BYU Recruiting

[BigPiney]

Next up: official campus visits - go ahead and bring your companion. So much down time on missions!

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

[The_Tick]

Yeah, I think an in-person visit by a coach crosses the line. From the reaction on social media, most people agree with me.

Sorry, your "It's a business" response deserved some blowback. Come on.

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

[Jeff Lebowski]

I don't know what crawled up and got you going today...but those are completely different things.

Missions today are different. I don't see why this stuff can't change as well. I had 2 phone calls a year and had to tract like 60 hours a week.

If a player had a 1 hour Zoom meeting with a coach, instead of a 1 hour in person meeting, would that be any different? This way if he commits now, they can send him a playbook and he can look at it and study it on p-day. I have zero issue with that. I wish it was a BYU playbook he was looking at though.

Yeah, I think an in-person visit by a coach crosses the line. From the reaction on social media, most people agree with me.

Sorry, your "It's a business" response deserved some blowback. Come on.

[Moliere]

I’m fine with Harbaugh meeting with a missionary as long as he keeps his commitments to read and pray about the Book of Mormon.

[The_Tick]

Next up: official campus visits - go ahead and bring your companion. So much down time on missions!

I don't know what crawled up and got you going today...but those are completely different things.

Missions today are different. I don't see why this stuff can't change as well. I had 2 phone calls a year and had to tract like 60 hours a week.

If a player had a 1 hour Zoom meeting with a coach, instead of a 1 hour in person meeting, would that be any different? This way if he commits now, they can send him a playbook and he can look at it and study it on p-day. I have zero issue with that. I wish it was a BYU playbook he was looking at though.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Missions are not what they once were. I am torn on this since I really don't like the idea of coaches visiting kids on missions, but I also understand these kids needing to plan their future.

We were able to take time while my son was on his mission to zoom and schedule his classes for him. I would be ok if coaches talked (phone, email) to my daughter while she is on her mission, but the coach going out there is a bit far.

Next up: official campus visits - go ahead and bring your companion. So much down time on missions!

[BigPiney]

Missions are not what they once were. I am torn on this since I really don't like the idea of coaches visiting kids on missions, but I also understand these kids needing to plan their future.

We were able to take time while my son was on his mission to zoom and schedule his classes for him. I would be ok if coaches talked (phone, email) to my daughter while she is on her mission, but the coach going out there is a bit far.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I don't. There is plenty of down time on missions when kids aren't doing stuff. There is no harm in securing what you are going to be doing post mission.

If Utah does this, oh well. BYU? Same.

If 100 institutions do it, their fans will be okay with it. If BYU does it one time, a specific fan base or two will try to burn the BYU coaches to the ground. So who cares.

It is a business.

Oh. It's a business? Never mind then.

[Omaha 680]

Harbaugh is a huge dick so this only gives me more reason to hate him.

[Art Vandelay]

I don't. There is plenty of down time on missions when kids aren't doing stuff. There is no harm in securing what you are going to be doing post mission.

If Utah does this, oh well. BYU? Same.

If 100 institutions do it, their fans will be okay with it. If BYU does it one time, a specific fan base or two will try to burn the BYU coaches to the ground. So who cares.

It is a business.

My general rule of thumb is: If it pisses off that specific fan base, I'm usually in favor of BYU doing more of it; whatever that "it" might be.

[The_Tick]

Is it open season now for recruiting missionaries who are athletes? Do you seriously see no problem with that?

I don't. There is plenty of down time on missions when kids aren't doing stuff. There is no harm in securing what you are going to be doing post mission.

If Utah does this, oh well. BYU? Same.

If 100 institutions do it, their fans will be okay with it. If BYU does it one time, a specific fan base or two will try to burn the BYU coaches to the ground. So who cares.

It is a business.

[Clark Addison]

Boy, could you imagine the uproar if BYU coaches started visiting recruits on missions? Or Utah coaches?

That was the first thing I thought of when I saw that pic. If that had been Kalani standing there, we would be in the middle of the biggest Twitter storm ever right now.

(And in fairness, exactly the same if it were Kyle, but from different people)

[Jeff Lebowski]

Boy, could you imagine the uproar if BYU coaches started visiting recruits on missions? Or Utah coaches?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Drops the hammer on what/who? This hurts nothing.

Kids mission is coming to a close and he is looking out for post mission stuff. This is no different than talking to admissions/department folks when trying to figure out what program they are trying to get into post mission.

Drop the hammer? What are they going to do...pull the kids TR?

Is it open season now for recruiting missionaries who are athletes? Do you seriously see no problem with that?

[bluegoose]

The kid isn't even home yet!

He was called to the high council while still a missionary?!?!?!