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re: Nick Saban Top College Coach according to NFL.com, Miles & Malzahn left out
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:57 pm to lsufball19
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:57 pm to lsufball19
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i'll go out on a limb and say cutcliffe is on there because of 1) peyton manning 2) eli manning 3) his record at duke last year
Nothing to sneeze at. He's improved them vastly. We're talking about a Duke team that regularly went winless, or only had one win, before he got there. A two win season was a good year. A four win season was a miracle of rare device. Don't underrate what he's accomplished at Duke.
ETA: I looked it up. From 1990 (the year after Spurrier left) until 2007 (the last year before Cutcliffe arrived) they had one 8 win season, in 1994. Four 4 win seasons, two of which were the seasons after Spurrier left and his players were still there. Three 3 win seasons. Four 2 win seasons. Two one win seasons. And four winless seasons. Half of Cutcliffe's seasons have exceeded all but one of the previous 18 years, and he added a 10 win season, which beats anything Spurrier, an admitted coaching legend, managed. The guy's legitimate.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 6:06 pm
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 9:22 pm to randomways
Yeah, Duke football was pretty much a joke before Cutcliffe got there. He basically started from the absolute bottom and got them to a bowl in 5 years, and a division title in 6. No doubt, the man can coach.
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