Ranking SEC football coaches: Who’s the most irritating?
Given that SEC football coaches have long had the capacity to rankle — remember Jackie Sherrill? Charley Pell? Tommy Tuberville? — you wouldn’t have thought one offseason could wreak so much havoc in the venerable league’s pecking order. Well, you’d have been wrong. Here’s the new world order among SEC mentors, ranked from least irritating to most:
12. Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt. Everybody likes him. Even rival coaches like him. Except when they lose to him and his intramural team. Then they hate him for getting them fired.
11. Rich Brooks, Kentucky. The only nettling thing about Daddy Rich is that he’d pretty well convinced UK grads — full disclosure: I’m one — he was a lousy hire, whereupon he takes the Cats to three consecutive bowl games. Which means we geniuses were wrong. Geniuses hate being wrong.
10. Gene Chizik, Auburn. The only folks who seem to have a problem with G-Chiz are the Auburn people who can’t believe he’s their head coach.
9. Dan Mullen, Mississippi State. Just got to Starkville. Hasn’t done anything or said anything to rile anybody. (Unlike another newly minted SEC coach.) Doesn’t matter. He came from Florida, which means there has to be something objectionable about him.
8. Houston Nutt, Ole Miss. Arkansas fans hate him for leaving Fayetteville and turning around and beating the Hogs, but that’s what they get for demanding to see his text messages. Other recruiters are mad because he signed 37 players this spring, 12 above the presumed limit. I like him because he’s the only coach in the country about whom you can write, “He’s a certifiable Nutt,” and not be sued for libel.
7. Bobby Petrino, Arkansas. In any other conference, leaving one team the day after a game and showing up in a different time zone that night leading goofy cheers would make you the biggest irritant hands-down. In the SEC, it doesn’t even put you in the barrel’s bottom half.
6. Steve Spurrier, South Carolina. The Evil Genius seems benign and toothless in his new environs. It’s clear he’s not going to win anything of note with the Gamecocks, and the folks who used to cringe at his every utterance can now just ignore him. It’s sad, really. Kind of like seeing Willie Mays stumble in center field as a Met.
5. Mark Richt, Georgia. He’s a famously affable guy, but more and more he’s trying to have it both ways. He tried to pass off a season that began with his team ranked No. 1 and ended in the Capital One Bowl as a rousing success. He has also fallen into the trap that snared his former boss Bobby Bowden — espousing morality but seeming to tolerate misdeeds among his players.
4. Urban Meyer, Florida. Gets decency points for not getting into a spitting match when the new Tennessee coach called him a cheater. Loses decency points for those timeouts he burned against Georgia. Still, he has taken his second BCS title with a surprising amount of grace, especially for a hated Gator.
3. Les Miles, LSU. On the one hand, he has a sense of humor and uses the English language with a definite flair. On the other, his teams have won two Chick-fil-A Bowls by the aggregate score of 78-6 and tried three fake kicks in the second halves of those games. That’s low, Leslie.
2. Nick Saban, Alabama. Because he makes all that money. Because he wins big. Because he never smiles. Because he never sleeps. Because he’s Coach Satan.
1. Lane Kiffin, Tennessee. He thinks the way to win is to talk trash and recruit hard. If your record as a head coach was 5-15, you’d think that, too. But he has already frosted so many people — including some who work in his athletics department — that he’d better win big immediately or he’ll be gone by 2011. Which would be unfortunate. We in the South need to hang on to Li’l Kiffy. He’s the greatest villain since Spurrier sank his fangs into Ray Goff.
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Max Sizemore
February 26th, 2009
7:45 am
Mark, you normally do a fine job on everything you write, but this one looks like you threw it together because you had to have something for the hated blog (and, because it was so far off, you knew people would take it seriously and there would be lots of responses). Saban No. 2 because he wins and makes big money? That’s all you got? My recollection on those fake kicks by Miles were that the games were not out of hand when they occurred (the guy’s a hoot, anyway). You’re right on Kiffin, of course, but how Meyer is not No. 2 is beyond me. Richt ahead of Spurrier? I think I’ll stop right there.
