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When I started I knew it was a matter of when, not if, I would get fired. That's because that was just the past history of the previous coaches that had been there.
LaVell Edwards
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LaVell Edwards
Age: 86 †
Born: 1930
Born: October 11
Died: 2016
Died: December 29
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Orem
Utah
Reuben LaVell Edwards
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Current condition of the BYU football program? I think it's in good shape. We've got some good young players. We've had two or three pretty good recruiting years. We lost some players, obviously, that hurt us, but you always have turnover in college through attrition (graduation, transfers). That's the nature of the game.
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We have reached the point where we can lose a game or two and not drop out of sight in the rankings. I've been asked if it bothers me that BYU hasn't received the recognition it deserves. Well, BYU's gotten a lot of recognition over the years I've never felt slighted. I honestly believed that we didn't deserve to be ranked any higher last year.
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Being a member of the Church has never placed any roadblocks in my personal and professional life.
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Once I made the commitment to fully live my religion, it was never a problem.
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I told Pattie that last night I dreamt that we had a press conference and nobody showed up. I am overwhelmed that so many of you are here.
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Early in my career I determined that I would not bring the problems of my work home with me. For the most part, I have been able to do that.
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Reminiscing, with obvious emotion, on his long career: It's like the size of the crowd here today. It always surprises me. But I do appreciate it.
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Personally - I also continued my education while I was coaching, attending night school and summer school, taking correspondence courses, etc.
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I'd rather lose and live in Provo than win and live in Laramie
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I can't think of anything I would do differently in my life. It would be nice to undo some of my mistakes I made over the years, but then I wouldn't have grown professionally or personally.
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Not playing on Sunday has caused problems for other organizations or teams who wanted us to do so, but we never had to think twice about such a decision.
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In the early years, I was able to accommodate most of the requests and favors that came my way, but as the requests multiplied, I had to make tough choices because the numbers were more than I could handle.
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They can't fire me because my family buys too many tickets.
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I try to give to most legitimate requests, but the amount of my contribution and my personal time varies greatly.
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The difficulty in living our religion is when we haven't totally made the commitment necessary.
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