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Speaker 1: Yes, there was weeping, there was wailing.
Speaker 2: There was national teeth last night as by You fell
to the Texas Longhorns. The Longhorn leap did not occur
as take some once executed, and it was unfortunate.
Speaker 6: Right.
Speaker 2: We thought, we prayed, we hoped that BYU would be
the team that we saw early in the season, that
we thought that they would be the team that we
saw in the first two games of the Big Twell Tournament.
Speaker 1: No, that's not what happened.
Speaker 2: They fell short, They did not reach their potential. Some
have said this is the most disappointing season in BYU
basketball history. I'm not there, but it is one of
the more disappointing seasons in be basketball history. But what
how much of it, if we're talking PI chart accountability,
how much of it resides on the on the shoulders
of BYU's basketball coaching staff, boa basketball players.
Speaker 1: We're gonna split up. We're gonna bufargate.
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but please stop on by. We had a March Madness
edition of Cougar Sports. There is plenty of March madness,
plenty of bracketology to talk about. We will talk football,
we will talk who, We will talk all manner of
even Utah football. Conversation with Kyle Whittingham, the former bo
It's bway you related to because Kyle Whittingham is an alum.
Kyle Whittingham is Whack player of the Year, whack defensive
player of the Year once upon a time, and now
he hates the utes just as much as BYU fans.
So yeah, we're arm in arm we like Kyle. Now,
if you're a BYU fan, you know what I mean.
Like he's taking shots at Utah on his way out peace.
He's saying, yeah, I didn't have that luxury recruiting five
star running backs and having five star players at Utah
didn't have that luxury. Taken shots at the utes in
Harlan in particular, but not so fast. Harlan, by the way,
could be like Athletic Director of the Year. He's getting
all these awards. I mean, this is pretty crazy stuff.
And Kyle Whittingham's like, no, he doesn't deserve it. He
doesn't deserve it anyway. Lots to get to here on
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Speaker 1: By my Side. Uh he is a house divided both
b Yu and UTA.
Speaker 6: Try as a cool truck.
Speaker 7: Uh, but you know he also is a fan of
of the Utes, but he's a Cooper Sports on Saturday.
Speaker 1: And all manner of sports and sports commons.
Speaker 7: Plugging me in the sales Internet manager, Internet sales manager.
Speaker 1: We've got to get street what's up?
Speaker 4: Logan?
Speaker 6: A lot of things for that nice trol.
Speaker 7: Hey, you know you're you're a house dividing me. My
house is literally inviting because I'm obviously a by You
want my wife's the now I'm concerted.
Speaker 1: You have internal you like a vipercation.
Speaker 6: You're bull.
Speaker 5: You're a b YU fan, uh, a Utah fan and
a jazz bance.
Speaker 6: You are perfect, I guess.
Speaker 5: So.
Speaker 6: I mean, the best thing that they've ever made in
life was marry my wife.
Speaker 8: And she is.
Speaker 6: She is a longtime BYU fan.
Speaker 9: Family has season tickets and you know she's she's doing
her darnness, that's for sure. But no, I've I've been
to a few games we went or we went to
a few games last year. Great atmosphere, I think, honestly,
and you know it's just kind of my take on it.
You know, you grow up a little bit. But also
I do think having the break through the through the
twenty tens, not with with them not being in a
conference was was was a good thing, and I do
find myself cheering for for either fan base as long
as they're not playing each other.
Speaker 1: Right of course, of course, Logan Street by my side.
Speaker 2: What do you make of all these hulla buloos surrounding
Kyle Whittingham on his way out taking shots? It doesn't
feel like he was respected. His legacy may be sole
lead for some Utah fans because uh, you know, he
he left maybe not on the nicest in the nicest
accord with Harlan and Crew and Morgan Scouted, the coach
in waiting was just sitting there waiting, hoping, Hey, what's
going on?
Speaker 1: I'm I'm here ready to coach up this Utah football team.
Speaker 2: On his way out, he took what seven coaches, Uh,
he took you know, a couple of high profile players
and uh was able to uh uh you know, make
an impact not only on the huge coaching staff, but
the B A U coaching staff.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 9: You know, I think, uh, you know, you pointed you
or you pointed that out. Morgan Scout was coaching and waiting, right,
I think, and I think I think Whittingham has said this, Uh,
one of the one of the one of the biggest
mistakes I ever made was putting an expiration data on
myself because that put you know, a lot of things
in motion. And I know there's a lot of internal
politics and things like that that are going on. And
and With's a it's a very competitive guy. So I'm
sure that you know, if he felt like he was
slided a certain way or you know, vice versa kind
of you know, it's just people mashing heads. And I
think really what it comes down to is, you know,
I think you know I I I again, unless they're
playing bou or Utah. I hope Michigan does really well
this year. And I want to see Morgan Cook. I
like what I saw in the Las Vegas Bowl, and
I think it's us it's time for some you know,
something fresh.
Speaker 2: Well, there was some breaking news that dropped not too
long ago Friday morning the University of Utever, these documents
related to former head coach Kyle Whittingham's departure from the program.
The corresponds release is is very interesting, very intriguing. Right
this letter deal Dear Kyle, Dear Kyle, from Mark Harlan,
Dearest Kyle in close, please find a check for eight
million dollars which includes interest, from January eighth to today's date.
This represents the first payment of a transition bonus to
be paid in three installments over the next two years
under the fourth Amendment to your employment agreement. As you know,
the University was disappointed by your actions last month. The
university felt that your involvement with recruiting our football coaches
and staff to Michigan was contrary to the terms of
your employment agreement, which requires you to assist with a
smooth and successful transition of the football program to the
new head coach and his coaching staff. Your position was
that this provision only prohibited non disparagement. We have determined
that a fight over this issue would not be in
the long term interest of the university and his football program,
or your legacy as our longtime football coach. We have
decided to look to the future, and we hope and
expect that you will do the same. Future payments of
the transition bonus will be paid persuaded to the ongoing
terms of the fourth Amendment. We wish you well, Sincerely,
Mark Harlan. No bad blood there right by any means.
