Gordon Monson: Will the newfound insanity at BYU lead to the highest level of winning?

Crazy stuff is happening at BYU , stuff that has never happened there before. And no, we’re not talking about a new interpretation of the Honor Code and the discipline that goes with it or a fresh application of some other peculiar policy that sets the school apart. Nothing to do with metaphorical musket fire or the like.

The only way the Cougars could have pulled in a coach of that caliber was if he had been given ironclad guarantees that he would have afforded to him the support — read: assets — necessary not just to do the BYU thing of years gone by, not just to fiddle-faddle around with decent degrees of competitive achievement, rather to knock some premier heads around on the courts of Big 12 schools, a collection of teams that many agree is the best basketball league among college conferences.

Elijah Crawford, a pure point guard who was a Stanford recruit, shifted away from the Cardinal and straight to the Cougars. He came over with former Stanford assistant Brandon Dunson and this was a big get for BYU. He’s a 3- or 4-star prospect, depending on which evaluator you subscribe to. Either way, the Cougars are fortunate to have him.

This is authentic ballers who have a laser-focus on ascending to the game’s highest reaches, and they figure Kevin Young is a coach — and BYU is a place — that can boost them in getting there. With NIL cash available for their efforts. Young’s got to be telling them he and BYU will do that, and give them every chance to get them where they want to go, if they’re conscientious enough to listen and learn.

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