Supposedly an “emergency” meeting in Provo to be happening.
Cougarboard in full pre-meltdown.
One of my sons reached out to me about concern that IF Kalani goes to Penn State he might want to bring Jason Beck with him.
I don’t believe those two are close - different eras, Sitake was long gone from BYU when Beck was there circa 2006 - but the coaching fraternity is pretty small.
For Cougar nation definitely a massive distraction / excuse in waiting for their CCG.
Sometimes “Greener Pastures” aren’t. Honestly, given all the issues going on back there in ANY of these schools that just fired their coach, who would want the job (unless you wanted to get fired for the buyout).
I would’ve posted a cartoon about it, but it was attached to other ones that are too political to post here.
It will not shock me if Kalani stays put.
I am sure if BYU can find boosters to pay $8 million for a kid to play basketball, they can find a way to pay Sitake enough to stay.
But with a 6 year deal for $66M as rumored, you laugh to the bank after getting fired after 3. Now, if we could get Whit to retire, convince Jay Hill to come on as DC and keep Beck as OC (they are perhaps #1 and #2 to replace Sitake), that would be a coup.
Sitake used the Oregon interview to get more $ for the assistants. Seeing the NIL $ going into basketball, he wants/needs more of that for football. He’s been beating the drum and they haven’t kept up, so not surprised he’s considering the other Happy Valley. I think it’s a mismatch - totally good dude, but he’s not Northeast B1G material.
I agree. If they throw a LOT of money, he might go, otherwise he’ll probably parlay this into a raise. Supposedly he makes $3.8M or so.
When Cougarboard gets rolling, they don’t do it halfway!
The grass is always brown. Gary Anderson and Wisconsin rings a bell…
Jonathan Smith got fired after 2 years at Michigan State.
They owe him $33 million.
Kalani just turned 50 (!). BYU’s had a nice couple of years, but it wasn’t long ago they wanted to run him out of town.
Take the money and run, man.
I’m too lazy to research. Any update on this? Is he staying?
A quick glance on CB - they’re debating on whether it would be better to lose Sitake or Jay Hill.
So… no news.
EDIT - now multiple people saying Sitake is going to Penn State. Hard to tell if there’s any substance to the posts, Cougarboard is it’s own species of circus.
my sources say Ty Detmer is the leading candidate to replace Sitaki 
I have nothing against Sitake. I really don’t. But I can’t stand BYU. They have been riding a wave of tremendous good fortune, and it makes me sick. And being an LDS Ute fan in an area of 90% Zoobs is awful. I wouldn’t mind seeing BYU have some 2017- and 2023-like seasons. Or maybe go back to the Crowton era.
This actually sucks. I mean, good for him, but I want BYU to have to scramble and be in panic mode. Hopefully they can at least lose Jay Hill.
Penn State is down bad right now. Oof
I worry less about Sitake staying (he’s a good, but not great HC) and more about the donors apparently opening deciding that they’ll open ALL the financial floodgates to keep him.
That bodes ill for Utah and there’s really very little anyone can do about it.
Until there is some kind of cap on NIL, I fully expect BYU to continue to spend at a level that we cant match. Its frustrating, but it is what it is.
I don’t know this for a fact, but I suspect Taylor Randall can work with some of the U’s big donors if it becomes a matter of falling behind in brand marketing for the U.
Without a doubt there are more important priorities beyond athletics, but in the US college athletics is all about branding and marketing. I wouldn’t expect a massive spending splurge ala Texas Tech, or an attempt to pull ahead, but it makes no sense to have the U lose mindshare, to fall behind. We should be able to remain competitive, IMO.
I think the case can be made that whatever we spent this year on NIL helped draw attention to the U, nationally. The big name donors understand that, even if they have other priorities. They’re business people. The U has been able to punch above its weight in national branding. Nobody wants to see that jeopardized.
Just my $.02
I am old enough to remember that the Crimson Club was started because so many Utah Alumni and donors were sick of being BYU’s whipping boy (or girl). Prior to that there was something called the Bleacher Utes, which was completely ineffective.
