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Nov 30, 2022
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Cougarbib
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Most fans are binary. There is amazing, terrible, and nothing in-between.
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Cougarbib
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The thing that frustrates me about the board is that the defense was soooo bad &
Swish
11/30/22 7:28am
The day of the Tuiaki announcement there were several "Ok fans, you got what
txblue
11/30/22 7:32am
I didn't see any of those comments. The board seemed pretty unanimously ok w/ it
runnincoug
11/30/22 7:36am
Agree. But there were plenty on the little bird app
txblue
11/30/22 7:41am
Ah, perhaps. I don't pay attention to Twitter. Hard to tell who's serious and
runnincoug
11/30/22 7:59am
Quite a few on twitter
pappabear246
11/30/22 11:17am
Trevor Matich was very diplomatic with what he said. After praising the good
Schultz is back
11/30/22 12:28pm
I understand but many fans didn’t
pappabear246
11/30/22 2:47pm
I haven't seen a single poster here who said the defense wasn't bad
Skeptical Optimist
11/30/22 7:32am
Cougarbib?
Beggar
11/30/22 7:34am
Anyone who mentioned anything about the defense being bad...
Coug
11/30/22 8:17am
Show me any post since Baylor game where I said the defense wasn’t bad. I did
Cougarbib
11/30/22 12:30pm
bib has relentlessly defended the defense for years under Tuiaki although many
pinolero
11/30/22 1:20pm
Keep in mind the BYU O was calling this the best defense they had ever faced
Cougarbib
11/30/22 3:04pm
They did the last few years, and they ignored the red flags on the defense that
cougaman
11/30/22 7:37am
Yup or somehow it was the offense’s fault - when the offense has to gameplan to
Swish
11/30/22 7:42am
One poster even blamed the offense because they got all the good talent. Lol
kotacoug
11/30/22 8:15am
Everyone knew that there were massive defensive issues every year, except the COVID year...
Coug
11/30/22 8:33am
I had a guy tell me the defense is bad because the offense scores too fast. I
Cougsanity
11/30/22 8:56am
Lots of excuses for injuries last year as the scapegoat. Pili back would make al
BYU '80
11/30/22 8:05am
Really? They’d usually say something like “just win” or “a win is a win”
jigidajrit
11/30/22 7:58am
25-3 was my favorite. Like that meant the defense didn’t have schematic issues.
kotacoug
11/30/22 8:16am
To be fair 25-3 is a pretty good rebuttal to any talk of firing coaches
kosmokramer
11/30/22 8:18am
Not when deficiencies are glaring and it includes a Covid year of playing
kotacoug
11/30/22 8:22am
Only if you don’t watch the games. Worse is that we knew competition was 10x ing
Swish
11/30/22 8:26am
The last few years we’ve been calling out the terrible D. There have been many
kotacoug
11/30/22 8:14am
RE: The last few years we’ve been calling out the terrible D. There have
imdocrob
11/30/22 8:43am
Criddle/960 and Spencer/Jarom are longtime Tuiaki apologists
I'mBatman
11/30/22 10:00am
Coaches are paid pros, so critiquing them is not off limits.
Turnpike Lane
11/30/22 7:33am
NIL has turned a lot of them into pros
Beggar
11/30/22 7:34am
Agree - don’t criticize players.
Swish
11/30/22 7:42am
Disagree
CameronG
11/30/22 11:49am
Really? I think the ratio was like 96% who thought the D was awful
Incentivize
11/30/22 7:51am
That 4% who didn’t though …
Swish
11/30/22 7:59am
Previous to the middle of this year it was much higher.
Swish
11/30/22 8:20am
I certainly thought Tuiaki should have been bumping shoulders with TD on their
AlternateShot
11/30/22 11:32am
And they blame the offense
Jeremy
11/30/22 7:58am
The defense through tuiaki’s tenure was about average.
Cougzilla
11/30/22 8:00am
It was only average maybe because the 2020 boost in rank and the first yr tuiaki
kotacoug
11/30/22 8:18am
Show me the stats that say I’m wrong.
Cougzilla
11/30/22 1:30pm
Wow - here is a great example
Swish
11/30/22 8:27am
Show me the stats that say I’m wrong.
Cougzilla
11/30/22 1:32pm
This year the offense ranked #22 and the defense was #113 and you think the
kotacoug
11/30/22 8:36am
Not specifically this year but in general, yes.
Cougzilla
11/30/22 1:30pm
Did you look at last year's offensive and defensive rankings?
ldssdl
11/30/22 1:36pm
During Tuiaki's entire tenure, he has been about average, is what I said. As in
Cougzilla
11/30/22 4:27pm
Most fans are binary. There is amazing, terrible, and nothing in-between.
Cougarbib
11/30/22 4:34pm
RE: The defense through tuiaki’s tenure was about average.
pistol12
11/30/22 10:32am
Show me the stats that say I’m wrong.
Cougzilla
11/30/22 1:30pm
That could only be true because the offense is expect to carry the team and if
CameronG
11/30/22 11:51am
This is true, but historically that is how BYU has always been.
Cougzilla
11/30/22 1:31pm
Amen. It's bizarre
TNT
11/30/22 8:17am
Even espn knew it was terrible:
TEXAS
11/30/22 8:29am
The coaches would know how to fix things if only they would read posts like
OldFogey
11/30/22 8:31am
I’m more worried now because it seems like they don’t know how to fix it.
Swish
11/30/22 10:16am
I dislike posts like this. Fans aren't expected to fix the team but they can
FatThor
11/30/22 10:37am
Like the gif said, it was sarcasm. I read terrible takes on this board every day
OldFogey
11/30/22 1:31pm
Have you ever considered that whining on a sports board does nothing other than
Acorn
11/30/22 8:33am
Your third paragraph is spot on. This was NOT a rebuilding year.
Ham
11/30/22 9:13am
Agreed. It was an embarrassing crash and burn year.
Les IsMore
11/30/22 9:37am
Yup we returned almost everyone
Swish
11/30/22 10:18am
#firecougarboard
VenomFarmer
11/30/22 9:17am
I’m not defending the defense, it was bad at times, but do we think now that…
Goosefrabba
11/30/22 9:34am
These players played just fine against Baylor this year and Utah last year
rcbyufan
11/30/22 9:46am
There's a big difference between not recognizing/acknowledging the issues
StantonMac
11/30/22 11:01am
RE: Nope!
2cents2many
11/30/22 12:27pm
Maybe, but being a jerk about it doesn't help anything
StantonMac
11/30/22 1:44pm
I believe that you believe that, but I'm betting Kalani didn't decide to make
OldFogey
11/30/22 1:53pm
I'm very frustrated at how this year turned out.
Eddie
11/30/22 11:14am
You are so mean
BYU Grounds
11/30/22 11:34am
D was bad. But, they won the Baylor game and the offense stunk during the
Cougarbib
11/30/22 12:24pm
You’re right and signs were there BEFORE this year
Lombardi
11/30/22 12:49pm
Agreed. The fact that average people (like me) who have no coaching background
Dat_rmishner
11/30/22 2:42pm
Games like Baylor gave people like me a lot of hope.
YOHONOMOTO
11/30/22 4:18pm
The thing that frustrates me about this board is how many people think that a 10 win 2020 season meant anything other
Blue2thebone
12/1/22 8:12am
RE: The thing that frustrates me about this board is how many people think that
OldFogey
12/1/22 8:53am
2020 was one of the most fun, entertaining, and enjoyable seasons we've had in a
Skeptical Optimist
12/1/22 9:55am
I think he sets higher goals for himself
pappabear246
12/1/22 12:00pm
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