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Bill Connelly of ESPN's 30 Best CFB Coaches
Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:12 am
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Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:17 am to Mizz-SEC
Literally picked names from a hat. Name one big win, over an equally talented or better team, that James Franklin has won.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:17 am to Mizz-SEC
That list is rubbish.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:20 am to Mizz-SEC
How is Napier so high? He is on the hot seat...
Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:20 am to Bamafig
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This post was edited on 7/26/25 at 10:25 am
Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:24 am to Gatorbait2008
Smart under Josh H....this is a joke.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 10:46 am to Mizz-SEC
Bill Connelly is an attention whore who doesn’t believe that list.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 11:07 am to Bamafig
People just see the graphic and rage, but it is all explained in his article:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45739570/ranking-best-college-football-coaches-last-20-years
In short, if you put a bunch of data into a formula you sometimes get some wild results. It isn't perfect. Over time models improve.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/45739570/ranking-best-college-football-coaches-last-20-years
In short, if you put a bunch of data into a formula you sometimes get some wild results. It isn't perfect. Over time models improve.
This post was edited on 7/26/25 at 11:08 am
Posted on 7/26/25 at 11:10 am to Mizz-SEC
Josh Heupel and Sark were switched.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 11:23 am to Gatorbait2008
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How is Napier so high? He is on the hot seat...
Because of his seasons at Louisiana where he greatly overachieved compared to their historical baseline.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 12:26 pm to Mizz-SEC
Holeeeee crap, this is a horrible list.
No logical reasoning whatsoever.
No logical reasoning whatsoever.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 12:36 pm to Mizz-SEC
Dan Mullen? What a joke.
Freeze way too high.
Freeze way too high.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 12:40 pm to Mizz-SEC
This might be the worst list I have ever seen...on any subject.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 12:48 pm to brambo
"Because of his seasons at Louisiana where he greatly
overachieved compared to their historical baseline."
His record at UF clearly removes him though...you are not a top 25 coach if you have a .500 record at Florida(8-13 in SEC play).
He sucks..it is very clear to everyone but UF fans apparently..500 is absolutely horrible at UF.
overachieved compared to their historical baseline."
His record at UF clearly removes him though...you are not a top 25 coach if you have a .500 record at Florida(8-13 in SEC play).
He sucks..it is very clear to everyone but UF fans apparently..500 is absolutely horrible at UF.
This post was edited on 7/26/25 at 12:50 pm
Posted on 7/26/25 at 12:55 pm to CaneyLake
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This might be the worst list I have ever seen...on any subjec
I think they picked the top 30 then hit randomize or inverted them. All for clicks.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 12:57 pm to Mizz-SEC
Posted on 7/26/25 at 1:27 pm to Gatorbait2008
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His record at UF clearly removes him though...you are not a top 25 coach if you have a .500 record at Florida(8-13 in SEC play).
This is like getting mad at ESPN for FPI or SP+. Bill Connelly just made a model and this happened to be the mathematical output. And the reason that this was the output is because of Napier's Louisiana years surpassing their historical baseline boosted his score considerably. That is what I am trying to convey. Bill Connelly isn't subjectively ranking any of these coaches directly. You could say the model sucks and he needs to adjust it and we would agree with each other.
The graphic misrepresents it as his opinion of the best coaches, but that is not the case. This seems to just be his first (flawed) attempt to try to quantify coach ability. That is really difficult to do.
Posted on 7/26/25 at 1:32 pm to brambo
Gotcha. My bad.
Posted on 7/27/25 at 8:23 am to AHM21
bump
This post was edited on 7/27/25 at 8:24 am
Posted on 7/27/25 at 9:18 am to Mizz-SEC
WTF is even this list? Rage bait? Troll bait? I don't get it.
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