RAMBLE ON!!!
February 26th, 2009
8:18 am
Good article Mark, the coaches are irritating and the fans are obnoxious. Do you think the fans make them irritating?
I look forward to an article on who has the most obnoxious fans. I know, that’s a tough one, but that’s why you get paid the big bucks.
dt4c
February 26th, 2009
8:21 am
Seriously? Coach Richt “tolerates” misdeeds of his players? HTH can you ascertain that? GA punishes its players waaaaay beyond anyone else in the SEC. These are teenagers that are held up as idols by everyone they come in contact with including you. They deserve a firm hand but that doesn’t mean destroying their lives because of a bad decision. There should absolutely be no tolerance for DUI but the other alcohol offenses committed by UGA players last year were handled correctly and IMO somewhat too severely considering the culture that exists on ALL college campuses. Do you have or have you had teenagers? If you have then you know how difficult it is to fight the culture. As a parent, or a surrogate parent which today’s coaches have to be you just do the best you can to teach them right from wrong and to not over react when mistakes are made. The media may scream for blood, or say a team is “out of control” but the coach knows these kids and treats them like they are his own. He knows whether or not these kids are really bad kids or just normal kids making bad decisions. He does the best he can to correct and improve the kids lives. Until you walk in their shoes, try a little harder to understand.
David
February 26th, 2009
8:21 am
I think it’s hard to put a guy at No. 1 that hasn’t even coached a game in the SEC yet. He had his comments towards Meyer, yes, and they were certainly inappropriate. But to label somebody No. 1 who made one or two bad remarks over a guy that has made remarks and been a complete jerk with no sportsmanship during the games (Les Miles) is a bit ridiculous.
Mac
February 26th, 2009
8:37 am
Lame Kitten is hands down No. 1. I hope the real coaches in the SEC (meaning every one but him) hands him his @#% every game for the two winless seasons he lasts on Rocky Top.
Richt should be tied with Bobby Johnson.
Terrible Truth
February 26th, 2009
8:38 am
Too bad Tubby Tomerville isn’t still around, that stupid smirk he walked around with would have at least put him in the top two. That last line was hilarious! Spurrier was the red haired kid in “A Christmas Story” and Ray Goff was a composite of all the terrorized kids.
leland
February 26th, 2009
8:42 am
Dear Mr. MB–you put Kiffin at #1 because of your out-of-control envy over Layla. Your pal, Leland
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
8:53 am
Dear Leland: I put Kiffin No. 1 on (de)merit, I’d like to think. Always a pleasure hearing from you, though.
AJC Lover
February 26th, 2009
9:13 am
Again – Sports writers at the AJC taking a shot at The University of Tennessee.
Mark Bradley goes fishing. « Get The Picture
February 26th, 2009
9:17 am
[...] Bradley’s value system, but all I can say is that anyone who can generate a list ordering the SEC coaches by level of irritation and rank Mark Richt as more irritating than Steve Spurrier really can’t expect to be taken [...]
Kiffin is the Man
February 26th, 2009
9:18 am
Once again the AJC gives another boost to the Kiffin Q Rating. UT can just farm out the football media guide to the AJC this season. It’ll give you guys some much needed work, and provide the most thorough coverage possible for a team 200 miles away.
newman
February 26th, 2009
9:20 am
It’s amazing you try and dock Urban Meyer points for the timeouts considering the competely disgraceful display of sportsmanship that UGA showed in their end zone dance the previous year…Also the only reason UGA fans or others find Urban Meyer irritating is because he beats them and wins titles, you guys would do backflips if he was your coach and accomplish the same things at your school…Sour grapes that’s all. FYI as well Mark Richt is WAY TOO high on this list. He should be #11 or #12.
