re: Best Coaching hire in the BCS Era(95-present)

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Spurrier took a program that sucked in every way possible and made them a nationally-relevant contender.
He deserves a lofty ranking

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Did I say that he shouldn't be included? No.

SC's history is abysmal but don't act like they didnt' have SOME foundation. Prior to spurrier they had yet another hall of fame, big name coach. Hell, if anything give Holtz the credit. To take a team that lost 21 straight games he sure did a hell of a job. They didn't get over the hump like they did with spurrier, but spurrier doesn't take that job if not for what holtz did. They turned into a 7-8ish win a year team under him and beat Ohio State twice in new years day bowls. Not to mention, as it relates to the topic of this discussion, SC has some pretty stout HS talent.

Vandy, on the other hand, has the same shitty history as SC but didn't have a foundation like spurrier came into. Franklin took one of the worst historical teams in football and knocked off a few of the SEC big boys. He also recruited fairly well at Vandy, which has never happened. There are so many "firsts" that he did at vandy it's remarkable. All this with an SEC powerhouse in the same state and not much HS talent.

I'm not saying Spurrier to SC is a bad hire or anything, I'm just saying it's in no way the 2nd best hire of the last 2 decades.