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re: Who are the most successful CFB coaches to ever be fired
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:05 pm to Winningman
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:05 pm to Winningman
Mark Richt
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Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:05 pm to Winningman
Mark Richt? He had Georgia playing at a high level for a decade plus. Got fired after winning 10 games in his final year.
It appears to be working out for both parties (so far) but on the surface the whole ordeal looked insane.
It appears to be working out for both parties (so far) but on the surface the whole ordeal looked insane.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:09 pm to GoblinGuide
Yeah. Not sure why I forgot about Richt.
With that being said, although I think Richt's firing was stupid, that was possibly the worst 10-3 season to ever occur. I think I read somewhere that UGA was the first SEC team to ever finished unranked after winning 10 or more games.
With that being said, although I think Richt's firing was stupid, that was possibly the worst 10-3 season to ever occur. I think I read somewhere that UGA was the first SEC team to ever finished unranked after winning 10 or more games.
This post was edited on 6/1/18 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:13 pm to Winningman
mack brown
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:18 pm to Hook Em Horns
Charlie McClendon
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:33 pm to Winningman
1. Jeff Bower
2. Pat Hill
3. Paul Pasqualoni
4. Frank Solich
5. Darrell Dickey
Honorable Mention: Chuck Stobart
2. Pat Hill
3. Paul Pasqualoni
4. Frank Solich
5. Darrell Dickey
Honorable Mention: Chuck Stobart
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:33 pm to Winningman
Joe Paterno.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:34 pm to Zap Rowsdower
Interesting list.
This post was edited on 6/1/18 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:39 pm to Leopold
Paul Pasqualoni is a good one.
I never really understand why some people think Solich was that good of a coach. He had a 16-12 record starting with the Colorado and Miami disasters in 2001. Weren't they down 37-0 at half in the Miami game? Essentially he was being carried by Eric Couch and the other Osborne players in his earliest seasons.
His performance at Ohio (and the very fact that he ended up at Ohio) really doesn't suggest anything fantastic about Solich either.
I never really understand why some people think Solich was that good of a coach. He had a 16-12 record starting with the Colorado and Miami disasters in 2001. Weren't they down 37-0 at half in the Miami game? Essentially he was being carried by Eric Couch and the other Osborne players in his earliest seasons.
His performance at Ohio (and the very fact that he ended up at Ohio) really doesn't suggest anything fantastic about Solich either.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:40 pm to Winningman
1. Miles*
2. Fulmer
3. Cutcliffe*
Chizik sure didn't get much time after his championship season either. I mean I know it was mostly Malzahn and Newton, but Chiz was still fired 2 years after an undefeated season.
*Replaced by career position coach/swamp monster
2. Fulmer
3. Cutcliffe*
Chizik sure didn't get much time after his championship season either. I mean I know it was mostly Malzahn and Newton, but Chiz was still fired 2 years after an undefeated season.
*Replaced by career position coach/swamp monster
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:42 pm to ForeverEllisHugh
How in the world did Orgeron get the LSU job after what a disaster he was at Ole Miss?
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:44 pm to Zap Rowsdower
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I still say Auburn should have never fired Tubs when they did.
He would not make changes to his staff. I am as big a Tub fan as there is, but it was time for us to move in a different direction.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:45 pm to Winningman
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Solich was not very good after he ran out of Eric Couch and the other Tom Osborne recruits
I don't think most people understand just what affect the Big 8 turning into the Big XII had on Nebraska.
Oral History of the Big XII
One of the single biggest bones of contention in the creation of the Big XII was over Title IX players:
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One issue, though, was especially divisive: the question of how many partial qualifiers, if any, would be allowed to compete. Nebraska for years had admitted these "Prop 48" athletes, who did not meet the NCAA's eligibility requirements; instead of attending junior college, they'd lose a year of eligibility but benefit from the school's academic support to get their scores up to par. In fact, on Nebraska's 1995 national championship team, four starters were Prop 48 players. However, the SWC had not allowed partial qualifiers, nor did Texas think the new league should. Eventually, the Big 12 ruled that it would allow two male and two female Prop 48 athletes per school per year, angering Nebraska.
Solich got a COMPLETELY different playing field than King Osborne, from the competition to recruiting to the structure of the team and he got run out of town as a result: complete fall guy. All you have to do is look at how well NU has done ever since the Big XII was formed.
Dude NEVER should have been fired.
This post was edited on 6/1/18 at 11:07 pm
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:48 pm to East Coast Band
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Woody Hayes
Posted on 6/1/18 at 10:51 pm to Winningman
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I'd go with David Cutcliffe and Jeff Tedford. And Les Miles,
Two of those aren't even close to the last one.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 11:03 pm to Winningman
Cutcliffe? Oh geez. That guy was not good at Ole Miss. He took a national championship talented team and barely won.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 11:05 pm to Winningman
Woody, JoePa & Switzer
Posted on 6/1/18 at 11:06 pm to Winningman
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Hayes was fired for punching a Clemson player.
Can't say that I blame him.
Posted on 6/1/18 at 11:07 pm to Winningman
Are we counting Saban firing himself in Miami?
Posted on 6/2/18 at 12:52 am to CapstoneGrad06
Sorry, but Solich did not make a good impression in his game plan and on-field decisions.
In the 2002 Independence Bowl against Ole Miss, Nebraska was moving the ball at will against one of the worst run defenses in the country. When they got inside the red zone, Solich decided to mix it up with a quarterback who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn: offensive holding…incomplete pass…sack…out of FG range…punt. Poor decisions caused NU to lose to an opponent they should have thrashed.
2003 in Austin: Arkansas had already laid out the blueprint for beating Texas — run it between the tackles. Anyone watching the game had to conclude that NU did not study game film. Solich insisted on running the option against an East-West defense. By the time he realized the middle was porous, NU was down by 24 points. On Texas' next-to-last clock-eating drive, NU's defense committed two personal fouls out of frustration, something I never saw from an Osborne-coached team.
In the 2002 Independence Bowl against Ole Miss, Nebraska was moving the ball at will against one of the worst run defenses in the country. When they got inside the red zone, Solich decided to mix it up with a quarterback who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn: offensive holding…incomplete pass…sack…out of FG range…punt. Poor decisions caused NU to lose to an opponent they should have thrashed.
2003 in Austin: Arkansas had already laid out the blueprint for beating Texas — run it between the tackles. Anyone watching the game had to conclude that NU did not study game film. Solich insisted on running the option against an East-West defense. By the time he realized the middle was porous, NU was down by 24 points. On Texas' next-to-last clock-eating drive, NU's defense committed two personal fouls out of frustration, something I never saw from an Osborne-coached team.
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