The Football Writers Association of America has named the six finalists for this years Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award. The finalists are Mack Brown, Pete Carroll, Karl Dorrell, George O’Leary, Joe Paterno, and Charlie Weis. We imagine that this list was compiled before USC humilated UCLA… or there was a requirement to include one African-American coach on the list in honor of Robinson (which is tough given the dearth of A-A head coaches).
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While I might be a bit biased (but not as much as the Ol’ Bawl Coach), you might think that I’d say CDub deserves the COY award. WRONG. I’d give it to ND’s former coach, O’Leary. To take a team that was 0-fer and get to 8 wins is quite impressive and he burnished that record on the field, not on paper…..CDub did well, but as he said himself, he’s not happy, as we finished 9-2. Have to like that attitude and apparently the players do to, which is most important. Despite an easy schedule, Shula did do a good job, given the injuries. I agree with the comments more or less on the others, EXCEPT for OBC. Remember, you can’t spell @SS without two Ss…..
Comment by domer95 — December 11, 2005 @ 12:51 pm
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Notre Dame lost to MSU by 3 points in OT. Ergo, the rest of the season, the improvement over last season, and all of the offensive records that were broken by a first-year coach with a team believed to have no talent are completely meaningless.
Dumbshit.
Comment by steedle — December 11, 2005 @ 12:31 am
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Look, I’m not saying Shula should win it, but shouldn’t he mentioned before Karl Dorrell? You know, the Karl Dorrell who got absolutely rolled by….ARIZONA? And pounded by his rival to the tune of 50 points?
Comment by Nate — December 10, 2005 @ 6:11 pm
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If there’s a token black nominee, why not Willingham? He doubled the win total at Washington, in just one year! Hell, they were only five or six plays from upsetting USC!
Comment by Jack — December 10, 2005 @ 5:30 pm
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Notre Dame beat Stanford in a miracle? I must have missed the Hail Mary at the end. Criminy.
Comment by Tim — December 10, 2005 @ 5:15 pm
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Urban will crush SOS next year.
Weis is overrated and fatter than Phil Fulmer. He lost to MICHIGAN STATE.
But Touchdown Jesus deserves that BCS bowl alright!
Comment by Kevin — December 10, 2005 @ 1:34 pm
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Weis didnt do anything impressive. He lost to Michigan State. He lost to USC. He beat Stanford in a miracle! The ONLY thing he has going for him is the name of his school. If he was the same coach at any other school and had the exact same record, he probably wouldnt even be in the top 10.
Comment by Jonathan S — December 10, 2005 @ 12:15 pm
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Alabama had a 5th “legit” team, South Carolina, who they waxed on the road, and a sixth if you count Southern Miss who is in a bowl game. Their schedule wasn’t “easy as shit”. Lastly, they won ONE game with no touchdowns, against Tennessee. The only school in the SEC that played a more difficult schedule is Florida, and that could be argued. They played every good team in the SEC except Georgia.
That being said, my vote is for O’Leary as well, with something being said for both Spurrier and Shula.
Comment by Lonnie — December 10, 2005 @ 12:11 pm
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Give it to George.
Paterno, Dorrell, Carroll, and Brown are all just mentioned because they took good chicken and made a good salad. (to paraphrase Bear Bryant’s axiom of recruiting). That’s a job well done, but it’s not as impressive as cooking up something unexpected.
Weis has certainly earned all the credit he’s getting, due in no small part to the astronomical improvement in the Notre Dame offense. It’s widespread enough of an increase to point back to the gameplanning and coaching, (not just some players getting better as they get older). To continue the cooking analogy, it’s like Weis found some canned chicked and some leftovers in the fridge that hadn’t spoiled yet, and whipped them up into a gourmet meal.
However, the improvement in UCF is truly outstanding, especially because it doesn’t seem to be built around one uber-player (like Daunte Culpepper, for instance). It’s also worth noting that O’Leary has just about every reason to retire or take a lower profile job and finish out his career. Heck, he’s got enough NFL experience to just be an “advisor” for the next ten years. But, he took the tough road, and he ought to be rewarded for doing a damn fine job with it. He had chicken necks and giblets, and made it into a pretty good sandwich.
Mmmm… Giblet O’Leary
Comment by Alces — December 10, 2005 @ 11:45 am
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“Still, the team was recognized to have a lot of talent on the sidelines.”
Actually, for the past few years everyone has been saying ND didn’t have any talent. Weis gets there and starts coaching, and all of a sudden ND is super talented. More points for Weis, IMO.
I want to be Paterno. I want to screw up my job and do nothing for a couple of years, and then finally decide to get my act together and be rewarded with “Employee of the Year” and a bonus. Must be nice.
Comment by IrishFan — December 10, 2005 @ 10:23 am