It WAS deserved, but a lot of that opprobrium came due to bad coaching.

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Dec 5, 2024
11:54:43am

DeepCCoug Starter

It WAS deserved, but a lot of that opprobrium came due to bad coaching.

I am really glad he has done so well this year and I hope he makes a ton of money in the league. I don't know if I've ever seen a player make such an amazing turnaround in one season. He deserves a great deal of credit for being coachable enough to take in all that new information from a much better coach and put it to use on the field.

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DeepCCoug

Bio page: DeepCCoug
Joined: Jul 21, 2002
Last login: Jan 8, 2025
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Guys— Caleb Etienne’s story is so awesome… just named Big XII first team LT

12/5/24 11:22am

Incoming 4th straight drafted LT… Jatta, where you at brotha, you’re on deck!!

12/5/24 11:24am

Just goes to show how important coaching is.

12/5/24 11:24am

It's an absolute shame that Funk was not only given the job but allowed to stay

foofcoug

12/5/24 11:28am

It is an indictment on the HC

JimmyZ

12/5/24 12:17pm

Also the OC. Funk reported up to ARod.

Magneto

12/5/24 1:13pm

If he had ability to hire and fire, I agree

JimmyZ

12/5/24 1:19pm

Kalani and ARod both wanted Woods over Funk. Many reports they were told too

NYC and Japan

12/5/24 1:28pm

Ok so they were told we can’t afford this expensive guy so stick with guys who

JimmyZ

12/5/24 1:44pm

TNT agreeing with JimmyZ #JudgmentDay

TNT

12/5/24 1:55pm

They didn't. Funk let go 1st year there was a clear drop-off in performance

NYC and Japan

12/5/24 1:57pm

Funk had 3 LT drafted.

ochobeeguy

12/6/24 10:28am

…uh, *Grimes mainly— Suamataia was regressing under Funk and would have been

12/6/24 11:08am

A-MEN! Coaches are so critical. And not just at making players perform better,

12/5/24 2:50pm

So you're saying that Etienne's problems through the years have always been poor

spoxjox

12/6/24 5:59pm

I think he can make himself a lot of money on Sundays. Glad that the new OL coach seems to have helped Etienne

jpesk2

12/5/24 11:25am

He was just so raw coming through the JUCO route, just needed a good coach and

12/5/24 11:27am

He played at a JC in 2019 & Ok St in 2022 before playing at BYU in 2023 & 2024

ptcougr

12/5/24 11:42am

It WAS deserved, but a lot of that opprobrium came due to bad coaching.

DeepCCoug

12/5/24 11:54am

Not sure I’ve ever seen a player improve so much in a year

I'mBatman

12/5/24 11:26am

Did you not watch Isaac Wilson this year?

Durden

12/5/24 11:34am

Man, how glad must he be that he didn’t play for OSU this year?

Bossk82

12/5/24 11:34am

Darn near had exact polar opposites in his two teams - first and last place

NOCAL_YFAN

12/5/24 11:38am

Coach Woods should get a lot of credit, but Etienne put in the work to get his

ElkhunterUT

12/5/24 11:51am

I fully agree.

DeepCCoug

12/5/24 11:55am

And Woods just picked up a bunch of great OL commits to work with yesterday...

12/5/24 11:56am

we need a movie. WHO'S MAKING THE MOVIE??

Cougarclaw

12/5/24 11:58am

Maybe they could call it Blind Side because he plays left tackle?!

AZPTCOUG

12/5/24 2:47pm

Take note CB -Even players who struggle can improve immensely

Projectoor

12/5/24 12:04pm

So happy for him! Especially after all the heat he took on CB.

jaba166

12/5/24 4:47pm

Loved seeing his progress this year

GoodBetterBestBYU

12/5/24 8:22pm

what does his draft stock look like?

Sircumference

12/5/24 12:09pm

As long as they don’t look at the tape from 2023

donnerstag

12/5/24 12:26pm

I see it the opposite. If they look at '23 and '24 tape, they'll see how much

TheLoanArranger

12/5/24 12:33pm

There was an effort issue in 2023 though

donnerstag

12/5/24 12:48pm

Glad so many of us (me included) were proven wrong. Huge kudos to him

BYUfan92

12/5/24 12:22pm

He improved so much. Never seen a player make that jump.

Boring

12/5/24 12:58pm

Totally love his story

niqmadu

12/5/24 1:04pm

Caleb, you proved everyone wrong — including everyone on this board.

12/5/24 1:31pm

I would submit we were right about his on field play last year and he finally

JimmyZ

12/5/24 1:55pm

Absolutely. It was the incredulous reaction to Coach Woods' interview when he

12/5/24 2:09pm

That is so crazy considering how bad he looked last season

TNT

12/5/24 1:54pm

That is pretty amazing. What a difference a year makes

Kolipoki

12/5/24 3:35pm

Good example of not leaving early for the NFL - one year can mean a lot in the

jaba166

12/5/24 4:44pm

Love your user name-- we called my 2nd son that for a while due to his "white guy with weak stomach!" haha

GoodBetterBestBYU

12/5/24 8:18pm

Nice work Arod recruiting him and getting woods on your staff … and especially nice work Caleb!

GoodBetterBestBYU

12/5/24 6:23pm

Wasn’t Arod, it was Brayden Kearsley that got him here

12/5/24 6:45pm

Nope, not engaging again with your logic circles. Connection does not equal signing

GoodBetterBestBYU

12/5/24 8:14pm

lol, not engaging with a KSL article that states clearly that Kearsley's the one

12/5/24 8:26pm

Connections are myriad, but ultimately evaluation, persuasion and signing are the domain of coaches.

GoodBetterBestBYU

12/5/24 8:46pm

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