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Chizik's Turnaround = Amazing
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:13 pm
5-19 in 2 seasons at Iowa St. in the Big XII North
21-5 in 2 seasons at Auburn in the SEC West with an SEC title and appearance in the National Championship Game.
26-24 overall.
Have we ever seen such a turnaround in coaching in such a short amount of time? Has anyone ever gone from being close to getting fired at a crappy school in a weak division to running the table in the toughest division in the toughest conference in America?
This is unheard of. What do you attribute the turnaround to? Programs looking for coaches should be scouring the cellars of the ACC and Big East looking for the next national championship winning coach if this were a formula.
21-5 in 2 seasons at Auburn in the SEC West with an SEC title and appearance in the National Championship Game.
26-24 overall.
Have we ever seen such a turnaround in coaching in such a short amount of time? Has anyone ever gone from being close to getting fired at a crappy school in a weak division to running the table in the toughest division in the toughest conference in America?
This is unheard of. What do you attribute the turnaround to? Programs looking for coaches should be scouring the cellars of the ACC and Big East looking for the next national championship winning coach if this were a formula.
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Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:14 pm to AlaTiger
In before $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$44
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:14 pm to CamdenTiger
Whelp, nevermind
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:15 pm to TheJones
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:16 pm to TheJones
Oh, and Auburn had like 65 scholarship players last year. And, were 5-7 when Chizik took the job and were getting destroyed in recruiting the previous 2 years by Saban at Alabama.
Chizik must have really figured some stuff out or something. Wow.
Chizik must have really figured some stuff out or something. Wow.
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:16 pm to AlaTiger
Mack Brown?
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:18 pm to AlaTiger
It's called coaching at Iowa-freaking-State...hell, Saban went 6-6 at Bammer his 1st season with a loss to Louisiana-Monroe
Saban at Iowa State = 4-8
Saban at Iowa State = 4-8
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:19 pm to CoonassBulldog
Didn't Urban Meyer do the same thing at Florida?
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:20 pm to Aubie Spr96
no. urban went to a bcs bowl with utah
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:21 pm to Autiger4lyfe
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Mack Brown?
Wasn't Mack Brown 11-1 at UNC before he went to Texas? No, he doesn't count.
I know that Iowa State is a tough job. My point is that I can't remember a time a coach anywhere was 5-19 at one school, then gets a good job in a big conference and 2 years later takes a team that was 5-7 with 65 scholarship players to 13-0 and a berth in the championship game?
Can anyone think of such a turnaround?
This really is incredible. They should make a movie out of this story one day or something.
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:21 pm to AlaTiger
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Chizik must have really figured some stuff out or something. Wow.
lol.
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:22 pm to AlaTiger
Yes...we have actually seen faster. Do you remember that time a team hired the son of a famous coach that was at a school that was not even a D-1 school at the time? He was an unproven coach (except for the famous daddy) and he went 13-0 in his first season.
Tt was Terry Bowden and he did it Auburn with players they had already bought and paid for. Chizik will go down as the second greatest cheater they ever had on the plains but of course he is a better liar that Terry and has managed to get to the NC game and the probation will follow this time instead of coming before the great season.
What a joke!
Tt was Terry Bowden and he did it Auburn with players they had already bought and paid for. Chizik will go down as the second greatest cheater they ever had on the plains but of course he is a better liar that Terry and has managed to get to the NC game and the probation will follow this time instead of coming before the great season.
What a joke!
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:22 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Didn't Urban Meyer do the same thing at Florida
hell no- Urban won at Bowling Green, then took Utah BCS, then went 9-3 his 1st season in Gainesville
Meyer > Saban in my opinion
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:23 pm to AlaTiger
gene stallings was 27-45 at texas aTm then went 70-16 at alabama.
he later led that program to probation
he later led that program to probation
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:23 pm to CoonassBulldog
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Meyer > Saban in my opinion
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:23 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Didn't Urban Meyer do the same thing at Florida?
Nope. Urban was a big winner at Utah and was highly coveted all over the country. Notre Dame wanted him.
I'm talking about a losing coach coming from a losing program to a big, prestigious school that was struggling and in TWO years putting that team in the national championship game.
Coaches have come and turned programs around quickly, but they usually have winning records where they came from.
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:24 pm to CoonassBulldog
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Meyer > Saban in my opinion
in all fairness... saban gave that homie a heartattack.
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:24 pm to AlaTiger
The movie will be called "As the plains burn".
Posted on 12/10/10 at 10:25 pm to CoonassBulldog
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It's called coaching at Iowa-freaking-State
You mean the same Iowa State that Dan McCarney took to five bowl games in the seven years before Chizik?
Or do you mean the Iowa State that Paul Rhoads took to a bowl game the year after Chizik left?
McCarney>Rhoads>Chizik
It's not even close.
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