Kiffin is a baffoon
February 26th, 2009
9:23 am
Too funny all these Vol fans think any press coverage of Kiffin is good or that in someway it means he will win games…A few years from now when you guys run him out of town for losing to UF, UGA, Bama, LSU and others in the SEC you will see how embarrassing this guy has been all along…
Drew
February 26th, 2009
9:24 am
You would think writing about this stuff all the time you could come up with something better than this. Spurrier before Richt? Richt tolerating misdeeds of players? He punishes them more than anybody. Tell me someone who is more strict than Richt!
Freehawk
February 26th, 2009
9:26 am
Mailed this one in. The Sports section today was embarassingly thin; a small town paper does better. An article that says AJ Green has gained a few pounds? You guys ought to be ashamed.
PTC DAWG
February 26th, 2009
9:27 am
Honestly, this is a goofy list. Why not list their winning percentage…but that would actually mean talking about how good of a Coach they actually are. Or might have taken you a little time in preperation/research. The stuff that passes off as columns these days can boggle the mind.
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February 26th, 2009
9:30 am
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GTJacket
February 26th, 2009
9:40 am
As much as people dog this list, I think its pretty accurate. I know people want to saint Richt, but he’s got his flaws like everyone else. Remember the bench clearing into the endzone against UF? That is why Urban called the timeouts. Do not, as a Georgia fan, sit on your golden thrown thinking you’ve done no wrong. All that being said, I saw Richt speak at the Wesley at UGA and he is a good man a strong Christian both of which I strongly admire.
buckblue
February 26th, 2009
9:41 am
The trouble with being a good sport is that you have to lose in order to prove it……
WHM
February 26th, 2009
9:43 am
Actually Mark, Auburn folks are pretty happy with Coach Chizik.
brewdawg
February 26th, 2009
9:44 am
Mark Richt at 5? I’m stunned. Nearly as much as when the Smoltz article came out. He loses points for the endzone celebration, and for going to the well once too many times with the Blackout. But he’s still the classiest coach in the country hands down. Has he ever said anything even remotely controversial regarding another team, coach, or player? Doesn’t every recruit talk about what a great man he is, whether they choose UGA or not? He’s so irritating that Rodney Garner turned down a very significant raise basically because he loved the values of the man he worked for. And how does he rank behind Steve “It’s not like we beat some big, powerful team” Spurrier?
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
9:53 am
I know, I know. But what fun would it be for Georgia people if I ranked Richt 12th?
Bow Wow
February 26th, 2009
10:07 am
Richt is a hippocrate.
OZZFEST
February 26th, 2009
10:10 am
**As much I love the Dogs and HATE THE GATORS, Urban is the class of the SEC. Two titles, PERIOD. Richt has just been steamrolled. I remember the article in the AJC the day after Georgia beat LSU in the 2005 SEC Championship game annointing “RICHT AS THE NEW KING OF THE SEC”. We will be the 2nd place team in the East as long as Urban resides in Gainesville. Ugh!**
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
10:13 am
Does that mean Richt took the Hippocratic Oath?
TommyP
February 26th, 2009
10:16 am
You struck out on this article, Mark.
It seems when I talk to opposing fans, they always say how they hate Georgia but not Richt.
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
10:18 am
And here I heard Georgia fans were ready to fire Richt because he wouldn’t fire Willie Martinez.
Marsh
February 26th, 2009
10:27 am
Why does Meyer get brownie points for letting his AD do his whining for him?
Billy
February 26th, 2009
10:32 am
Spurrier’s not as bad in his old age, so now the “honor” goes to Urban Meyer. He just whines and complains about everything! But, it sounds like Lane Kiffin will be taking the top spot before too long. Hasn’t even coached a game yet, and he’s already breaking rules, making accusations, and pretty much ticking off everyone else in the SEC.
Big B CH 99
February 26th, 2009
10:37 am
Kiffin should be up close to # 1 b/c he’s just pissing everybody off, but Les should be at # 2, he’s one of the least classy coaches I’ve ever seen, he loves to try & run up the score, fake kicks in the 4th up by over 20 pts, & it sounds like its not the first time he’s done that. The big reason that everyone hates Urban & Saban is b/c they win big.
