I think you’re missing the bigger problem here. It’s not just about Burgess alone and his skills as a coach and recruiter. I agree that both of those might be a little overblown.
The problem is that we literally lost him, a former Ute mbb player, to our hated rival down the street to take the same position. That’s a HORRIBLE look for our program. It’s VERY telling about the state of our program: it’s REALLY not good.
The other problem is that right when CSmith needs to be loading his team to keep his own job, his most experienced and valuable staff members are jumping ship.
Why is that signifiicant?
Let’s say you’re an up-and-coming college assistant coach. And your mobile phone rings and Coach Smith is on the line asking how interested you are in leaving Poopy Pants Tech to join his staff. Of course you’re flattered and stoked to get this opportunity to move up in the ranks and probably bump up your pay significantly. But then you look closer and you see that Smith’s team next year is looking super pathetic and that he’s likely to get canned next March if not sooner. Why in the hell are you taking that job?
You’re not.
And that’s why losing Burgess is a huge issue besides the awful optics. It’s not like he followed Pope to Kentucky or got picked off by conference rival Arizona. He literally saw a lateral move to BYU as a better career and financial situation than Utah.
That’s a HUGE problem.
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