Speaker 9: I think there may might have been a few words.
He was holding back. But how do I get one
of these letters from Mark Carlin?
Speaker 1: You want an eight million They just sent a.
Speaker 9: Check for eight million dollars in the mail, like, hey,
here you go. No, it's uh, it's it's interesting. I
mean the way that I read that, it's kind of like, hey,
legally we need to send you this check, but we're
gonna publicly say this so that.
Speaker 1: So that if it does come out, you know, shows
that we're not happy.
Speaker 6: Maybe you might not cash it, you know, I mean,
come on, let's be he you know.
Speaker 1: But Kyle wanted to stay. That's the thing.
Speaker 2: Kyle Whittingham wanted to stay at Utah, and uh Ustah said, okay,
that's fine. You can have a one year deal. Kyle says,
not good enough. I want more than a one year deal.
And remember he also has the the sweet heart deal
where he can be an associate ad and and still
make a lot of money.
Speaker 10: You know.
Speaker 2: It was like three millions or something, a lot of
money more than that, I think actually, And so he
was going to be making money as an associate and
right off kind of into the sunset as a as
a kind of a board member, of the athletic department,
if you will bronze statue. Yeah, yeah, exactly, And so
he he chose instead of taking the one year deal
two to step down. He said, now more, and I'm
going into the transfer portal. He said, I'm going to
the transfer portal. And Michigan, uh needed a good head
coach that was not scandalous, not scandal Wasn't that like.
Speaker 9: Two days after or was it like two days before?
I guess it was one of those, but it was
just the timing was Yeah, it was respeccable.
Speaker 6: It was suspected for sure.
Speaker 2: Well no, I mean you're you're you're talking about Michigan
had had scandals. Oh, I mean they had scandaled ongoing scandal, right,
They've had ongoing scandals.
Speaker 1: So like it's not like.
Speaker 2: It's not like they they they were looking for someone
that it was not scandalous. And so all of the
Michigan insiders begin to to to evaluate coll Hitting and
social media. They really he doesn't tweet, he doesn't follow
anyone on Instagram besides his wife and his children. They're like,
this is our guy, this is our guy. There's no
way he's gonna be scandals. But lo and behold, there's
a scandal, and there's all at his former school, and
it's really not that much of a scandal. It's just,
you know, a disagreement, a discord. You guys didn't see
eye to eye, and now you have to pay out
on that contract, which you know, oversight, Yeah, it's oversight
all it. Look, when you're winning, like Kyle was winning,
Harlan and Company, they're gonna give him whatever whatever he
asked and his agent asked to retain him.
Speaker 1: What's happened is they had to.
Speaker 2: This is the interesting thing, and we're gonna get into
the nitty gritty here momentarily and talk to b what
you basketball. What happened was they went to the Big
twelve and then they had a lot of injuries the
first year and it was a much more physical conference
in the Pac twelve. Obviously no longer exists as it was,
and like the Pac twelfth had waned a little bit.
And there's a reason why no one's winning national championships
in football west of the Mississippi and no one's winning
basketball championships west of the Missippi. There's there's a there's
an there's a component there. As you get more into
the Midwest, you get more into the South. There's just
better football players, better basketball players, more population to choose from,
more talent, more resources, more coaching, more investment too. The
West Coast, they their Hollywood eyes. You know, there's a
lot of discrestions lacrosse, there's basketball, there's football.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just one of many things that you do.
Speaker 2: I remember rich Rod telling me that that was an
issue when he was at U of A too, because
he's like, we're not a football town. It's just all
basketball every day. It's hard to win anyway. A lot
of distractions out there. I digress.
Speaker 1: But ultimately, this.
Speaker 2: Is a situation where Utah is no longer the cock
of the lock baby, no longer the cream of the crop.
Speaker 1: And they were like, we gotta we gotta usher out.
You know, Kyle.
Speaker 2: Whittingham, even though he just won on you know, a
lot of football games this year and got a twenty
five finish and was knocking on the door of the
college football Playoff once again.
Speaker 1: So Harlan made a mistake.
Speaker 2: In my opinion, some Utah fans think that this was
the right move. But you're paying your penance now, you
are paying the repercussions not only monetarily, but also on
the football field with your players and coaches.
Speaker 1: Look at all the coaches that went to Kyle, went
with Kyle.
Speaker 2: Now we're going to see how good football is without
Kyle Whittingham.
Speaker 1: Up on the hill.
Speaker 2: Not a pressure, A lot of pressure on Harlan his
legacy as an AD and I would even say the
pressure it's it's it's really high pressure situation. It's heavy
on Oregon scale.
Speaker 6: As far as the AD, but no with scaley.
Speaker 9: I mean, I remember having conversations with my wife about
this again big b you fand my wife lover to
death and and every time like something would come up
like oh, well he's taken so and so, he's taken
so and so, it was, well, you know, Morgan's gonna
have to earn it, you know. And and you know,
I don't know Morgan Scalley personally, but you know, I
know the personality that he has. I'm sure he's up
for that challenge. I'm sure internally, yeah, that's frustrating is
all get out.
Speaker 6: But uh but you know, I mean.
Speaker 9: Again, it kind of comes back to what I said,
Kyle kind of put an expiration state and an expiration
date on himself. I don't know whether that was intentional
or unintentional. And you know, in the business of college football.
Speaker 1: That we're in this year to year.
Speaker 9: Are you staying? Are you going type of deal? I
just don't know if if that's sustainable with with the
way that recruiting has turned, like the the way that
recruiting is, you know, all of that, and you know,
we just again, let let Morgan cook and we'll see.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Look, I had a good conversation with a you'd insider
that's been up at practice and knows the roster and
and and he said, look like you know, Utah is
going to be good next year, and and I trust him.
