re: Athlon's SEC Coaches Rankings

Taking another crack at it I suppose. Here goes:

1. Nick Saban
2. Steve Spurrier
3. Les Miles
4. Mark Richt
5. Will Muschamp
6. Kevin Sumlin
7. Bret Bielema
8. James Franklin
9. Gary Pinkel
10. Hugh Freeze
11. Dan Mullen
12. Butch Jones
13. Gus Malzahn
14. Mark Stoops

I really do like coaches 5-7 FWIW. I think they are all solid hires who may do something. Pinkel may be gone after this year but he was still a solid hire for MU even though I don't think they have figured out a philosophy to transition into the SEC successfully (their recruiting philosophy strikes me as dumb)