Fire Ty

[Solon]

Is Ed Lamb a good coach?

Good coach. Great human being.

SUU was really sad when Lamb left, but a lot of that sting has gone since his successor (Demario Warren) just won a conference championship & earned a first-round bye in the FCS playoffs.

I already checked for you guys. Pretty sure Demario isn't LDS.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Yes! I do.

The absurdity of the honor code has to be the most bizarre thing about BYU, which I consider to be an ultimately bizarre place. "You can drink coffee if you come here, just as long as it is hush-hush!" Huzzah for progress!

I am 99% sure that is not an official policy. Just thought it was an interesting anecdote. Sorry to trigger you and funk.

[falafel]

Yes! I do.

The absurdity of the honor code has to be the most bizarre thing about BYU, which I consider to be an ultimately bizarre place. "You can drink coffee if you come here, just as long as it is hush-hush!" Huzzah for progress!

Psshaw. You know that is not the official policy.

[falafel]

I still would see that as way too restrictive. You cannot have a beer, shot, or a glass of wine with a meal? Unless you buy your own draft system, you are going to have any beers on draft. You cannot go to Publik and get a nitro cold brew. The coffee you get a really good coffee shop is better than anything you are going to brew at home as well.

If you want to put absurd restrictions on people you have no religious basis for the restrictions, you are going to have to compensate them for it. BYU is not very good at compensating people for submitting to their bizarre regulations.

A good rule of thumb is to gauge mpfunk's level of outrage and then dial it back by about 60-70%. That will give you the general public's perception of the issue.

[Applejack]

Do you have to breathe?

Yes! I do.

The absurdity of the honor code has to be the most bizarre thing about BYU, which I consider to be an ultimately bizarre place. "You can drink coffee if you come here, just as long as it is hush-hush!" Huzzah for progress!

[MartyFunkhouser]

I have a buddy who was a non-LDS BYU prof. His dept chair told him he didn't care if he consumed beer/coffee at home as long as he kept everything on the down low.

I still would see that as way too restrictive. You cannot have a beer, shot, or a glass of wine with a meal? Unless you buy your own draft system, you are going to have any beers on draft. You cannot go to Publik and get a nitro cold brew. The coffee you get a really good coffee shop is better than anything you are going to brew at home as well.

If you want to put absurd restrictions on people you have no religious basis for the restrictions, you are going to have to compensate them for it. BYU is not very good at compensating people for submitting to their bizarre regulations.

[Jeff Lebowski]

See! BYU is very progressive!

Do you have to breathe?

[Applejack]

I have a buddy who was a non-LDS BYU prof. His dept chair told him he didn't care if he consumed beer/coffee at home as long as he kept everything on the down low.

See! BYU is very progressive!

[Jeff Lebowski]

I thought there was a “privacy of your own home” exception.

I have a buddy who was a non-LDS BYU prof. His dept chair told him he didn't care if he consumed beer/coffee at home as long as he kept everything on the down low.

[creekster]

As a practical matter, I think there pretty much is for all of us.

Only if your spouse isnt a member.

[falafel]

But the list doesn't account for the years Ty spent as a de facto QB coach in the NFL, where he taught Brett Favre what a nickel defense is.

This is funny coming from you, but I was prepared to be pissed off if it was posted by funk.

[falafel]

There isn't.

Maybe not printed on the brochure, but I doubt they are doing a search of your cabinets to look for Folgers.

[Clark Addison]

Not officially. As a practical matter? Perhaps.

As a practical matter, I think there pretty much is for all of us.

[BigFatMeanie]

Just for fun, I also added up the numbers for the staff at Virginia and Utah:

Coach	HC Experience	Coordinator Experience	Other Experience
Bronco Mendenhall	12	12	4
Nick Howell	0	4	6+ 6 in high school
Robert Anae	0	10	18
Mark Atuaia	0	0	4
Jason Beck	0	1	9
Garrett Tujague	6	0	18
Kelly Poppinga	0	0	8
Shane Hunter	0	0	6
Vic So'oto	0	0	1

Coach	HC Experience	Coordinator Experience	Other Experience
Kyle Wittingham	12	13	7
Morgan Scalley	0	1	9
Troy Taylor	0	1	3+14 in high school
Jim Harding	0	2	8+4 in high school
Sharrieff Shah	0	0	5
Justin Ena	0	5	4
Guy Holliday	0	6	18
Kiel McDonald	0	0	7
Lewis Powell	0	0	7
Freddie Whittingham	0	0	1

[All-American]

Thanks. From this list, I think it is fair to conclude that he is the most experienced of an extremely inexperienced group of coaches. I'm not a byu fan, but if I were () I would hope that "he has coached before" would be a necessary but not sufficient requirement for the head coach.

But the list doesn't account for the years Ty spent as a de facto QB coach in the NFL, where he taught Brett Favre what a nickel defense is.