re: What would make you think, you had a really good coach?

We won 6 conference games last year, we won 5 this year, so no, WE haven't.

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What would make you think, you had a really good coach?

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Hiring an offensive coordinator that can put together a game plan that scores more than zero points twice in two games against Alabama.

So losing to Troy is better than losing to an SEC opponent? We are better, better QB, better Kicker, and when healthy, better lines.

If our team executed near 100%, were almost never out of position and capitalized on every down. By Squeezing everything out of the talent we have and have better talent replacing them. By creating a culture that is never out of any game because we can score at any moment and a killer instinct that will put away a team that has been beat.

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I believe a good coach wins 100% of the games he should win

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No coach, not even the best of all time, do this.

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We are in a major bowl this year, we were not last year

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You're right about us going to a better bowl game this year than last year, but when a 9-3 team that finished third in their division, goes to a NY6 bowl game, that just shows how watered down college football has become.

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so, yes, WE have

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2017 conference record: 6-2
2018 conference record: 5-3

No WE haven't.

For me, there are two pillars of good coaching:

1. Good fundamental football.
2. Players don't beat themselves.

What I mean by good fundamental football is probably obvious: tackling form, blocking form, good conditioning, intensity and enthusiasm, mental toughness. Basically most things you can control on the football field that don't have to do with base athleticism and the scheme.

So essentially, regardless of how well you recruited, and whether you just surprised the crap out of the other coach and team with your playcalling, you play football well.

What I mean by players not beating themselves is also pretty obvious. Players have learned what to do, how to do it and when. As a result, when bad things happen in the game, it does not snowball, and when good things happen, they keep happening and opportunities are not squandered.

I left out recruiting, but everyone knows that recruiting is super important in college football, but it isn't football coaching.

But if you have both of these qualities in your team, then you win games you aren't supposed to.

In the first half of the season we looked like a team that had these two things. In the second half, not as much.

So I would say I can't really say for sure yet.

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Other than winning every game, I believe a good coach wins 100% of the games he should win and occasionally wins some games he is not suppose to win. I hate losing games where we out play our opponent but lose

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1- Not losing to Troy.
2- Not losing to Miss St by 30
3- Going for it on the 1 yard line with 2 mins left in the bowl game against ND
4- Scoring a point when playing Bama

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Winning all games when favored

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bad metric.

If you coach a bad team, that might only be 2 or 3 games per year.

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Are people on the rant actually defending this dumass coaching decision?! Wow this board has truly lost it

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You dumb, baw. I was joking. Kirby's fake punt was maybe the worst decision in conference history.