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FearlessF

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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #56 on: May 06, 2026, 07:10:34 PM »
I agree.   Wholeheartedly 

I would also knock Switzer for cheating 
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #57 on: May 06, 2026, 08:38:59 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on April 10, 2026, 10:58:16 PM
Nick Saban
Bobby Bowden
Tom Osborne
Bear Bryant



2 of the 4 didn't win as many NCs as Woody
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #58 on: May 06, 2026, 09:55:47 PM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 06, 2026, 08:38:59 PM
2 of the 4 didn't win as many NCs as Woody
K

Maybe more than 1 criterion is a good idea.  
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #59 on: May 07, 2026, 06:20:40 AM »
yes it is well in most cases
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #60 on: May 07, 2026, 09:26:46 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 06, 2026, 06:22:06 PM



I guess this demonstrates popular perception and how/where coaches are remembered.  Why is Urban listed with UF and OSU, but not Utah?  And why is he the only one listed with multiple schools?  Nick Saban could be listed with MSU and LSU, Bear Bryant with Kentucky and A&M, etc.  Would it change the list any?  Don't know, but it definitely feels like a cherry-pick.  I wouldn't have thought twice about it if Urbz hadn't been the only one identified with multiple schools.  
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #61 on: May 07, 2026, 09:32:19 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on May 06, 2026, 08:38:59 PM
2 of the 4 didn't win as many NCs as Woody
He'll be on the Decking players monument with Al McGuire and Bobby Knight.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #62 on: May 07, 2026, 09:44:21 AM »
Tom Osborne and Urban on the Mount Rushmore of playing murderers 
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #63 on: May 07, 2026, 09:46:21 AM »
future murderers

John McKay is on that list
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #64 on: May 07, 2026, 09:47:06 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 07, 2026, 09:46:21 AM
future murderers

John McKay is on that list
Just need a 4th
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #65 on: May 07, 2026, 09:50:37 AM »
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #66 on: May 07, 2026, 10:07:02 AM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on May 07, 2026, 09:26:46 AM

I guess this demonstrates popular perception and how/where coaches are remembered.  Why is Urban listed with UF and OSU, but not Utah?  And why is he the only one listed with multiple schools?  Nick Saban could be listed with MSU and LSU, Bear Bryant with Kentucky and A&M, etc.  Would it change the list any?  Don't know, but it definitely feels like a cherry-pick.  I wouldn't have thought twice about it if Urbz hadn't been the only one identified with multiple schools. 
Saban wasn't great at MSU. Solid, but not great. He gave up on MSU because the other big State school was the darling.

Urban was also great at Bowling Green.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #67 on: May 07, 2026, 10:13:33 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on May 07, 2026, 10:07:02 AM
Saban wasn't great at MSU. Solid, but not great. He gave up on MSU because the other big State school was the darling.

Urban was also great at Bowling Green.

He did quite well at LSU though, and it's one of his NC's.  But my larger point is consistency.  You're either looking at a whole career for everyone or you're looking at just the "best" stops for everyone.  Yet that list clearly cherry-picks two places for Urban and leaves off everybody else's less fantastic tenures. 

Which is doubly bizarre considering Saban had a 75% win% and a NC at LSU, and Urbz was great at two other schools, as you mentioned.  But he didn't win NC's there, so it's left out.  But if you include multiple stops for him, then the other coach's other jobs should be included as well.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #68 on: May 07, 2026, 10:14:09 AM »
Quote from: MaximumSam on May 07, 2026, 09:47:06 AM
Just need a 4th

Whoever played Craig James at SMU.  

He did K5H, after all.  
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Re: Mt Rushmore - Head Coaches
« Reply #69 on: May 07, 2026, 10:27:06 AM »
I hate that asshole.
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