He said, b y Us is going to be better.
And that's what he from what he and he came down.
I think he had access to b what you football's
practice doing. He said, hey, uh Ba is going to
be better. Now Utah could could could surprise.
Speaker 5: You, you.
Speaker 2: Know, in in a game and they had anything happened
to Robber again, But he said, Bau looks to be
better from a roster. But that's the thing, like he
said last year and the year before the last two meetings,
Utah had a better roster and b way you found
a way to win.
Speaker 1: So anyway anything can happen to a rival.
Speaker 2: Again, but that that was his perspective, and I trust
his inside from a player personnel talent standpoint, But you know,
it's interesting to me before we get into the nity ready,
Mark Carlin was just nominated Athletic Director of the Year
by the Sports Business Journal. Like bau fans are like,
extend Harlan please. This man has has done so many
awkward things on social media and in front of media,
and time and time again, he's like he's like put
up on this pedestal. He makes himself look like just
unprofessional like time and time again. This is another one
of those those issues where I don't understand why Brett
Jormark put him onto the committee for the for the
COLLG Football Playoff committee to replace I don't know about
that one.
Speaker 1: And I don't know.
Speaker 2: Why he's being publicized as twenty twenty six Sports Business
Journal Athletic Director of the Year because everything that I've
seen so far from a public relations standpoint would be
contrary to that. Like, for instance, Tom Holmo became was
voted Athletic Director of the year after COVID.
Speaker 1: What were the justifications for that? UYU football went eleven
and one.
Speaker 2: They you know, they they trusted the science, but they
kept on playing while the entire West coast.
Speaker 6: Was shut down. They don't have the support of a conference.
Speaker 2: Well, they didn't have the arbitrary scientific ruling of a conference.
The PAC twelve all science based, correct, you know, they
had all of a sudden when they were losing all
that money about halfway through the season with the big
ten SEC and and independent b what you're playing like, wait, wait.
Speaker 1: Wait, wait, we have we have a breakthrough in testing.
Speaker 2: Now now we can play sports because we have these
four things that we're gonna do in order to assure
the safety of our student athletes. Anyways, just go back
and look at the timeline. It was insane, It was ridiculous,
and it was really you know, it wasn't really science
based as we know now anyways, but I still don't
get it. But b A fans Cougar nations like extend
Harlan for eternity.
Speaker 1: We love him, He's the best.
Speaker 2: Please keep him there because if things start to spiral,
it's not looking good.
Speaker 1: Up on the hill. Not looking good up on the hill.
So anyway, let's let me get the rest of this year.
Speaker 6: A p.
Speaker 1: Andrew Peterson producing for today. AP. How you living, buddy, Ben?
Speaker 11: I'm doing pretty good myself, honestly, Harlan Guy, right, I
am absolutely an extent Harlan Guy. I think he's the
greatest athletic director in the University of Utah history.
Speaker 6: For b YU, it's been one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like most recently before like this sports visits Jurner
like he quote tweeted like.
Speaker 11: A recruit it was he was interesting online and he's like,
I think it was Yeah, I think it was Jaren
or Ken No, who was it?
Speaker 6: It was Celeste mo no Celes, it was Celestie Moa.
Speaker 1: Celeste Moa. You can't quote tweet recruits as an eighty you.
Speaker 5: Know, I.
Speaker 1: Can't.
Speaker 2: So that's that's the Hey, we love Harlan keep quote
quote tweeting the recruits that he commit uh and ask
for a release from their LOI.
Speaker 9: That was an interesting situation though, well yeah, you gotta
admit that, right, Like I just signed my NL. I've
never played it down and now I'm now I'm entering
the transfer portal.
Speaker 1: I'm out of here.
Speaker 2: Peace peace anyway, free market system, aph here in the
house and well in Salt Lake, Shitty behind the Glass.
Also shout out to Brett Hammer on social media and
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Thank you Utah, thank you Kyt Witingham, thank you Mark
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Speaker 6: You were looking forward to having me on the show
today just because.
Speaker 2: I'm like, BA basketball is a one and done after
investing so much in their program. They had THESA had
six season ending injuries, all those things, Richie's out, Todd
Kings Out, uh Dawson, Baker's out, day pickings out, all
those things.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 2: It was trials and tribulations for the basketball team. But
thank you Mark Harland, thank you all of the news
media outlets for unveil the Kyle Winningham News today so
we didn't have to start off the show with an l.
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Mkelly Wesley, former b YU great. We'll get his thoughts
on the BAU men's basketball team and whether or not
he could have bodied off bodied up that seven footer
last night and limited his massive double double against the Coobs.
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Cougar segment as well. At three thirty, Jared Bledsoe, former
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So yes, BYU Basketball. They fell in a tough one
to the Texas Longhorns last last night. One and done
is the path for BYU in the NCAA tournament. Many
people feel this is the most disappointing or one of
the most disappointing seasons in BAU basketball history. Why because
our happiness is determined by our expectation, and the expectation
was at worst sweet sixteen this year, at best a
final four to maybe national championship run with the roster
they had put together. Now many people are are asking
the question, like how much money did be what you
actually spend and we'll never know. There's just conjecture out
there but i'd imagine that, you know, Okay, so if
if BYU football, let me actually let me just talk
about BA basketball for a minute. Let's say the number
I've heard about AJ about four point two million, and
then all of the other things, the Nike deal, the
Red Bull deal. I think the number that keeps on
being put out is this seven million dollar. They think
that that's all coming from BYU. That's not what's That's
not what's happening. I think when you combine all of
the the marketing and advertising and brand sponsorship deals along
with what BYU and their donor base is ultimately allocating
to AJ, you probably get to that seven million. But
I think what BYU's donor base probably came up with
was probably a ond that four to four point two
million dollar. So if he's making that, what is everybody
else making? Right on the roster? Let's say that it's
ten to twelve million. Is this roster, this basketball roster,
that's a lot of money.
