Fans want BYU football staff completed

BYU fans prepare for a game in 2014

Provo - A little over a month following major change announcements in the BYU Football program, the current staff sits at four. Coach Sitake has taken his recruiting knowledge to its limits and has already landed multiple four star recruits for the program. Along with the players have come bigger announcements of offensive and defensive coordinators. The biggest current event issue facing the Cougars remains the need of completing the football staff.

An incomplete team is like a strainer. Great things can sometimes fall through the holes. When we are kids we love to cook and eat macaroni. As part of the process we drain the water and finish cooking to be able to eat. BYU fans are hoping for the same process to complete but in the sense of football. The longer the noodles sit in the strainer the longer the cool down and dry out. Also, sometimes a noodle will slip through the crack or stick to the now dried off pan.

The point for the analogy is simple. The longer the Football program at BYU is without skill position coaches, the more opportunites they miss out on. It is not a matter of getting it done so it can be done, but rather getting the job done quickly and correctly for best results.

Ben Cahoon (#86) during his BYU career

Program officials have defended the reasoning for the delay using terms like thoroughly, completely, and efficiently exercising the interview process. Among those named for skill positions include former coach Steve Kaufusi, the defensive line coach, Preston Hadley as defensive backs, Reno Mahe, Ben Cahoon and a few other names have also come out for wide receivers coach. The Cougars are hoping to retain the BYU guys it has within the program, and to bring in more blue blooded talent in the process.

The amount of names being dropped over the past couple of weeks make any Cougar fan excited, but don't forget cautious optimism. The majority of the current coaching staff does not have experience in their current positions. BYU has elected to put forth some serious cash to get the best staff possible and they have elected to take their sweet time and bring in BYU names. The changes are welcome to boosters and fans alike, but spring practice and fall preparation will be the biggest determinants as the Cougars prepare for one of the most rigorous schedules in team history.

The position coaches will always be some of the most important hires of any team. The team up north in Utah recently announced that Morgan Scalley would be taking over the defensive coordination duties and that Guy Holliday the former BYU receivers coach will be filling in that position. Other hires up north filled the defensive backs and special teams positions.

BYU Fans representing in royal

No matter how long it has taken or will take, being that no definite announcement is set, BYU needs to make the best available decision with these guys. As the return to royal grows, so is the tension around Provo and the need for success in sports. As the University of Utah now feels that BYU is the little brother and irrelevant, now more than ever they need to prove their independence as a personal choice and success. Just like Utah thinks they don't need BYU, BYU doesn't feel they need Utah either, and that has shown as they are scheduling high profile teams with rich history.

It's time to rise and shout cougar fans! It is time to raise your voice of support of the new completed staff whoever they may be. The return to royal is a community effort, and the men who put the effort in must certainly appreciate the cheers.