Petrino should be much higher than 7, he’s about as dis-loyal as it gets, I wonder if he’s already interviewed for another job, he probably did that the day after taking the Ark. job. I’m a die-hard Jackets fan and would have pulled for UGAy over Bobby, I can’t wait to see him come to Athens, he might need extra security, considering most UGA fans are Falcon fans on Sundays.
matt
February 26th, 2009
10:39 am
David-Kiffin is #1 because of the reason you already stated. He hasn’t coached a single game yet and he’s done nothing but stir the pot and talk $hit!!!
I’m a dawgs fan and I have no problems with Urban Meyer. He recruits speed and has the confidence to coach them up (I absolutely love that approach, seeing as how speed never slumps). He’s aggressive. His coordinators are agressive. He runs the score up because he understands that “style points” count, and he hardly ever loses a game he shouldn’t. His team takes care of business 9 out of 10 Saturdays and they usually look good doing it. He also coaches in the toughest confernence in the country. Can anyone say any of this about Richt and UGA????
Dawg97
February 26th, 2009
10:40 am
Mark, you are obviously just writing this column to get blog entries from what will soon be IRATE Georgia fans. The idea that Mark Richt is “more” annoying than Steve Spurrier and that Urban WHINER isn’t in the top2 (minimum – he’s #1 to me and the coach I most hate all time) SHOWS that you’re trying to piss off Bulldog nation and get responses. And I’m biting by responding to this insane drivel you call Journalism.
Urban WHINER wrote an entire book about himself (EGO is through the proverbial roof) and WHINED about Georgia’s 1 end zone celebration which Richt didn’t call for the whole team. You also conveniently leave out the fact that Meyer ran up the score a lot (especially this season) and not just the Georgia game. His worst offense…the Kentucky game, where the Gators, up by 58 points, brought Tebow out – throwing no less – in the 4th Quarter.
But you can sit here and say that pathetic and arrogant Urban Meyer is only one spot better than one of the classiest men ever in college football, Mark Richt? Yeah, Bradley, another typical column where you draw the ire of Bulldog nation. You and Terrence Moore. Same act.
DawginLex
February 26th, 2009
10:40 am
Richt getting caught in a trap like his mentor Bobby Bowden? Gave his heart to Christ, 2nd winningest coach in CFB history. His protege’(Richt) turned his life over to the Lord and is now one of the top coaches in CFB and runs a clean program and graduates his players.
Sign me up for that trap………
BTW, Spurrier will always be #1 on that list.
As far as the fans listing:
1.) Florida
2.) Tech
Everyone else is miles behind in obnoxiousness.
Too Easy
February 26th, 2009
10:45 am
GTJacket: Man, we HAD forgotten about the bench-clearing event. So THAT’S why Urban called timeouts. THANK YOU so much for reminding everyone. What insight. What value to the conversation. Thanks for keeping up with UGA.
ThaMan
February 26th, 2009
10:45 am
Urban whines about everything? How many National Championships does he have?
Happy Gilmore
February 26th, 2009
10:47 am
Mark Richt seems like a nice guy. I’m just sorry he
apparently thinks only black athletes can play the game. I think Utah proved differently in their game with Alabama.
Slobber
February 26th, 2009
10:47 am
DawginLex,
Graduates his players?? Are you serious? Knowshow, Stafford, Asher (no tackle) Allen….
Funny!
ThaMan
February 26th, 2009
10:47 am
DawginLex – what’s your buddy Lex’s last name?
Too Easy
February 26th, 2009
10:51 am
Slobber=Moron. How is that under Richt’s control? Let’s see: degree now or NFL $$$$$$$? Will you give Richt credit if they come back later and matriculate? You won’t, but that’s not under his control, either?
Popeye
February 26th, 2009
10:52 am
Richt is annoying!!!!! At least with Dooley when he was plastering goodness all over the wall you could see the twinkle in his eye saying how do you like this weeks fairy tale. Richt, I think, believes his tales??????
DawginLex
February 26th, 2009
10:56 am
The gradualtion rates for UGA since Richt has been there are FAR better than the rates under donnan, goff and Dooley. Those are facts.
