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re: If you were an NFL owner and had to pick an SEC coach right now
Posted on 9/3/14 at 7:58 am to tamctshirt
Posted on 9/3/14 at 7:58 am to tamctshirt
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He hasn't finished 2 or higher in the west yet with the best player in sec history.
Wow, just wow.
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Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:02 am to MrAUTigers
How is that wrong?
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:02 am to Rickety Cricket
Its more than that if he leaves before 2016.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:05 am to Crimson Legend
Are these the only choices?
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:07 am to Crimson Legend
Sumlin
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:09 am to Crimson Legend
I would take Vanderbilt's coach. Picking a winning coach for the NFL is a crapshoot and I might as well pick somebody I can pay bottom dollar for.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:09 am to Crimson Legend
Jerry Jones likes both so he'll likely answer this question for you after this season.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:19 am to Crimson Legend
Honestly, I would take Mark Richt. He seems shitty at the whole recruiting side of things but I would assume is the most intelligent coach in the league. It's all about managing at that level, and I think he does it better than the rest.
He also looks the part of an NFL coach, which is the most important criteria.
He also looks the part of an NFL coach, which is the most important criteria.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:32 am to skirpnasty
Sumlin like Malzohn is a good OC. Not sure about HC. Saban at 61 is not that old and he's in great shape. He doesn't drink or smoke, still plays basketball, and works with the team in the heat of the summer. He's good to go for another 10 years.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:34 am to bama1959
NFL players won't put up with Saban's bullshite. Even he knows this.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:36 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
They didn't last time.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:43 am to Crimson Legend
Sumlin. He's had a lot more experience coaching at the collegiate level than Malzahn, both as a head coach and as an assistant. And with that experience, he's seen and ran a wider variety of offensive systems, not just the spread. Also think he could relate to the players at that level better than any other SEC coach...
Doesn't definitively mean he'd be the best coach, but he's the one I'd take my chances with...
Doesn't definitively mean he'd be the best coach, but he's the one I'd take my chances with...
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:48 am to Gradual_Stroke
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Sumlin is more innovative,
Gus innovate his offense and helped being in this hunh craze. Plus Gus innovated the wildcat which was adopted by nfl teams.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 8:48 am to PrivatePublic
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Picking a winning coach for the NFL is a crapshoot
Stop with the rationality man. This place is reserved for guys behind keyboards who know everything.
This post was edited on 9/3/14 at 8:50 am
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:00 am to Landmass
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Are these the only choices?
No, anyone in the SEC is an option. I just listed those two because if I were an NFL GM, those are most likely the two I would choose between.
You can use whatever criteria is relevant to your needs. One person may want a coach with a successful new offensive system, or a great player developer, or even the fact that Sumlin would be a minority hire. I am not defining the criteria for you.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:06 am to MrAUTigers
I think Gus is the better college coach, but I'd take Sumlin for the NFL. He wants the NFL, I'm not sure Gus does. Sumlin is building a career with the goal of getting to the NFL, and I'm not sure Gus is.
It's like Saban and Spurrier, who I think viewed the NFL as the next challenge, but hadn't prepped their career for coaching at that level. I think Sumlin has. That said, I don't know that Sumlin will make a good NFL coach, but I think he is better suited for it.
It's like Saban and Spurrier, who I think viewed the NFL as the next challenge, but hadn't prepped their career for coaching at that level. I think Sumlin has. That said, I don't know that Sumlin will make a good NFL coach, but I think he is better suited for it.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:07 am to Crimson Legend
Malzahn
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:10 am to Pettifogger
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It's like Saban and Spurrier, who I think viewed the NFL as the next challenge, but hadn't prepped their career for coaching at that level. I think Sumlin has. That said, I don't know that Sumlin will make a good NFL coach, but I think he is better suited for it.
I'm surprised you would say that about Saban, who had quite a bit of NFL coaching experience, just not at the head level. I don't think Saban's lack of success (if it is perceived that way) is due to a lack of preparation in his career.
I do agree with you about Sumlin being more of a fit for the NFL. Gus might surprise me - God knows he has already - but I think his offensive innovation is more suited for the college level.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:13 am to Crimson Legend
Apparently Richt doesn't exist to OP.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:18 am to BrerTiger
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Apparently Richt doesn't exist to OP.
Richt exists, and so do Boom, Butch Jones, Freeze, and Pinkel - all of whom seem about as accomplished as Richt given their respective programs and successes.
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