1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State (6)
2. Rich Rodriguez, Arizona (2)
3. Mike Leach, Washington State (1)
4. Gus Malzahn, Arkansas State
5. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
6. Paul Chryst, Pittsburgh
7. Larry Fedora, North Carolina
8. Tim Beckman, Illinois
9. Jim McElwain, Colorado State
10. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss
11. Terry Bowden, Akron
12. Norm Chow, Hawaii
13. Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State
14. Tony Levine, Houston
15. Jim Mora, UCLA
16. Ellis Johnson, Southern Miss
17. Charlie Weis, Kansas
18. Todd Graham, Arizona State
19. Garrick McGee, UAB
20. Carl Pelini, FAU
21. Curtis Johnson, Tulane
22. Kyle Flood, Rutgers
23. Bill O'Brien, Penn State
24. Justin Fuente, Memphis
25. Bob Davie, New Mexico
26. Matt Campbell, Toledo

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Ok. I can see the arguement for Urban Meyer. I can see the arguement for Mike Leach. But Rich Rodriquez over Malzahn. The sheer impact on recruiting and buzz around the program puts him over the top.

Urban Meyer is a proven winner. Mike Leach is a proven winner. Rodriquez a couple of good seasons in a weak Big East and fell flat on his face at Michigan. I won't even talk about the shady crap that has gone on at both places. Malzahn has produced top rated offenses and been an OC on a National Championship team. ASU got the much better hire, IMHO.

(02-11-2012 10:29 AM)InjunJohn Wrote:  Ok. I can see the arguement for Urban Meyer. I can see the arguement for Mike Leach. But Rich Rodriquez over Malzahn. The sheer impact on recruiting and buzz around the program puts him over the top.

Urban Meyer is a proven winner. Mike Leach is a proven winner. Rodriquez a couple of good seasons in a weak Big East and fell flat on his face at Michigan. I won't even talk about the shady crap that has gone on at both places. Malzahn has produced top rated offenses and been an OC on a National Championship team. ASU got the much better hire, IMHO.

Malzahn has not been a college head coach.

Rich Rod, while a tremendous flop at Michigan, had more than "a couple of good seasons" at West Virginia. In 7 seasons he had 6 winning seasons, won at least a share of four conference championships, won two BCS bowls and in his final three seasons went a combined 33-5.

I think the reason people are high on the hire is because the job at Arizona is much more similar to West Virginia. He's in a league where finesse offense will work(unlike the Big Ten) and he's in fertile recruiting grounds. I think he'll be much more successful at Arizona than he was at Michigan, maybe not quite as successful as he was at WVU, but he should do well there.

(02-10-2012 11:12 PM)ManzanoWolf Wrote:  4. Gus Malzahn, Arkansas State

24. Justin Fuente, Memphis

I remember one Memphis fan in particular saying that they had made the better hire...

(02-11-2012 10:46 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  

(02-11-2012 10:29 AM)InjunJohn Wrote:  Ok. I can see the arguement for Urban Meyer. I can see the arguement for Mike Leach. But Rich Rodriquez over Malzahn. The sheer impact on recruiting and buzz around the program puts him over the top.

Urban Meyer is a proven winner. Mike Leach is a proven winner. Rodriquez a couple of good seasons in a weak Big East and fell flat on his face at Michigan. I won't even talk about the shady crap that has gone on at both places. Malzahn has produced top rated offenses and been an OC on a National Championship team. ASU got the much better hire, IMHO.

Malzahn has not been a college head coach.

Rich Rod, while a tremendous flop at Michigan, had more than "a couple of good seasons" at West Virginia. In 7 seasons he had 6 winning seasons, won at least a share of four conference championships, won two BCS bowls and in his final three seasons went a combined 33-5.

I think the reason people are high on the hire is because the job at Arizona is much more similar to West Virginia. He's in a league where finesse offense will work(unlike the Big Ten) and he's in fertile recruiting grounds. I think he'll be much more successful at Arizona than he was at Michigan, maybe not quite as successful as he was at WVU, but he should do well there.

Oh I will give you that about Malzahn having not been a head coach. That is going to be the proof in the pudding. However he is a much better hire based upon what he has brought already just in buzz and recruitment. No one thought Chizik was a good hire at Auburn but he has brought a 30-10 record with 3 bowl wins and a National Championship and 3 top ten recruiting classes. Everyone in the SBC should worry if Malzahn continues to recruit like he did this past season and if he can translate that offense to the Redwolves while being a head coach.

Of course, I look for some "lost paperwork" and too many extra work outs under any Rodriquez team.

I think the really impressive thing here is who would have ever expected a Sun Belt program to have their coach hired away after one season, for his hiring away by the new school to be considered the 10th best hire(out of 25) and for the guy the Sun Belt school replaced him with to be considered an even better hire?

For any school to have their coach hired away and then to replace him with a guy that is generally considered to be a better hire is impressive(though it happen twice on this list with Pittsburgh replacing Graham with Chryst) but for a school in the Sun Belt to do it is just ridiculous.

Justin Fuente might be down on t hat list but will be a better Coach than most on that list....Time will tell, who has IT and who doesn't Have It....Justin Fuente has IT, and will win big time At MEmphis and now in the NBE, and locking down West Tennessee and we will now OWN it.....Even over to the NE Arkansas Area and OWNing it as well....And Down the Delta as far as Greenville and Owning it.....Justin Fuente is gonna show why he was highly Ranked and considered at TCU and Do his thing now here at MEmphis.....Drink up and Find out why Our Memphis Tigers aren't gonna be looking back now.....We are like the Jeffersons Moving on up.....to the NBE in the sky....The World Is Ours Memphis....