To the personal attacker, I live in Lexington, KY you idiot.
DawginLex
February 26th, 2009
10:57 am
sorry, it’s graduation………..
TYPO
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
10:58 am
On a personal level, I like Mark Richt. But I also like Les Miles, and Urban Meyer was nice enough to me when I spoke to him outside the Cobb Galleria back when. Heck, I even kind of like Bobby Petrino. (I know — that makes me an army of one.)
DawginLex
February 26th, 2009
10:58 am
anyone who calls himself “Thaman”, probably doesn’t need to try and make any gay references or jokes……………………..
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
11:02 am
Now, now. Let’s keep this discussion on the erudite level to which we’ve become accustomed.
OhioDawg
February 26th, 2009
11:06 am
February must be the most frustrating month for sportswritwers as well as fans. The mere existence of this column is exhibit “A”, so you don’t lose points in my book. In fairness, you probably should have emphasized that there is very little correlation (and even less causation) between being an irritant and being a winner. John Woodens are hard to come by, but they exist – in pretty high numbers. Building character may be what you harp on when you lose, but kids usually put more stock in what they get from their coaches than they do in what they get from their parents. Personally, I’d just as soon have my kid model himself (or herself) after Mark Richt as anyone I can think of. Several of the others come close. After all, you don’t get to call yourself a Head Coach in the SEC without being very good at what you do – period. Or at least not for very long. I’ll reserve judgment on Kiffin for the moment, but he has started out with somewhat the air of a professional wrestler, hasn’t he?
Good Riddance
February 26th, 2009
11:12 am
” I know, I know. But what fun would it be for Georgia people if I ranked Richt 12th?” That swarmy response is the WHOLE reason that Bradley wrote this journalistic piece, to get under the skin of UGA fans. Congratulations Mark, great job. The demise of the AJC is on the horizon. It’s just a matter of time. Better freshen-up that resume.
Bamafan
February 26th, 2009
11:14 am
Boy Blunder is going to be the biggest idiot to try to coach at UcheaT in the last 50 years!! He remains of Ears Whitworth the worst football coach in the history of Alabama football. He won
4 games in three years and guess who replaced him the greatest college football coach of all time
Paul Bear Bryant!! Vols fans ran Phat Phil off for this village idiot and now UcheaT is the punch line
for a lot of jokes!! GO BAMA ROLL TIDE FROM THE GREAT MOVIE CRIMSON TIDE!!
DawginLex
February 26th, 2009
11:16 am
Sorry, got carried away. I still stand by my statement about graduation rates under Richt and that will be proven as those stats are released. Bottom line for me is if I had a kid who could play D-1 football, who would I want him to play for and Richt is at the top of that list. Spurrier is at the bottom…………………….
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
11:18 am
No apologies necessary, DawgInLex. You’re an A-level poster, and your contributions are always welcome.
rhynster
February 26th, 2009
11:20 am
hehe, it’s like kicking an ant hill when it comes to college football fans.
Look at everyone scurrying out in a frenzy.
DawginLex
February 26th, 2009
11:22 am
Mark,
You may have been right about ol’ billy Clyde. I sure don’t want Tubby back and I do blame him partially for the UK mess but Billy clyde is perplexing. He told Tom Leach last night that “you are asking a bad question” when asked why he took Meeks out in the 2nd half.
stay tuned
GaCracker
February 26th, 2009
11:22 am
Who cares? What a stupid ranking!
navairmike
February 26th, 2009
11:24 am
Numbers 2, 3, 4, and 6 all have National Championships. Enough said…
Jimmy Sessions
February 26th, 2009
11:24 am
Spurrier#1,Richt near the bottom,but he needs to get a hold on the dicipline of the team.No more Soldier Boy played before games.
bill_in_atl
February 26th, 2009
11:30 am
This is the best you can come up Mark? It’s no wonder newspapers are going out of business when they are willing to pay folks to write something like this.
