Yoeli Childs - Is he going?

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If you're staying you don't have to worry about taking away from Rose's retirement.



He's gone.



Because if you're staying it's not really a story.

I wouldn't blame him really. He gauged interest last year, had a good year this year. I actually hope guys can make the pros by coming through BYU even if it means we miss their senior year from time to time.

Yoeli: Best BYU player never to play in an NCAA game.



Am I wrong? Who are some others in the last 40 years? Justin Weidaur...but his career wasn't nearly so good as Yoeli's.

Yoeli Childs will be our next head coaches biggest recruit. Gotta keep him.

From what I've heard, the Yoeli decision was made during the process of Rose being convinced to retire, but Yoeli was asked to hold off to give Rose the best possible send-off and avoid the appearance that Yoeli's choice influenced the Rose retirement.



Yoeli leaving is actually a blessing in diguise for a new coach who can focus on building what he wants to build instead of immediately feeling pressure to build around a *star* player in year one. No Yoeli means the slate is pretty dang clean as far as expectations in year one.

snoscythe wrote:

No Yoeli means the slate is pretty dang clean as far as expectations in year one.

Which is another way of saying the cupboard is pretty dang bare.



With the stratospheric expectations of the fanbase, an incoming coach has to know that there's pressure to produce immediately. Without the tools to do that, this is a FAR less appealing opportunity for any good prospective coach.

I believe that if BYU hires Mark Pope hire then Yoli may be influenced to stay. Pope's track record with big men could persuade Childs - if he realizes that staying at BYU would give him the best development he could get for the next season. But hiring a coach just for the prospect of keeping a single player is really putting the cart before the horse

Good point.

Wasn't Pope on staff early in Child's career/recruiting? So it probably depends on how that relationship went. And on how much the HC would actually coach position groups.

Childs is gone. Why would he stay?

.... to Chipotle?



Unless he is planning on getting a Visa or slumming it in the reformed G league for a couple years his best option is to stay. The NBA isnt pining for undersized 4s who had an above average year in a conference not known for big men, whose teams got bounced in the first round of a conference championship.

ABYUFAN wrote:

But hiring a coach just for the prospect of keeping a single player is really putting the cart before the horse

We've seen that fact come about when Frank Jackson's high school coach, Quincy Lewis, was hired out of Lone Peak. I'm sure I wasn't the only one out there thinking that maybe...

Anyone surprised by this?



Best of luck, Yeoli. Thanks for the effort and good games.

Not to read too much into things, but no thanks for Rose? Just LaComb.

snoscythe wrote:

Not to read too much into things, but no thanks for Rose? Just LaComb.

I don't think that's reading too much into things. I think that's written on the wall.

Thanking the coach who recruited him....I don't read it as if he didn't mention you he didn't like you. But to each their own.

Good luck to him. If he is hiring an agent he must be confident in his prospects to the point he is closing the door behind him.

It's time for the Baxter hype train!!

Here's what Rose had to say yesterday about the annual end-of-year early departures and transfers:



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This complacency (in all aspects of his coaching) is why he had to go.

Well, at least we're getting used to dealing with this every season. Until BYU somehow finds a way to back-fill on a significant level, this looks to continue and is going to make it very hard to get to where we used to be. That sounds negative, but that's exactly what Chris Miles said in the last month on ESPN960.



I understand the why, but these players have really taken some of the fun out of college sports. They have that right, but it's the truth that it sucks for us fans. It seems the way for us to have success is to get a passel of good, but not great players and exceed their expectations.