BYU hires another former Utah player/coach

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- 12/20/2022 at 9:00 PM #182327
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  UteFanatic
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  Sione Po’uha, former Utah player and defensive line coach. BYU doing everything possible to emulate the success of Utah/Whittingham. Can’t blame them for trying, I guess.
  
  Sione stepped down as Utah’s defensive line coach last January. His reason at the time was coaching was not conducive to a healthy work/life balance; also said working for Whittingham was “too demanding”.
  
  Well, he’ll like it under Kalani. He runs his football program more like a country club. Essentially the complete opposite of Whittingham.
- 12/20/2022 at 9:22 PM #182328
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  NarfUte
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  Is this how Kalani recruits now? Trying to get Po’uha’s son to byu post mish?
  - 12/20/2022 at 9:35 PM #182331
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    I’d be shocked if they didn’t make a major push for him.
  - 12/20/2022 at 10:52 PM #182336
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    Didn’t he hire Jasen Ah You right before his 4-star Safety son Chaz signed?
    
    Didn’t he hire Jack Damuni while the tdS was making hard pushes for 4-star LB Levani Damuni (nephew), and amid the tdS’ early recruitment of Jack’s 3-star CB son Raider?
    
    There certainly seems to be a history of hiring dads to win over the athlete. And it’s not just Sitake either. The Basketball team did it to tamper with Lohner after he’d already signed with Utah.
    - 12/21/2022 at 8:06 AM #182348
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      Ute Dub
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      James Empey was headed to Utah until his dad got hired at BYU.
      - 12/21/2022 at 9:28 AM #182353
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        PhiladelphiaUte
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        Yep! That’s right! I’d forgotten about that one. Seems ybU-p does this so frequently, we’re all already losing track of them.
    - 12/21/2022 at 10:22 AM #182361
      
      Stone
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      Utah hoops has its own history of hiring dads of recruits. In reality, it is a widespread practice.
- 12/20/2022 at 9:56 PM #182333
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  AZUTE
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  Classic KS move.
  
  Sitake won’t demand as much from him as Whittingham did.
- 12/20/2022 at 11:24 PM #182337
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  Duhwayne
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  Folks I think this is what a coaching tree looks like. Congrats to Pouha. We were just fine.
- 12/21/2022 at 8:52 AM #182352
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  Tony (admin)
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  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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