GATORZONE
February 26th, 2009
11:37 am
That’s Soulja Boy!!! Crank Dat during your next BLACKOUT!!!!
Just look at the National championships. Who cares what other fans think about their coach?
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
11:38 am
On a Thursday in February; having written about the Braves for a solid week; with Tech and Georgia both having terrible basketball seasons; with the Hawks having been out of town since the all-star game; with the NFL draft two months away … I’m actually pretty happy to have come up with this one, Bill. But thanks for asking.
MegaT
February 26th, 2009
11:38 am
I would put Nick “I’m not going to Alabama” Saban at the top of the list. Urban Crier as second since since he likes to run to his AD to do his dirty work for him. And, Richt third now that he has assumed the Fulmer mantle as the coach with loads of talent but tends to always come up short in the end. At least Phil got one National Championship to his credit. Go Vols!
gdawginkalamazoo
February 26th, 2009
11:40 am
You forgot the other reason $aban is #2. He is a bold face liar. Of course Urban should be tied for second there for a number of reasons. Kiffin wants to be #1 and for some reason I think he would be happy with your call. Can’t call him Coach K that ones taken. Maybe Coach Special K.
Intramural Team Is Aggressive
February 26th, 2009
11:44 am
Not blowing Vandy up more than they actually are, but that’s pretty disrespectful. Vandy is a much improved program from the years before and it’s come from good scouting and hard work, certainly more than the football factories that everyone else seems to jump on.
Cutler was no intramural player, Earl Bennett was no intramural player, D.J. Moore was no intramural player, Hunter Hillenmeyer was no intramural player. These are guys who are pretty good but got their chance because Vandy gave it to them and every other program didn’t. Ask South Carolina if they would have liked to have DJ Moore in their defensive backfield.
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
11:45 am
You’d expect Coach Satan to lie, wouldn’t you?
Oh, and I don’t know what to think about UK hoops, DawgInLex. I thought Meeks’ shot against Florida had turned the season, but last night sounded pretty awful.
gdawginkalamazoo
February 26th, 2009
11:51 am
Mark, just curious as to which players Richt failed to appropriately discipline for their trangressions? Got any names or crimes that went unpunished? I don’t recall seeing any felonies in the news. I don’t know if DUI is a felony or not because I have never been caught. I mean I never drink and drive.
JaxGator
February 26th, 2009
11:58 am
Dawg 97
Does your intense dislike of Coach Spurrier and Coach Meyer have anything to do with the fact that both of them have beaten your Dawgs like the biggest drum in Dixie. Spurrier, at Florida, beat your Dawgs 10 out of 11 games; he also put more points on the Dawgs at Sanford than any team has,1995. Meyer is 3-1 against the Dawgs and totally humiliated the Dawgs in Jax. Richt learned from Meyer that paybacks are hell.
GATORZONE
February 26th, 2009
11:58 am
Zoo, what reasons for Urban being #2? Because he beats UGA most of the time? Or because he runs up the score? Polls have proven that is necessary.
gdawginkalamazoo
February 26th, 2009
12:02 pm
Intramural, as Colorado coach Dan Hawkins likes to rant “this is deevision wun foootbaaalllll…..”
gdawginkalamazoo
February 26th, 2009
12:08 pm
Gatorzone, part of it. but UF doesn’t need to run up the score to get ranked higher that’s just a fact. Nope Meyer isn’t the only UF coach to beat the bulldogs in the past two decades so that wouldn’t be a legit reason in my book. You guys have a nice run going on us, congrats for that. One of the main reasons he needs to be up there is leaving Tebow in the games way too long. Especially during his Heisman winning season. Padded a lot of stats that year. Lose four games but hey my guy is going to win the Heisman padding stats against lesser opponents. For example, the Vandy game. 5 rushing Td’s from less than 5 yards out or there about. No wonder he was hurt when we beat him.
Chip
February 26th, 2009
12:11 pm
Why did I immediately think of most obnoxious sports writer?
