BYU insiders will tell you that he’s generally a good coach but doesn’t run a tight ship. They’re concerned about the lack of discipline on the Sitake teams. The general media and fandom take this at face value, but as Utahns we know that this is a dog whistle for the way the team is being run and it’s accordance with a very certain doctrine. BYU is a point of pride and right now the hush hush sentiment over there that things aren’t being… done right off the field.
Which I find incredibly satisfying. There’s a very literary schadenfreude feeling to watching someone you hate slowly compromise every moral and ideal they have for absolutely no return. They aren’t the BYU most fans remember since 10 years ago and what do they have to show for it? A dogfight over 13th place in an unusually weak year of a 14 team conference. With a senior QB. Life is beautiful.
What they don’t know is that it’s probably the only thing keeping them as talented as they are (not very). With the honor code being in place, the complete lack of a college culture at BYU, and Provo being quite possibly the least desirable destinations for a college kid in all of America, the fans are going to find themselves in dark acceptance of mediocrity as a rule in p5 football.
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