CLAUSEWITZ,
I am trying to find ways that we can improve to the point, in recruiting and coaching, that we can be competative vs the teams that we now play.
I TOTAL DISAGREE WITH YOUR POST, " sex, alcohol and drugs will always be in the list, (HC), and that’s the biggest sticking point with recruits. "
I RESPECTFULL DISAGREE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT MOST 4-5 STAR ATHLETES WOULD REFUSE TO COME TO BYU BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED TO USE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS OR HAVE SEX.
I THINK THAT NOW, MOST 4-5 STAR ATHLETES GO TO THE UNIVERSITY THAT GIVES THEM THE GREATEST CHANCE OF GETTING INTO THE NFL, AND THE WAY THINGS ARE NOW, BYU DOES NOT OFFER THE CHANCE THAT A P5 CONFERENCE TEAM WOULD OFFER THEM.
YOU USE SEX, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS AS YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT WANTING TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES THAT COULD PREPARE US TO GET INTO A P5 CONFERENCE WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES COULD BE AS GREAT FOR AN ATHLETE TO GET INTO THE NFL FROM BYU THAN FROM ANY OTHER UNIVERSITY.
I THINK THIS IS NONSENSE AND I BELIEVER THAT THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH OUT OF TOUCH YOU ARE WITH THE POPULATION OUTSIDE OF THE LDS COMMUNITY.
WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT 4-5 STAR ATHLETES ARE MORE LIKLY TO DEMAND SEX, ALCOHOL, AND DRUGS THAN THOSE LESSER TALENTED PLAYERS WITH 3,2,1,0 STARS???
IF YOU READ ALL OF MY POST, ALL OF THEM, I AM SUGGESTING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE IDENTIFICATION WITHIN THE WARDS, THE STAKE CONFERENCES, AND THE GENERAL CONFERENCES, OF THOSE MEMBERS THAT MAY BE 4-5 STAR PLAYERS.
THAT BEING SAID, DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT, 4-5 STAR ATHLETES, ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEMAND SEX, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL WITHIN THE LDS WARDS, STAKE CENTERS, AND GENERAL CONFERENCES. THEN THE
3,2,1 0 STAR ATHLETES WITHIN THAT SAME COMMUNITY???
SHISH !!! WHY ARE SELF RIGHTIOUS LDS FANS, SO DEAD SET AGAINST DOING THINGS THAT COULD HELP OUR COUGARS EARN THEIR RIGHT TO ACHIEVE AT THE LEVEL WE NOW PLAY, INSTEAD OF BLAMING THE NON LDS COMMUNITY FOR BEING PREDJUDICE AGAINST US OR DEMANDING THAT THE NCAA CHANGE THEIR RULELS, NOT OUR RULES, BUT THE NCAA RULES IN ORDER TO LET US IN, OR AS WE DID IN THE PAST, THREATED LAW SUITS.
WHY DO WE, LDS BYU COUGAR FANS, DEMAND SPECIAL CONSIDERATION THAT OTHER UNIVERSITIES DO NOT GET. WHY CAN’T WE GET ALONG???
WHY MUST WE ALWAYS HAVE THE SICK NEED TO PUT OURSELVES ABOVE OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND ESPECIALLY AMONG OTHER RELIGIOUS UNIVEITIES. WHY MUST WE ALWAYS SAY THAT OTHER RELIGIOUS UNIVERSITIES ARE NOT AS MORAL AS WE ARE.
WHY DO WE WONDERY WHY WE ARE SO HATED AMONG THE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD.? Why can’t we change in a postive way for the good.
PLEASE EXCUSE ALL OF MY SHOUTING WITH CAPS. I AM TOTALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE ATTITUED ON THIS POSTING SITE.