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
12:11 pm
See, that was kind of a little joke. When Vandy did away with its athletics director, the line around the league was that the Commodores were retrenching to become an intramural program. Obviously they’ve been winning their share of games since, so think of it as a little joke and also a big compliment.
Huh?
February 26th, 2009
12:12 pm
Wow. DUMBEST…COLUMN…EVER. Congrats Bradley.
bull-gator
February 26th, 2009
12:13 pm
Kiffen is irritating numbers 1 through 12. What a P.R. nighmare that punk is. You cant spell STUPID without UT. Also, three timeouts are categorized under “paybacks are hell” and “revenge is a dish best served cold”. I don’t think we’ll see another mass celebration on an initial touchdown in a game for a long, long time.
John
February 26th, 2009
12:18 pm
I don’t see how Saban is number 2. He does not complain, make excuses, is not preachy, and does not call out other coaches. You might not like him, but I don’t think irritating is the right term. Meyer is very irritating because he whines so much.
timthebrave
February 26th, 2009
12:18 pm
Bobby Petrino at #7….I hate that guy…What a slimeball. At least he’s a quitter and I only have to see him when he gets beat down by the dawgs every few years. The falcons are a lot better without him.
1a. Petrino
1b. Kiffen
3. Meyer
4. Spurrier
5. Saban-only because he ditched the dolphins like he did
I like the other coaches just fine except when they play the dawgs. I can’t get mad just because they beat us
timthebrave
February 26th, 2009
12:19 pm
Only the first 2 are scum bags in my opinion
timthebrave
February 26th, 2009
12:20 pm
Only Petrino and Kiffen are bad representatives of their schools in my opinion
Tom Davis
February 26th, 2009
12:23 pm
Mark,
Spurrier did not “sunk his teeth”. He sank his teeth.
Intramural Team Is Aggressive
February 26th, 2009
12:25 pm
Point taken. And actually a funny one now that I see the perspective you’re coming from.
NC Dawg
February 26th, 2009
12:34 pm
I would shift Meyer to 3 and Miles to 4.
JaxGator
February 26th, 2009
12:42 pm
Mark,
Thanks for this article;it has provoked much discussion. Thank goodness for the AJC; it has the best college football coverage in the country. Our lcal rag,the Times-Union does not have much college football news since the Jags came to Jax. Would you not agree that fans perception of another school’s coach is proportional to their won-loss record against that particular coach? Vince Dooley was a classy coach, but we Gators disliked him because he beat us so often. We thought Ray Goff was a fantastic coach.Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Monroe Dawg
February 26th, 2009
12:50 pm
What is a “hippocrate”?
brian
February 26th, 2009
1:05 pm
Interesting you call Meyer out for calling those time outs, but no mention of Richt allowing his players to charge the field the year before. Richt is the most annoying and I can’t wait for the Gators to win by 39 again this year.
bill_in_atl
February 26th, 2009
1:15 pm
I like you Mark and I appreciate your work, but that’s a weak excuse. There are plenty of folks that would LIKE to keep reading stories about the Braves right now, as the FIRST DAY OF GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE play was yesterday and there are LOTS OF QUESTIONS about who will make the team and how the Braves might fare against their competition this year.
As to your point about UGA and Tech having awful seasons on the hardwood there are still personalities to interview and speculation about the direction of the programs to consider. College baseball is underway and UGA and Tech both have good teams and lots of unknown and interesting stories.
Also, the Hawks are having their best season in more than a decade while the Falcons are preparing for an (always critical) draft. Tiger is back playing after 8-9 months off. Lots of interesting stories in sports to write about and this is what you come up with.
This story smells of someone who was mailing it in. I thought you were better than that. (Honestly it’s a compliment. I wouldn’t bother to write such things to certain writers.)
ziggytheguns
February 26th, 2009
1:24 pm
I can’t believe Urban Meyer loses points for the timeouts against Georgia. 2007’s shinanigans had to be responded to and calling unnecessary timeouts at the end of the game to drag out UGA’s misery was the classiest way to handle it in my opinion. It didn’t by far make up for what Georgia did.
gdawginkalamazoo
February 26th, 2009
1:30 pm
Monroe Dawg, hippocrate is a crate that you can ship hippopotami in.
