Urban Meyer

[TigerVols]

...has not been in my kitchen.

But he has won two NCs at two schools.

It's his situation at the first school that prompts me to post. What does SJ world think -- was his reason for leaving Florida (in the lurch, I might add, with a smile) the real reason? Did the sports media give him a pass?

 

[Guy_Incognito]

...has not been in my kitchen.

But he has one two NCs at two schools.

It's his situation at the first school that prompts me to post. What does SJ world think -- was his reason for leaving Florida (in the lurch, I might add, with a smile) the real reason? Did the sports media give him a pass?

Think he can win three or for?

 

[TigerVols]

Well played. #PostingBeforeCoffee

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I think he wanted to get as far away from the Florida AD as possible. It almost seemed like he was blackmailed to come back, then had to use health situations to finally get away. People have made the same joke about Billy Donovan when he changed his mind about coaching the Magic.

The Florida athletic program has been called "The Firm" for almost two decades. You can only leave if they let you leave.

 

[zagoshe]

I don't know why he left but I do know this - if I was a president of a top program, had unlimited resources and every coach on the planet available I'd pay whatever it took to hire him because he is the best in the business, bar none. And I'm starting to think there isn't a close second.

 

[playthrough]

I don't know but I wish I could rewind my bank account 10 years and get on every game where his teams have been underdogs. Unreal.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I don't know why he left but I do know this - if I was a president of a top program, had unlimited resources and every coach on the planet available I'd pay whatever it took to hire him because he is the best in the business, bar none. And I'm starting to think there isn't a close second.

So Saban no longer exists? He won titles at two schools as well.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

I think where the dip is, is after Saban and Meyer. Whoever the third best coach in college football is, he's a very, very, very distant third.

 

[zagoshe]

Saban is very good - he has lost his fastball some though and his teams don't play with the edge Meyer's teams do. Urban Meyer went undefeated at Utah - if that year had been the era of the college football playoff he may have won a national title at his third school last night.

I think Urban is 1, Saban 2 and I'm not sure there is a 3 that is even worth mentioning in that conversation. I know, I know, Les Miles and Jimbo Fisher have won National titles too..... Not sure anyone really believes either of those two are in this conversation. Maybe Gus Malzhan in a few years if he wins a few titles.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

Where would Chip Kelly be if he were still in college? Honestly asking, I don't follow college FB and don't know enough.

 

[trifectarich]

I'd like to see how good these guys are at a mediocre program that doesn't get two dozen blue-chippers every year.

 

[Guy_Incognito]

I'd like to see how good these guys are at a mediocre program that doesn't get two dozen blue-chippers every year.

Like Utah?

 

[Boom_70]

Where would Chip Kelly be if he were still in college? Honestly asking, I don't follow college FB and don't know enough.

He would be 3/4. If Pete Carroll were still in college I would make him 2 and Saban 3. I also think you could make a
case for Chris Peterson being in top 5.

 

[rtse11]

Well, Saban turned a Toledo team that was 26-28-1 in its previous 5 years into 9-2 in one year, and Meyer turned a Bowling Green team that had gone 5 straight years with losing records, including 2-9 the year before he got there, and went 8-3 and 9-3.

 

[RecoveringJournalist]

Who is your top 5? Harbaugh shouldn't count yet, for obvious reasons...

 

[zagoshe]

And let's do the opposite of going to Meyer and Saban's last spots ---

How many guys have coached at Alabama from Bear Bryant to now that did what Saban has?

And Tressell did have high level success at Ohio State as well but what about the guys before him since Woody Hayes?

I look at places like Tennessee, Auburn, Texas, The U -- schools with lots of resources, lots of money and lots of ability to go get whoever they want and I say "if it were that easy, why aren't those programs at the top every year, too?"

 

[Songbird]

Like Utah?

Or Bowling Green.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Like Boise State?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Dantonio, Shaw, Briles, Kelly, and Gundy have to be up there somewhere, as well, right? And is Stoops now this far off the radar?

 

[Guy_Incognito]

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Who is your top 5? Harbaugh shouldn't count yet, for obvious reasons...

Or include him Carrol and Kelly and ask if you could have anyone, who would you want?