The fire Robert Anae thread

[Shaka]

If Ty were willing to come I'd wager he would be fine being a position coach. He's no dummy and knows that in spite of the fact he played in the NFL he has no experience coaching anyone in college. His current high school gig will be a good stepping stone. I think Ty knows he isn't going to get a high profile college coaching job from the get go and will need to cut his teeth being a position coach.

[Uncle Ted]

I want to bitch slap every BYU fan who thinks that Detmer will magically be a great OC in D-1 football. I think it'd be a fine gamble to bring him on as a position coach first, but to think this guy will be a great OC is ridiculous in my opinion.

Don't people think that Ty Detmer should get a little experience coaching football first? His rich boys' prep school team, the St. Andrew Crusaders, that he is coaching hasn't even come close to winning a game yet even with their push over schedule.

http://www.statesman.com/sports/highschool/standrews/

[Green Monstah]

I agree that it would be better for him to start as a position coach. But being a back-up QB in the NFL for as many years as he did it is basically an assistant coaching position. He doesn't need that much experience.

I agree he's experienced on the sidelines, but I'm not sure that his experience translates into "great play caller" or at the very least "better playcaller than Anae." I'd be more inclined to invite his father to BYU than Ty, quite frankly.

[Viking]

I want to bitch slap every BYU fan who thinks that Detmer will magically be a great OC in D-1 football. I think it'd be a fine gamble to bring him on as a position coach first, but to think this guy will be a great OC is ridiculous in my opinion.

You remind me of me. That is, before I decided to stop being a total prick on this site

[Green Monstah]

You remind me of me. That is, before I decided to stop being a total prick on this site

Thanks mom.

[old_gregg]

You remind me of me. That is, before I decided to stop being a total prick on this site

for the record, this effort has not gone unnoticed and my ignore list has regressed back to zero members.

[WashingtonCoug]

Doesn't Detmer have as much experience in calling plays as Anae when Anae came from Texas Tech?

[Uncle Ted]

Doesn't Detmer have as much experience in calling plays as Anae when Anae came from Texas Tech?

Hmm... you might have a point.

[Sizzle]

Doesn't Detmer have as much experience in calling plays as Anae when Anae came from Texas Tech?

But Anae had significantly more experience as a college coach (or a coach at any level) than Detmer still does.

[Sizzle]

I think he's a god coach.

I think he thinks the same thing about himself too.

[Surfah]

But Anae had significantly more experience as a college coach (or a coach at any level) than Detmer still does.

Detmer spent 14 years coaching in the NFL.

[Uncle Ted]

How about they just bring Norm Chow back given that BYU will have all that ESPN money?

[old_gregg]

How about they just bring Norm Chow back given that BYU will have all that ESPN money?

we could rename the stadium "norm chow's house of pain," and pay him $20mm a year and he still wouldn't be interested.

[Sizzle]

Detmer spent 14 years coaching in the NFL.

We all have the utmost respect for Detmer as a player, and there is no question that he knows the game inside and out and certainly maximized his physical abilities. Despite serving 14-years or however long it was carrying a clipboard and holding the occasional PAT and finding the field as an injury replacement, Detmer was not a coach. As far as I've read (and maybe I'm wrong, it's happened before) he was never involved in things like game planning, he never spent his time organizing practices and giving critiques, he was probably the one being critiqued.

Do I think Detmer is coaching material? Absolutely. But I can't go out on a limb and say that he's ready to go right now as an OC, or that he's a guy that is going to relate to 19-23 year old kids off the bat and get them to listen to him. He's got enough clout as a Heisman winner and with a 14-year NFL career to suggest that he could, but the coaching side of his resume, it's not there IMO.

[Surfah]

How about they just bring Norm Chow back given that BYU will have all that ESPN money?

I could get behind that.