Most Overrated/Underrated Coaches

[cloverleaf]

CBS Sports polled 25 active FBS head coaches on who are the most overrated and underrated
coaches today. David Shaw (Stanford) and Chris Peterson (Washington) tied for most under-
rated followed by Dan Mullen (Florida), Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern) and Kyle Whittingham
(Utah).

The most overrated were Willie Taggard (Florida St.), James Franklin (Penn St.), Kirk Ferentz
(Iowa) and Lane Kiffin (Florida Atlantic).

Taggard is definitely the most overrated. I wouldn't put Franklin in the overrated class especially
after what he accomplished at Vanderbilt and now Penn State.

 

[The Pooh]

CBS is now predicting that Urban Meyer may get off with "Time Served" on his assistant coach screw up. Most think he will be back on the sideline before the Penn State game. I wonder how that will sit with the NCAA?

 

[The Pooh]

Interesting. 3 out of the 5 underrated head coaches are in the Pac 12 and 2 of the 4 overrated head coaches are in the Big 10.

 

[bornlivedie]

here is whats interesting....PSU 35, WASH 28...PUR 38, AZ 35...OSU 24, USC 7...MSU 42, WSU 17.

 

[mws]

CBS Sports polled 25 active FBS head coaches on who are the most overrated and underrated
coaches today. David Shaw (Stanford) and Chris Peterson (Washington) tied for most under-
rated followed by Dan Mullen (Florida), Pat Fitzgerald (Northwestern) and Kyle Whittingham
(Utah).

The most overrated were Willie Taggard (Florida St.), James Franklin (Penn St.), Kirk Ferentz
(Iowa) and Lane Kiffin (Florida Atlantic).

Taggard is definitely the most overrated. I wouldn't put Franklin in the overrated class especially
after what he accomplished at Vanderbilt and now Penn State.

Franklin has been successful, no doubt, but that doesn't mean he's not overrated. He seems to have a giant ego, and these coaches may be saying that he's overrated in his own mind rather than in the opinions of fans or the media.

 

[Albatross]

How Kirk Ferentz is called Overrated is crazy. Guy wins at Iowa. The ot necessarily a strong hold for top tier players.

Mullen....we will see how he fairs at Florida

 

[The Pooh]

Ferentz wins games, but not Championships. He has NEVER won a Big 10 Title outright. The two Big 10 titles that he has shared ended up with bowl losses. If Iowa fans want to settle for that, more power to them. That shows me that they want to be entertained, and not necessarily be considered winners. Certainly not Champions.