SEC coaches ranked 1-14

#26
#26
salutethehill said:
Saban
Orgeron
Fisher
Smart
Mullen
Leach
Malzhan
Pruitt
Stoops
Kiffin
Muschamp
12-14?

I hate putting Kiffin at 10. He's a heck of a coach. He could rise quickly, but it's gonna be tough in the West... at Ole Miss.
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Kiffin will be great until NCCA caches up to him , Larry Tunstil mean anything?
 
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#28
Would not trade Pruitt for anyone on that board at this point (taking Saban’s age into consideration)
 
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#30
Can being a good coach and not a "winning" one be mutually exclusive ?! Take any of those coaches and put them on another team. What would the results be ?! I think an argument could be made that Kiffin is a better coach than Orgeron but he obviously hasn't had the results Coach O has had. There are a lot of intangibles that could be taken into consideration into what makes a "good coach".
 
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BornonRockyTop said:
I mean, Pruitt should, at the very least, be ahead of Muschamp...
SEC football coaches ranked: 2020 edition -
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If last seasons team had been prepared to play the first two games last year CJP would likely be ranked in the top half of the conference. If this seasons olays out the way it should, he will be in that position this time next year.


Having Smart and Orgeron ahead Mullen is the biggest fallacy of this fellows rankings.
 
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UTwild82 said:
Based on solely on the field results, I have no issue with it. Win and he'll go up.
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You'd put the flaming failures that are Kiffin and Muschamp above Pruitt based on on-field results? And then Stoops, that's not beat Pruitt?

Ok.
 
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It is tempting to get defensive on things like this... but the writer is no more qualified to make this list than any of us. It is purely subjective.

I like Stoops. I think he's done about as well as anyone UK can reasonably hire can. But Pruitt has outrecruited him from his first day on the job. If that's part of the job (and it is a huge part) then you can't justify that ranking.
 
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After LSU’s amazing season last year, how in the world do you place Kirby in front of ED O? In the past, I thought EO was a terrific recruiter and average coach. He proved me wrong. I am assuming that the writer is putting WM ahead of Pruitt based on his entire coaching career and not what he as done lately? WM is a dead cock walking IMO. Don’t see any other problems with the list.
 
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The list should look like:
1. Saban - He's a proven champion..... until he loses his "Edge"

2-6 Fisher, Malzahn, Mullen, Orgeron, Smart (alphabetical order) They've shown they can coach at a championship level but they have more often shown they can make a boneheaded move that keeps them from the ring

7-9 Drinkwitz, Pittman, Pruitt (alphabetical order) They are like 3 year old race horses in January, they all look like they have the tools, strong pedigrees and give their fans enormous optimism but haven't proven anything yet.....good or bad

10-13 Kiffin, Leach, Muschamp, Stoops (alphabetical order) They are like the crazy blond from college, they have something about them that's really appealing, and there are going to be some really fun moments but in the end they will break your heart and your friends will make fun of you.

14 Mason - The only reason he's a head coach in the SEC is because it's at Vandy, and Andy can't get anything better.
 
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ButchPlz said:
You'd put the flaming failures that are Kiffin and Muschamp above Pruitt based on on-field results? And then Stoops, that's not beat Pruitt?

Ok.
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Kiffin is 62-34 as a CFB head coach. Muschamp is 54-46, including an 11 win season at Florida and a 9 win season at USCe. Him and Pruitt have split on the field. So, as I previously stated, I have no issue with this ranking based solely on the field results and winning will make him rise. Not saying I would rather have either than Pruitt.
 
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It all depends on how you want to grade people.

As an example, I don’t think much of Ed O as a coach. However, he’s doing a hell of a job as the CEO of LSU football.

Muschamp is the opposite. He’s a hell of a defensive coach and is a great strategist. But, he’s not meant to run a program and make on field decisions during games. But, if I had to pick someone off this list to put together a game plan (offensively or defensively), it would be him.
 
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#45
Reading this article is just a reminder of how nasty this league is. Outside of 4-5 of them I would call most of the " great coaches "

This league is where " great coaches " come to get paid and then fired.

Being great in this league will not cut it. It might buy you another year or 2 but only being great is not going to cut it.

My count is that 10 of the 14 coaches in the league have either head coached a National Championship or been a coordinator of National Championship team...... that is very sobering if you want to compete in this league.
 
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BornonRockyTop said:
I mean, Pruitt should, at the very least, be ahead of Muschamp...
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Looks like it was based on W-L for last 2 seasons.

Gus too high, Stoops too high (only for on-field coaching), Chump too high, Pittman will be a great coach, not so sure about Kiffin hype-average is what I expect. Leech will be interesting! Kirby kind of high considering he has blown most big games not named Florida. This is Jimbo's year to prove he's worth the investment.
 
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LTVol said:
Most underranked coach here is Jimbo, who won one NC and made one playoff appearance. That should put him ahead of Mullen who's done neither
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Are we talking best right now or lifetime achievement? If I'm picking one coach out of the SEC to run my program I might pick Mullen. I think Ed O was a one hit wonder. Saban doesn't have a lot of years left. Kirby can recruit but can't coach.

Jimbo's last 3 seasons have been 8-5, 9-4, 5-6.
 
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LTVol said:
Seriously, based on outcomes, jimbo>mullen. I put a coach who won NC over one eho never did
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If my wife landed a job as HC at Alabama she would likely win more games that Lane Kiffin or Mike Leach this year.


Is she a better coach?


To be more impressed by winning big enough in the ACC to get to the title game vs taking a Miss St program and being competitive foloowed by taking over a 4-7 UF program and going 10-3 ans 11-2 is to not look at the entire situation before evaluating abilities.
 
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