BYU hires another former Utah player/coach

[UteFanatic]

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.

[NarfUte]

Is this how Kalani recruits now? Trying to get Po’uha’s son to byu post mish? 

[UteFanatic]

I’d be shocked if they didn’t make a major push for him.

[PhiladelphiaUte]

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.

[Ute Dub]

James Empey was headed to Utah until his dad got hired at BYU.

[PhiladelphiaUte]

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.

[Stone]

Utah hoops has its own history of hiring dads of recruits. In reality, it is a widespread practice. 

[AZUTE]

Classic KS move.

Sitake won’t demand as much from him as Whittingham did.

[Duhwayne]

Folks I think this is what a coaching tree looks like. Congrats to Pouha. We were just fine.

[Tony (admin)]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.