Merril Hoge not happy with BYU coaching staff

[hawkwing]

Merril calls out Ed Lamb and the BYU coaching staff for what he considers to be boneheaded decisions regarding his son.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YP7OWWBI-w

[SpiffCoug]

Probably out of fear of his son, who seems to share his own propensity for concussion has been moved to position where repeated blows to the head are an every down occurrence.

Parents really should just stay away from the media while their children play.

[scott715]

The subject of concussions did not come up in interview from what I heard. Beau wants to play QB.

[snoscythe]

Probably out of fear of his son, who seems to share his own propensity for concussion has been moved to position where repeated blows to the head are an every down occurrence.

Parents really should just stay away from the media while their children play.

If you listen to the interview, he says nothing about injury risk. His beef is (a) it was Lamb who talked with Beau, not Grimes or Roderick, (b) they didn't even let him compete for the QB spot, but they let every other nobody who thought they could be a QB compete for the job, (c) the way it went down felt slimy like they were trying to delay telling him about a decision that was already made to make it less likely that Beau would try to transfer.

Merril thinks Lamb is a shady, less-than-honest guy, and he made that clear. He thinks his kid is the best athlete capable of playing QB and deserved an honest chance to compete, not a run-around.

I don't think BYUSN had any idea this was going to be the path the interview would take -- this is not something BYU is going to want other schools to be sending to BYU recruits and their parents.

[SpiffCoug]

I'm sure his dad, is going to say, I'm fearful my son is going to get a concussion.

Why is Lamb making this call (to switch positions)? I know he's an assistant head coach, but he's also special teams and linebackers. How is he involved in running back and quarterback position changes?

[frdbtr]

Just one more thing to add to the long list of reasons this entire coaching staff should have been fired after last year. It sounds like they are still screwing things up.

[scott715]

He thinks highly of his kid but the stats don't support it. 52% completion and TD/INT 3/4. It is a small sample size and no doubt he could do better. But where was he on the depth chart? Chances of playing were not good at QB.

[Mars]

Little League Daddy gonna Little League Dad.


But Beau Hoge is totally going to start at QB now, right?

[frdbtr]

The point is, they forced a position change on a kid that didn't want it. As far as I know Bronco never forced a position change on a kid. He wouldn't make the kid do it if the kid didn't want to. IMO, that is the best way to handle things because then the kid is happy with what he is doing. How many other position changes were forced onto kids who didn't want it which caused bad play at that position? I don't know, I just feel that this is just one more thing that stinks about how this coaching staff is handling the team. I guess we will see how they perform on the field. If they start 0-5, which is a very real possibility, the season is going to be over.

[TheDean]

Probably out of fear of his son, who seems to share his own propensity for concussion has been moved to position where repeated blows to the head are an every down occurrence.

Parents really should just stay away from the media while their children play.

If anything the QB position is far more dangerous to players than at the running back position.