We know saban is #1. Where is Butch? This will tell us a lot about where the program is going.
It will be more interesting, I think, to rank the performance of all the first year coaches (i.e. Bielema, Malzahn, Stoops, Jones...and even maybe non-conference guys like MacIntyre, Dykes, Doeren, etc.) at the end of the season.
That would be a more valid poll. Long tenured coaches compared to first year guys is apples and oranges. Imagine a poll like this after Saban's first year at Bama. The poll would have been laughable 5 years later.
Premature thread. Let a season occur for some of these 1st year guys before we tee this up. Even then it's subjective seeing as though the 1st year guys took over bad teams and this poll won't take the talent discrepancies into consideration. Better just to scrap the thread in its entirety.
Premature thread. Let a season occur for some of these 1st year guys before we tee this up. Even then it's subjective seeing as though the 1st year guys took over bad teams and this poll won't take the talent discrepancies into consideration. Better just to scrap the thread in its entirety.
The way I would approach this is ... Who would I want if I woke up from a dream and one of the other SEC coaches were our coach starting out this year. What order would I want?
1. Saban
2. Spurrier
3. Richt
4. Sumlin
5. Miles
6. Franklin
... the rest no.
Disclaimer: As bad as we all love to hate Franklin, I know this place would be crazy about the guy if he was coaching here. Anybody that can inject life into that coffin in Nashville is interesting. If the guy wins again this year with those mid-major players, then he goes further up the list.
As of right now:
1. Saban
2. Miles
3. Spurrier
4. Richt
5. Sumlin
6. Malzahn
7. Muschamp
8. Butch
9. Freeze
10. Bielema
11. Pinkel
12. Mullen
13. Stoops
14. Richard Simmons
15. Franklin