Dear Tom Holmoe

[il Padrino Ute]

My feelings about Majerus are complex. I admire him so much, and I'm disgusted by him beyond belief.

Understood.

[SeattleUte]

would it be cool if i use your picture as my avatar?

yes. I'd be flattered.

[LiveCoug]

yes. I'd be flattered.

Can he add a handlebar moustache to your photo in MS Paint and then use it? That would be neat.

[hostile]

My feelings about Majerus are complex. I admire him so much, and I'm disgusted by him beyond belief.

Me too, although I'm leaning more toward the latter

[LA Ute]

My feelings about Majerus are complex. I admire him so much, and I'm disgusted by him beyond belief.

At the risk of being accused of name-dropping, I actually knew the man pretty well back in the day. He is like many men of genius - more complex and more driven than most people and also more flawed -- something he would be the first to admit. He is wicked smart too. I do think he reached his expiration date at the U. Those among fandom -- whether Utes or Cougars --who judge him are usually judging a caricature. Beyond that I won't say.

LA, are you going to let her get away with the outrageous comment that Holmoe is more competent than Dr. Hill?

I really know very little about Tom Holmoe and have no opinion about him. As for Chris Hill, he is a plain-spoken Jersey boy from fairly humble beginnings. He is one of the kindest and most principled people I have ever known and is one of the rare men who can combine a fiery competitive streak (he did play Division 1 basketball at Rutgers) with real decency and class. I think the world of him. Because of his plain-spoken manner, people often underestimate him. So far, his opponents who have done so have come out on the short end.

Coaching hires? He misfired with Giac, but finding a successor to the Big Guy was always going to be hard. (He still almost got Lon Kruger.) After his hires of Majerus, McBride, Meyer, and Whittingham I am willing to cut Chris a lot of slack. His having to settle for Boylen is still part of the post-Majerus recovery. Either Jimmy will now pick it up and succeed or Chris will get a very solid replacement.

I see BYU fans believe in the same nonsense Utes do that AD's have something to do with what goes on on the field.

I think you are overstating your case. Without Hill, the PAC10 would still be a Ute fan fantasy.

Anyway, that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it.

[old_gregg]

yes. I'd be flattered.

i had to reduce the quality of the image by about 10% (tell your it people to use smaller files!), but with my rudimentary photoshop skills, I have succeeded.

[LA Ute]

i had to reduce the quality of the image by about 10% (tell your it people to use smaller files!), but with my rudimentary photoshop skills, I have succeeded.

I am starting to get a little jealous. Why doesn't anyone ever use my photo as an avatar?

[Hot Lunch]

I am starting to get a little jealous. Why doesn't anyone ever use my photo as an avatar?

<------- I thought I was using your pic as my avatar.

[LA Ute]

<------- I thought I was using your pic as my avatar.

Thanks for blowing my cover.

[tooblue]

This is what's called being too cute by half. You shot your foot off.

Take off your blue goggles and see the truth about Holmoe's legacy at Cal.



http://www.dailycal.org/article/6964..._some_ad_happy

Players' coaches are the ones who get in trouble with the NCAA.



http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...864657590.html

I don't need goggles to see that you are trying desperately to dig yourself out of a hole created by your own stupidity.

There are consequences for every choice and a direct consequence of Utah's choice is that you are irrelevant.

[BigFatMeanie]

I don't know how many times I have to say this:

BYUTV is currently carried as a public service by cable/sat operators. The second BYU starts trying to commercialize BYUTV, the cable/sat operators will do one of the following:

1. Dump it
2. Move it to a super-high tier where they will charge for it.

There is NO WAY that the cable/sat operators will pay to carry BYUTV on a basic tier, just like they pay to carry ESPN, if BYUTV were to become a commercial enterprise.

[myboynoah]

I don't know how many times I have to say this:

BYUTV is currently carried as a public service by cable/sat operators. The second BYU starts trying to commercialize BYUTV, the cable/sat operators will do one of the following:

1. Dump it
2. Move it to a super-high tier where they will charge for it.

There is NO WAY that the cable/sat operators will pay to carry BYUTV on a basic tier, just like they pay to carry ESPN, if BYUTV were to become a commercial enterprise.

Yes indeed, you are a big fat meanie.

[Jeff Lebowski]

There are consequences for every choice and a direct consequence of Utah's choice is that you are irrelevant.

Don't worry SU, I don't get it either.

[beefytee]

I don't know how many times I have to say this:

BYUTV is currently carried as a public service by cable/sat operators. The second BYU starts trying to commercialize BYUTV, the cable/sat operators will do one of the following:

1. Dump it
2. Move it to a super-high tier where they will charge for it.

There is NO WAY that the cable/sat operators will pay to carry BYUTV on a basic tier, just like they pay to carry ESPN, if BYUTV were to become a commercial enterprise.

If you need any proof:

http://www.byutv.org/content/fcc.pdf

The ownership report for a Noncommercial educational Broadcast Station.

I also like that they list Julie Beck as an owner.

[beefytee]

And right at the top of the FCC's rules:

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/nature.html

Recent cases before the Commission indicate that some noncommercial broadcasters have aired outright commercial messages on behalf of profit making entities in violation of our rules and the statute (footnote omitted). As our action in those cases attest, we will enforce our prohibition on the broadcast of commercial messages on behalf of profit making enterprises for which consideration is paid to the station. Information brought to the attention of the Commission regarding such practices will be scrutinized and licensees found to have engaged in them will be sanctioned.

Emphasis added.