Plan for Pac-12 becoming a real conference again

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PurpleJ said:

Bring back Chip and Harbaugh. Get a real coach at USC.

It's a good start.

The coaching drain is speaking volumes.

Every conference loses coaches.

But the Pac has made some of the best hires in the nation the last few years. Overall the level of coaching is much improved from 3-6 years ago.

2009/2014 comparison
UW: Sark/Pete: huge improvement
WSU: Wulff/Leach: huge improvement
OSU: Riley/Riley: same
UO: Chip/Helfrich: big decline
Cal: Tedford/Dykes: small decline
Stanford: Harbaugh/Shaw: big decline
UCLA: Neuheisel/Mora: small improvement
USC: Kiffin/Sark: wash
Arizona: Stoops/RichRod: huge improvement
ASU: Erickson/Graham: small improvement

So yes the two programs that have carried the flag recently lost their elite coaches and attempted to go back to the same mold but couldn't replicate whatever element made Harbaugh and Chip winners.

But five other schools made very good hires. And after a disastrous first season Dykes has Cal playing much better in year two.

Finally- LOL USC ever and always.

The net total of an upgrade using your scoring is +1.5.

Considering the fucking dreck the conference added in Colorado and Utah, it's not better off overall than it was five years ago.

No.

But the rest of CFB is worse.

Then why is the Pac-12's playoff hope fading in the first week of October?

I don't think the Pac's playoff hopes are fading. Whoever wins the conference is a near lock to make the playoffs if they have 2 or fewer losses.

It is true that the conference is weaker at the top but I think its deeper. Only Stanford and USC could challenge Oregon 3-4 years ago.

If the conference has regressed its not due to coaching. I would look at recruiting first. Too many top Cali recruits committing to Oklahoma or SEC schools.

Chip is gone, that's why Oregon is being challenged now.

And because Arizona, WSU and UCLA (next week) are no longer complete pushovers.

No, because Oregon is average now.

2011 final Sagarin ratings:

UO- 2nd

Arizona- 64th
UCLA- 66th
WSU- 83rd


2014 prior to this week:
UO- 3rd

UCLA- 6th
Arizona- 34th
WSU- 53rd.

Sagarin SUCKS, especially early in the season.

Then bring something else to the table other than shit opinions.

Any ranking system you can find will show the same thing: there were a number of extremely shitty teams in the Pac 3+ years ago. Arizona, ASU, UCLA, WSU...all improved massively.