(02-11-2012 11:20 AM)tigerscane Wrote:  Justin Fuente has IT, and will win big time At MEmphis and now in the NBE, and locking down West Tennessee and we will now OWN it.....Even over to the NE Arkansas Area and OWNing it as well....And Down the Delta as far as Greenville and Owning it....

Let's revisit this in 3 years.

Lets do it back to this in 3 years and watch and admire the Greastness that Justin Fuente and our tiger Staff will have Achieved in such a short Time frame.....We will now OWN West Tennessee, and Over and Own NE Arkansas and Down the Delta to Greenville Ms....And East all the way up to Chattanooga Tn....Making it All Tiger Country....Justin Fuente is gonna WIN BIG TIME here at Memphis....Like i said we are the Jeffersons now Moving on Up...To the NBE in the Sky....The World Is Ours Memphis...

(02-11-2012 11:37 AM)tigerscane Wrote:  Lets do it back to this in 3 years and watch and admire the Greastness that Justin Fuente and our tiger Staff will have Achieved in such a short Time frame.....We will now OWN West Tennessee, and Over and Own NE Arkansas and Down the Delta to Greenville Ms....And East all the way up to Chattanooga Tn....Making it All Tiger Country....Justin Fuente is gonna WIN BIG TIME here at Memphis....Like i said we are the Jeffersons now Moving on Up...To the NBE in the Sky....The World Is Ours Memphis...

If in three years Fuente has won 15 games, I'll throw you a party.

Justin Fuente and My Memphis Tigers, are gonna Stomp and Roar all over UT-Martin, Then gonna show Gus where the Bus is,after we hand a Lose to ASU, then Take you MTSU to the Woodshed, and Then take care of Duke and start out 4-0 heading into C-USA conference play....Just remember, We are Now the Big Boys, and gonna act like it....Like the Jeffersons Moved on up. to the NBE in the Sky.....The Tide Has Turned....The World Is Ours Memphis...And Memphis Future Is Now....

(02-12-2012 12:36 AM)tigerscane Wrote:  Justin Fuente and My Memphis Tigers, are gonna Stomp and Roar all over UT-Martin, Then gonna show Gus where the Bus is,after we hand a Lose to ASU, then Take you MTSU to the Woodshed, and Then take care of Duke and start out 4-0 heading into C-USA conference play....Just remember, We are Now the Big Boys, and gonna act like it....Like the Jeffersons Moved on up. to the NBE in the Sky.....The Tide Has Turned....The World Is Ours Memphis...And Memphis Future Is Now....

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Is there anything more meaningless then a list ranking new coaching hires before we've even held a spring practice? Especially, when some of these guys have never been a college head coach before. I THINK Pelini will be successful (Malzahn too), but who knows?

(02-12-2012 07:53 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  Is there anything more meaningless then a list ranking new coaching hires before we've even held a spring practice? Especially, when some of these guys have never been a college head coach before. I THINK Pelini will be successful (Malzahn too), but who knows?

I disagree perception, especially by the national media, is everything in athletics.

As many in the national media have stated, ASU made itself relevant in football by hiring Malzahn. Tangible results of the power of this perception were the #1 class in this past recruiting season.

(02-12-2012 09:23 AM)Seminole Indian Wrote:  

(02-12-2012 07:53 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  Is there anything more meaningless then a list ranking new coaching hires before we've even held a spring practice? Especially, when some of these guys have never been a college head coach before. I THINK Pelini will be successful (Malzahn too), but who knows?

I disagree perception, especially by the national media, is everything in athletics.

As many in the national media have stated, ASU made itself relevant in football by hiring Malzahn. Tangible results of the power of this perception were the #1 class in this past recruiting season.

Agree . . the perception of the SBC is changing for the better . . these two nationally ranked SBC football coaches are very important to the SBC as we move up the food chain.

Go stAte . . Go FAU . . Go SBC !!

Positive perception is great, but once games start it means nothing. I'm just saying that the idea that people can accurately compile a list ranking the best hires is silly before any of these guys have coached a game. Sure, it makes for something to talk about during the offseason, but ultimately, it's meaningless.

(02-12-2012 07:53 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  Is there anything more meaningless then a list ranking new coaching hires before we've even held a spring practice?

Talking about it on a message board...

(02-12-2012 11:52 AM)RaiderATO Wrote:  

(02-12-2012 07:53 AM)fauowls561 Wrote:  Is there anything more meaningless then a list ranking new coaching hires before we've even held a spring practice?

Talking about it on a message board...

Good point.

(02-10-2012 11:12 PM)ManzanoWolf Wrote:  1. Urban Meyer, Ohio State (6)
2. Rich Rodriguez, Arizona (2)
3. Mike Leach, Washington State (1)
4. Gus Malzahn, Arkansas State
5. Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M
6. Paul Chryst, Pittsburgh
7. Larry Fedora, North Carolina
8. Tim Beckman, Illinois
9. Jim McElwain, Colorado State
10. Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss
11. Terry Bowden, Akron
12. Norm Chow, Hawaii
13. Tim DeRuyter, Fresno State
14. Tony Levine, Houston
15. Jim Mora, UCLA
16. Ellis Johnson, Southern Miss
17. Charlie Weis, Kansas
18. Todd Graham, Arizona State
19. Garrick McGee, UAB
20. Carl Pelini, FAU
21. Curtis Johnson, Tulane
22. Kyle Flood, Rutgers
23. Bill O'Brien, Penn State
24. Justin Fuente, Memphis
25. Bob Davie, New Mexico
26. Matt Campbell, Toledo

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Awesome. Stay the course.