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Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:23 pm to Prof
Wade won 6 conference titles with DUKE.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:26 pm to rockiee
Neyland and Spurrier are to low.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:27 pm to rockiee
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I have a feeling this will be the biggest talking point.
Honestly, it should be. He was considered GOAT by both Rockne and Bear who are considered GOATs themselves and were during their lifetimes. He's rarely remembered for as good as he was because he coached pre-tv, before southern football was truly respected since the press didn't live here, and a defensive mastermind and game theorist wasn't yet appreciated.
He really does deserve more credit. He revolutionized the game and handed down advice in the form of the Maxims that is to this day recited by more than one team and studied by coaches. Without Neyland emphasizing defense the SEC wouldn't be the conference it is today and Saban wouldn't get the praise he gets for being a defensive mastermind in his own right.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:29 pm to rockiee
#1 on the freaks list now #1 on this? Get on our level, SEC.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:29 pm to rockiee
Where's Freeze?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:29 pm to Porter Osborne Jr
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Neyland and Spurrier are to low.
Agree. Spurrier revolutionized offense just like Neyland revolutionized defense.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:31 pm to Prof
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Honestly, it should be. He was considered GOAT by both Rockne and Bear who are considered GOATs themselves and were during their lifetimes. He's rarely remembered for as good as he was because he coached pre-tv, before southern football was truly respected since the press didn't live here, and a defensive mastermind and game theorist wasn't yet appreciated.
He really does deserve more credit. He revolutionized the game and handed down advice in the form of the Maxims that is to this day recited by more than one team and studied by coaches. Without Neyland emphasizing defense the SEC wouldn't be the conference it is today and Saban wouldn't get the praise he gets for being a defensive mastermind in his own right.
Don't disagree with anything you said but he is always going to take a hit for coaching such a long time ago. It's not fair but the way it works. Obviously 17 is crazy though.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:39 pm to rockiee
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Don't disagree with anything you said but he is always going to take a hit for coaching such a long time ago. It's not fair but the way it works. Obviously 17 is crazy though.
I swear sometimes I really do think the SEC is the only conference/sports fans that truly value the greatness that came from the past. Rockne is remembered because he coached at ND - if he'd coached here no one would remember him and that's plain sad.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:47 pm to rockiee
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No. 89 Jackie Sherrill (Texas A&M, Mississippi State)
FIFY
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:48 pm to rockiee
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No. 19: Darrell Royal, Mississippi State (1954-55)
I had no idea.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:52 pm to rockiee
Any list that doesn't have Neyland in the top ten is a list for silly nannies
Posted on 7/28/16 at 12:55 pm to rockiee
No Heisman?
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:15 pm to rockiee
Only current SEC coaches are Miles and Saban. But I thought Miles was like the number 7 or 8 coach in the SEC... 
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:16 pm to rockiee
I'd put Pat Dye over Shug all day everyday
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:25 pm to rockiee
Your forgot Alabama's Wallace Wade.... Voted #26
Alabama has 5 coaches in the top 100; 2 in the top 3.
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26. Wallace Wade
Teams: Alabama (1923-30), Duke (1931-41, 1946-50)
Record: 171-49-10 in 24 seasons
When Bear Bryant was still just a kid growing up in Arkansas, Wade was putting Alabama football on the map. Southern football struggled to garner respect in the early years, but the perception gradually changed, in part because of Wade's accomplishments. He's credited with three national championships in six years (1925, '26 and '30), all three of which were undefeated seasons that ended with the Crimson Tide playing in the Rose Bowl (two wins and a tie). After that third championship, Wade made a move to Duke -- one that had been in the works since before that season, after he got fed up with criticism during three mediocre season -- where he had a 110-36-7 record with six Southern Conference titles and two Rose Bowl losses (including the 1942 game, which was moved to Durham after the attack at Pearl Harbor). His time at Duke was cut into two because, in his 50s, he took a leave of absence and served as a field artillery officer in World War II (he also fought in WWI), where he made plans to listen to his current school and future school play in the Sugar Bowl from France. Wade also played at Brown in the 1916 Rose Bowl, allowing him to be credited as the first person to appear in the Rose Bowl as both a player and a coach, according to the National Football Foundation. Wade is the first coach to win national titles at Alabama, and Duke's stadium is named for him. * * *
Alabama has 5 coaches in the top 100; 2 in the top 3.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:30 pm to pvilleguru
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pvilleguru
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No Wallace Wade? List is shite.
Wallace Wade is #26.
1. Paul Bear Bryant
3. Nick Saban
26. Wallace Wade
29. Frank Thomas
78. Gene Stallings
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:32 pm to Swoopin
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Swoopin
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No Heisman?
John Heisman is #34.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:32 pm to jatebe
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Your forgot Alabama's Wallace Wade.... Voted #26
My bad, fixed
Posted on 7/28/16 at 1:50 pm to jatebe
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Alabama has 5 coaches in the top 100; 2 in the top 3
4 in the top 30.
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