David Stern
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I hate how my perfectly good Fire Anae thread got twisted into a "the Utes have 5th stringers who are more talented than BYU's starters" thread.
Official Fire Robert Anae Thread
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7StraightIsGreat
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A quick question about Anae: When he came from Texas Tech, wasn't the plan to bring that high-octane Mike Leach offense with him? Even when BYU has been winning, I've seen nothing on offense during Anae's tenure that even comes close to looking like that Tech offense. That may sound like I'm hating, but I'm not. There's certainly nothing wrong with how BYU played offense during the 10+ win seasons.
It just seems to me that what Anae has steered extremely far away from what he was originally brought in to do.
It just seems to me that what Anae has steered extremely far away from what he was originally brought in to do.
Duck Rodgers
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I think BYU tried to run it and then they decided they didn't have the types of skill players they needed at that point so he called the best local Jr. High coach he could find and stole his playbook. The first part is your answer though, and to my best knowledge Anae is a terrible recruiter so they never even tried to bring back that system again.
The whole Anae thing is bizarre. He was actually brought in before Bronco was. I think it's much easier to fire a DC mid-season than an OC especially when your head coach can fill in for one but not the other. I think Anae is gone after this year.
The whole Anae thing is bizarre. He was actually brought in before Bronco was. I think it's much easier to fire a DC mid-season than an OC especially when your head coach can fill in for one but not the other. I think Anae is gone after this year.
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Anae was the offensive line coach at Texas Tech. That doesn't necessarily mean that he knows anything about the passing skills necessary to install a high octane Texas Tech like offense. And I think it's showing.
Archie Moses
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My parents hate Robert Anae. When he was at UNLV he would literally call my home ever single day for recruiting purposes. Hack!
Your mom's built like an offensive linesman?
7StraightIsGreat
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Interesting thought on Anae, and a good comparison to something the U of U went through with an awful OC:
I honestly think John Beck and Max Hall have spent the Bronco era covering for Anae's ineptitude as an OC. A BYU fan would have to help me out with this, but wasn't Beck and Max allowed to call their own plays and given plenty of leverage at changing plays at the line of scrimmage?
It would certainly make sense. Look at the 2008 Utah offense under Andy Ludwig. Dude was a terrible playcaller/game manager. Utah looked very average offensively all season long except when they were forced to go to their 2 minute offense. Obviously, once the 2 minute drill came into play, Brian Johnson was in charge of the offense. It saved Utah's season against Oregon St and TCU and thank god Whittingham was smart enough to notice this heading into the Sugar Bowl, where he employed the 2 minute offense right out of the gate.
I think it's entirely possible that Anae is an ***-clown disguised as an OC and actually has no idea what he is doing. He's just lucky that his first 2 QB's of his BYU tenure may just happen to be the 2 smartest that ever went through the program. Now he's got a true freshman who is certainly more physically gifted than the previous two, but extremely green. Not only that, Heaps will probably never be their league in terms of smarts.
If they want to maximize Heap's potential, probably best for BYU to get a real offensive mind in their ASAP.
I honestly think John Beck and Max Hall have spent the Bronco era covering for Anae's ineptitude as an OC. A BYU fan would have to help me out with this, but wasn't Beck and Max allowed to call their own plays and given plenty of leverage at changing plays at the line of scrimmage?
It would certainly make sense. Look at the 2008 Utah offense under Andy Ludwig. Dude was a terrible playcaller/game manager. Utah looked very average offensively all season long except when they were forced to go to their 2 minute offense. Obviously, once the 2 minute drill came into play, Brian Johnson was in charge of the offense. It saved Utah's season against Oregon St and TCU and thank god Whittingham was smart enough to notice this heading into the Sugar Bowl, where he employed the 2 minute offense right out of the gate.
I think it's entirely possible that Anae is an ***-clown disguised as an OC and actually has no idea what he is doing. He's just lucky that his first 2 QB's of his BYU tenure may just happen to be the 2 smartest that ever went through the program. Now he's got a true freshman who is certainly more physically gifted than the previous two, but extremely green. Not only that, Heaps will probably never be their league in terms of smarts.
If they want to maximize Heap's potential, probably best for BYU to get a real offensive mind in their ASAP.
Duck Rodgers
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I wonder if they chart that kind of stuff though. At the very least the HC should know at least generally over the years when the play calling was usurped by the QB and when the OC was doing most of it. But Bronco being a defensive coach, it wouldn't surprise me if he was totally clueless about it either way.
Duck Rodgers
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Edit is working for me for some reason, but I just wanted to add that one more reason getting rid of Anae is hard is because he has a son on the team. I've heard his son is average at best so maybe that doesn't mean too much, but I'm sure it crosses the higher ups' mind.