BYU’s Bronco sneaks in a caffeinated coke!

After the Cougars dropped 4 of their first 5 last season (the loss to Utah St. being the exclamation point!), Bronco pulled the rug on D-coordinator Jaimie Hill, put the defense on his own shoulders, and “phoenixed” an all but lifeless program to a 7-6 team that was firing on all cylinders, foaming at the mouth for the 2011 season.

To that I say, well done.

But Bronco was not finished.

...not at all.

After the bowl game win, he put the entire coaching staff on warning, went on a long vacation, came back and put “The Domanator” to work as the new OC.

Again, good move.

So, improved? YES! It looked like 2011 was at least going to be the season of “new” (independence, new OC, and new hopes)!

Then came the caffeine.

By reaching across the country, grabbing Joey Dupaix, and making him the new head of recruiting; Bronco might as well of had a Mt. Dew vending machine installed in the coaching offices!

Dupaix brought talent to Navy (another program that has difficult “standards” to overcome) from Texas that had no business being in a non-BCS conference program!

He can recruit. And that my friend is something Bronco needed.

On more than one occasion, I have been told by players/player’s families/fans/staff that Bronco is not a “closer” when it comes to recruiting. He is a coach that coaches. That’s it. He doesn’t swim the media (obvious line of the article), or sell the program to kids not already fully invested. Once they have bought into his program, Bronco pushes the blue kool-aid better than anyone.

But again, he is not a great recruiter… even pronouncing him as a good recruiter is a stretch.

That’s why Dupaix is such a great hire. He is a young and full of salesman like energy that when matched with fellow up and coming master recruiter, Doman, will bring in some impressive talent.

Dupaix has the vision and the energy, and sounds like he is all hopped up on Mt. Dew when it comes to recruiting,

“There is always a learning curve when you go to another place. There are some things that I need to learn, but as far as going out and recruiting to BYU, I couldn't be more ecstatic about it. I'm just fired up about it."

Here’s to the season of “NEW”!

P.S. Here is a link to one of the best Highlight reels for Manoa Pikola, a big time LineBaker BYU just signed.

*Dignan is also a Jazzbot writer for www.utahjazz360.com.