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Nick Saban’s record at Michigan State prior to being hired at LSU
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:15 pm
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:15 pm
We all want the best head coach in the world at LSU. We actually had that for a brief minute. Did anyone know it when he was hired?
Saban took over at Michigan State in 1995 and posted the following records:
6–5–1
6–6
7–5
6–6
10–2
That’s a total of 35-24-1, which amounts to a .59 winning percentage.
I don’t think LSU should worry about hiring a top 5 current coach. Lets find a guy that is detail oriented, knowledgeable on one side of the ball and has at least a few years of success at a tough place to win, preferrably in a p5 conference.
Based on this criteria, here are a couple less obvious names
Mike Stoops
Kirk Ferentz
Mike Gundy
Who else is at a place that doesn’t have a ton of history, lacks a natural recruiting base, or lacks resources that is routinely over-delivering?
Saban took over at Michigan State in 1995 and posted the following records:
6–5–1
6–6
7–5
6–6
10–2
That’s a total of 35-24-1, which amounts to a .59 winning percentage.
I don’t think LSU should worry about hiring a top 5 current coach. Lets find a guy that is detail oriented, knowledgeable on one side of the ball and has at least a few years of success at a tough place to win, preferrably in a p5 conference.
Based on this criteria, here are a couple less obvious names
Mike Stoops
Kirk Ferentz
Mike Gundy
Who else is at a place that doesn’t have a ton of history, lacks a natural recruiting base, or lacks resources that is routinely over-delivering?
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Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:17 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Ferentz isn’t leaving his current job.
No thanks re Gundy.
Stoops is interesting.
No thanks re Gundy.
Stoops is interesting.
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:19 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:
Mike Stoops
Lol no. You mean Mark Stoops?
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Kirk Ferentz
66 years old
quote:
Mike Gundy
Dude is an idiot
Great names
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:19 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:
Kirk Ferentz
This dude is 66 and signed up for Medicare...
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:19 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:
Mike Stoops
Kirk Ferentz
Mike Gundy
Awful list but I do agree, hiring a coach is a crapshoot. There’s probably some coordinator out there who could win multiple titles here but we’ll never know it.
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:20 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Matt Campbell
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:20 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
I'm surprised no one is mentioning pj fleck or the defensive coordinator from Georgia
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:21 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:G. T. F. O.
Kirk Ferentz
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:21 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Kirk would never leave that job. It is the best fit for both him and Iowa
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:22 pm to The Boat
quote:I think he's talking about Mork Stoops. He's out of this world!!!!
Mike Stoops
Lol no. You mean Mark Stoops?
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:22 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
None of these are or will be candidates.
Mike Stoops has had 0 success at all as a HC
Ferentz is never leaving Iowa
Gundy is very average and is not a good recruiter and doesn't even like to recruit. Horrible list.
Mike Stoops has had 0 success at all as a HC
Ferentz is never leaving Iowa
Gundy is very average and is not a good recruiter and doesn't even like to recruit. Horrible list.
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:22 pm to UCONNLU
quote:
I'm surprised no one is mentioning pj fleck
That Bowling Green loss probably ended any chance he had
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:24 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:
I don’t think LSU should worry about hiring a top 5 current coach. Lets find a guy that is detail oriented, knowledgeable on one side of the ball and has at least a few years of success at a tough place to win, preferrably in a p5 conference.
LSU was coming off the worst decade in football program history then and had a rep of not paying well and not supporting the program with facilities and improvements. Things look bad today, but we are a million miles from that spot. We don’t have to hire a re-tread who has never truly excelled.
Saban was also already established as a phenomenal recruiter who had MSU getting players from outside their normal territory and beating out Michigan for guys. No one on your list is a phenomenal recruiter who has lifted their program as much as Saban moved the needle for MSU.
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:27 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Why not throw Terry Bowden in there?
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:27 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:FAU DC?
Based on this criteria, here are a couple less obvious names
Mike Stoops
If you mean Bob Stoops, Joe Mixon stops that from happening snd the cover up.
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:27 pm to DeafVallyBatnR
Mel Tucker
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:30 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
quote:
Mike Stoops
Kirk Ferentz
Mike Gundy
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:31 pm to skullhawk
We had the greatest coach of modern day football but he wanted to try NFL like his mentor Belechik, then he wanted to come back. Bertman tried to tell him not to go, anyway I don't know if he would still come back but HELL YEAH try and get him !
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:31 pm to misey94
Also look at what Michigan state was before saban and immediately after….
Posted on 10/10/21 at 1:34 pm to Words
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Matt Campbell
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