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Most Underrated Coach in Your School's History?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:19 pm
Who's the guy who always seems to get overlooked when people talk about the success of the program?
This could be a guy who won lots of games but never won the BIG ONE. Or maybe its a guy who didn't win much at all but managed to recruit well enough to leave a solid foundation for the next guy.
For LSU, Gerry Dinardo was a combination of the above. He won lots early (by LSU 90's standards anyway) and managed to start keeping talent in state. Things fell apart at the end but I honestly don't think LSU would be where it is today without him AND Nick Saban AND Les Miles.
Nick's great but who knows if he would have had the patience to follow Hudson "Curley" Hallman (aka the WORST Coach in the history of the SEC).
Anyway, who's your school's unsung hero?
This could be a guy who won lots of games but never won the BIG ONE. Or maybe its a guy who didn't win much at all but managed to recruit well enough to leave a solid foundation for the next guy.
For LSU, Gerry Dinardo was a combination of the above. He won lots early (by LSU 90's standards anyway) and managed to start keeping talent in state. Things fell apart at the end but I honestly don't think LSU would be where it is today without him AND Nick Saban AND Les Miles.
Nick's great but who knows if he would have had the patience to follow Hudson "Curley" Hallman (aka the WORST Coach in the history of the SEC).
Anyway, who's your school's unsung hero?
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:21 pm to DamnStrong1860
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:23 pm to graychef
a good case could be made for Miles, I still have to go with Dinardo though, he wasn't supported the way his successors were and did a lot to lay the foundation for what was to come.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:25 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Ray Graves
As far as laying a foundation of great players for the next guy, Zook was definitely that guy. I don't think he is underrated though, most people recognize he was a great recruiter but a lousy coach.
As far as laying a foundation of great players for the next guy, Zook was definitely that guy. I don't think he is underrated though, most people recognize he was a great recruiter but a lousy coach.
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:27 pm to bgator85
Chizik.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:27 pm to graychef
I dunno about that. There are PLENTY of fans who give him his due. Some give Saban all the credit but thats my point. When it comes to LSU its a Saban v. Miles debate. I really think Dinardo changed the course of history for LSU. If we'd have hired a guy who couldn't accomplish what Dinardo did I don't think Saban comes to LSU. Saban saw a sleeping giant. If we'd continued on the course Hallman set us on he'd have seen a lost cause and gone to Clemson or A&M or somewhere like that.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:27 pm to DamnStrong1860
Billy Brewer.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:28 pm to DamnStrong1860
Merlins
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:28 pm to DamnStrong1860
Frank Thomas
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:33 pm to DamnStrong1860
Coach Bielema. He'll prove me right this season, probably,...possibly,...hopefully.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:33 pm to DingDongEddieStrong
Brewer is considered underrated?
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:35 pm to bgator85
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As far as laying a foundation of great players for the next guy, Zook was definitely that guy. I don't think he is underrated though, most people recognize he was a great recruiter but a lousy coach.
Zook happened to be stuck between two of the best ever so he gets no love. He definitely wasn't up to UF standards as a coach, but as a recruiter he was lights out. I put him in the same boat as Dinardo, not sure Urban gets off to such a great start without Zook's foundation.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:35 pm to DamnStrong1860
Terry Bowden still isn't popular in Auburn.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:42 pm to weagle99
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Terry Bowden still isn't popular in Auburn.
Why is this? I know he got off to a bad start in his last season but before that, his numbers were comparable to Pat Dye's best stretch. I've heard rumors but was too young to know the real story.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:45 pm to graychef
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Underrated? Les Miles. And I'm serious. He's accomplished a lot and rarely gets due credit.
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Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:46 pm to DamnStrong1860
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Why is this? I know he got off to a bad start in his last season but before that, his numbers were comparable to Pat Dye's best stretch. I've heard rumors but was too young to know the real story.
Rumors about a trustee's daughter, program in shambles, quit midway through the season.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:51 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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Brewer is considered underrated?
Nobody really discusses his era. He had some really good teams considering the facilities and resources available to him. Our defenses were legendary.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 10:54 pm to DamnStrong1860
Shula. He was a decent coach. Not Saban, but a decent coach. He came to UA under the worst possible circumstances, and did as well or better than 90% of others would have.
He won ten games with less than 60 scholarship players in 2005. Hell, at one point in 2003, he even had to start Brandon frickng Avalos.
He won ten games with less than 60 scholarship players in 2005. Hell, at one point in 2003, he even had to start Brandon frickng Avalos.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 11:00 pm to Evolved Simian
Gene Stallings.
People always talk about Wallace Wade as the guy who started the tradition of championship football at Alabama, Bear Bryant as the coach who built it to elite status, and Nick Saban as the one to legitimize the program as the pinnacle in the modern era.
However, the hardest job in sports this past 50 years has been the job of replacing Bear Bryant. No one came close til Stallings came in, resurrected the program to it's normal, dizzying heights, and won a national title in utterly dominating fashion. He brought Bama back to the forefront, and was a leader in the community for years. He was exactly the coach Alabama needed, and deserved. Love Coach Stallings.
People always talk about Wallace Wade as the guy who started the tradition of championship football at Alabama, Bear Bryant as the coach who built it to elite status, and Nick Saban as the one to legitimize the program as the pinnacle in the modern era.
However, the hardest job in sports this past 50 years has been the job of replacing Bear Bryant. No one came close til Stallings came in, resurrected the program to it's normal, dizzying heights, and won a national title in utterly dominating fashion. He brought Bama back to the forefront, and was a leader in the community for years. He was exactly the coach Alabama needed, and deserved. Love Coach Stallings.
Posted on 7/28/14 at 11:03 pm to DamnStrong1860
Ray Graves
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