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Coaching Effect over the last 7 years

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  • Member Posts: 30,159
    This year is going to be different! I can feel it!
  • Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,347 Founders Club
    edited August 2013
    "..Willingham . It takes a special effort to take average talent and go 0-12"
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    Another problem with Harbaugh is he went 4-8, 5-7 first two years then only 8-5 year three. Only his fourth and final year was kick ass so his true value isn't shown.

    Him laying the foundation for Stanford to make two more BCS games doesn't equate into that is the problem.
    By the metric used in this exercise he actually underperformed the first two years relative to the talent he had. Looking at the season records for 2007 and 2008, Harbaugh was actually blown out several times so I don't think this is some sort of anomaly. It seems it actually took Harbaugh a while to get things implemented/change the culture/whatever. That being said Harbaugh's worst season is better than Sark's average in terms of getting results from your talent.
  • Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 2,162 Founders Club
    Maybe my middle aged and frequently inebriated eyes missed it but based on your metrics I can't imagine Chris Peterson not being near the top.
  • Member Posts: 10,194
    koopdog said:

    Maybe my middle aged and frequently inebriated eyes missed it but based on your metrics I can't imagine Chris Peterson not being near the top.

    This has FBS AQ coaches only. No BSU.

  • Member Posts: 4,295
    Mad_Son said:

    By the metric used in this exercise he actually underperformed the first two years relative to the talent he had. Looking at the season records for 2007 and 2008, Harbaugh was actually blown out several times so I don't think this is some sort of anomaly. It seems it actually took Harbaugh a while to get things implemented/change the culture/whatever. That being said Harbaugh's worst season is better than Sark's average in terms of getting results from your talent.
    I havent looked but the advanced metrics for Harbaugh's teams in years 2 and 3 likely showed a team much better than the record indicated. In year 2 I think they were 5-7 and had quite a few close losses. Then in the 8-5 year, they had many close calls and were quite close to being a 10 win team.
  • Member Posts: 10,194

    I havent looked but the advanced metrics for Harbaugh's teams in years 2 and 3 likely showed a team much better than the record indicated. In year 2 I think they were 5-7 and had quite a few close losses. Then in the 8-5 year, they had many close calls and were quite close to being a 10 win team.
    8/28/2008 Oregon State W 36-28 +12
    9/6/2008 @ Arizona State L 17-41 -24
    9/13/2008 @ Texas Christian L 14-31 -17
    9/20/2008 San Jose State W 23-10 +13
    9/27/2008 @ Washington W 35-28 +7
    10/4/2008 @ Notre Dame L 21-28 -7
    10/11/2008 Arizona W 24-23 +1
    10/18/2008 @ UCLA L 20-23 -3
    11/1/2008 Washington State W 58-0 +58
    11/8/2008 @ Oregon L 28-35 -7
    11/15/2008 Southern California L 23-45 -22
    11/22/2008 @ California L 16-37 -21

    That is four losses by 17+ in year 2. Year 3 (8-5) was much better.
  • Member Posts: 30,159
    Harbaugh took a 1 win team to 4, to 5, to 8, to 12. His situation was by far worse than Sark's. He had Tavita Pritchard playing QB his first two years. Locker is a polarizing guy, but Pritchard was basically Casey Paus II. He was terrible. Looking back, he probably should have played Luck his true freshman year, but Harbaugh may not have wanted to throw him to the wolves too early.

    The other thing Harbaugh did was develop players. In 2008, he had the same WR's and TE's (Fleenor, Baldwin, the Whalen's, Owusu) as 2010. Young players got better under Harbaugh. I would have loved to see what he could have done at Michigan, they would have been scary good.
  • Member Posts: 4,295
    Mad_Son said:

    8/28/2008 Oregon State W 36-28 +12
    9/6/2008 @ Arizona State L 17-41 -24
    9/13/2008 @ Texas Christian L 14-31 -17
    9/20/2008 San Jose State W 23-10 +13
    9/27/2008 @ Washington W 35-28 +7
    10/4/2008 @ Notre Dame L 21-28 -7
    10/11/2008 Arizona W 24-23 +1
    10/18/2008 @ UCLA L 20-23 -3
    11/1/2008 Washington State W 58-0 +58
    11/8/2008 @ Oregon L 28-35 -7
    11/15/2008 Southern California L 23-45 -22
    11/22/2008 @ California L 16-37 -21

    That is four losses by 17+ in year 2. Year 3 (8-5) was much better.
    They did have 3 losses by 7 points or less. The loss to Oregon by 7 was at the end of the year and that was a 10-3 Oregon team that I think picked up steam at that time. They also lost by 22 to a USC team that was national championship caliber....a moral victory of sorts. They had wins over Arizona and OSU who were both good teams.
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    They did have 3 losses by 7 points or less. The loss to Oregon by 7 was at the end of the year and that was a 10-3 Oregon team that I think picked up steam at that time. They also lost by 22 to a USC team that was national championship caliber....a moral victory of sorts. They had wins over Arizona and OSU who were both good teams.
    They barely beat a UW team who was playing Ronnie fucking Fouch for an entire half. Just admit that team wasn't that good as they were blown out four times that year.
  • Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,368 Founders Club

    I'll keep posting this until you clowns listen. Sark is Ty. You're letting 0-12 cloud your vision.

    The objection to Willinghams hiring wasn't that he would be a disaster that would lead to 0-12, it was that he was a mediocore coach and that UW would be stuck with him because he'd be impossible to fire when winning 6-8 games a season. This should sound familiar because Sark is right in the sweet spot of 6-8 wins.

    Sark may well win 9 games this season but it will be no different from when Ty had magical seasons. The stars align sometimes. 9 wins this season won't make Sark some great coach or even a coach with potential. It'll make him a mediocore coach with a contract extension.
    I remember when Ty was hired and everyone said he'll get us out of the NCAA doghouse and back to winning 6-8 games a year. Once he retires and that won't be terribly long, 5-7 years, we'll be a respectable program and can hire a respectable coach.

  • Posts: 11,453

    I remember when Ty was hired and everyone said he'll get us out of the NCAA doghouse and back to winning 6-8 games a year. Once he retires and that won't be terribly long, 5-7 years, we'll be a respectable program and can hire a respectable coach.

    I remember hearing that too. Well now we are a "respectable program" so let's go hire a respectable coach.

    Too bad money talks and bullshit walks so had UW ponied up the cash in 2008 or 2007 they could have landed a good coach.

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