Do your homework 99.... winning % of teams beaten 34%, no signature wins, 3 wins in 25 games vs teams with winning records (best of which was 7-5). He's better than a guy (Les Miles) who's won a national championship, goes toe to toe with Bama every year, wins 10-11 games every year, runs a national powerhouse program?
i don't know how i would rank them because there are so many ways a coach can be judged.
however, i don't know why it's so hard for people to understand about the "vanderbilt factor" in this.
at vanderbilt, you are supposed to lose. you are supposed to lose in style. you are supposed to lose to teams that haven't won a game all year. everyone's 3rd stringers are supposed to see action in the second half against vandy. against vandy, you run up the score by accident.
what are his signature wins? damn near all of the sec wins. those are signature wins. a bowl win. they've only had two others. that would be a signature win.
back to back seasons with a bowl appearance. first time ever. i'd say that counts for something.
when you do things (positively) that have never been done or haven't been done in damn near 100 years, that means something.
vanderbilt winning 9 games (don't care against who) is one of the greater football miracles of my lifetime. i'd have to think of some others. northwestern going to the rose bowl would be another.
so, i don't get the "who did they beat" angle. it's vanderbilt. they're not supposed to beat anyone. they're supposed to run on the field, get their *** whipped, and go home.....thankful just to be in the sec and get their paycheck while they do their part and raise the academic profile of the league.
spurrier has always mentioned that his greatest coaching accomplishment was winning the acc at duke. not winning 4 sec titles in a row. not winning a national title. winning a pre-fsu, pre-miami, pre-va tech acc
