Best coaching hires of all time. (LSU)

Skip took a while to get going, but he has the most dominant dynasty.
Saban got there fairly quickly, from low on the SEC totem pole.
Mulkey doesn't even have her players here yet, and is in the natty (for the first time in LSU bball history) in year 2.

That's a pretty powerful 1, 2, 3.

Throw in some lsu track and field... and it makes you wonder what's in the water at lsu.
Lots of winning.

Let's see what JJ can do. He might not be too far from joining this list.

It could be argued that Mulkey is the number 1 hiring coup in LSU history. Skip and Nick didn't yet have the skins on the wall. Luring Mulkey from Baylor was like pulling Belichick from New England

I agree and I think overall she’ll win more ships. BUT Skip brought and carried LSU out of the ashes as a sports university. Saban taught LSU money wins and how to get it and where to spend it. But I agree. Mulkey more than likely will move up that list.

Skip got to Omaha in year 3

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BUT Skip brought and carried LSU out of the ashes as a sports university.

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As A.D., Skip let Saban and Pat Henry leave LSU without making any effort to keep them. Those two coaches later ended up at rival SEC schools, winning a lot of national championships that should have been LSU's.

Further, Saban beat LSU for the natty in 2011, so he actually directly prevented LSU from winning one. That negates the natty that he did win at LSU in '03...net gain of zero trophies.

That's a helluva stretch.....

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As A.D., Skip let Saban and Pat Henry leave LSU without making any effort to keep them. Those two coaches later ended up at rival SEC schools, winning a lot of national championships that should have been LSU's.

Further, Saban beat LSU for the natty in 2011, so he actually directly prevented LSU from winning one. That negates the natty that he did win at LSU in '03...net gain of zero trophies.

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So much wrong with all of this.

Wade

It’s not that skip let him leave- it’s that he let Mal Moore bring him to Bama instead of letting Les go and bringing him here

Strategic failure that will go down in sports history as the worst decision EVER

1. Pat Henry
2. Skip Bertman
3. Saban
4. TBD

This is undeniable if we are talking all sports. Henry dominated like no other winning 10 outdoor title ls and 7 indoor over an 10 year period. That’s Woodenesq.