My List: 1.Les Miles 2.Tommy Tuberville 3.Urban Meyer 4.Mark Richt 5.Steve Spurrier 6.Nick Saban 7.Bobby Petrino 8.Houston Nutt 9.Phillip Fulmer 10.Sylvester Croom 11.Rich Brooks 12.Bobby Johnson I'm not a Tubberville fan to say the least, but I have to give him his props. Tygrr, our lists are eerily similiar. Just switch out Tubbs and Spurrier and we have nearly the same list. At one time I would have had Spurrier much higher, but he has lost what made him great.
It's hard to rank Spurrier, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Ten years of absolute dominance has to mean something.
My list is very similar to islstl's. I had Miles and Tuberville #'s 1 and 2. I had Fulmer higher than Nutt, out of sheer respect for his national championship.
my list ended up similar to the poll: YOUR RANKINGS 1. 1.Urban Meyer 2. 2.Steve Spurrier 3. 3.Les Miles 4. 4.Tommy Tuberville 5. 5.Nick Saban 6. 6.Mark Richt 7. 7.Phillip Fulmer 8. 8.Bobby Petrino 9. 9.Houston Nutt 10. 10.Bobby Johnson 11. 11.Sylvester Croom 12. 12.Rich Brooks * Rank 'Em: SEC Coaches o 1 Urban Meyer (5,811) 216,885 o 2 Steve Spurrier (4,156) 204,072 o 3 Mark Richt (2,938) 195,206 o 4 Les Miles (3,880) 191,811 o 5 Nick Saban (2,155) 177,521 o 6 Tommy Tuberville (1,366) 171,838 o 7 Phillip Fulmer (1,132) 152,251 o 8 Bobby Petrino (471) 108,076 o 9 Houston Nutt (146) 98,475 o 10 Sylvester Croom (256) 89,635 o 11 Rich Brooks (279) 82,512 o 12 Bobby Johnson (136) 62,917
mine 1. Mark Richt 2. 2.Les Miles 3. 3.Tommy Tuberville 4. 4.Nick Saban 5. 5.Urban Meyer 6. 6.Bobby Petrino 7. 7.Steve Spurrier 8. 8.Sylvester Croom 9. 9.Houston Nutt 10. 10.Rich Brooks 11. 11.Bobby Johnson 12. 12.Phillip Fulmer
To me, a lot of how much respect a coach gets depends on the school he's at. Does anyone think Spurrier's record for the last three years would be the same if he were still at Fla? I'd be willing to bet we wouldn't have this conversation about Miles, Saban, Meyer, if they were the HC at Miss St or Vandy. I heard a rumor that Saban had his agent put out that he wanted to come back into college, but only if it were at a certain few schools. You can bet, he wouldn't have bolted the Dolphins if Ole Miss would have came calling, not even for 7 mill a year. You gotta be able to coach, but you gotta have the facilites and recruiting base too. Can't make chicken salad out of, well you know.
I would definitely say that if anyone isn't getting enough respect, its Croom. He has brought State back from a long walk into the forest. With the small amount of talent that he had to work with, he is steady building. State will continue to be patient with him. He is a solid coach, and given an opportunity with better talent and recruiting pipeline, he would be doing better. I am not putting him up there in the top 3 or 4, but he doesn't belong in the bottom three.
Nothing against Croom, but he is getting more than enough respect for going 8-5 in 1 season. The media have gone out of thir way to talk him up. I think he's a decent coach, but still 17-30 winning just 36% of his games. If he can go 8-5 again or better, then I think the praise is well deserved. If that happens, I think Mr. Croom will be leaving Starkville for greener pastures.
1. Les Miles 2. Urban Meyer 3.Tommy Tuberville 4. Mark Richt 5. Steve Spurrier 6. Nick Saban 7. Bobby Petrino 8. Phillip Fulmer 9. Houston Nutt 10. Sylvester Croom 11. Rich Brooks 12. Bobby Johnson
