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Coaches whose firing hurt the program
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:33 am
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:33 am
I'd have to go with Jeff Tedford at Cal.
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:34 am to Tigerroar73
If you want to count the schools being extremely stupid in how they do it - Derek Dooley
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:35 am to Tigerroar73
Jim Leavitt at USF is a strong contender.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:37 am to Tigerroar73
Mullen at Florida.
1 bad season and they bailed right before they could start just buying him players.
1 bad season and they bailed right before they could start just buying him players.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:38 am to Tigerroar73
USC firing Lane Kiffin
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:43 am to Tigerroar73
Mack Brown at Texas caused a decade long wandering in the wilderness of mediocrity, but it was necessary. Tbh it should have happened a few years earlier...as in right after losing the CCG to Bama and not stepping down for the head coach in waiting, Will Muschamp. Of course we know Muschamp didn't exactly light the world on fire as HC at other programs, but who knows how he would have done at Texas?
While I think firing MB was ultimately the catalyst for the lost decade, dumb hiring decisions (Charlie Strong, Mensa Tom) played a much bigger role. I really hope all that is behind us now, at least Sark is trending in the right direction with steady improvement over his 3 seasons.
While I think firing MB was ultimately the catalyst for the lost decade, dumb hiring decisions (Charlie Strong, Mensa Tom) played a much bigger role. I really hope all that is behind us now, at least Sark is trending in the right direction with steady improvement over his 3 seasons.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:43 am to Tigerroar73
OM firing Cutcliffe.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:45 am to Tigerroar73
Gus Malzahn at Auburn. They haven't had a winning season since.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:49 am to Tigerroar73
Petrino at Arkansas.
Followed by smile, a drunk, a thief and I didn't know what to do.
Followed by smile, a drunk, a thief and I didn't know what to do.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:56 am to Tigerroar73
Frank solich - Nebraska
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:03 pm to Bamadog75
That's one of the most common answers, but it's actually one of the worst answers.
He had gone 7-7 in 2002 once he ran out of Osborne's players. He really just have been fired after 2002. Even the 9-3 season in 2003 was about as ugly as a 9-3 season can possibly get. They had a really easy schedule in the crappy Big 12 North Division and all 3 of their losses were by at least 17 points.
I also don't see what he did at Ohio that really qualifies him as a Power 5 coach, let alone a coach for a team as prestigious as Nebraska. He turned Ohio into a consistently above-average MAC team, but still never won the MAC. So what. His Ohio record was 115-82 overall and 77-46 in MAC games, which is hardly earth shattering. And apparently the coaching market didn't think he was a Power 5 coach, with how he never got a Power 5 offer after Nebraska.
He had gone 7-7 in 2002 once he ran out of Osborne's players. He really just have been fired after 2002. Even the 9-3 season in 2003 was about as ugly as a 9-3 season can possibly get. They had a really easy schedule in the crappy Big 12 North Division and all 3 of their losses were by at least 17 points.
I also don't see what he did at Ohio that really qualifies him as a Power 5 coach, let alone a coach for a team as prestigious as Nebraska. He turned Ohio into a consistently above-average MAC team, but still never won the MAC. So what. His Ohio record was 115-82 overall and 77-46 in MAC games, which is hardly earth shattering. And apparently the coaching market didn't think he was a Power 5 coach, with how he never got a Power 5 offer after Nebraska.
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:04 pm to Tigerroar73
Les Miles. LSU has been a laughing stock since.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:05 pm to SammyTiger
lol..That guy destroyed us. Trask just masked it in 2020.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:05 pm to Herman Frisco
Orgeron won a national championship.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:06 pm to Tigerroar73
The Jeff Jagodzinski situation at BC was the dumbest thing I've ever seen an AD do
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:10 pm to Bama Bird
Yeah, and what's most amazing about Jagodzinski is how he had a career decline like nothing else I've ever seen after BC fired him.
BC stupidly fired him after the 2008 season for interviewing for interviewing for an NFL head coach job that he didn't get. By 2012, Jagodzinski was wide receivers coach for an NAIA school called Ave Maria. By 2017, he was offensive coordinator for Notre Dame High School in Chatganooga, Tennessee. You can look at his Wikipedia article- I'm not joking.
BC stupidly fired him after the 2008 season for interviewing for interviewing for an NFL head coach job that he didn't get. By 2012, Jagodzinski was wide receivers coach for an NAIA school called Ave Maria. By 2017, he was offensive coordinator for Notre Dame High School in Chatganooga, Tennessee. You can look at his Wikipedia article- I'm not joking.
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:33 pm to Tigerroar73
Leach was fired at Texas Tech and Mangino was fired at Kansas the same year. Kansas at least seems to have found a good one in Leipold after all these years.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:34 pm to Tigerroar73
Mark Mangino at Kansas
Mike Leach at Texas Tech
Ralph Friedgen at Maryland
Mike Leach at Texas Tech
Ralph Friedgen at Maryland
Posted on 7/24/24 at 12:51 pm to Tigerroar73
Texas Tech firing Mike Leach because Craig James's kid is a pussy is high up on the list
Posted on 7/24/24 at 1:09 pm to Bamadog75
quote:
Frank solich - Nebraska
This. The program has never recovered since.
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