being reported?

Dark Forest Green

12/7/23 11:44am

Yes, I saw it on ESPN.

CameronG

12/7/23 11:52am

I wouldn't call it stringing along if he's gotten a better position/pay

DirtyWater

12/7/23 11:58am

Yeah, Grimes wasn't using an OL BYU position as leverage for OC at KU.

Karl Poppin

12/7/23 2:26pm

Heartland Sports, is my other go-to for Big 12 Football and Basketball

BlueZone

12/7/23 1:20pm

For some reason he did not want to take a pay cut and a demotion. To figure?

Big-Q

12/7/23 1:48pm

I'm rather shocked he landed another OC position, unless their HC is gonna be heavily involved in schemes

CLCougar

12/7/23 1:53pm

I agree. Getting fired from Baylor and landing an OC job at Kansas is

HonestTakes

12/7/23 2:00pm

And their offense was explosive, not things I associate with Grimes' offenses

CameronG

12/7/23 2:03pm

Exactly. It's a headscratching hire IMO, unless there's an understanding his focus is on Oline and Run game and Liepold

CLCougar

12/7/23 2:37pm

Nice intel

palangi

12/7/23 4:01pm

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