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re: Most overrated football coach in the SEC
Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:06 am to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:06 am to SidewalkTiger
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So you're counting an interim bowl game coach and a guy who never coached a game as actual Notre Dame head coaches?
No, I did not.
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Both Venables and Sarkisian would still fall below Kelly.
But I wouldn't apply the stat to only one game, at minimum a coach needs a year to have a sample size large enough.
Another filter to get the results you want.
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Not really, 7 losses in 2 seasons isn't that bad considering they'd went .500 the two seasons prior.
They went .500 because Coach O was more worried about getting his dick wet than coaching, not because LSU was lacking on talent.
2020: #4
2021: #5
2022: #12
2023: #5
He doesn't have a lack of talent at LSU. If he can't win the games, it's on him. It's not like he was hired at Florida or somewhere that has been a mess lately.
Same deal with DeBoer. If he doesn't win games, it's not because he lacked talent, it's on him.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 10:18 am to 3down10
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They went .500 because Coach O was more worried about getting his dick wet than coaching, not because LSU was lacking on talent.
2020: #4
2021: #5
2022: #12
Do you not see the huge dropoff there in 2022? We had a ton of talent leave after O left, and frankly a lot of them either werent playing or loafing around too when he was here.
To go from #4/#5 roster to #12 is a massive dropoff. Kelly had to rebuild the team in year 1, and by year 2 things were getting better, but it was a ton of mercenaries that had to get it done there which will have very mixed results. We still were quite a bit below the scholarship cap this past season. We'll finally be at 85 this upcoming season after being WAY below it in 2021 and still below it in 2022.
Edit - thought you were citing team talent rankings, not recruiting classes. My point above still remains. There was a huge amount of dropoff from O to Kelly in year 1 in terms of talent and simply roster depth. It's taken 3 years just to get a full roster again. When Kelly got here we had 39 players on scholarship.
This post was edited on 4/23/24 at 10:26 am
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