The big win won't be what he is doing on Saturday's before the SEC!!! SEC!!! SEC!!! game of the week as much as what is he does on CBS Sports Network during the weeks where the atmosphere should be less corporate stuffy and allow him to be more of the Real Slick Rick.
And who knows what ESPN will do when Corso retires ... Slick is a logical replacement. Moving to CBS will help build his brand awareness for whenever that day will come.
He earned it. Better TV analyst than coach, IMHO...
He's a great TV personality, no question, but... better than he was as a coach?
He won a fucking Rose Bowl
Yes, he was a very good coach.
He's even better at TV.
He wasn't a VERY good coach. He was a good coach. I think the tale of the tape with Nue was going back to his alma mater and falling flat on his face.
His last game as coach was in the Pac 12 Championship Game....I wouldn't say he fell on his face.
People who say that are almost as bad as Willingham saying "anytime you play in December it's special." Dude was Door Ass Out heading into the game gifted by sanctions.
I love Nue for giving us a Rose Bowl, but there are way too many Slick apologists still.
Edit to add his record at UCLA:
21-29 overall.
Went 3-6, 3-6, 2-7, 5-4 for a grand total of 13-23 in Pac play over 4 years.
That isn't a very good coach by any standards. Sark did better at Washington than Nue at UCLA.
He earned it. Better TV analyst than coach, IMHO...
He's a great TV personality, no question, but... better than he was as a coach?
He won a fucking Rose Bowl
And helped ruin Colorado and UW. Also "stellar" at UCLA, with access to top recruits. I stand by my statement.
Rick is one of the worst coaches ever to win a Rose Bowl. Sorry, I know some here can't look at that way but the Rose Bowl is a total aberration in his career. I'm very thankful of him for that and loved him when he was here but he is not a good coach.
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He won a fucking Rose Bowl
He was the entire talent. Now he'll join those meatheads Aaron Taylor and Randy Cross.
The big win won't be what he is doing on Saturday's before the SEC!!! SEC!!! SEC!!! game of the week as much as what is he does on CBS Sports Network during the weeks where the atmosphere should be less corporate stuffy and allow him to be more of the Real Slick Rick.
And who knows what ESPN will do when Corso retires ... Slick is a logical replacement. Moving to CBS will help build his brand awareness for whenever that day will come.
He's even better at TV.
I love Nue for giving us a Rose Bowl, but there are way too many Slick apologists still.
Edit to add his record at UCLA:
21-29 overall.
Went 3-6, 3-6, 2-7, 5-4 for a grand total of 13-23 in Pac play over 4 years.
That isn't a very good coach by any standards. Sark did better at Washington than Nue at UCLA.