Speaker 1: There's no doubt.
Speaker 2: Now we're talking Kentucky had twenty million for their basketball roster.
There are other squads out there that had much more
money allocated to them that BYU was obviously competitive with
their pay from their collective and their donor base this season,
I think it's more fair to be in that ten
to twelve. I don't think it's in the fifteen. I
don't think it's in the low teams there are in
the mid teens. I think it's more ten to twelve.
So that being said, you should have probably gone to
his sweet sixteen even at that rate, and that's what
the expectation was and they fell short of it. In
your opinion, Logan from Afar, looking from your perch, is
this the most disappointing season in BAU basketball history? One
and done with the roster allocation and furthermore, I mean
k wise, I mean it was reported he was making
around four million pleasants, the highest. You know, the amount
of resources given to the basketball program as a whole.
They have an NBA staff, there are more coaches. The
ratio is two to one coach to player. That means
there's a lot of money there infrastructurally from an organizational
I standpoint.
Speaker 1: With that being said, is it the most disappointing season
in b Weaving basketball history?
Speaker 9: In some aspects I would I would agree, and in
a lot of aspects though, I think when you look
at the perspective of of everything that that went on,
I I disagree. I think, uh, you know, obviously the
the injuries that they had to deal with. And again
I get it, injuries are part of the game. It's
the same with with with you know, the gridiron everything
like that. But I think you saw last night it
can't just be aj AJ can't do it all right,
And I think, uh, you know, I it's it's it's
it's one of those.
Speaker 6: Things that there. I think you have proof of concept there,
you know.
Speaker 8: Uh.
Speaker 9: I was listening to some of the post game and
and and that sort of, you know, some of those interviews,
and I think you just look at and I get it.
It's you know, A j was the number one recruit
coming out of high school. But even as the number
one recruit coming out of high school, look how much
better he got as a basketball player in one year. Now,
if I'm you know, a class of twenty twenty seven
or class of twenty twenty eight, and I'm looking at
how much better he got and potentially solidified himself as
the number one overall pick, I might take a second.
Speaker 6: Look at BYU. Whereas you know, I think I think
with aj.
Speaker 9: This the stars aligned to a certain extent for the
for them to be able to get him. But now
you've you've kind of got that proof of concept that
you know, Kevin Young is a great developmental coach and
if you do want to get to that next level,
b why you use the place to be and they
have the resources to to help you get there. So no,
I I again, I think you know, any any time
your your team goes out in the first round, Uh,
it isn't great, But look at the perspective of it. Right,
they were the they were the ten seed in the
Big twelve conference tournament. That shows you how tough that
conference is, right you know, and then you tie that
into being a sixth seed and it's NCAA tournament.
Speaker 6: You're in year out.
Speaker 9: You know, whether you're the the six, five, the seven,
you're always on an upset alert that can happen. And
you know they just happened to run into that. That
big white guy from Texas last night.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, Modis was ridiculous in that massive double double.
Once again, b Yu, time and time again. Kay Wy said,
we know who we are.
Speaker 1: We're not going to change anything.
Speaker 2: This is who we're going to be and look, they
were crummy in the first half again, like that's what
they've been. They've made they were, they were they were horrible,
not horrible, they were they were lackless in the first half,
poor defensively, and they got dominated on the glass forty
six thirty seven and a half and Texas was controlling
the tempo. UH and B what you never led again
after an early first half lead, they couldn't overcome the
double digits. Kevin Young in the post game. We'll get
to it, UH in the in the in the next segment.
But disappointed in the first half defense and rebounding, that's
where the game was won. So is this a coaching
issue or is this a player issue? When you're when
you're always bad in the first half and you're trying
to dig yourself out of a massive hole in the
second half, and to me, it's becoming obvious.
Speaker 1: I have a lot of grace for.
Speaker 2: The UH the season ending injuries, but the first half
woes were consistent throughout the entire year. That to me
is a coaching issue. So Ky is a mastermind of
the offense. He's very good offensively for all the you know,
by many reports even though I hate the ISO ball
and everyone watching AJ throughout the entire game, and that
includes the fans in the stands, the fans on TV,
his own players, and the defenders. Everyone's watching AJ. Everybody.
It's it's just ISO ball to the max.
Speaker 1: And it's just I hate it. I abhor it.
Speaker 2: It's I know this is a pro system, and he's
attracting AJ and Bruce Branch the third and Rob Wright
because of the pro system.
Speaker 1: I just I just don't like it.
Speaker 2: And as someone stated, it's like, yeah, obviously this is
a pro system.
Speaker 1: They don't play any defense.
Speaker 2: They're only focused on ISO basketball, and they only they
start playing once the playoffs. They actually start playing hard
once the playoffs come around. And I'm like, yeah, there's
a lot of truth to those those three statements.
Speaker 1: But I mean, we we should have the way.
Speaker 2: You should have won more games, period, and and so
coaches got to take some accountability here. And I think
there's a sense of urgency and we'll get to some
of the comments from Ky in that sense of urgency,
but yeah, Matus Vokatitis had twenty three point sixteen rebounds,
eleven of those boards in the first half, I asked
the question, is there a big and b a basketball
history that can box out this seven footer?
Speaker 1: And we had like Hafa.
Speaker 2: Comments, we had Eric Meeka comments, we had Greg Kite
comments like going deep.
Speaker 1: You know they great Kite would put them in a
body bag.
Speaker 2: I was talking with a fan about Jake Show of
my brother in law of rest and love, rest and piece.
