'17 UT S Chaz Ah You (BYU Signee)

[Luckylucci]

Honestly can you guys remember in the remote recent memory anyone who has taken the 2 year mission up front and panned out? I think of colinsworth (was that his name?) ...he went away came back built like a 15 year old and never did a thing if I recall.

It was Chris Badger. This kid is a better talent, but I get it. Its difficult to do. However, BYU's team is made up of guys like this. So, if they can get them to produce, I'm sure it can't all be bad.

 

[Shamrock Theories]

Honestly can you guys remember in the remote recent memory anyone who has taken the 2 year mission up front and panned out? I think of colinsworth (was that his name?) ...he went away came back built like a 15 year old and never did a thing if I recall.

Not Collinsworth lol. Chris Badger

 

[Irish#1]

Nothing wrong with a talented 20 year old freshman.

 

[dublinirish]

It was Chris Badger. This kid is a better talent, but I get it. Its difficult to do. However, BYU's team is made up of guys like this. So, if they can get them to produce, I'm sure it can't all be bad.

problem for Badger was that he was recruited by Weis but by the time he got to campus again after his mission he wasn't a fit for Diaco

 

[woolybug25]

problem for Badger was that he was recruited by Weis but by the time he got to campus again after his mission he wasn't a fit for Diaco

I think the bigger problem was that he was always a project recruit. Then he went on his mission, lost a ton of weight and just never had a chance to develop his body back to playing size. By then, he was just too far behind a bunch of superior athletes in the depth chart.

I would be fine with letting a kid do his mission again. But we would need to do a better job of managing the specifics (food, availability to stay in moderately good shape, etc) and have a definitive plan for their development when they return. We can use BYU as an example of how missions are okay until the cows come home. But they have generations of knowledge on how to manage that process and still develop kids into high level football players. We don't....

 

[Henges24]

Add that to another reason to Fire Longo

...and hire BYU's S&C coach

 

[dublinirish]

Depends on where the mission is really. Some LDS folks get sent to the amazon rainforest, others to major european cities

 

[woolybug25]

Depends on where the mission is really. Some LDS folks get sent to the amazon rainforest, others to major european cities

Yep, good point. If a kid wants to go to the Amazon or Africa, then by all means go... Just don't plan on returning to Notre Dame. BYU knows how to transform your malaria ridden body back to playing shape, we do not. Nor do we have the time or need to do so. We'll just get another recruit.

 

[Big23Head]

Scout: "I'm pretty certain that I'm going to take an official to UCLA, Stanford and Notre Dame," said Ah You. "Those three are pretty solid to get to trips. I'm still trying to figure out the last two."

 

[dublinirish]

was meant to commit today between BYU, Washington, UCLA, Utah

Decided to hold off though after recently visiting Stanford. Possibly waiting on admissions to give him the go ahead.

 

[JordanIrish]

From what I have been hearing, BYU is all over this kid, poly, LDS athlete, Sitake has made recruiting Poly kids a high priority. If he does get admitted to Stanford, I think that would be a deal changer. Stanford has basically been getting alot of top recruits out of Utah.

 

[BobbyMac]

From what I have been hearing, BYU is all over this kid, poly, LDS athlete, Sitake has made recruiting Poly kids a high priority. If he does get admitted to Stanford, I think that would be a deal changer. Stanford has basically been getting alot of top recruits out of Utah.

His Dad's BYU's Director of Football. I hope they're on him.

 

[woolybug25]

Honestly, I thought he was already committed to BYU. Ha

 

[dublinirish]

signed with BYU

 

[BobbyMac]

signed with BYU

Some one on that staff is paying him. Period. No italics.




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[DONTH8]

Some one on that staff is paying him. Period. No italics.




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It's pretty genius of them. His dad is Director of Football Operations here at BYU. They can give him a nice 100k bonus and tell him to give it to his son. NCAA can't do anything about that.

 

[JordanIrish]

The kid flew a helicopter into LES (stadium), to commit.

 

[BobbyMac]

It's pretty genius of them. His dad is Director of Football Operations here at BYU. They can give him a nice 100k bonus and tell him to give it to his son. NCAA can't do anything about that.

LOL. Bet he gets Laguna Beach, CA as his mission assignment too. I'm not seeing Uganda or Siberia in his future.