The Atlanta Braves

[Notorious B.E.N]

Leach and Kiffin are rivals. Incredible.

And the 5th and 6th best coaches in their division.

 

[TBrown]

And the 5th and 6th best coaches in their division.

Negative

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Negative

You'd put Pittman ahead of him too?

 

[TBrown]

You'd put Pittman ahead of him too?

Kiffin is a better coach than leach, at a minimum, but O, Gus, and don’t look now but jimbo don’t appear to be savants.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Kiffin is a better coach than leach, at a minimum, but O, Gus, and don’t look now but jimbo don’t appear to be savants.

Neither are Kiffin or Leach.

 

[Wickman]

Kiffin is a better coach than leach, at a minimum, but O, Gus, and don’t look now but jimbo don’t appear to be savants.

There is nothing that suggests Kiffin is a better coach than Leach up to this date.

 

[Florida Stanley]

There is nothing that suggests Kiffin is a better coach than Leach up to this date.

Agree. You can’t even say Kiffin is a better offensive coach.

 

[TBrown]

There is nothing that suggests Kiffin is a better coach than Leach up to this date.

Not even worth the time.

 

[Bassmaster_Vol]

Trey Smith is going to play in the NFL

What a loser

 

[AV_12]

If Velus Jones can catch a punt he will be worth it Amirite @TBrown?

 

[AV_12]

We really about to represent the East. Wow

 

[zjcvols]

We really about to represent the East. Wow

The decade of the Vawls

 

[TBrown]

The decade of the Vawls

Don’t see donnie tyndale in here bro

 

[TBrown]

If Velus Jones can catch a punt he will be worth it Amirite @TBrown?

Unfortunately only a KR

 

[Power T-Rev]

Egg bowl gonna be entertaining the next several years

 

[Florida Stanley]

Not even worth the time.

Can’t find anything to back it up, eh?

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

 

[Vercingetorix]

There is nothing that suggests Kiffin is a better coach than Leach up to this date.

Conference-USA or not, walking into a team that had gone 3-9 three straight times and immediately winning 11 games and the conference is more impressive than anything Leach has done as a head coach.

 

[Florida Stanley]

Conference-USA or not, walking into a team that had gone 3-9 three straight times and immediately winning 11 games and the conference is more impressive than anything Leach has done as a head coach.

lol he won 11 games at WSU, which was the first time in program history and finished top 10

 

[zjcvols]

lol he won 11 games at WSU, which was the first time in program history and finished top 10

Mike Leach has won double digit games 2 times in 18 years. He’s a perfectly average football coach, and that’s perfectly fine, but I’d take Kiffin over him right now to run my program 10/10 times

 

[The Sheriff]

It's Mississippi State. For the job that it is it's a pretty good hire IMO. Leach has pretty exhaustively proven that he can put up points no matter how shltty his talent is. He's never been able to get over the hump and actually win anything, but it's not like Miss State will be competing for championships no matter whom they hire. If he can convince Shoop to stay or bring in some other DC then he should be able to win some games and do all right for awhile. Which is all they're shooting for.

Leach bringing no punts or FGs football to the SEC. What a time to be alive!

 

[Florida Stanley]

There is not a lot of separation between ML and LK, there just isn’t. Put Mike in the Conference USA and see what happens. They are in the same tier.

 

[TBrown]

There is not a lot of separation between ML and LK, there just isn’t. Put Mike in the Conference USA and see what happens. They are in the same tier.

I disagree... but suppose I was remotely close to being of the same opinion...

You would then have to weigh the fact that one is 44, recruits like hell and fits his university and fan base like a glove while the other is 58, couldn’t be more of a cultural disconnect and is generally an all around pariah

 

[Vercingetorix]

lol he won 11 games at WSU, which was the first time in program history and finished top 10

I will grant that that's reasonably impressive, but he still didn't couldn't win the division despite the Pac 12 sucking out loud that year. In fact he's never won a division in 20 years of head coaching.

My take on Leach is that he's a guy who could have had a spectacular career as a superstar OC but just doesn't really have the skill set to be a great head coach. (Although admittedly he's making a lot more money.) He's prickly, he's a weirdo, he doesn't put much effort into recruiting, etc. And while he can take the offense anywhere, the weirdo stuff is going to play worse rather than better on a bigger stage, which any SEC job would be. I don't know exactly what success looks like for either Ole Miss or Miss State but I think Kiffin's more likely to achieve it.

 

[Florida Stanley]

I disagree... but suppose I was remotely close to being of the same opinion...

You would then have to weigh the fact that one is 44, recruits like hell and fits his university and fan base like a glove while the other is 58, couldn’t be more of a cultural disconnect and is generally an all around pariah

Cultural disconnect is a good way to put it for sure lol