That man he was slowing down Omecha Okre for from
Yukon back in two thousand and three. He would slow
down that big white European seven footer from Texas or
the u of a seven footer. He could have done
it as well. But overall, look Aj, if we're gonna
evaluate AJ's performance, he's an A plus. He did everything
that he was supposed to do he was He ends
up becoming a legendary Cougar in one year because of.
Speaker 1: His individual performances.
Speaker 2: He'll probably the number one NBA draft pick in this
in this next NBA draft. He's second all time in
single season point total, only behind Jimmer Fredet's Jim er
many A tw twenty eleven run. And I think he's
third all time as a freshman in NC double A
history with about almost one thousand or nine hundred points
under his belt. Pretty impressive all things considered. So byu
is Bau and Kugarnation. Very disappointed, but I'm not going
with the most disappointing season. There has been other disappointing
season in the late nineties, in the mid nineties when
the transition from Roger ree to to Steve Cleveland, or
there was a rebuild and no one was showing up
to the Marriott Center. When the Marriott Center is a
ghost town and no one showing up and it looks
like the Huntsman Center with like the close curtains.
Speaker 1: That's that's the most disappointing thing.
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, guys, this is not the most disappointing season
in BUE basketball history, even though all of the resources allocated.
Speaker 1: And everything else and on one and done, it's not.
Speaker 2: It's to me, the most disappointing is when fans become apathetic.
And none of the fans became apathetic this season.
Speaker 1: Does that make sense?
Speaker 2: Like apathy is what kills programs, And like I said,
to make it make yourself feel better, all you got
to do is they say, comparison is the thief of joy.
It can also be the provider of perspective. So compare
your basketball program to the use right now and that
should make you feel a whole lot.
Speaker 12: Better again, as good as what you was. They were
a ten seed, there were Yeah, this is a tough conference. No,
they were, well, Texas was an eleven seed. You're talking
about in the Big twelve tournament. In the Big twelve tournament.
So in the ncaterm they were six seed. And but
in the Big twelve tournament they were. They were a
ten seed, but they were like the seventh they were,
they were ranked around you know.
Speaker 1: Anyway, it is what it is.
Speaker 2: Uh, It's not the most disappointing season in BUE basketball history,
no matter what anybody tells you.
Speaker 9: If any if anybody needs to learn perspective, it's Utah
basketball fans.
Speaker 6: Let's let's be real true true.
Speaker 2: Morgan should have Morgan Scoaltar should have given the two
million dollars to the basketball program so they can bring
them a Jerius era back.
Speaker 6: I mean, he wouldn't have to, but it would help.
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Speaker 1: Who got some great deals?
Speaker 2: I got Logan Street, the Internet sales Manager by my side,
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Speaker 1: That's what he does best. He's a car guy, but
he is a sports guy through and through. Journey is
the band of the day.
Speaker 2: H you know, don't stop believing, Logan, don't stop believing
in your team.
Speaker 1: Don't stop believing in your utes, your Cougar's or your jazz.
Because A J.
Speaker 2: De Bons is gonna be the first overall pick in
the NBA draft and he's going to your Utah Dazz
And now Utah fans are gonna have to join us
and start rooting for AJ.
Speaker 1: So get ready.
Speaker 9: I you know, I think that'll be easy for his accountant.
If that's how it plays out, it's.
Speaker 1: Gonna be good. It's gonna be great. It's gonna be fantastic.
He can come do a deal here at ORMT Toyota
as well.
Speaker 11: Oh.
Speaker 1: Absolutely, get him into a vehicle.
Speaker 6: What would you put AJ in?
Speaker 2: I'd put him in probably a fore Runner, probably in
a four runner. I've seen it because uh, you know,
I feel like the the fore Runner.
Speaker 1: You know, you can do like that? What's that?
Speaker 2: Like that low prob some ground effects on it. Yeah,
and put it you know, tinted out and like you know,
you know, just get him in an suv. I think
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Speaker 1: Is that Tamasile? That is Tamasil? I knew I huge
Tomas here, guys, what's up? TOMASI?
Speaker 2: One of my favorite BYU defensive linemen in the modern era.
Underrated in my opinion, was a beast and unfortunately, you know,
we didn't get to watch him play at BYU A senior.
But he's been bawling out all right, British Columbia. Now
you're BC dude killing it bro, looking good, Bro. Yeah,
I gotta catch up with you, man. We're live right now.
But hey, I'm gonna catch up with I'm gonna hit
you up, bro. Much love to you, man. I thought
that was you, TOMASI.
Speaker 1: I know, I know, I know.
Speaker 2: A former b YU defensive live when I see one.
Shout out to Tamasi low Lee, Lay ladies and gentlemen. Anyway,
we gotta get to some sound BYU fell in the
first round of the NCAA Tournament to the Texas Longhorm
seventy nine seventy one in that round of sixty four.
Let's get into it. What is it that Kate why
had to say? Who's in this postgame commentary? Anyways, Aj,
Rob Kevin as all the above. Let's tune in as
they pontificate on all things in this basketball program.
Speaker 5: Yeah, congrats in Texas. They played a hard, fog game,
and credit to coach Miller. I mean for them to
play in the first four and then having to travel
out here and do all the things that they did,
that's impressive. So they deserve all the credit. They made
all the plays and they did a great job.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 5: I thought for our guys, I was disappointed our first
first half defensive effort and intensity and rebounding. I thought
that's where the game. Uh, we knew the game was
gonna get won. There we got we took. That's all
we talked about was the rebounding kind of coming into
the game. So that was a little disappointing, not a little,
a lot disappointing. And then I thought our guys fought
their tails off in the second half. So in a
lot of ways, it was a microcosm kind of of
our of our season where we've you know, we faced
a lot of challenges this year, and just like we
did in this game, we battled back. And that's kind
of the mantra of this group. You know, they never quit.
