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re: Best CFB coach that was fired from a previous gig...
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:37 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:37 pm to lsufball19
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Georgie O'Leary to the list. Although he wasn't fired for being a bad coach,
the man never lost a game at ND.
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Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:46 pm to pankReb
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He had horrible recruiters on his staff. We gave him a chance to stay but the condition was he had to hire a new staff. He refused to fire his buddies so we had no choice.
Cutcliffe just seems like that guy who is too stubborn to be great.
If he hired 2-3 recruiters for his staff to bring in talent, his coaching ability alone would make his teams relevant
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:48 pm to WG_Dawg
In looking this up it is interesting that most guys do not have success their second time around after a firing, even if their situation wasn't good at the old job.
Gerry Dinardo : fired LSU, 8-27 at Indiana (fired)
Dennis Franchione : fired A&M, 39-43 at Texas State (retired)
Ron Zook : fired Florida, 34-51 at Illinois (fired)
Houston Nutt : fired Arkansas, 24-26 at Ole Miss (fired)
Bill Curry : fired/resigned Alabama, 26-52 at Kentucky (fired)
Terry Bowden : fired Auburn, 29-9 at UNA, 19-30 at Akron
Danny Ford : fired/resigned Clemson, 26-30-1 at Arkansas (fired)
Hal Mumme : fired/resigned Kentucky, 11-38 at New Mexico State (fired)
Tommy Tuberville : fired Auburn, 20-17 at Texas Tech, 25-14 at Cincinnati
Gerry Dinardo : fired LSU, 8-27 at Indiana (fired)
Dennis Franchione : fired A&M, 39-43 at Texas State (retired)
Ron Zook : fired Florida, 34-51 at Illinois (fired)
Houston Nutt : fired Arkansas, 24-26 at Ole Miss (fired)
Bill Curry : fired/resigned Alabama, 26-52 at Kentucky (fired)
Terry Bowden : fired Auburn, 29-9 at UNA, 19-30 at Akron
Danny Ford : fired/resigned Clemson, 26-30-1 at Arkansas (fired)
Hal Mumme : fired/resigned Kentucky, 11-38 at New Mexico State (fired)
Tommy Tuberville : fired Auburn, 20-17 at Texas Tech, 25-14 at Cincinnati
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:49 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Huizenga begged Saban to stay in Miami.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:49 pm to elposter
Houston Nutt: "...peepa heppin' bidness."
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:49 pm to GenesChin
But seriously, Mark Richt should be #1. He is the best coach in UGA history and is the only reason GA is relevant in CFB after hte 90s
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:50 pm to GenesChin
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Mark Richt should be #1
We shall see over the next 3-4 years
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:55 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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We shall see over the next 3-4 years
Even if he fails at Miami, he will be the best coach fired for on field performance that I can remember.
People, especially UGA fans, forget that they have a pretty poor history pre Richt era.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 2:59 pm to GenesChin
Rich Rodriguez is doing pretty well at Arizona. He is 33-20 with three 8+ win seasons
For perspective, Arizona only has 1 other coach with three 8+ win seasons (Tommey has 4 of them)
For perspective, Arizona only has 1 other coach with three 8+ win seasons (Tommey has 4 of them)
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:08 pm to cjared036
Arkansas.
Full stop.
Ken Hatfield. Lou Holtz.
Basketball? Nolan Richardson. Gary Blair (we didn't fire him, but we did kick him out the door when he got a mildly better offer from the Aggie). Eddie Sutton (again, we didn't fire him but he was forced out).
Not to mention that both Pete Carroll and Barry Switzer wanted the head coaching job at Arkansas and were ignored. If you are an Auburn fan you can add Gus Malzahn who would have sold his testicles to be the Arkansas coach.
Honestly if we let Bert go, and we might, I expect him to go to LSU and win a title or two just because.
Full stop.
Ken Hatfield. Lou Holtz.
Basketball? Nolan Richardson. Gary Blair (we didn't fire him, but we did kick him out the door when he got a mildly better offer from the Aggie). Eddie Sutton (again, we didn't fire him but he was forced out).
Not to mention that both Pete Carroll and Barry Switzer wanted the head coaching job at Arkansas and were ignored. If you are an Auburn fan you can add Gus Malzahn who would have sold his testicles to be the Arkansas coach.
Honestly if we let Bert go, and we might, I expect him to go to LSU and win a title or two just because.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:11 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Lou Holtz : Fired at Arkansas
I don't remember Holtz being fired by Arkansas.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:14 pm to Arksulli
Frank Solich at Nebraska. Wonder if they'd take his 9 win seasons now?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:15 pm to Nuts4LSU
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I don't remember Holtz being fired by Arkansas
The party line was that Holtz resigned, but Broyles said recently (like the last 10 years) that he actually forced Holtz to resign aka fired him.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 6:22 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Holtz pissed some people off with his politics....
Holtz went to Minnesota and had some success there before going to notre dme.
Holtz went to Minnesota and had some success there before going to notre dme.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:20 pm to Clark14
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Holtz went to Minnesota
Oh I see. So, he moved up to a bigger-time program.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 1:04 am to SummerOfGeorge
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I don't think you can really include guys fired in the NFL (like Stallings or Spurrier). That is a different game
I think Stallings was fired from A&M so he would be at or near the top of the list
Posted on 4/13/16 at 2:09 am to BamaSaint
Stallings was fired from Texas A&M, spent the next two decades in the NFL, before taking the job at Alabama after being fired from the Cardinals.
While at Alabama he would have a 70-16-1 record and would also win a national championship in 1992.
It's him and Lou Holtz who are the winners.
While at Alabama he would have a 70-16-1 record and would also win a national championship in 1992.
It's him and Lou Holtz who are the winners.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 8:45 am to BamaSaint
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I think Stallings was fired from A&M so he would be at or near the top of the list
Excellent point - he was. Yea he has to be towards the top then.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 8:54 am to SummerOfGeorge
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In looking this up it is interesting that most guys do not have success their second time around after a firing, even if their situation wasn't good at the old job.
Sometimes a coach is fired too soon or because of personality conflicts/what have you but usually coaches who reach a big time program... when they are fired its for a pretty good reason.
Nutt, for example, showed at Ole Miss the same pattern he established at Arkansas... win big for a couple of seasons and then tank for a couple of seasons.
Other coaches seem to burn out and even if they get another head coaching gig you can tell they just don't have the sparkle they used to have.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 8:57 am to GenesChin
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People, especially UGA fans, forget that they have a pretty poor history pre Richt era.
what data pool are you pulling from? What UGA fans do you associate with that don't remember anything prior to 2001?
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