Jun 18, 2024
6:45:35pm
6:45:35pm
If you say so. Their late-season schedule was brutal. How we responded after that losing streak was the mark of
a good staff.
I think Pope will be the first to admit his recruiting that offseason was not managed well. Given the changing landscape & BYU's sluggish financial response, he was in a very difficult place.
BYU's Ath Dept simply was not ready to recruit like Pope wanted to recruit.
It's really silly not to recognize how right Mark Pope was for our transition into the Big12. Even if its lasting effect was more about turning our Ath Dept on to the real challenges that lay ahead — if indeed competitive excellence were something they were interested in achieving in a major conference.
I think Pope will be the first to admit his recruiting that offseason was not managed well. Given the changing landscape & BYU's sluggish financial response, he was in a very difficult place.
BYU's Ath Dept simply was not ready to recruit like Pope wanted to recruit.
It's really silly not to recognize how right Mark Pope was for our transition into the Big12. Even if its lasting effect was more about turning our Ath Dept on to the real challenges that lay ahead — if indeed competitive excellence were something they were interested in achieving in a major conference.
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But he did take a group of kids NO ONE had pegged as winners — to a Top-5 finish in their inaugural yr in the Big12.
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