So I'm really proud of the group. And uh, you know,
it hurts obviously seeing Richie over there in the street close.
You know, he's been the heart and soul of our
program since I took this job, so I love him
and it's all and that he's up here with these
two guys. So with that, I'll open it up. Rachard
hand if you have a question, we'll bring the microphone
to you. Come down here. And then in the back
Eric Anderson Associated Press.
Speaker 10: I mean, you talked about the rebounding a little bit,
but was it at all surprising to see in the
first half where Folktitis had as many rebounds by himself
as you guys had as a team.
Speaker 5: Absolutely, and our guys heard about it at halftime and
that was just like I said, it was just super disappointing,
you know, because we've been a really good rebounding team
for the most of most of the year and in
particular in our sort of resurgence at the end of
the season. So you know, we knew how good he was.
You know, you watched the tape, it's pretty obvious to
see it. So you know, we challenged our bigs at halftime,
and not just the bigs, the guards too. I thought
we did a much.
Speaker 1: Better job in the second half.
Speaker 5: But yes, extremely disappointing that he basically manhandled our whole
team in the first half in the back.
Speaker 9: Darnell Dixon Daily Herald, AJA, with that game, what did
you like in the second half of what you guys
were able to do to get back in when you
were down seventeen?
Speaker 5: What things do you guys do?
Speaker 10: Well?
Speaker 13: Uh?
Speaker 14: I just like how we persevered. That's kind of been
our identity the whole year. We were a second half team.
You know, obviously the first half is just shaky with
the rebounding, but I'm I'm happy that we fought back,
and you know, we could have folded and lost by twenty,
but we tried to cut it down and make a
push for the win.
Speaker 15: Over here, Jackson Payne does the right news, Aj as
your year at BYU comes to a close, if this
is the end, I mean, how would you describe your
time at BYU and just the way it ended? Especially?
Speaker 1: Nah, I love it.
Speaker 14: I love this place. I'm happy I chose here. I
definitely made the right decision. I knew coming in. I
made the right decision ever since my visit with the
coaching staff, with how it's just a family atmosphere, talking
to the academic advisor of everything about this base.
Speaker 5: I'm just happy.
Speaker 14: But as far as the season, it's tough dealing with
that type of adversity, but I'd rather do it nobody.
Speaker 5: Else over here.
Speaker 16: Zach dem Texas Longhorns n s I, Richie, I know
you didn't play in this game, even out for a
little while, but why was it important for you to
sit up here with the guys uh here at the
press conference?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 8: You know? I mean just we've gone through a lot
together and Tyson Jacks who media rep you know, Yes,
that's one of my that's one of my heros in life,
and he asked me to be up here with these
guys and do do a lot for that guy and
for for these guys just part of my team, for fighting,
for staying together, and it's been it's been an amazing
son being with them.
Speaker 3: Coach Jordaan does at USA today, there was a lot
of hype going into this season for you guys and
just being able to be around this team and be
around a J. I mean, what is it meant? What
is he meant to be? Yu basketball? And how would
kind summarize what the season has been knowing that and
maybe didn't end exactly the way you wanted to, Yeah.
Speaker 5: I mean disappointing, no question about it. I mean we,
you know, we wanted to advance in his tournament, but
so does everybody else, you know, and that's why you
play the game. And like I said, that's why you
got to give Texas credit. But you know, in terms
of AJ, you know, I think, uh, you know, I'll
probably look back in twenty years and just have a
lot of joy that I was able to be a
part of his story and to do it with guys
like Rob Wright, who's been tremendous all year. It's been
fun watching these two guys, really all three of these
guys come together. I mean, you know, it is what
it is. But at one point, this was the highest
scoring trio in college basketball. It's fun for me as
a coach to sit back and watch three really good
individual talents all kind of come together and figure out
how to play off of each other. And obviously, you know,
AJ gets a lot of the headlines rightfully, So I
thought there was moments in tonight's game where he just
looked like that Portland Trailblazer Befloor should have been down there.
You know, he just looked like an NBA player, the
stuff he was able to do on the court, and
you know, him playing off of a rob, I thought,
they're they're together, and it's really grew throughout the season.
But but in terms of AJ coming to b YU managed,
you know, it's been tremendous. You know, Jegor came in
and set the foundation and then AJ kind of took
the torch. And so it's cool to hear him say,
you know how much he's enjoyed being here, and you
know he's going to be a coup for life, and
you know, that's what's awesome. That's why I told the
guys in the locker room. It's probably my favorite thing
about coaching, as you get a chance to just make
relationships for life and they just go far beyond the court.
And just glad that AJ's part of that, and so
are these two other guys. Okay, Alexander Espianation coach Young.
Speaker 17: Right around the final minute of the game, it looked
as if you were trying to tell your team to
intentionally foul Vokatito so you could win zero for seven
and his free throws in the second half. And was
that the case And did you consider trying to intentionally
file Vopatitis earlier in the game when it appeared as
if he was just having a big struggle at the
free throw line.
Speaker 5: Yeah, we were definitely were targeting him at the end
in terms of trying to do it intentionally prior to
when we did it. I mean, it's a little tricky
because of the rules. You don't want to get intentional
fouls and they get the ball back and things like that,
and a little nervous about that. But I thought we executed,
you know, that strategy. Well, you know, we just weren't
able to come up with enough rebounds and stops to
really you know, have it benefit us. I thought that,
like he missed the one and we came down. We
got a little unorganized in our transition offense. They did
a good job of getting back. We had a play
drawn up. Our guys kind of went went rogue in
a good way, and I thought they did a good
job Texas did in their transition defense. And if had
we have scored there, obviously that would have been a
big shift in the game. But we're unable to convert that.
Speaker 9: All the way of aar on the left regruter from
Field Level Media, A j how do you plan to
attack the next few weeks as you make a decision
on your future?
