SEC coaches ranked 1-14

#76
#76
Boston Vol said:
Two years ago they won 10 games in a season for the first time in 40 years. He’s not a great coach, but saying he sucks is laughably stupid.
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In 7 seasons he is 44-44 and 20-36 in SEC
So roughly the same winning pct as Hal Mumme, Rich Brooks and Jerry Claiborne
 
#77
#77
Rickyvol77 said:
In 7 seasons he is 44-44 and 20-36 in SEC
So roughly the same winning pct as Hal Mumme, Rich Brooks and Jerry Claiborne
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He spent his first 3 years cleaning up the joke/disaster of a football program that was KY. He’s had winning seasons ever since.
 
#78
#78
ScottyP5 said:
Pruitt is better than Kirby, Pruitt is undefeated vs Malzahn
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I think Pruitt and Smart are extremely similar. Both are elite recruiters and defensive minds. What will separate them, imo, is which one will find the right OC and be willing to adapt the offense. If the list was based on potential I’d have both above Malzahn and Mullen, but that’s just my opinion.
 
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#79
#79
Atlanta917 said:
I think Pruitt and Smart are extremely similar. Both are elite recruiters and defensive minds. What will separate them, imo, is which one will find the right OC and be willing to adapt the offense. If the list was based on potential I’d have both above Malzahn and Mullen, but that’s just my opinion.
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What’s separated Pruitt and Smart so far is sheer recruiting. Pruitt has the superior coaching staff, especially at OC.

Last year we came out and punched them in the mouth twice, it was their 5* depth that won that game for them. Luckily, Pruitt seems to be narrowing that gap.
 
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#80
#80
knox-townVOL said:
He spent his first 3 years cleaning up the joke/disaster of a football program that was KY. He’s had winning seasons ever since.
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You do realize Pruitt walked into a bigger disaster having gone through Dooley, Butch, and the whole Schiano deal that was surrounding the program?

Not to mention Stoops best team was completely dominated by one of our worse teams.
 
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#81
#81
VolFreakJosh said:
You do realize Pruitt walked into a bigger disaster having gone through Dooley, Butch, and the whole Schiano deal that was surrounding the program?

Not to mention Stoops best team was completely dominated by one of our worse teams.
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What he said has nothing to do with any of those coaches, or Tennessee in general.

I agree that Butch left a bad roster, but the same can be said (and was) about what Dooley left him, and what Kiffin left Dooley. Personally, I also think that Pruitt somewhat lost that excuse when he lost to GS and BYU last year. Those losses had nothing to do with Butch, whether people want to admit that or not. I was impressed with Pruitt’s ability to turn the season around last year, and he grew on me a ton. But I am tired of hearing that god awful excuse of who left who with what. It’s redundant at this point.
 
#82
#82
3 coaches who have won NC’s are first (Saban, Fisher, Orgeron). Smart and Mullen are at best 4th.
 
#86
#86
VolFreakJosh said:
He’s yet to beat Pruitt?
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I know. He's still performed somewhat better overall. Somewhat better. He's at Kentucky, so the 2018 squad may have been the best he'll ever do. He's the first decent UK coach since the 1970s, so it's hard to know what he might do.

Pruitt is improved over 2018, and one win ahead of Butch at the end of year 2, but I want to see him do more then 6 of 7 regular season wins.
 
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#87
#87
TNfan#2 said:
I know. He's still performed somewhat better overall. Somewhat better. He's at Kentucky, so the 2018 squad may have been the best he'll ever do. He's the first decent UK coach since the 1970s, so it's hard to know what he might do.

Pruitt is improved over 2018, and one win ahead of Butch at the end of year 2, but I want to see him do more then 6 of 7 regular season wins.
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He has the same rough winning pct as several UK coaches. Do some research
 
#88
#88
Honestly don’t even have a problem with Pruitt’s ranking right now. How the hell is Mullen so high; ranked above multiple coaches that have played for or won national titles.
 
#89
#89
TNfan#2 said:
I know. He's still performed somewhat better overall. Somewhat better. He's at Kentucky, so the 2018 squad may have been the best he'll ever do. He's the first decent UK coach since the 1970s, so it's hard to know what he might do.

Pruitt is improved over 2018, and one win ahead of Butch at the end of year 2, but I want to see him do more then 6 of 7 regular season wins.
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Agree. I’m ready to see us hang with the teams that matter. I loved the improvement we saw last year, I believe many other Tennessee teams would’ve quit after having that start. But at the end of the day, running the table late in November/late season to acquire bowl eligibility is something both Dooley and Jones did.
 
#90
#90
DaddyChad said:
Honestly don’t even have a problem with Pruitt’s ranking right now. How the hell is Mullen so high; ranked above multiple coaches that have played for or won national titles.
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I don’t think he’s better than Malzahn, but Fisher’s last season at FSU is a big red flag. 10 years ago, no coach would ever get that contract after a 5-7 season. Just shows how insane these coaching contracts have gotten.
 
#91
#91
Saban, Fisher, Malzahn, Orgeron, Smart should all be higher than Mullen. All of those coaches have played for or won national titles.
 
#92
#92
DaddyChad said:
Saban, Fisher, Malzahn, Orgeron, Smart should all be higher than Mullen. All of those coaches have played for or won national titles.
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You could make that case and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with that. Mullen should be right after those guys.
 
#93
#93
Hell it’s arguable Smart doesn’t have the signature wins that some of those coaches do as well.
 
#95
#95
DaddyChad said:
Hell it’s arguable Smart doesn’t have the signature wins that some of those coaches do as well.
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That’s my stance as well, I personally believe ANY coach with a title deserves credit. And for the “his team was so talented it didn’t need coaching” type arguments to be put to rest. But Fisher seemed to be trending downward, and received the contract of a coach trending upward. Never understood that.
 
#96
#96
This writer knows that Fisher and Orgeron have won national championships right? How could you rank Mullen over Fisher and Malzahn (who had been to a championship and won his division). And Smart over Orgeron? The coach that just had probably the best team ever? That seems silly. Stoops ahead of Pruitt doesn't make sense since Pruitt has beat him both times. Good for Kentucky doesn't mean good overall. Muschamp just is a terrible coach.
 
#97
#97
rdk4121 said:
This writer knows that Fisher and Orgeron have won national championships right? How could you rank Mullen over Fisher and Malzahn (who had been to a championship and won his division). And Smart over Orgeron? The coach that just had probably the best team ever? That seems silly. Stoops ahead of Pruitt doesn't make sense since Pruitt has beat him both times. Good for Kentucky doesn't mean good overall. Muschamp just is a terrible coach.
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Muschamp is a hard one. I don’t think he’s great but he has more signature wins than Smart, including a win over a much more talented Georgia team in which he out coached Kirby at every turn.

Taking out the talent/recruiting of the equation which you can’t do but just looking at X’s and O’s Kirby is a very mediocre coach.
 
#98
#98
DaddyChad said:
Muschamp is a hard one. I don’t think he’s great but he has more signature wins than Smart, including a win over a much more talented Georgia team in which he out coached Kirby at every turn.

Taking out the talent/recruiting of the equation which you can’t do but just looking at X’s and O’s Kirby is a very mediocre coach.
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You have a point, but Muschamp also has won just 4 games in a season twice including last year. Smart took over when the sec east was at its worst, once Florida and us start competing consistently, their recruiting will take a hit. I think we'll see that happen starting this year.
 
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