MAYOR KYLE ON COACHING MISMATCHES

by Orson on May 16, 2006 4:51 PM EDT

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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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?!

by tzubear on May 16, 2006 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

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?

by g8rslm on May 16, 2006 5:07 PM EDT reply actions

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.

by Doug on May 16, 2006 5:13 PM EDT reply actions

Bonus points for the Ralph Wiggum reference.

by Ben on May 16, 2006 7:11 PM EDT reply actions

Forrest Goff – UGA’s clueless-cubed version of Auburn’s ‘some for my thumb’ dick-head Tubberville

by sj on May 16, 2006 7:30 PM EDT reply actions

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.

by JC on May 16, 2006 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

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?

by Harris on May 16, 2006 9:43 PM EDT reply actions

Harris. You win. Game. Set. Match.

Faust at Notre Dame.

Boom. That’s the biggest mismatch.

by paulwesterdawg on May 17, 2006 12:02 AM EDT reply actions

Not so fast paulwesterdawg….the winner is….Mike Dumbose at Bama.

by Dash on May 17, 2006 10:43 AM EDT reply actions

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.

by gatorjess on May 17, 2006 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

I can’t read “figure four” and not think of Ric Flair. Please add his picture.

by Joey on May 17, 2006 11:01 AM EDT reply actions

WOO!

by Orson Swindle on May 17, 2006 5:21 PM EDT reply actions

I think I bent my wookie…

by Willie on May 17, 2006 7:03 PM EDT reply actions

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.

by omahadomer on May 17, 2006 8:37 PM EDT reply actions