Bronco Mendenhall and Chris Peterson

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#52
Originally Posted by GmanTN
I am not saying Peterson is my #1 choice but his body of work the past 6 yrs looks better then alot of the other names people are throwing around.

Like who?

Kelly, Patterson, Mendenhall, and the dumbest one is Lane Kiffin, If it wasn't for Monte Kiffin this guy would not even be in football. Big deal he caem from USC to the Raiders he has not proven anything. Mike Leach tried the SEC with KY, they led the league in offense but lost alot of games. Leach now coaches in the pass happy Big 12 (WAC) conference where no team is in the top 30 in defense. Which brings me to Muschamp, excuse me but Chavis is a better defensive coach then this guy and has proved it with national rankings in defense for years. This forum to me is filled with bandwagon coach fans because I bet last year no one had these guys on their list for a possible HC at UT.
 
#53
#53
GmanTN said:
Originally Posted by GmanTN
I am not saying Peterson is my #1 choice but his body of work the past 6 yrs looks better then alot of the other names people are throwing around.

Like who?

Kelly, Patterson, Mendenhall, and the dumbest one is Lane Kiffin, If it wasn't for Monte Kiffin this guy would not even be in football. Big deal he caem from USC to the Raiders he has not proven anything. Mike Leach tried the SEC with KY, they led the league in offense but lost alot of games. Leach now coaches in the pass happy Big 12 (WAC) conference where no team is in the top 30 in defense. Which brings me to Muschamp, excuse me but Chavis is a better defensive coach then this guy and has proved it with national rankings in defense for years. This forum to me is filled with bandwagon coach fans because I bet last year no one had these guys on their list for a possible HC at UT.
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Mike Leach was the offensive coordinator at UK, not the head coach. His job was to make a good offense. Mission accomplished. Bronco Mendenhall has defeated some decent BCS teams during his time at BYU. He inherited a program that had been losing for years. Now they're looking at three straight 11 win seasons. Brian Kelly has improved every team he's been a part of. Muschamp is not a serious candidate.

Petersen has beaten one decent BCS team and was miraculously lucky in doing so. What happened when Petersen brought his offense to the SEC? It was destroyed.
 
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kptvol said:
Mike Leach was the offensive coordinator at UK, not the head coach. His job was to make a good offense. Mission accomplished. Bronco Mendenhall has defeated some decent BCS teams during his time at BYU. He inherited a program that had been losing for years. Now they're looking at three straight 11 win seasons. Brian Kelly has improved every team he's been a part of. Muschamp is not a serious candidate.

Petersen has beaten one decent BCS team and was miraculously lucky in doing so. What happened when Petersen brought his offense to the SEC? It was destroyed.
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This forum to me is filled with bandwagon coach fans because I bet last year no one had these guys on their list for a possible HC at UT.

Brian Kelly (born October 25, 1961(1961-10-25) in Everett, Massachusetts) is the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. He was named Cincinnati's head coach on December 3, 2006. Prior to Cincinnati he was the head coach at Central Michigan University, where he had a 19-16 record over 3 seasons and at Grand Valley State University where he had a record of 118-35-2 in 13 seasons, including 103-22-2 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. He led the Grand Valley State Lakers to the Division II national championships in 2002 and 2003. Coach Kelly has a wife (Paqui) and 3 children (Patrick, Grace, and Kenzel).

In 1990, Bronco Mendenhall served as a graduate assistant coach at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. From 1991 to 1993, he served as the defensive coordinator for Snow College, a junior college in Ephraim, Utah. From 1993 to 1994, he served as the defensive coordinator for Northern Arizona University. From 1995 to 1996, he served as the defensive coordinator for Oregon State. In 1997, he served as the Secondary Coach at Louisiana Tech. From 1998 to 2002, he served as the defensive coordinator for the University of New Mexico, where he and head coach Rocky Long developed a blitz-happy 3-3-5 defensive scheme that produced NFL first round draft pick Brian Urlacher, who played in New Mexico's "Loboback" position, a cross between a linebacker and safety. Of Urlacher, Mendenhall said, "He had the most passion and non-stop motor of any player I've watched or coached. For him to come from a small place with only one real scholarship offer, to what he is now, is really a testament of hard work and dedication, and he deserves everything."

At the end of the 2007 season, Leach was 65–37 with the Red Raiders, including 6–2 against the Texas A&M Aggies and 1–7 against the Texas Longhorns.[5] With a 5–3 record, he is the all-time winningest coach in postseason play in Tech football history. Leach is one of only sixteen active college football coaches who have never had a losing season. Of those, he is among nine who have been a head coach for at least five seasons.[6]

In August 2006, Leach signed a five-year contract with Texas Tech that will pay him at least $10 million if he stays in place through 2010. Leach's guaranteed compensation will be $1.6 million in 2006, $1.65 million in 2007, $1.75 million in 2008, $1.85 million in 2009 and $2.15 million in 2010.[
 
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GmanTN said:
Kelly, Patterson, Mendenhall, and the dumbest one is Lane Kiffin, If it wasn't for Monte Kiffin this guy would not even be in football. Big deal he caem from USC to the Raiders he has not proven anything. Mike Leach tried the SEC with KY, they led the league in offense but lost alot of games. Leach now coaches in the pass happy Big 12 (WAC) conference where no team is in the top 30 in defense. Which brings me to Muschamp, excuse me but Chavis is a better defensive coach then this guy and has proved it with national rankings in defense for years. This forum to me is filled with bandwagon coach fans because I bet last year no one had these guys on their list for a possible HC at UT.
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Go back to last spring (2007) and you will see a few of us hyping Brian Kelly...
 
