After 2010, I was tired of the offense and would have personally fired Robert Anae in front of his entire family. 2 years later i shrunk in shame as I realized that the team in 2012 had a chance to go undefeated had Robert Anae remained in Provo. I learned a lesson to be careful about what i wish for.

Even more important though it to think about the precipice upon which we currently find ourselves as we see the advent of the P5 and a new age of major college football without BYU.

The reason Bronco will fulfill his contract and remain the head coach of the team for at least 2 more years is simple. We cannot afford to gamble at this crucial moment in the program's history.

This program operates with certain institutional challenges. Among the more significant include salary limits for coaches, strict limits on athletes which significantly affect recruiting, and limited access to major bowls. These are serious barriers for the next potential head coach to consider. If Bronco were fired following this year, his replacement would consider all of those limits, and pair them with the fact that his predecessor was fired because of poor performance. Performance which includes a career 70% win percentage, consecutive 8-5 seasons followed by a year in which his starting lineup was decimated including a season ending injury to the most dynamic player in college football.

Do I think Bronco's performance is satisfactory? No i don't, but what i stated above regarding his performance is also all fact, and will be used by detractors to persuade potential candidates not to accept a job at BYU. Coaches after all have agents, who would like very much for their client to make a lot of money (read: somewhere that's not BYU), for a long time (read: somewhere their client is likely to remain employed if he doesn't win, win big, win frequently, and never stop winning). We can't do much, if anything about the former. BYU doesn't pay it's coaches market rate. We can do something about the latter, and hope that the candidate and his agent, and family, feel like they can settle down and be supported through a couple of 8-5 years, or a season in which his roster is decimated and his best player is injured.

The next guy TH offers the head coaching gig to will think about all of that. If that man has any options, he's not likely to accept the job. We will end up with our 3rd or 4th choice. The best candidates to replace Bronco are more likely to accept an offer if they've got confidence that the administration will support them if they have some sub par stretches (remember, he will know that assembling a staff of coaching all stars is unlikely due to salary limitations).

2015 is our next great chance to prove anything at all. Will it be our last? It's not a time to gamble like we did in 2010. We know what we have, which right now seems fairly average. But what we get if we fire what we have, is likely to be decidedly even less than average.

I learned my lesson after watching the offensive debacle post Robert Anae 1.0. I'm not forgetting it so soon.

I don't like it any more than most of you, but our only play is to stick with Bronco, and see if by some miracle he can pull out a special season in 2015. We cannot gamble with that roster, and with what could be our last chance to prove we belong in the P5.

Do I think our chances are high with Bronco in 2015? not really. But I also think our chances are slimmer with his replacement if we fire him.

Sadly, it feels like I'm watching the program die as the rest of college football moves on without us. Doesn't mean i'm going to support taking a match to the whole thing and hope everything turns out for the better in the ashes.