Clay Travis gets it

dhdawg

http://outkickthecoverage.com/ranking-the-2013-college-football-hires.php
give sark hire a C, Petersen an A

3.
Chris Petersen, Washington A

Remember when Chris Petersen was the Moby Dick of college coaching searches, the great white whale that no one could seem to land?

Well, the Huskies finally caught the coaching white whale.

And I feel like, if anything, most people just shrugged.

Washington is one of three programs that I think ended up with a better coach than the one it lost. Louisville, Penn State, and Washington all got better at the top.

In eight years Petersen went 92-12 at Boise State.

He'll win big at Washington too.

Much bigger than Sarkisian did for sure.

6. Steve Sarkisian, USC

C

Given a chance to strike off in a new direction and bring fresh blood to the nation's top west coast job, USC elected to stay safe and bring back another former Pete Carroll assistant.

Sarkisian was unimpressive in five seasons as Washington coach, tallying a 34-29 overall mark.

Every season was totally mediocre, with never more than eight wins and at least four Pac 12 losses each year.

For comparison's sake, Lane Kiffin, the coach USC fired to end up hiring Sarkisian, went 28-15 in just over three years at USC.

Now you can say that illustrates the difference between the quality of the two jobs, but talk to Pac 12 people and they'll tell you that Washingon is the third best job in the conference after USC and Oregon.

So what gives?

USC, one of the top ten jobs in the country, is still trying to recapture the glory of the Pete Carroll regime.

And failing.

CuntWaffle

Another hack journalist who couldn't see that Sark was building UW the right way.

[Deleted User]

Sark will be lucky to see a full three years at USC. This is going to end in spectacular disaster I can't wait. I still remember the Sark fans too and I'll gladly root against him just to say I was right.

topdawgnc

I disagree about Penn State and Louisville upgrading.

Charlie Strong is a fucking phenomenal coach. Petrino is too, and will do well. But if I had my choice ... I'd take Strong.

Franklin at Penn State. Bill O'Brien was a fucking great coach who walked into a fucked up situation.

dnc

topdawgnc said:

I disagree about Penn State and Louisville upgrading.

Charlie Strong is a fucking phenomenal coach. Petrino is too, and will do well. But if I had my choice ... I'd take Strong.

Franklin at Penn State. Bill O'Brien was a fucking great coach who walked into a fucked up situation.

Agreed, both Louisville and Penn State are debatable. UW is the one job that was clearly upgraded.

topdawgnc

dnc said:

topdawgnc said:

I disagree about Penn State and Louisville upgrading.

Charlie Strong is a fucking phenomenal coach. Petrino is too, and will do well. But if I had my choice ... I'd take Strong.

Franklin at Penn State. Bill O'Brien was a fucking great coach who walked into a fucked up situation.

Agreed, both Louisville and Penn State are debatable. UW is the one job that was clearly upgraded.

Even Granpa Sankey can see that.

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dnc said:

topdawgnc said:

I disagree about Penn State and Louisville upgrading.

Charlie Strong is a fucking phenomenal coach. Petrino is too, and will do well. But if I had my choice ... I'd take Strong.

Franklin at Penn State. Bill O'Brien was a fucking great coach who walked into a fucked up situation.

Agreed, both Louisville and Penn State are debatable. UW is the one job that was clearly upgraded.

Which is a shame he mentioned those two because Doogs like Kim will be quick to point to that and try to discredit the writer.

Even though for years they accused us of not being real Husky fans and might as well be UCLA fans they are doing the same shit with Sark/USC.

TTJ

Sounds like Clay Travis has an agenda.

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TTJ said:

Sounds like Clay Travis has an agenda.

I'd like to see Clay Travis put in his fucking resume if he thinks he is so much better than Sark. ROFL!

Dardanus

Clay Travis needs a timeout. Keep it up. There won't be a warning.

DugtheDoog

I love how he rates Derek Mason ahead of Seven. Does he poast here?

