When Dave Rose persuaded his longtime friend, Heath Schroyer, to leave his position as an assistant head coach at North Carolina State for a similar post at BYU, Rose’s instructions were quite simple.
“He wanted me to put the car up on stilts, look under the hood, and try to get this thing more efficient,” Schroyer said.
Somehow, that has happened. Even with the last-minute withdrawal from school of star guard Nick Emery and the loss of talented big man Eric Mika to the professional ranks, the Cougars are playing better basketball — especially on the defensive end — than they did last year despite having noticeably less talent.