Who are the most overrated and underrated college football coaches?

[AlaskaGuy]

Candid Coaches: Who are the most overrated and underrated college football coaches?

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[Sgt Brutus]

voted on by other coaches

Who is the most overrated coach in college football?

Coach Responses
Willie Taggart, Florida State 20 percent

James Franklin, Penn State 20 percent

Kirk Ferentz, Iowa 13 percent

Lane Kiffin, FAU 13 percent

Five other coaches 34 percent

Who is the most underrated coach in college football?

Coach Responses
David Shaw, Stanford 12 percent

Chris Petersen, Washington 12 percent

Dan Mullen, Florida 8 percent

Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern 8 percent

Kyle Whittingham, Utah8 percent

14 other coaches 52 percent

 

[Codaxx]

I didn’t read, but I like seeing Fitzgerald and Whittington on the list.

 

[ktg8trgrl]

Sounds about right to me.. I think FSU got our version of Ron Zook... We will see.. hopefully i'm right and can at them for years to come

 

[Erie Warrior]

I don't really see how Mullen is under-rated. For the last several seasons his named was linked to bigger schools trying to steal him away from cowbell hell.

 

[OregonDucks]

Most overrated: Harbaugh

Most underrated: Mike Leach

 

[Wamu]

Most overrated: Harbaugh

Most underrated: Mike Leach

How dare you besmirch the Harbaugh name?

 

[RobToxin]

Jim Harbaugh is so amazing that he makes both lists.

Twice!

 

[Wamu]

Jim Harbaugh is so amazing that he makes both lists.

Twice!

He's also the toughest CFB in the country. Check this footage out.

 

[steelerssb]

Never mind the fact that David Shaw is one of the most underrated

 

[steelerssb]

Taggert makes sense.

Did great putting WKU on the CFB map and had a good last year at USF, but one 7-5 year at Oregon gets him FSU seemed like a stretch. Reminds me of Todd Graham.

Not sure how Kiffin is there after the year he just had at FAU and making the Owls a NY6 contender. Maybe some carry-over from the year before?

 

[OregonDucks]

Taggert makes sense.

Did great putting WKU on the CFB map and had a good last year at USF, but one 7-5 year at Oregon gets him FSU seemed like a stretch. Reminds me of Todd Graham.

Not sure how Kiffin is there after the year he just had at FAU and making the Owls a NY6 contender. Maybe some carry-over from the year before?

Taggart's record at Oregon was mostly without his starting QB Herbert. He also inherited a 4-8 team.

 

[steelerssb]

Taggart's record at Oregon was mostly without his starting QB Herbert. He also inherited a 4-8 team.

Fair.

Still felt like jumping the gun a bit but I guess when the opening is there and they like him enough might as well go for it.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

Never mind the fact that David Shaw is one of the most underrated

Dammit that rustled me

 

[steelerssb]

Dammit that rustled me

The best part is this response that wasn't even touched.

 

[OregonDucks]

Fair.

Still felt like jumping the gun a bit but I guess when the opening is there and they like him enough might as well go for it.

I can see FSU's interest in him. He recruited like crazy out of the state of Florida, bringing top Florida recruits across the country to Oregon, and his history of turning around programs, which FSU was coming off a bad year.

I haven't followed Taggart's recruiting at FSU, but again I see FSU being very attracted to how well he recruited the state of Florida when he was at Oregon.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Anonymous Coach Rips 'Overrated' Nick Saban for Cheating, Alabama's Recruiting

 

[Sgt Brutus]

The best part is this response that wasn't even touched.

LOL Clay is an editor at SBNation

Never fails

Anonymous Coach Rips 'Overrated' Nick Saban for Cheating, Alabama's Recruiting

Extreme salt

"If you had the No. 1 recruiting class in the country every year [you'd win like Nick Saban]," an anonymous coach told Chip Patterson of CBSSports.com. "He shows up at every single game with a better roster than the teams he's playing."

"If you count cheating and getting the best players in the country as part of running a program, he's the best in the country," the coach added. "It's like saying an NFL coach is the best coach in the league if he gets 25 first-round picks every year."

 

[steelerssb]

I can see FSU's interest in him. He recruited like crazy out of the state of Florida, bringing top Florida recruits across the country to Oregon, and his history of turning around programs, which FSU was coming off a bad year.

I haven't followed Taggart's recruiting at FSU, but again I see FSU being very attracted to how well he recruited the state of Florida when he was at Oregon.

I still don't mind him being on the overrated list, but at the same time I could easily see him having success.