I am 100% in favor of the hire of Jeff Grimes to be on the BYU Cougar Football team, and until the LDS Church owned University, BYU, becomes committed to Excellence with their Football team , I believe he is among the best that BYU can get and I am grateful to Grimes, for coming to us.
As said, over and over again by Andy Kartchner, Big Bro and brother, Aaron (a.k.a. Little Bro), Sports Bros Podcast, and by others in KSL, Desert News, Provo Herald, and Salt Lake Tribune, (at one time or another) ,
( I paraphase) that commitment to excellence for the Football team is not there.
(Paraphrase), when they say, BYU will never pay the dollars for a top notch P5 type coach for HC, for OC, or for DC. BYU may do okay with the other assistant coaches, but we will not pay for the big boys at the big positions.
If we don’t want to pay for the coaches that can make us a significant P5 type team, than we should NOT talk about wanting to be a significant P5 type team. That smacks of Hypocracy to do so.
In the best world, we would have paid the necessary amount of money to have Grimes come to us as an Offensive Line Coach, and Running game coach, and we would have gone after a Nick Sabin, an Urban Myers or even a Peterson as the HC, and let them select the DC and assistant coaches they needed. (Yes that cost money)
If we want to compete vs P5 teams successfully, than we should be willing to pay for the coaches that are able to attract the athletes that are capable of being successful vs P5 teams.
We act like we are living in La La Land, to think that $1,000,000 per year HC can win vs $ 8,000,000 per year coaches; or $500,000 OC/DC vs $2,000,000 OC/DC or $200,000 Asst Coaches vs $500,000 Asst coaches.
To Put things in perspective:
What is the difference in revenue at BYU between a half full stadium for home games vs. a full stadium for home games.
Factor in all the venders selling their goods to a half full stadium vs a full stadium.
What is the difference in revenue between a $14,0000,000 to $17,000,000 bowl game and a $750,000 to $1,250,000. bowl game.
What is the difference in revenue between a $10,000,000. or less TV contract and a $25,000,000. or more TV contract.
I don’t want to hear about tithing not paying for coaching, anymore than I would want to hear about tithing paying for partial ownership in the CocoCola Company or for Rail Roads, or for TV Networks, or for Radio Stations, or for News Papers, or for Department Stores, or for any of the other many businesses that the Church owns.
The one thing that all above have in common is that they are all money making businesses or the Church would not have invested in them.
We are hypocrites when we suggest that our reason for not reaching the highest level we can in football is because of the bias against us by others. We create our own problems with our own actions or lack there of. That’s my opinion.