Speaker 14: Just talk to my family. Uh, you know my mom
Ultimately she kind of is the big boss. She kind
of makes the decisions in life one of my family.
So I mean, just taught to her, see what she says,
and y'all will go to answer the next couple of weeks.
Speaker 15: Okay, Jackson Payne does right, news, Richie, As your time
at BYU comes to an end, you know, you're a
four year guy. You're an all time BYU cougar and
just have grown up around the program and being a
fan of the program. What do you make of your
legacy at b YU and maybe what are some of
your favorite memories from your time at BYO.
Speaker 5: That's a big question.
Speaker 8: Just in a few few sentences, But I mean it's
it's it's been a dream come true. You know it's
I mean winning here has been one of my just
like looking back, I know for a very long time
I'll remember winning here and just the joy that that
brought me to be able to put on this uniform.
Speaker 6: I mean, I think.
Speaker 8: Last year, there's you know that that that run was
was one of my one of my core memories along
with the Iowa Stay game. WoT if you guys remember
that that was a that was a really fun one.
But still trying to look back on this year and
work through, work through those emotions and stuff. But I've
it's this has been a dream come true. I've I've
loved it in the back.
Speaker 16: Robbie Macombs, think with stuff, Kevin, when you look back
on how this roster was constructed, and even look at
your first season how it was constructed, how do you
think that will impact your decisions as you build your
roster for next season.
Speaker 5: I think it's hard to evaluate this year in terms
of that question, because and again I'm not crying over
spilled milk. Things happen in life and you got to
figure it out. Which I want to say this before
I answer that question. I thought, I'm just proud of
this group because in terms of the roster construction, it
was it was constructed in a way that once Aj came,
we were building it essentially around you know, the you
know him and obviously Richie. That's why Rob was such
a humongous get for us, and then we tried to
build it around that. And so we liked the level
of maturity that we had. Number one, you know, we
liked the shooting that we had. I mean, you know,
I'm reminded of of you know, there's just no substitute
for shot making. End of story. We were four twenty
two from three. We had a hard time shooting the
ball the last couple of weeks of the season. Our
spacing was not where I like it to be. But
we just it's the cards that we've been dealt, and
so how how this season impacts what we do?
Speaker 1: I think for sure, just shooting is.
Speaker 5: Always for me something that there's no substitute for. But again,
in terms of this year's team, it's hard to get
it's hard to really judge, you know, what we constructed
because we were never able to see it with five
season ending injuries, which is crazy. But you know, I
think there's not there's not guy like aj that come
around too often, right, So I think we tried to
build it around a unique player. And now as we
as we fast forward for next year, trying to get
shooting you know around around Rob and have some some
dynamic spacing and like we did our first year is
definitely something that will be under heavy consideration. And we
are out of time. Gentlemen, Thank you very much for
your time. Congratulations on a great season. Thank you.
Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're live.
Speaker 2: I want to get up to Blaine Anderson here momentarily,
so let's just get him on the line. But we're
live from Orum Toyota. I got Logan Street by my side.
Any thoughts, any commentary to the follow up? There great
soundbites from Ky. He says it's unfair to evaluate, you know,
the roster composition, restructuring what he's going to do going forward,
because he's like, well, I had you know, three of
my you know, rotational starting players, injured, so it's unfair
to really evaluate that. I thought he said some really
interesting things. A J commenting on how he doesn't regret
coming to BUYU was the right place for him. His
development had has has been scaled forward, and he feels
like he's more prepared for the NBA now than ever.
Speaker 1: Any thoughts, any commentary to your as you heard it, Yeah, I.
Speaker 6: Wrote down just two notes real quick. Both of them
had to do with a J.
Speaker 9: First off, you know says, uh, you know what whatever
mom says is what he's gonna do. Ye Mom, So
you know, you you Cougar fans, Let's let's make sure
that we uh, we're making sure that that that's uh
in our prayers, right. But the other side of that,
he made a point to in the sense of, you know,
when you when you get a once in a lifetime
player like like a J on your roster, you you're
gonna build your offense. You're gonna build your roster around
that guy. And unfortunately, injuries are a part of basketball
and and uh, you know that that that makes it
that makes it hard. But I do think that there's
again we talked about perspective earlier that is perspective.
Speaker 6: Too, right.
Speaker 9: I think when you when you have the one year
potentially you have that one of the best recruits that
you've ever gotten, you push your chips, you know, you
push your chips all in and you go for it,
and I and I think it just you know, they
caught some bad breaks.
Speaker 1: Let's get out to the phone line.
Speaker 2: We got Leynallo from Game Day, Maame's Health, game daynames
health dot Com Lane.
Speaker 1: Uh, real quick? Is this for you the most disappointing
season and be with you basketball history? Yes?
Speaker 16: Or no?
Speaker 8: Why?
Speaker 1: Why not?
Speaker 10: Uh?
Speaker 13: I think the results are disappointing because we had so
much hope going into this season that it was going
to be this magical year. But there was a lot
of fun games along the way. So it's hard because
we're like base a lot of it off of like
the final outcome, which was last obviously. But I'm trying
to like keep in protective, like we had an awesome
season in terms of like specific games. So I'm like
trying to like look on the bright side of things.
Speaker 1: Got to look at the bright side of things, no doubt.
You know, what does this? Does this make you feel
like we didn't get the right return? On investment.
Speaker 2: Though as a b WAU fan based a b WA
you donor base seeing a one and done after so
much was invested into the program and into the roster.
Speaker 15: No, I mean I think.
