John Mark Hancock Blog

[WA_Vol]

Regardless of what you think of him personally he has some interesting points. Here are a couple, that may irk the posi-vols:

Fulmer still is the winningest active major college football coach in America. He is the dean of SEC coaches. .............
However, despite all of that, Fulmer, now in his 15th year at the helm, shows only two SEC championships on his record, the same number that Doug Dickey had in 6 years, and one less than Johnny Majors attained in his 16 seasons in charge. Both Dickey and Majors faced major rebuilding jobs when they took over at UT, while Fulmer took over a program already laden with talent and poised to win big.

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[GAVol]

Never been much of a fan. He seems slightly full of himself.

 

[WA_Vol]

Never been much of a fan. He seems slightly full of himself.

I would describe him as a gossip monger...but he has his points.
Fulmer gonna stuggle to get that 3rd SEC title in the next 2 seasons to match Majors IMO.

 

[GAVol]

I'm not sure whether the comparison really holds water. While winning the conference is the bottom line no matter what the rules are, winning the SEC now is completely different from when Majors was doing it.

 

[rexvol]

what's the difference? winning is winning

 

[OrangeSquare]

what's the difference? winning is winning

There is a HUGE difference in winning a conference by winning the most regular season games, and winning the most regular season games and THEN having to win another game, possibly beating a team twice to obtain the conference championship.

As I have said before, the game is completely different now, than it was when Majors was a head coach.

These "comparisons" mean nothing to me.


Oh, and Hancock is a goob. According to him, Slade is now retired, and Sanders and Cutcliffe are co-offensive coordinators.

 

[rexvol]

right, forgot about championship game

 

[GAVol]

Also, we now play 8 conference games instead of 6. It's just a tougher gauntlet to run now. There are times when the best team has a bad day and doesn't win the conference.

Not taking away from Majors accomplishments. He won under the rules of the day.

 

[CSpindizzy]

I'm not sure whether the comparison really holds water. While winning the conference is the bottom line no matter what the rules are, winning the SEC now is completely different from when Majors was doing it.

Ask Mark Richt and UGA fans and they will beg to differ. Spurrier had his legacy as well.

 

[GAVol]

Ask Mark Richt and UGA fans and they will beg to differ. Spurrier had his legacy as well.

I'd say the same thing about Mark Richt vs. Vince Dooley. All I'm saying is that winning the SEC now means a little more because the road is tougher and occasionally you get teams winning the conference that wouldn't have won it 20 years ago (Alabama a few years ago against Florida, LSU in 2001 against us).