Garth is 69 years old. It'd be a rare dude who has the energy to succeed at

Jul 4, 2024
11:46:54am

cwilke1 All-American

the grind of being a current D1 coach at 69 years old. Let alone one being brought in with expectations to inject substantial new life into a traditional basement dwelling program.

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well this sucks

Defrueblue

Jul 4, 7:48am

Ringing hollow because of a bad year in a top 3 conference? Bit dramatic.

molodyets

Jul 4, 7:49am

Also, it’s July 4th. Weird timing for baseball rant.

SJS

Jul 4, 7:52am

At least it's a BYU sports related rant. Not a political rant.

BYU71

Jul 4, 7:59am

RE: At least it's a BYU sports related rant. Not a political rant.

SJS

Jul 4, 8:01am

Dramatic? Absolutley. Because of a bad year? No.

Defrueblue

Jul 4, 9:42am

Are you giving any money?

molodyets

Jul 4, 10:06am

As a matter of fact I have. Does that change your opinion of what I said?

Defrueblue

Jul 4, 10:33am

It adds credibility. Thanks for contributing to make it better.

Ripliancum

Jul 4, 10:56am

Plenty of people complain about NIL and recruiting while wanting everybody else

molodyets

Jul 4, 11:11am

Drop the program? Seriously?

LV Mike

Jul 4, 7:52am

Yes from me. Bring in soccer instead so BYU can actually win something

chismoso

Jul 4, 9:55am

I don’t have anything against soccer, but you don’t just drop baseball

SJS

Jul 4, 10:12am

Why not? They are terrible and have been for a long time. BYU has dropped other

TepperCoug

Jul 4, 4:37pm

Drop baseball because it's too hard and instead pick up... soccer?

SJS

Jul 4, 6:51pm

Cool you like to watch a team lose over and over again. That’s a no for me.

TepperCoug

Jul 4, 7:05pm

IMHO, Pitching is the main problem. The defense is good, hitters need to K less.

BYU71

Jul 4, 7:57am

Seems like recruiting high caliber players to BYU will always be a challenge due

LV Mike

Jul 4, 8:06am

Dane and Garth Iorg. Fun to watch in 1972. My first year at BYU.

Les IsMore

Jul 4, 8:25am

Interesting. Dane’s last year was 1971. Garth never played for BYU.

Bluforever

Jul 4, 8:40am

RE: Seems like recruiting high caliber players to BYU will always be a challenge

Watermelon11

Jul 4, 8:48am

Baffles me how our middle relievers look kinda like this

Uno Doctoro

Jul 4, 1:27pm

Who could they get as a new coach if they don't renew Pratt's contract?

fbguru

Jul 4, 8:01am

Garth Iorg has coached in the majors I believe

Jersey hunter

Jul 4, 8:42am

oh the baseball celebrity as a coach strategy. We see that tried regularly for

cwilke1

Jul 4, 10:23am

He’s a proven major league coach not just a former player

Jersey hunter

Jul 4, 10:31am

Garth is 69 years old. It'd be a rare dude who has the energy to succeed at

cwilke1

Jul 4, 11:46am

Byu tried that with Vance Law.. ugh.

cougfanz

Jul 4, 11:15am

Not knowing who the replacement would be isn’t a reason not to fire a coach…

icecougar

Jul 4, 12:18pm

but for a basement dwelling program, basement dwelling isn't underperforming.

cwilke1

Jul 4, 12:49pm

Yea no easy answers here. Someone needs to get creative but obviously

cougfanz

Jul 4, 8:09am

Reuter was the Mississippi 5A player of the year, non member and it was

Zak

Jul 4, 8:51am

Never go full Archaea.

Sid Vicious

Jul 4, 9:03am

Brayden Marx is in the portal…

Pride

Jul 4, 10:21am

Do you think we are the laughing stock in Football as well? We

Alan Schaefer

Jul 4, 11:01am

All you gotta do is filter on the baseball category and you will understand

SV72 Sale

Jul 4, 11:05am

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