Speaker 13: Personally, I feel like if you look at it from
the perspective of like us wanting to win, Yeah, we
didn't get what we wanted that way, but I feel
like this does open up a pipeline for us. Aj
is the kind of player that will have other recruits
in the future thinking to them else, Okay, if this
guy goes top three, first pick overall or whatever like
that could be me. I can get the development that
I need to get to the NBA Draft. Now, I
think it does require kind of an organizational shift in
mind because we haven't been that one and done school,
right Like, we've had very few players come from BYU
who have have even made it to the NBA, let
alone go after one year. But from from my perspective,
like we are getting our return on investment. It might
just not manifest itself this year in terms of wins.
Speaker 2: How much is it worth to have an advocate, a
brand ambassador such as Aj Debonsa not only for this
year but in years to come for BYU and is
that worth whatever you spent on him as a donor base.
Speaker 13: I think it can be. I mean you think about
some of these big names in the NBA and like
the association they have with specific programs. I mean you
think of like a Carmelo and Anthony and you immediately
think of Syracuse. You think of I don't know, Anthony Davis,
and you think of Kentucky, you think of Michael Jordan,
you think of Carolina that has some cachet like that.
That does that does bring some awareness, some brand recognition
to a program. So you do have to take that
into consideration.
Speaker 1: No doubt about it. How can we get back into
the game.
Speaker 2: We need to be with your basketball to get back
into the game and get recruiting again and maybe finding
better offensive and defensive system because it just wasn't good
enough this year. They got to get healthy too. How
can we get healthy and get back into the game
there at game Bay Mattel.
Speaker 13: Just come in and get your blood work done. I
mean we've been saying it now for the past several months,
Like understanding what your baselines are in terms of your
blood work is typically your first thing. I mean It's
no secret that as you get older, your body changes
in a lot of different ways. And if you're not
happy with that, if you're not happy with your performance,
if you're not happy with how you look, how you feel,
your energy levels come in. There's lots of different solutions
out there, and it's not one size fits all. We
really do sit down and listen to what guys are
trying to accomplish and come up with a very tailored plan.
Speaker 5: For that individual.
Speaker 13: So come in, schedule an appointment. The initial consultation and
labs are completely free of charge, and then from there
we can figure out what we can do to.
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Speaker 1: Will you a football school or a basketball school? Lane?
Speaker 6: Oh Man?
Speaker 1: Can they both?
Speaker 8: No?
Speaker 1: Okay? Well is it more so? Is it more so
a football school or a basketball school?
Speaker 13: Well, we've had more recent success probably in football. I'm
gonna say a football school.
Speaker 1: Yes, damn straight. It's that's that's that's true. That's doctrine
right there.
Speaker 5: Yeah, B.
Speaker 2: While he was a football school, doing more with less
since nineteen two, more wins, more championships, more NFL football
players with less more wins okay per dollars spent in
any university, any football program in the United States of America.
Speaker 1: Okay, that's truth.
Speaker 2: That is knowledge that his doctrine UH top ten and
wins over the last fifty plus years. And you know
how much Lavelle was making his final season in two thousand,
You know, he's how much he was making like one
hundred and twenty, like one hundred twenty thousand.
Speaker 1: Dollars, one hundred twenty thousand dollars.
Speaker 2: You kidd me, you kidd me, more more wins, more
championships and natty included than any more wins per dollar
spent than any And it's continued. I know things a
little bit of change. But look, let me give you
a CBS Sports. Let me talk about stats here for
a second. Jay fin May, CBS Sports, when the Kilani
Satake deal was struck, reported that their roster.
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty five, Buli Football's roster was ten million dollars.
Speaker 2: Okay, we're seeing reports of forty million dollar rosters right
now at LSU SEC.
Speaker 1: Schools, big ten schools, forty million dollars.
Speaker 2: Like I don't know what it was last year, but
he was probably around like thirty million for some of
those schools, right, So b WAU was operating at a
third of the cost on their roster last year, and
they almost won a Big twelve title. They lost two
games to Texas Tech. They beat a top twenty five
team in their bowl game versus Georgia Tech. It was
a great season, one of the best seasons in BYU
football history, Okay, I believe and this leans into my
opinion on y BoA's a football school more than a
basketball school.
Speaker 1: I think BOU basketball.
Speaker 2: I think it's pretty obvious that their roster payroll was
probably around ten to twelve million at least, right, Like,
it's probably around there, right, would we agree with that?
Speaker 6: Right?
Speaker 1: Probably around there right with the you know, they.
Speaker 2: Had a pretty good roster Rob Wright, AJ Ritchie, you
know Conar Davis. It probably got up there pretty quick
to round ten twelve million, let's see.
Speaker 1: And that's fair, right, that's not even like on the
high end.
Speaker 2: That's in the upper probably third of college basketball, maybe
upper fourth of college basketball. Their roster, and I think
it was all worth it, by the way, I think
it's all worth it because BYU needs advocacy it needs
brand ambassadorship more so now than ever. And I think
the donors, because that's where it's coming from. The donors
are willing to pay for it. And obviously the brands
locally and nationally are willing to pay for these guys
to be at BYU. Okay, so they're buying the players
as much as they are at the BAU brand. With
that being said, I think you know where you're getting
a better roy That's what I'm saying. That's why it's
a football school. The Kaloni culture maybe Kalani culture hard
to argue, is you know what I mean. Anyways, that's
my final thoughts, Laye. We invite everyone to head on
over to game day. Men, Seuth, get your blood work done,
you know, Logan I, We're gonna get our blood work
done right after the show. See how much testosterone and
him adecurate And you know where we're deficient. What vitamins
we need? They're at game day men, South We need
some vitamins right there?
Speaker 13: You go, Man tell absolutely, especially after that loss, right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely need a little bit more vigorant vim
in my lines. I'll be honest, after that we got
that loss. I need a little bit more vigoran vim
in my loins. All right, Lane, appreciate you man. We
appreciate Game day men's health as well.
Speaker 5: Thanks, Ben, have a good one.
Speaker 1: All right man.
Speaker 2: We're gonna go to break, but before we do, Logan Street,
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