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What are the top 3 Worst SEC Coaching Hires the Past 10 years?
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:53 pm
This should not be measured just by wins and losses. This should also be measured in how a programmed was damaged from the tenure of the coach.
1) Lane Kiffin, never seen SEC students riot over a coach leaving
2) Houston Nutt, Ole Miss, at least he got a few more million $'s
3) John L Smith, Arkansas*, It was all down hill after the intro
*Temporary hire, I think, everything went wrong including his personal finances
1) Lane Kiffin, never seen SEC students riot over a coach leaving
2) Houston Nutt, Ole Miss, at least he got a few more million $'s
3) John L Smith, Arkansas*, It was all down hill after the intro
*Temporary hire, I think, everything went wrong including his personal finances
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Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:54 pm to TenTex
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2) Houston Nutt, Ole Miss, at least he got a few more million $'s
2 Cotton Bowls aint that bad for OM
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:55 pm to TenTex
Does Ron Zook fall within the last 10 years?
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:55 pm to TenTex
Kiffin
Muschamp
Croom
Muschamp
Croom
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:55 pm to TenTex
Shula
Croom
Zook missed eligibility by a year
Croom
Zook missed eligibility by a year
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:56 pm to TenTex
Coach O
Sly Croom
Sly Croom
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:57 pm to TenTex
i disagree with OP. kiffin was a great hire, but no one foresaw what a scumbag he would turn out to be.
Derek Dooley is the worst hire in SEC history.
Derek Dooley is the worst hire in SEC history.
Posted on 9/9/13 at 3:58 pm to TenTex
Changed my mind.
John L. Smith was the worst hire on the list.
Kiffin did the most damage during his tenure and departure.
John L. Smith was the worst hire on the list.
Kiffin did the most damage during his tenure and departure.
This post was edited on 9/9/13 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:00 pm to TenTex
I wouldn't include JLS... the circumstances forced the hire. If you include JLS, you gott include that moron who took over for Bobby Johnson in 2009... total trainwreck.
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:04 pm to TenTex
Cam Cameron
Dude was fricking FIRED. Lmao
Dude was fricking FIRED. Lmao
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:07 pm to TenTex
1. John L. Smith - Arkansas
2. Lane Kiffin - Tennessee
3. Derek Dooley - Tennessee
Tennessee is the big loser with two of the three worst
2. Lane Kiffin - Tennessee
3. Derek Dooley - Tennessee
Tennessee is the big loser with two of the three worst
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:09 pm to TenTex
1) Dooley
2) Dooley
3) Dooley
2) Dooley
3) Dooley
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:11 pm to TenTex
Joker Phillips.
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:11 pm to TenTex
2010 is really the only thing keeping Chizik off this list. Really, you could say it was a bad hire that won the lottery.
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:13 pm to TenTex
Croom at MSU
The Turkey farmer at Vandy after Steve Martin
Mike Price
The Turkey farmer at Vandy after Steve Martin
Mike Price
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:30 pm to TenTex
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This should not be measured just by wins and losses. This should also be measured in how a programmed was damaged from the tenure of the coach.
1) Lane Kiffin, never seen SEC students riot over a coach leaving
2) Houston Nutt, Ole Miss, at least he got a few more million $'s
3) John L Smith, Arkansas*, It was all down hill after the intro
*Temporary hire, I think, everything went wrong including his personal finances
Smith shouldn't be on the list because he was a temp coach. He was terrible, but Arkansas would have been overrated with Petrino, so it wasn't all his fault. Petrino would have won a few more games, though.
Shula deserves to be on there somewhere and I want to say Ron Zook, but he was hired in 2002.
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:41 pm to TenTex
Dooley has to be atop the list 
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:44 pm to TenTex
There is zero chance that Derek Dooley isn't on the list. He's not only on the list, he's #1.
Derek Dooley was the worst head coach to ever roam a SEC sideline. He was the worst hire any major program has made since football became big business.
For some reason, UT thought that hiring a guy who didn't even have a winning record at the lower levels of football would equate to big winning in the SEC. They were wrong.
As a reward, Dooley made UT the absolute worst program in the SEC his final two years. Think about that again. Tennessee, for the last two years, has been the absolute worst program in the SEC. They have 2 conference victories in the last 2 years. No team has fewer. The only teams tied with them are Kentucky, who also had two victories and split games with UT, and Missouri, who only played in the SEC for one of those seasons.
Derek Dooley was just absolutely awful. He buried the UT program far enough that I think it'll take more than one coach cycle to bring it back.
Derek Dooley was the worst head coach to ever roam a SEC sideline. He was the worst hire any major program has made since football became big business.
For some reason, UT thought that hiring a guy who didn't even have a winning record at the lower levels of football would equate to big winning in the SEC. They were wrong.
As a reward, Dooley made UT the absolute worst program in the SEC his final two years. Think about that again. Tennessee, for the last two years, has been the absolute worst program in the SEC. They have 2 conference victories in the last 2 years. No team has fewer. The only teams tied with them are Kentucky, who also had two victories and split games with UT, and Missouri, who only played in the SEC for one of those seasons.
Derek Dooley was just absolutely awful. He buried the UT program far enough that I think it'll take more than one coach cycle to bring it back.
Posted on 9/9/13 at 4:57 pm to TenTex
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