MAYOR KYLE ON COACHING MISMATCHES
Kyle King continues to pull the figure four move with ease on a daily basis. This time it’s a rundown of coaching mismatches through the years, a list chocked with likely suspects (we see you Rich Brooks, quaffing tapioca in the corner) but also with some surprises mixed in (like Pop Warner at Temple, for example.)
Let’s just go ahead and nominate anywhere that Butch Davis goes next. Few and far between are the survivors of NFL debacles–Holtz did it, and Spurrier may–but most go dribbling back to the collegiate ranks as weaker men. And can we pre-emptively take the Wannstache for wherever he goes next?

Wannstache-alicious: a flavor that tastes like burning, we think.









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tzubear says:
He supposedly has a done a very good job recruiting. This is good since his halftime response to his kids during the WV game was “you gotta be faster!” At the time I thought this was such an interesting bit of coaching I let out an audible WTF?!
May 16th, 2006 at 5:00 pm
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g8rslm says:
Florida’s hire of [Name Redacted] is my nomination for the WTF list. Demoted by SOS, mediocre in the NFL, no head coaching experience, unable to speak in complete sentences, how could this go wrong?
May 16th, 2006 at 5:07 pm
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Doug says:
At the time Les Miles got hired by LSU, I thought that was a very unusual move on their part — Miles just always seemed to have this kind of laid-back, happy-go-lucky attitude that didn’t seem like it would mesh well with the mentality of the average LSU fan, who is clinically insane. But he seems to be doing well at the moment.
May 16th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
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Ben says:
Bonus points for the Ralph Wiggum reference.
May 16th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
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sj says:
Forrest Goff – UGA’s clueless-cubed version of Auburn’s ’some for my thumb’ dick-head Tubberville
May 16th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
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JC says:
The Wannstache had a crappy year with a crappy team that hasn’t broken the top 40 in recruiting in decades. He then gets the #10 recruiting class. Give the guy a break.
May 16th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
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Harris says:
Gerry Faust at Notre Dame. Who thought giving a high school coach what is arguably the most high profile gig in college sports was a good idea?
May 16th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
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paulwesterdawg says:
Harris. You win. Game. Set. Match.
Faust at Notre Dame.
Boom. That’s the biggest mismatch.
May 17th, 2006 at 12:02 am
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Dash says:
Not so fast paulwesterdawg….the winner is….Mike Dumbose at Bama.
May 17th, 2006 at 10:43 am
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gatorjess says:
Faust, without a doubt. Isn’t it true that he got cut by his coach/father the first day of high school football? If it is, that’s just too easy. Poor guy.
May 17th, 2006 at 10:45 am
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Joey says:
I can’t read “figure four” and not think of Ric Flair. Please add his picture.
May 17th, 2006 at 11:01 am
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Orson Swindle says:
WOO!

May 17th, 2006 at 5:21 pm
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Willie says:
I think I bent my wookie…
May 17th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
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omahadomer says:
Buddy Teevens at Stanford. 11-45 at Tulane. Plus hiring a guy named “Buddy” to coach Stanford is about like hiring a guy named “Edwin” to coach at Louisiana Tech.
May 17th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
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BamaLover says:
Makovic at Texas. Although Austin is the blue heart of RED meat TX, somehow even Chardonnay and Brie don’t go over too well there.
Hon. Men.: Ty-ger at ND.
May 18th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
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Your Weekend Primer… « The Itch - Dry, Flaky Sports Commentary says:
[...] (19) Rutgers vs. Pittsburgh: This was rough- I originally had Rutgers here by 7, but then I printed out the picks, saw it in the real world and thought, “What the fuck am I thinking?!” I could see the future clearly- here we are at dusk in 1979’s City of Champions. And here I am at home, thinking Rutgers can grind it out against a Wannstache team, but all of a sudden young Tyler Palko is on fire, and the Scarlet Knights are already down 14-0 in the first quarter. The run game is headed to the locker room early, and a team’s whose only flirtation with 150 yds passing came against Navy is forced to start chucking it around to win. I could feel the sweat on my brow and load in my drawers already. So I decided to save myself from that “Aw, FUCK!” feeling while I still had time. Pitt by 6.5? Let’s double it- 28-14. [...]
October 19th, 2006 at 5:26 pm