Tailgater

He_Needs_More_Time said:

Sark will be lucky to see a full three years at USC. This is going to end in spectacular disaster I can't wait. I still remember the Sark fans too and I'll gladly root against him just to say I was right.

I believe Sarkisian is still a head football coach-in-training and could eventually thrive at USC like he never show us he could at UW. Sark is not now in the same class of head coach as either Carroll or Petersen have proven to be, but if he pulls his head out, hires the right assistants and coordinators, delegates more and tightens up his program....... well, who knows? One thing he should have far less difficulty with at USC is recruiting.

Dardanus

Tailgater said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

Sark will be lucky to see a full three years at USC. This is going to end in spectacular disaster I can't wait. I still remember the Sark fans too and I'll gladly root against him just to say I was right.

I believe Sarkisian is still a head football coach-in-training and could eventually thrive at USC like he never show us he could at UW. Sark is not now in the same class of head coach as either Carroll or Petersen have proven to be, but if he pulls his head out, hires the right assistants and coordinators, delegates more and tightens up his program....... well, who knows? One thing he should have far less difficulty with at USC is recruiting.

The qualities that make Sark a mediocre coach are his lack of discipline, organization, attention to detail, and the ability to set a direction/identity for the team. He understands the Xs and Os, but he doesn't have the leadership qualities needed to be a great football coach. Those qualities are the things that separate the great coaches from most coaches. Sark understands football, which is why he has done just fine as a coordinator and looks good in some games, but he doesn't have enough control of the team to be a good head coach. It's why his teams are so inconsistent. Personally I don't think that's something that he will be able to learn.

What Sark is really good at is public relations. I'd say he's a great politician, but that's probably an insult to politicians. A used car salesman can still make a pretty good living.

topdawgnc

Dardanus said:

Tailgater said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

Sark will be lucky to see a full three years at USC. This is going to end in spectacular disaster I can't wait. I still remember the Sark fans too and I'll gladly root against him just to say I was right.

I believe Sarkisian is still a head football coach-in-training and could eventually thrive at USC like he never show us he could at UW. Sark is not now in the same class of head coach as either Carroll or Petersen have proven to be, but if he pulls his head out, hires the right assistants and coordinators, delegates more and tightens up his program....... well, who knows? One thing he should have far less difficulty with at USC is recruiting.

The qualities that make Sark a mediocre coach are his lack of discipline, organization, attention to detail, and the ability to set a direction/identity for the team. He understands the Xs and Os, but he doesn't have the leadership qualities needed to be a great football coach. Those qualities are the things that separate the great coaches from most coaches. Sark understands football, which is why he has done just fine as a coordinator and looks good in some games, but he doesn't have enough control of the team to be a good head coach. It's why his teams are so inconsistent. Personally I don't think that's something that he will be able to learn.

What Sark is really good at is public relations. I'd say he's a great politician, but that's probably an insult to politicians. A used car salesman can still make a pretty good living.

This.

I would bet Sark wins 9-11 games a regular season at SC. But he will lose the 1-2 games a year on being a Sarktard ... and then get beat by a better coach.

Bottom line ...

Sark will never be a or beat Stoops, Strong, Fisher ... et. al.

MisterEm

A profile in courage - a day late and a dollar short, frankly.

SteveInShelton

Tailgater said:

He_Needs_More_Time said:

Sark will be lucky to see a full three years at USC. This is going to end in spectacular disaster I can't wait. I still remember the Sark fans too and I'll gladly root against him just to say I was right.

I believe Sarkisian is still a head football coach-in-training and could eventually thrive at USC like he never show us he could at UW. Sark is not now in the same class of head coach as either Carroll or Petersen have proven to be, but if he pulls his head out, hires the right assistants and coordinators, delegates more and tightens up his program....... well, who knows? One thing he should have far less difficulty with at USC is recruiting.

I think the whole coach in training idea is bullshit anyway. He coached under Pete Carroll for a number of years, that was his "head coach in training" time.