A fun read: Worst coaches of the 2000s

[YourAllAmerican]

There's nothing much to be taken seriously here, but I found this short article a fun read. It's tough to argue too much with the 11 coaches they name as the worst.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...all-coaching-performances-of-the-21st-century

 

[russ1945]

There's nothing much to be taken seriously here, but I found this short article a fun read. It's tough to argue too much with the 11 coaches they name as the worst.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...all-coaching-performances-of-the-21st-century

Thanks for putting that one on. That could very likely be the most eye opening article I have seen this year. Reality and perception are often confused. Actually I was most surprised to see two ex-Alabama coaches on the list. I wonder if Kiffin is headed that direction?

 

[GoSooners]

AA...That was a good list of the bad. But why John Blake didn't get honorable mention in this elite bunch I'll never know.

 

[GoSooners]

Ah hah...Coaches of the 2000's. That's why they didn't mention Blake. Too bad. I would have voted him the shankoponomus of the century.

 

[slatter]

Stupid article. How can you include people with .500-or-better records but fail to include Ted Roof at Duke, who went 6-45 in five years?

 

[Conan]

A typical half-ass Bleacher Report article.

MIA:

Chuck Long won a whopping 25% of his games at SD St.
He belongs in the top 5 on this list.
He was pitiful, but a great fade.

I will miss him.

:cry4:

 

[YourAllAmerican]

Ah hah...Coaches of the 2000's. That's why they didn't mention Blake. Too bad. I would have voted him the shankoponomus of the century.

Yeah, same reason Mackovic was only mentioned for his time at Arizona. My buddies and I still laugh telling classic Mackovic stories. My personal favorite was when Rice beat Texas in 1994, breaking something like a 35-year losing streak. Mackovic's quote: "You can't expect to beat Rice every year."

I wish another Division I school would give him a job, because the man ends up in funny situations wherever he goes.

slatter, Conan, I think those guys might belong in a slightly different category. At Duke and SDSU it's hard to differentiate between bad coaching just flat bad teams. I don't know if anyone could have won at those two schools this decade.

 

[Conan]

Yeah, same reason Mackovic was only mentioned for his time at Arizona. My buddies and I still laugh telling classic Mackovic stories. My personal favorite was when Rice beat Texas in 1994, breaking something like a 35-year losing streak. Mackovic's quote: "You can't expect to beat Rice every year."

I wish another Division I school would give him a job, because the man ends up in funny situations wherever he goes.

slatter, Conan, I think those guys might belong in a slightly different category. At Duke and SDSU it's hard to differentiate between bad coaching just flat bad teams. I don't know if anyone could have won at those two schools this decade.

YAM, some of the Oklahoma guys here nicknamed him as Chuck (3rd and) Long when he coached over there before he went to SDSU.

We should know something soon enough after Brady Hoke has had a try coaching SDSU. Another thing they got going for them down there is a f-ing lot of money and resources up the butt. No tree-huggers either.

 

[YourAllAmerican]

It seems like San Diego State ought to be able to put a winning team on the field, but it just never works out that way. It took a player like Marshall Faulk to make them good, and those good days didn't last long.

I suppose the city just doesn't have the same appeal to an inner-city athlete that it does to an adult who looks around and sees one of finest locations in America. Colin Cowherd made me laugh a few years ago when he was on a rant defending the Oregon uniforms that most adults see as butt-ugly. His point was what a grown man sees as desirable doesn't mean the same thing to an 18-year-old blue-chip recruit from the inner city. The line that cracked me up was something like, "If colleges were recruiting 35-year-old guys instead of 18-year-old kids, San Diego State, Colorado and Hawaii would be at the top of the polls every year."

 

[Conan]

Never occurred to me. But I bet that would be true.

 

[Dawoofdaddy]

impressive list there...willingham should go to work for espn.

 

[sdf]

i'm surprised Chizik's tenure at IowaSt didnt qualify. Maybe he can suck at Auburn too and then make the list

 

[Conan]

impressive list there...willingham should go to work for espn.

Depends on what they have to pay him. I think a crash test dummy would be more interesting.

Woof, do you remember that chimp from the Bronx Zoo about 7 years ago? Some gamblers showed him 2 logos representing opponents in NFL games. The chimp pointed at his selection and picked something ridiculous like over 80% winners for about 8 weeks straight. The guy that was posting his picks would get 5,000 to 10,000 hits every week. Of course he tanked eventually, but not before he became famous. The story even made it into the NY Times. I tried the same thing posting picks from a friend of mine that was in county jail for a few months. He did alright with his hoops selections and I was getting about 1000+ hits or more posting his picks. I called the threads, "Picks from County Jail" and wow did they ever get read.

This has nothing to do with this topic but it's more interesting than Willingham on ESPN. "Color commentator" doesn't quite fit him.