BYU's Casey Clinger Leaving For Mission After This Season

Can't imagine deferring a year of eligibility - and going a year without training for that matter - is what MAKES them a good team. If anything, it benefits them some years and hurts them in other years. Besides, it's perfectly within the NCAA rules to do so, so why are people even talking about it?

Let it Rupp wrote:

Can't imagine deferring a year of eligibility - and going a year without training for that matter - is what MAKES them a good team. If anything, it benefits them some years and hurts them in other years. Besides, it's perfectly within the NCAA rules to do so, so why are people even talking about it?

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I'm sure that the whole recruiting process and then juggling who is on a mission and when will so and so be returning must be quite the headache for Ed Eyestone, who also served a mission, to manage. Of course all the different men's sports at BYU will have this same problem. The other problem the coach could have is if one of his athletes returns and either can't get back to his former athletic self or doesn't have the desire to compete anymore and would rather do other things. A lot more complicated scenario to work with than your coaches at other schools. I really wouldn't envy that part of Ed's job.

Let it Rupp wrote:

Besides, it's perfectly within the NCAA rules to do so, so why are people even talking about it?

For the same reason there's a thread about Alabama's legal recruiting practices.

Who's on First? wrote:

I'm sure that the whole recruiting process and then juggling who is on a mission and when will so and so be returning must be quite the headache for Ed Eyestone, who also served a mission, to manage. Of course all the different men's sports at BYU will have this same problem. The other problem the coach could have is if one of his athletes returns and either can't get back to his former athletic self or doesn't have the desire to compete anymore and would rather do other things. A lot more complicated scenario to work with than your coaches at other schools. I really wouldn't envy that part of Ed's job.

Juggling scholarship amounts between throws, jumps, sprints and distance, can't be fun for a psych major.

Badgerstateofmind wrote:

Who's on First? wrote:

I'm sure that the whole recruiting process and then juggling who is on a mission and when will so and so be returning must be quite the headache for Ed Eyestone, who also served a mission, to manage. Of course all the different men's sports at BYU will have this same problem. The other problem the coach could have is if one of his athletes returns and either can't get back to his former athletic self or doesn't have the desire to compete anymore and would rather do other things. A lot more complicated scenario to work with than your coaches at other schools. I really wouldn't envy that part of Ed's job.

Juggling scholarship amounts between throws, jumps, sprints and distance, can't be fun for a psych major.

That's true, but somehow Ed gets it done. Ed does have a Psych degree but also has an MS in Exercise Science.

Casey was granted special permission by the church to train longer throughout his mission, so rumor has it according to his emails, he can train up to 80/miles a week. Talk about abuse of "relligious" excuses, complete bs in my opinion. This will allow him to transition smoothly to being at the top of the NCAA in a year and a half. BYU will be fine, other teams no due to this exercise bs. You can exercise longer if you and your companion wake up before 6:30, so that's the mormon missionaries secret

manohman wrote:

Casey was granted special permission by the church to train longer throughout his mission, so rumor has it according to his emails, he can train up to 80/miles a week. Talk about abuse of "relligious" excuses, complete bs in my opinion. This will allow him to transition smoothly to being at the top of the NCAA in a year and a half. BYU will be fine, other teams no due to this exercise bs. You can exercise longer if you and your companion wake up before 6:30, so that's the mormon missionaries secret

Even IF what you're saying is true (where's the proof of this?), any training time is still limited.

You still have to be within sight and sound of your assigned missionary companion at all times. Can you imagine trying to get a guy who hasn't ever run seriously to get up extra early, and somehow manage to stay within sight and sound of you at all times while you're hammering out 15+ mile long runs around 6 min/mi? Even if he's on a bike, I can't imagine he'll be up for the task on the daily. Plus for Clinger, being up to run before 6:30 every morning can't be super easy after working on your feet all day until after 9PM.

manohman wrote:

Casey was granted special permission by the church to train longer throughout his mission, so rumor has it according to his emails, he can train up to 80/miles a week. Talk about abuse of "relligious" excuses, complete bs in my opinion. This will allow him to transition smoothly to being at the top of the NCAA in a year and a half. BYU will be fine, other teams no due to this exercise bs. You can exercise longer if you and your companion wake up before 6:30, so that's the mormon missionaries secret

According to the rumors I heard, the elite athletes at BYU use missions as a ploy, what really happens is they get shipped off to some state of the art facility with professional coaching where they can train unimpeded by school work and other cares. So that they can come back and represent BYU at the highest levels.

You might ask why Running and winning is so important, important enough that these athletes would postpone their careers for two years just to reach the top of the NCAA ranks? Well, I heard they also pay these athletes up to 80k a year just to train, under the table so to speak, so it makes a lot of sense and is a very lucrative option.

I probably should seek out and produce some evidence before spreading rumors, but you know it's true so why bother.

I sure wish it was true! Unfortunately I didn't get to go to secret facility and train for two years. Not to mention I didn't get my $72K (-10% for tithing)