I wrote a pretty definitive take and yet it isn't disparaging of Tebow at all. The suggestion at this juncture is absurd and not based in any logical way. To suggest a player of any stature that so far hasn't shown any inclination to coach at any level become an OC in the SEC is absurd. If Tim were coaching at any level I know my verbiage would be different but he isn't so why suggest it? It's a shot at Gator fans fanaticism for Tebow and a swipe at Gator football period.
Reading defenses in real time and coaching someone to read them is two entirely different things. Someone could have perfect understanding but never be able to actually do it.
Inclination is a vague term. It can mean a lot of things, so I'm not sure how you are intending this to be interpreted.
Poor term to use. Indication would be better unless I said expressed any inclination. Semantics but regardless it isn't to insinuate anything about his ability rather that he simply hasn't ventured into the field in any way as far as I'm aware. If he was a position coach anywhere we could entertain the idea because at least it would indicate a desire and a learning process has begun from his end.
Ok, that's what I thought you meant, but I didn't want to assume. That said, I don't think that his desire to play was a part of the discussion we were having here, which is why I thought it was somewhat out of place for you to say it was absurd to bring it up. I don't think any of us suggested that Tebow wants to do it, but rather that we think he would do well at it and/or would like to see it.
Actually Wanne what you said reminded me of a nickname we had for a city policeman in the small town I grew up in. We called him “dirty ears”. I remember asking my mother about the nickname and she said it was for people who only heard the worst about other people and then gossiped nasty information constantly. That kind of fits Finebaum.
They could certainly give Tim a marginal job like Spikes has to learn and contribute. Oc isn’t an option. I can’t even believe anyone would even entertain this as a legit suggestion.
We would all love to see Tim try his hand at coaching and see what he has to offer. He has the fire to motivate people for sure. It’s just the make him the oc thing that is absurd.
And he has a much easier gig probably making more money. The part where he has never coached a down says a lot about what his choices have been. The opportunity is there as there are plenty of jobs he could get if he wanted the coach. Oc in the sec isn’t one of them on day one but tge doors are wide open for him if he chooses the path.
The funny thing is this clown probably thinks the joke is on the Gators. But I'm sure his toothless trailer trash fans like it.
Finebaum is the Jerry Springer of college football, his callers are on the same level as Springer’s guests most of the time. Tebow is rightfully a Gator legend and if he so desires I’d love to see him involved with the program for the rest of his life in some capacity but due to his lack of coaching experience starting him off at OC probably isn't the place to start. The media has a thing for him, they pounced on him every chance they got when he was a player, particularly when he was in the NFL as a QB and trying to come back as TE (which is odd because he is basically one of them now) and trying to assume a high profile position from the get-go who’d be no different. It would be a circus, ratcheting up the pressure on the team and on Tebow himself, failures magnified, speculation rampant. This team doesn’t need any more of that, we’ve our share. We don’t need to hire anymore unproven coaches, we’ve had enough of that also, it’s part of the reason we are where we are.
I would say that Tebow might develop into an excellent OC. There is little or no chance that someone would be excellent at consistently choosing plays at the highest level of college football in their first try. Being a great college QB has little to do with it, unless the QB was calling his own plays. Charlie Weis never played football, and yet was considered a very good OC back in the day, so being a great QB is not necessarily a qualification for the job. Besides, a lot of Tebow's excellence as a QB was based on physical attributes--size, strength, speed, and vision--that are not easy to coach into other players. In many cases, the best coaches were the least physically-gifted players on the field--Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, John Madden, etc. They had to understand the game better than anyone else to stay on the field when they were playing. Tebow would have to start out the way other OC's start out, either at a smaller school like Kerwin did, or as a QB coach and then move up to bigger and better things. Tebow would be phenomenal as a recruiter, of course, so I would like to see him on staff for that reason. It is a bit of an insult to the truly great play-callers of all time, including Steve Spurrier, so say that someone with no experience could do their job anywhere near as well as they could.
Paul has this interesting dynamic of being a Jewish New Yorker, that happened to go to UT and found a very successful niche in SEC football. Did Paul ever play a down of football in his entire life? He gives off a serious Nerd Vibe as compared to an athlete. His show is an interesting mix of legit analysis, boofonish "regular" call in guests, some of whom are mentally ill that engage in tit for tat pissing contests, and good guest appearances by local SEC beat writers and podcasters. It's brilliant, one can criticise him all they want but he has developed a huge following. Due to the success of the show he assumes the position of SEC sear that throws thunderbolts from on high, directed at coach's, staff, players and the fan bases. Sometimes I can't help but think he himself can't belive that a Jewish NY kid takes a deep south sports beat writer job, a guy completely out of place in the field he is reporting on, and turns it into a major media sports empire. It's an oxymoron really, and congrats to him, he is an SEC icon now. While I will always admire his success sometimes its hard not to think that he laughs all the way to the bank as a NY nobody that carved out an incredible niche in the SEC landscape. An almost impossible scenerio.
