They made the decision to go independent but have essentially ZERO chance of getting to a high level bowl as they stand. I'd imagine that Bronco looked at the program and figured he got it about as far as he could get it.
When you look at UVA, it's a very good school with a reasonable recruiting base to pull from. He's a successful coach and his track record is definitely better than that of Fuente at VTech. No reason to think that he can't be remotely successful at UVA.
If anything, what this move tells you is that people that have aspirations need challenges. Bronco was probably safe at BYU as long as he kept doing what he was doing. Not too much to argue with. But he knew he maximized his potential. So instead of being comfortable he looked to push his bounds. Honestly, that's what you want to see out of a coach. It's what you saw with Petersen when he realized he maximized what he could do at Boise and went to Uw.
He reached his ceiling at BYU
Virginia is in a good recruiting area, and is in a fairly weak Power 5.
He would like to compete for a national championship
I'm guessing that UVA, as a member of a P5 conference, probably has more money due to TV revenue sharing... and so even if it was a lateral move from a status perspective, he is probably getting more bank.
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Virginia is in a good recruiting area, and is in a fairly weak Power 5.
He would like to compete for a national championship
See what I did there ...