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I am not going to extremes here. I did not expect 2003 to win 8 or 9 games. However, it was so obvious to me that BYU was a rudderless mess by the middle of 2003. The players did not believe in Crowton, the play on the field was remarkably inconsistent, the program was soft and without pride and Crowton's answer was to take over more responsibilities himself. This is not to say that BYU did not have other issues as they did and still do. This is to point out that if all things at BYU were great the football team would still be wickedly inconsistent and struggle more frequently than it should have because it was led by a HC that was obviously in over his head. Regardless, I do like the new you born again hard and whatnot. You think far more clearly. I would like to think I had some influence on this metamorphisis.
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I can agree with this. However, IMO his ability to both learn from mistakes and anticipate future issues appears far more advanced than Crowton's. While Crowton didn't have the insight into the uniqueness of BYU that Mendenhall was blessed with, he had been a HC before coming to BYU so he had professional preparation that Mendenhall was without.
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An offense based upon playmaking wideouts, that features wide receiver slip screens with the goal to get the ball in the hands of playmakers in space, is not a good matchup for BYU. IMO look at the type of systems Bronco puts in place, they rely upon and utilize what BYU can historically recruit, and perhaps more importantly, keep in school. Crowton did not seem to understand how to make BYU successful. It looked to me like he was trying to pound a square peg into a round hole.
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Crowton going into the 2002 season, probably should have gone something like 20-15 over the next three seasons. That's still the worst three year period in the prior 30 years, but tolerable in a rebuilding period with extenuating circumstances. Instead of 20-15, he went 14-21. Bronco going into the 2005 season, probably should have gone something like 26-12 over the next three season. He went 28-10. So during that comparison period, Bronco is not better than Crowton by 28-10 vs 14-21 or about 14 games. He's better than Crowton by +2 vs -6, or about 8 games. OK, he's still a helluva lot better than Crowton. |
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I thought Crowton was an average head coach, people here thought he was worse than Gomer Pyle heading up NASA research. It wasn't that I thought he was the best coach, it's just that the difference in severity of our opinions seemed to give you the impression that I did. BYU is too tough of a place to coach if you're only average. However, how many superior head coaches are out there that will fit at BYU? Divine intervention, I tells ya. Last edited by Indy Coug; 01-08-2008 at 05:07 PM. |
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While Bronco seems like a my way or the highway guy in the press, in reality if you watch what he does and not just what he says, the guy can adjust. |
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