#56
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GmanTN said:
This forum to me is filled with bandwagon coach fans because I bet last year no one had these guys on their list for a possible HC at UT.
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Remove the hook and ladder and no one is listing Chris Petersen.
 
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volger said:
Is this what its come to? God please give us a coach now so we dont have to listen to more, is he a scientoligist, is he a mormon, does he cuss his mama. :banghead2::banghead2::banghead2::banghead2:
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i agree, but its gonna get waaaayyy worse. i didnt read any further after this post.
 
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#58
Like I said earlier, learn from other team's mistakes. Boise State coaches don't translate.

Houston Nutt always got really lucky at Arkansas but he was mediocre and inherited a really good recruiting class at Ole Miss but he still won't do anything with that team.

Dirk Koetter was terrible at Arizona State.

I don't want an experiment that turns out to be mediocrity at Tennessee.
 
#61
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I just spent some time browsing the rivals site as it related to the recruiting of Chris Peterson. My only question now is, are you serious? He would get run out of the SEC so quick his head would spin.
 
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therickbol said:
I just spent some time browsing the rivals site as it related to the recruiting of Chris Peterson. My only question now is, are you serious? He would get run out of the SEC so quick his head would spin.
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You're dead on. Great coaches are determined by the message boards. Thus it has always been, and thus it shall always be.
 
#63
#63
who cares about people on the message boards? as long as he's a great coach (which he is) i'm all for him. but i'm still personally pulling for bronco mendenhall. i think he would fit great at UT.
 
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#64
Petersen is not a Scientologist. This came from an opponent message board couple years ago. It is my understanding that Petersen, Mendenhall, and Leach are Mormons.

Mendenhall's team beat the crap out of UCLA (57-0), who beat UT. Petersen has only lost 3 games in 3 years. He has beaten Oklahoma in a BCS bowl and a high rated Oregon team.

Tennessee should definitely look at both these guys, who are far better prospects than Muschamp. Petersen is exceptional at developing talent. He has put several guys in the NFL, including Ryan Clady.
 
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orangeblood said:
Petersen is not a Scientologist. This came from an opponent message board couple years ago. It is my understanding that Petersen, Mendenhall, and Leach are Mormons.

Mendenhall's team beat the crap out of UCLA (57-0), who beat UT. Petersen has only lost 3 games in 3 years. He has beaten Oklahoma in a BCS bowl and a high rated Oregon team.

Tennessee should definitely look at both these guys, who are far better prospects than Muschamp. Petersen is exceptional at developing talent. He has put several guys in the NFL, including Ryan Clady.
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Finally, someone gets me.
 
#66
#66
Gets what? That you like the mormons? If we settle for one of those guys, we blew it big time, and UT will remain awful.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Gets what? That you like the mormons? If we settle for one of those guys, we blew it big time, and UT will remain awful.
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When i said "get me" i meant that we both agree that Mendenhall and Petersen are great coaches and would make a great coach at UT. My comment had nothing to do with mormons.
 
#69
#69
Mendenhall may be all right, but I doubt he is leaving so I haven't really tried to find out much about him. Petersen will be just like Petrino. Not special in the SEC.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Mendenhall may be all right, but I doubt he is leaving so I haven't really tried to find out much about him. Petersen will be just like Petrino. Not special in the SEC.
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I personally think that Petersen is more like Urban Meyer than Petrino. I'm not necessarily guaranteeing that Mendenhall will leave but i think he has a pretty good shot at the Washington job.
 
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jmva1 said:
I personally think that Petersen is more like Urban Meyer than Petrino. I'm not necessarily guaranteeing that Mendenhall will leave but i think he has a pretty good shot at the Washington job.
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Meyer is won of the five best coaches in college football. Petersen, not so much. Meyer went from 5-6 to 12-0. Petersen went from 11-1 to 12-0. Huge difference.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Meyer is won of the five best coaches in college football. Petersen, not so much. Meyer went from 5-6 to 12-0. Petersen went from 11-1 to 12-0. Huge difference.
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When Petersen came to Boise State as an OC they went from 8-4 to 12-1. Coincidence?
 
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jmva1 said:
When Petersen came to Boise State as an OC they went from 8-4 to 12-1. Coincidence?
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Petersen has recruited No Cal. He is a good developer of QBs. He worked with Dinwidde and Zabransky.

I expect he will become the head coach of the University of Washington. He would be a steal for anyone as he makes about $900,000 per and has a 91% winning percentage. I think Leach would be our best hire, simply because of the exciting offense and revenues and marketing would sky rocket with the whole pirate thing. But I would not be disappointed with either Petersen or Mendenhall. The search team may favor coaches that have been associated with big programs. The best info I have heard indicates Butch Davis is taking the job. I imagine the search team is afraid of coaches from smaller programs.
 
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