Kept Off Court, but Welcomed by B.Y.U. Fans and Teammates

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As much as I tire of hearing about the Davies incident and how it's hurting BYU and how hateful BYU is, here is an article, from The New York Times, that rings absolutely true about BYU and how it and the students feel about Davies.

“There’s not one guy on this team that would say they have hard feelings or anything for Brandon, because we love him like a brother,” the senior guard Jackson Emery said.



But B.Y.U. has a hole in its center. It has struggled to fill it, probably more than anyone imagined.



It cost the Cougars their momentum, and it may cost them their Final Four aspirations. But no one around B.Y.U. seems overly concerned about all of that.



What they want is to show support to Davies. And the way they are doing it is by taking Davies along for the postseason ride, even if his missteps make it bumpier than anticipated.



The sins are private. Repentance and forgiveness are public.



“It felt like our team was complete,” the junior guard Charles Abouo said of bringing Davies back to the bench, “even though he wasn’t on the court.”

It was interesting all the flack that BYU and the HC got from outside media and then over the weekend I hear one of the sideline TV personnel asked Holmoe how we could say that Davies was off the team and yet he was traveling with us and in the team circle. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. I really like BYU's reaction though to this whole situation. Much more positive of an approach.