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my guest here momentarily, but I'm gonna tell.
Speaker 2: You the stat of the day.
Speaker 1: This is what we have after two years of the
ky era, and you take a step back. K Why said, Hey,
I want to make provo a pipeline for the pros.
That's what he said, Capitol pro lowercase VO. And I
think he's done that. We're gonna grate them out right now.
We're gonna talk metrics. Okay, success under Kevin Young. Okay,
here's record. You're one, twenty six and ten in the
Big twelve. He was fourteen and six net ranking of
twenty three, NCAA tournament seed of six. He got to
a sweet sixteen with that path with that sixth seed
last year.
Speaker 2: Okay, they were.
Speaker 1: In Denver in this and they won some games before
going to the Sweet sixteen. Congratulations that first year twenty
twenty five, twenty twenty six they went twenty three and ten.
Or season twenty three and twelve, they were nine to
nine in the Big Twelve. They had a net ranking
same one twenty three. The goat number NCAA tournament seed
was six and they were one and done the round
of sixty four. Okay, disappointing to say the least. But
another key stat. You had what like six season ending injuries,
three of those guys' rotational players. It was devastating to
the roster, devastating to the culture. Three iterations of the
Blee men's basketball team this season, and you know we
never got to see the best iteration of them because
they everyone got injured early on, Dawson Baker and A
Pickens getting injured, both rotational players. To talk about these
stats and maybe grade out k why over a two
year pier, Let's welcome in our certified Financial Planner NFLPA,
Certified Financial Planner, Wealth Management Advisor representing Vanderwelf NFLPA certified
financial Player. We've got Blaine Blaine Anderson on the line. Blaine,
how thatck are you, buddy.
Speaker 3: I'm doing great. Ben. Happy to join you today.
Speaker 2: Hey, appreciate you hopping on so Blaine.
Speaker 1: You see the numbers, you know he's got a he's
got a one and done in yegor two and let
me give you that stat right, Uh, A top ten
pick in the NBA draft, and now he's gonna have
maybe the first overall draft pick in aj Devons A
great ambassador for BYU.
Speaker 2: He came up and I thought he hit dangers.
Speaker 1: He was an A A plus acquisition, no doubt about it.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 2: But uh, you know, how would you grade it out
after two years? Oyle?
Speaker 3: I trying to separate out the fan in me and
then also the professional side of me and the fan
in me is certainly what most're saying in this past
year was a disappointment. We had high hopes, high expectations.
So first year I would have said A minus. Second
year C plus, maybe B minus. And that's the fan
side of me. From a professional side, I think, you know,
it does take a couple of years. You've got to
let take the average. Usually it's a three five year process.
I know sports isn't always that forgiving, but I feel
like he still needs a little bit of time. But
I know I'm not the only fan that feels like
this year was a bit of a bummer and even
a disappointment from a team standpoint. So I love having him.
The first year was exceeded expectations. Second year definitely missed
the mark and missed those expectations would certainly be my
take on it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's unfortunate, right, unfortunate.
Speaker 2: Indeed, the second year wasn't to par.
Speaker 1: We did not hit quota in twenty twenty five, twenty six,
and that was unfortunate.
Speaker 2: And so it's a good thing that we're a football school,
right Are we a football school? Blane?
Speaker 3: I would have to say so. I think we still
do lean that way. It's been nice having both our
teams finish top fifteen, top twenty. I mean, that's impressive.
I still lean football though. I think I'm with you.
But let me make one point, Ben, I was talking
to some BYU fans out at the Big twelve tournament
from Alpine. They made a pretty good case for Kevin
Young in this second year being better and more of
a coaching job than his first year. And they just
talked about those injuries, They talked about the shift and identity.
Certainly the adjustments that were made, I felt like there
was a good argument and a good case. I could
see where they were coming from. But I'd still take
the first year over the second year. But I can
see why there's some debate for sure.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about money here for a minute. If you
spend money, you want to make money, right. If you
got money, you want to invest in one on Roy
John Wilner of Wilner The Wilnerheart Hotline Mercurynews dot Com
pen to piece what's next for BYU's massive investment after
massive investment leads to unsatisfying seasons, He said, by you
spent big on football and basketball, never got close to
the biggest stage in either sport. Examining the ROI in
what's next for the Cougars, I thought it was interesting,
he said, like, not even close to the biggest stage.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: You know football, you know big twelve Championship appearance. You
know they were knocking on the door last year. Okay,
they got shafted out of the CFP arguably both years. Okay, Uh,
they are top ten in Director's Cup, so I mean
they're they're doing just fine on the Director's Cup as
a collective athletic department, one of only a handful of
schools in the top twenty five in both football and
ultimately you know, basketball and NET and Ken Palm.
Speaker 2: I don't know if the AP poll if Bow's going
to be.
Speaker 1: Top twenty five at the end of the season, in
the top twenty five, probably not, but at least up
to this point, you know, Ken Palm and NET rankings.
Speaker 2: Maybe but not even close. That seems a little bit
out landish. But at the same time, is our ro I.
We don't know the actual number. Did we get a solid.
Speaker 1: ROI for football and basketball the last year? How do
we feel about it?
Speaker 3: Well, I don't know that. I believe a lot of
the numbers that have been put out there about how
much we have into each program. I think that we've
picked it up and I think in Io has leveled
the field in a lot of ways. I feel like
there's been progression. And when we talk about NI and
the NET increase for the investment return, I think we
still got a few years to settle. It's going to
take us being in this top twenty five a few
years in a row, certainly to get the attention of
the school's back East Yep. And if I was to
say year per year from investment standpoint, gosh, I always
tell investors, you know, you got to give it a
little bit of time to play out. And to me,
I'm looking at it in three and five year windows,
and so I think next year will get a much
better lens. And then especially after five years, it's still
tough to say.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean some of that football, you know, lack of
access has to do with things outside of b what
you football's control period.
Speaker 2: So I thought you're right, And I.
Speaker 1: Think if you look at it in periods right of time,
maybe three to five year windows. Even if you go
over the last the last two years, right, I would
say the ROI was is solid. I would say it's
solid to quite solid. My personal opinion on ap two
year period, I think it's it's pretty good.
Speaker 2: It's solid.
Speaker 1: I would say it's like fantastic. But I mean look
pop Tards Bowl and Alimo ball from football. You kidding me,
It's like when you football, it's not even close football.
Speaker 2: You're getting it.
Speaker 1: You're getting a huge ROI on football Alamobile and pop
Tars Bawl and all of the Hulla Blue. Now from
an eyeball standpoint, I think you got a great ll
in basketball because Aj was la creme de la creme
in scoring, leading the NCAA scoring. So I think all
things considered, you got a solid return. You got you
got a solid five six seven percent return. And in
the financial world, that's not too bad, right, That's not
too shabby.
Speaker 3: Blain, No, that's consistent, and especially getting someone like Aj
that alone, to me is positive ROI and was worth
it from a basketball standpoint. Look at some of the
other guys we're starting to get, you know, to me,
this is still momentum, which is important in the investment world,
but also of course in life and in sports. So
we're we're still on the time up, but we're making progress.
I like it.
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always appreciate our time together. Thanks for talking to some ball,
Thanks for talking some stats.
Speaker 3: Always I love it. Ben, and shout out to Kubernation.
Thanks for having me on today.
Speaker 2: Always a pleasure, Always a pleasu