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Top 8 coaches in college football now that Jimbo, Malzahn, etc. discussions are
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:12 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:12 pm
starting to heat up this spring. My list (and I am ranking based on how GOOD OF A COACH they are (x's and o's, maintaining a solid program week-in week-out, recruiting, leadership/teaching, etc.),
1 Saban
2 Meyer
3 Miles
4 Spurrier
5 Stoops
6 David Shaw
7 Jimbo Fisher
8 Gus Malzahn
Honorable mention: Richt, Dantonio, Bill Snyder (not long ago he may have been top 3, but he has faded a bit I believe)
1 Saban
2 Meyer
3 Miles
4 Spurrier
5 Stoops
6 David Shaw
7 Jimbo Fisher
8 Gus Malzahn
Honorable mention: Richt, Dantonio, Bill Snyder (not long ago he may have been top 3, but he has faded a bit I believe)
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Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:13 pm to SECfootball2121
Jumbo goes in front of stoops
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:14 pm to SECfootball2121
Spurrier in front of Miles
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:16 pm to TRUERockyTop
Jimbo should be #5
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:16 pm to RT1941
Spurrier I front of miles......... 
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:18 pm to roguetiger15
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Spurrier I front of miles.........
I mean, that's not that far fetched. He has done a lot with a lot less than miles. It's a valid argument.
I don't think Miles is top three, but is top 5. Jimbo up to 3 Miles is 4.
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:22 pm to Duckie
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I mean, that's not that far fetched. He has done a lot with a lot less than miles
he's won some games...nothing more
eta: at USC
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:22 pm to SECfootball2121
I think Jimbo is in the right spot. I think he's a great but not exceptional coach. Some on that list would excel at mediocre programs, and I don't think Jimbo is one. Same for Miles.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:25 pm to Pettifogger
Spurrier is really the only one on that list that made something out of nothing.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:28 pm to SECfootball2121
quote:
1 Saban
2 Meyer
3 Miles
4 Spurrier
5 Stoops
6 David Shaw
7 Jimbo Fisher
8 Gus Malzahn
I like Miles, a lot. He's one of my favorites. But if Spurrier had Miles' talent base combined with LSU's tradition he would have dominated at LSU.
Thankfully, he wanted more of a challenge and chose SC instead. But, while Les has done very well at LSU, Spurrier (IMHO) would have gotten far more out of that job.
Miles is still Top 4 IMHO.
Meyer is too high IMHO.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:30 pm to SECfootball2121
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6 David Shaw
I think Shaw is an excellent coach, but perhaps it is too soon to put him in that elite company. He's only been HC 3 years, right?
Despite Stanford being an amazing academic school, it's not as though they disregard athletics thus making winning at Stanford shocking. The Stanford brass strongly support athletics.
Plus, it was Harbaugh who brought Stanford out of their football decline. Shaw may be an elite coach, but too soon to definitively say he is with the best of the best.
Just my two cents on a subjective scale.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:31 pm to SECfootball2121
No Chris Peterson? The guy has been just as succesful as the 2nd half of your list. He should be atleast 6th.
Gus on the list after 1 season? Dantonio and Peterson have a better track record in my opinion.
Charlie Strong?
Dabo?
Gus on the list after 1 season? Dantonio and Peterson have a better track record in my opinion.
Charlie Strong?
Dabo?
This post was edited on 4/29/14 at 3:34 pm
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:32 pm to SECfootball2121
I like Miles a lot and he has done a hell of a job at LSU but I put him around 5 with Saban,Meyer,Strong,Patterson in front. I like Shaw a lot too
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:36 pm to scrooster
quote:The flaw here is that you are assuming that he'd have still been able to amass the talent that Miles has. I'm not saying that he isn't a great recruiter, but that's easily one of Miles' biggest strengths (saban's, too), and we don't know how Spurrier would have done. At the time of our coaching change, Steve was still a widely-hated man in Louisiana.
But if Spurrier had Miles' talent base
quote:"Far more" than 2 NCGs and 2 SECCs?
Spurrier (IMHO) would have gotten far more out of that job.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:54 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
"snap"
Posted on 4/29/14 at 3:57 pm to SECfootball2121
Saban
Spurrier
Meyer
Miles
Stoops
Malzahn
Shaw
Jimbo
Spurrier
Meyer
Miles
Stoops
Malzahn
Shaw
Jimbo
Posted on 4/29/14 at 4:11 pm to MrBiriwa
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No Chris Peterson? The guy has been just as succesful as the 2nd half of your list. He should be atleast 6th.
Gus on the list after 1 season? Dantonio and Peterson have a better track record in my opinion.
Charlie Strong?
Dabo?
Does anyone on your list have Conference Championships from two seperate Conferences ?
Posted on 4/29/14 at 4:16 pm to SECfootball2121
butch jones top 5
Posted on 4/29/14 at 4:21 pm to SECfootball2121
Spurrier should be #1.
He turned UF into a national power.
He has turned USCe into a top SEC program.
He won a Conf. Championship at Duke.
There is not a coach in the nation who has had a bigger impact on every program he has coached at.
He turned UF into a national power.
He has turned USCe into a top SEC program.
He won a Conf. Championship at Duke.
There is not a coach in the nation who has had a bigger impact on every program he has coached at.
Posted on 4/29/14 at 4:28 pm to MrAUTigers
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There is not a coach in the nation who has had a bigger impact on every program he has coached at
See the hook swim away
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