Coaches grades are in
Coacheshotseat.com is a fun website. During the college football season, it ranks coaches’ job security, trying to figure out who might be staying and who might be going. It’s not to be taken seriously; the website has no credibility, I don’t even know who runs it. It’s for amusement only. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Now the website has issued its final grades for each Division I-A coach. Which again means nothing but is nothing but interesting. Here are some grades:
Bob Stoops: C. “Very average with all that talent.” Well, I don’t know what kind of scale they’re using, but I’ve never thought highly of C’s. I don’t see how you can give Stoops a C. He won a conference that included four top-10 teams. He pulled a stinker in the Fiesta Bowl, but a C is too low. Mack Brown was given a B; Stoops, with a new quarterback, beat Texas and its veteran quarterback and won the Big 12 South.
Mike Gundy: C. “18-19 in three seasons at OSU. Mediocre is the word.” No argument on the record or its description, but I didn’t know we were judging more than this year. In 2007, Gundy went 7-6 against one of the nation’s toughest schedules. The non-conference was a D (2-2, with two automatic victories) but OSU was 4-4 in the Big 12, which is B territory. And the bowl rout of Indiana was a B+ (Hoosiers weren’t good enough to warrant an A). Overall, I’d say probably B- for Gundy.
Todd Graham: A. “A great first season at Tulsa for Graham.” Well, I don’t know about great. The Hurricane won the C-USA West and routed overmatched Bowling Green in the GMAC Bowl. And they did beat BYU. So I guess the more I think about it, A is proper. Maybe A-, since Tulsa did lose twice to Central Florida and once at UTEP.
Steve Kragthorpe: C. Huh? Take over a team that finished in the top-10, returns a stud quarterback, in an easy conference, go 6-6 and get a C? Kragthorpe was in the D-F range, I’d say.
Mark Mangino & Gary Pinkel: A’s for both. I agree. Two excellent coaching jobs.
Well, we could go on all day. Like I said, it’s a fun website. Check it out.
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