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May 2, 2024
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StantonMac Monkey see monkey do

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Time

PK alluded 2 Burgess choosing BYU not 4 $$$ or dislike 4 Smith but for personal

aaronmania

May 2, 4:22pm

Personal safety reasons

Longseason

May 2, 4:23pm

Yeah. It's called family. Job security. It'll probably be nice being back w a fanbase

SinkingQuffa

May 2, 4:24pm

It will be nice being back with a fanbase.

TLCougar

May 2, 4:26pm

Pac fanbases are Midwesterners compared to Utes.

Plantagenet

May 2, 4:48pm

Burgess may like Smith, but Craig Smith is a sinking ship. He's on the hot seat.

Team Chaos

May 2, 4:26pm

It could also be the thought that getting as much experience as

StantonMac

May 2, 4:31pm

Very possibly part of it as well.

Team Chaos

May 2, 4:35pm

This is 100% it

krindorr

May 2, 4:36pm

Yep. Meanwhile, he gets to coach a team with a fan base that actually shows up.

BlooCoug

May 2, 9:16pm

Why is his seat warm? UU went from 11 wins to 17 to 22 in Smiths three seasons

May 2, 10:23pm

Burgess just put himself in a position to be the next HC at Utah

CaliWG

May 2, 4:34pm

This... Burgess won't be the HC at Utah if he's still on staff when Smith is

1984coug

May 2, 4:45pm

It falls to BYU to prepare coaches for the Utes.

Plantagenet

May 2, 4:48pm

Been that way for awhile.

BlooCoug

May 2, 7:07pm

Then we get badmouthed and hard recruited against. Burgess in 2 years.

fan32

May 2, 11:05pm

He may have been trying to avoid burning that bridge by waiting until the eve of

Tricky

May 2, 4:55pm

It was great back in the day when the WAC hired all Lavell's assistants and then

SoBlueitHurts

May 2, 5:24pm

This is how I see it playing out.

cosmohio

May 2, 7:09pm

His kids go to school with my kids in No Utah County... it could be that he

Howard Bannister

May 2, 4:35pm

I-15 alone will do the trick.

Plantagenet

May 2, 4:49pm

Might like Smith but what abt the rest of Ute AD?

Soupie

May 2, 4:59pm

Bingo!

The Y's Insider

May 2, 9:42pm

Totally the best choice for his future career path and job security. Those are

May 2, 5:04pm

PK alludes to a lot of things and leaves it vague so he can’t be wrong.

davidmj10

May 2, 5:27pm

Hopping off the Titanic sounds personal to me.

Q-grr

May 2, 5:27pm

Pk is just trying to soften the blow

First-n-10

May 2, 5:35pm

I thought he made it sound like he did want to be here and his personal reason

Undefeated

May 2, 5:41pm

Try English. We're not your butt buddies.

Les IsMore

May 2, 6:02pm

Quitting before being fired is a personal reason. Maybe even a personnel reason.

John Doe

May 2, 6:11pm

Probably because Utah is gross and disgusting and filled with scum and villainy

May 2, 8:07pm

It couldn't be because of a concern for hearing loss from the noise in the HC.

fredy

May 2, 8:40pm

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