BYU Recruiting

[LiveCoug]

This guy is taking an official visit to BYU this weekend and commiting somewhere next week. We have a good shot yes please

https://247sports.com/player/jaydn-ott-46079570/

[HBCoug]

As the flagship institution of the church, BYU coaches should be allowed in-person visits with any missionary and other programs should be prohibited from doing the same. It would be allow BYU to get some good recruits and it will discourage other schools from recruiting LDS kids. I 100% believe this should be the policy.

From your mouth to HF's ears.

[HBCoug]

I'm not sure a blanket policy is always in the missionary's best interest.

I'm sure Gentry got permission from his MP, which is where the decision-making authority should lay/lie (I have no idea which is correct).

Yep - Mission Prez was aware and was advising him to take his time in order to make the right decision for him. Harbaugh was by no means the only coach reaching out during all of this. Everyone stated calling again once the Bronco news got out there. All the names you'd think would be in contact with him were definitely talking to the family.

[YOhio]

As the flagship institution of the church, BYU coaches should be allowed in-person visits with any missionary and other programs should be prohibited from doing the same. It would be allow BYU to get some good recruits and it will discourage other schools from recruiting LDS kids. I 100% believe this should be the policy.

[Green Monstah]

Super easy to control with a church-wide policy.

I'm not sure a blanket policy is always in the missionary's best interest.

I'm sure Gentry got permission from his MP, which is where the decision-making authority should lay/lie (I have no idea which is correct).

[smokymountainrain]

The coach isn't bound by the rules of the church. Its up to the kid to take the calls or not take the calls. You will never police the coaches whose livelihood depends on recruiting.

anything that happens on the mission is ultimately up to the kids in terms of whether they want to follow the rules or not, right? so it probably does start with the church setting the standard, then the mission presidents implementing/enforcing/encouraging that standard in their missions - and from there the missionary making a decision to uphold it or ignore it. but if the church and mp don't have the rule in place, of course the kid is going to take the visit. and let's call it what it is, it wasn't just a call - it was a visit. it's one thing to simply take a call, it's another to take a call and say come on over.

[Jeff Lebowski]

The coach isn't bound by the rules of the church. Its up to the kid to take the calls or not take the calls. You will never police the coaches whose livelihood depends on recruiting.

Super easy to control with a church-wide policy.

[Flystripper]

The coach isn't bound by the rules of the church. Its up to the kid to take the calls or not take the calls. You will never police the coaches whose livelihood depends on recruiting.

[myboynoah]

Oh boy. If you guys can't see the gigantic slippery slope here, I don't know what else to say.

No need to say anything else. It's not a good thing and the tweet went way over the line. We can't have open season on publicly recruiting kids while on missions.

[SCcoug]

Harbaugh slept over at a recruit's house. He climbed a tree while recruiting a prospect. I wouldn't put it past him to take a first discussion to and land Gentry.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Oh boy. If you guys can't see the gigantic slippery slope here, I don't know what else to say.

[Green Monstah]

I can see a situation where a visit from multiple coaches would be too distracting. My key objections are tied directly to the fact that I don't want schools not named BYU recruiting from our talent pool.

But all in all, if I'm an MP, and the missionary is okay with it, I think it's not inappropriate to allow him to line up his post-mission plans.

[The_Tick]

Of course it is a business. What does that have to do with whether it is appropriate/overly disruptive or not?

So he's on a mission and Bronco steps down. That starts the disruption. Right? So within 5-6 days of that happening he gets a visit from Harbaugh and commits to Michigan. Now he doesn't have to worry about where he is going and can focus back on the work. I see that as a better alternative than not knowing what he is doing for the next 4-5 months.

He already had a prior relationship with Michigan, as they were in his Top 5. This isn't a coach swooping in that has never had contact with him before.

[Moliere]

Well, my daughter is serving only 15 minutes away from the campus of a potential transfer location...

The missionaries down here literally contact and teach in A&Ms campus. In fact, I think pretty much everyone of them ends up in college station at some point.

[Jeff Lebowski]

My comment about college football being a business? That deserved some blowback?

Of course it is a business. What does that have to do with whether it is appropriate/overly disruptive or not?