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
1:31 pm
Bill, I appreciate your interest. But not every column is intended to do the same thing: Some are informational, some are news-driven, some are out-and-out rips. You can’t write the same thing every time because nobody wants to read the same thing every time.
This one was intended to entertain and (perhaps) enlighten. I’m sorry if you weren’t entertained, but it’s like the old NBA ref Earl Strom once said of his calls: “Some they like; some they don’t.”
P.S. I’m writing about the Hawks for Saturday. Hope you like that one more.
ziggytheguns
February 26th, 2009
1:35 pm
Please tell me where everyone gets that Urban Meyer whines too much. Is this just a carry-over from the Steve Spurrier days? I don’t think Urb has anything to whine about, given 2 NC titles in 4 years. Seems to me Urban catches a lot of crap for stompin mud holes in teams arses. Doesn’t anyone find it interesting that the least annoying coaches are the ones that also win the least amount of games???
Mark Bradley
February 26th, 2009
1:35 pm
Oh, and thanks, JaxGator. And thanks to Tom Davis for the correction, which has been made. I usually don’t whiff on words — numbers are a whole ‘nother matter — but I did on that one.
Spike
February 26th, 2009
1:36 pm
Spurrier behind Richt? Come on Mark. That is pretty lame.
ziggytheguns
February 26th, 2009
1:39 pm
Hey Mark, why does Dan Mullen get a knock just because he’s from FLORIDA?
jayna
February 26th, 2009
1:43 pm
I thought Mark Richt handled the offenses well last year. He took his time, but kept the kids from playing while he made up his mind. All of you who are think he is not hard enough, either did not go to college, or forgot what it is like in college. How many of you did not commit many of these offenses or worse. What was your punishment? Did you get splashed across the papers, loose your scholarship, get kicked off the team? Did Momma and Daddy just fix it and hopefully some lessons were learned. it is part of growing up, too bad these kids are having to do today when laws are tougher and they get all the media on them too. They can be targets for some forms of trouble which is not always fair either.
Crib Notes : Maker’s Mark Targets Michigan Fans « Blog Ten - A Big 10 Football Blog
February 26th, 2009
1:47 pm
[...] Lane Kiffin hasn’t even coached a game at Tennessee and he’s already the most annoying coach in the conference. Way to go, Lane. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] [...]
CurlyHeadedDevil
February 26th, 2009
1:53 pm
I’m reminded of Spurrier’s response as to why so many non-Gator fans hated him. “If they like you, they usually are beating your team.”
volLaw123
February 26th, 2009
1:55 pm
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that “Lame Kitten” is probably the gayest/most retarded nickname SEC fans have come up with in a long, long time.
RxDawg
February 26th, 2009
1:59 pm
Will check back in 6 months to read what else you have to say. Maybe you will have adjusted to your new medications by then.
Ranking the SEC coaches: Who is the most irritating - VolNation
February 26th, 2009
2:16 pm
[...] Ranking the SEC coaches: Who is the most irritating I thought this was pretty good. And at least we are No. 1 in something Rating SEC football coaches: Who’s the most irritating? | Mark Bradley [...]
ziggytheguns
February 26th, 2009
2:26 pm
volLaw, That’s because Lame Kitten is the gayest/most retarded coach to enter the leage in a long, long time.
Dorsey Hill
February 26th, 2009
2:50 pm
Name some tolerated misdeeds or do you think that using “seeming” means a feeling that may be baseless but is close enough for you to be journalism?
ilovekiffin
February 26th, 2009
2:58 pm
yes!!!!!!!!!
ilovekiffin
February 26th, 2009
3:01 pm
timthebrave, there is no way were giving up our number one spot to petrino, so what hes a quitter, what else do you expect. the falcons aint ever going to win nothing!
Jim
February 26th, 2009
3:22 pm
Mark Richt at #5……………what????? Id have Urban Meyer as #2 and Spurrier as #3 on my list.